https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/450/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-twins-prospects-off-to-great-starts-r12126/Christian Encarnacion-Strand The Twins selected Encarnacion-Strand in the fourth round of last year’s draft, investing in the right-handed corner infielder from Oklahoma State. Encarnacion-Strand dominated the Big 12 with a .361/.442/.661 slash and 35 extra-base hits in 56 games. He followed t...12126Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-week-review-opening-weekend-buxton-duffey/Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 1 | SEA 2, MIN 1: Robbie Ray Silences Twins Bats in Opener Game 2 | SEA 4, MIN 3: Duffey's Blown Save Spoils Buxton Heroics Game 3 | MIN 10, SEA 4: Power Bats Detonate in Blowout Win Weekly Snapshot: Fri, 4/8 through Sun, 4/10 *** Record Last Week:...12127Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:13:44 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byron-buxton-gary-sanchez-max-kepler-jorge-polanco-carlos-correa/Box Score SP: Bailey Ober 5 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (79 pitches, 48 strikes (60.7 strike %)) Home Runs: Byron Buxton 2 (3), Gary Sanchez (1), Max Kepler (1),  Jorge Polanco (1), Carlos Correa (1) Top 3 WPA: Gary Sanchez (.228), Byron Buxton (.127), Max Kepler (0.75) Win Probability C...12124Sun, 10 Apr 2022 21:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/zack-hample-vs-the-world-sort-of-r12088/If you aren’t familiar with Hample, the gist is that he attends baseball games with the sole intention of catching, collecting, and retrieving baseballs. Whether it’s game home runs, foul balls, milestones, or simple toss-ups, he’s the best when it comes to acquiring the baseball. Despite h...12088Sun, 10 Apr 2022 01:45:05 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-3-mariners-4-buxton-blasts-but-bullpen-blows-save-r12122/Box Score  SP: Sonny Gray: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (76 pitches, 52 strikes (68.4%)) Home Runs: Luis Arraez (1), Byron Buxton (1) Bottom 3 WPA: Tyler Duffey (-.620), Miguel Sano (.098), Jorge Polanco (.080) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Sonny Gray, who started h...12122Sat, 09 Apr 2022 22:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-confident-are-we-in-the-twins-relievers-r12108/Minnesota has made a plethora of moves in the offseason in hopes of going from worst to first in the AL Central. The most recent of these moves was trading away Taylor Rogers and Brent Rooker to the San Diego Padres for right-handed pitchers Chris Paddack and Emilio Pagán. The Twins added some s...12108Sat, 09 Apr 2022 17:05:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/four-opening-day-overreactions-r12120/Stop losing sleep over pitching Out of the 16 pitchers on the roster, only three appeared on last season’s Opening Day roster (Caleb Thielbar, Tyler Duffey, Jorge Alcala). This reformation came quietly, with the Twins choosing to promote from within and to sign smaller names in larger quant...12120Sat, 09 Apr 2022 11:55:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-fans-brave-the-cold-at-opener-look-forward-to-new-season%C2%A0-r12121/Though Opening Day was pushed back one day from Thursday, April 7 to Friday, April 8 due to rain, snow, sleet, high winds, and just about everything in between, the lingering Friday cold did not keep a group of hardy fans away from Target Field. Attendance was announced at 35,462 in the 2-1 loss...12121Sat, 09 Apr 2022 11:25:05 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-mariners-2-twins-1-r12118/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Joe Ryan, 4.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K (70 pitches, 42 strikes, 64%) Home Runs: Gio Urshela (1) Bottom 3 WPA: Byron Buxton (-.214), Carlos Correa (-.173), Gary Sanchez (.152), Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Ryan gives up an early home run, d...12118Fri, 08 Apr 2022 23:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/so-why-trade-taylor-rogers-r12114/By now we’re all probably approaching the end of the grieving stage of losing Taylor Rogers in a massive Opening Day deal that brought Chris Paddack and Emilio Pagan to Minnesota. That being said, it’s probably time to consider why on earth the Twins would trade away their star closer at the sta...12114Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:55:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/from-chris-vallimont-to-carlos-correa-ranking-every-player-on-the-2022-minnesota-twins-from-40-to-1-r12095/In these rankings we will only be looking at players on the 40-man roster, and we will only be looking at their value to the Twins for the 2022 season. This is different from the Twins asset rankings that Nick Nelson does each year where he ranks the Twins players in terms of the long-term value...12095Fri, 08 Apr 2022 15:05:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/could-buxton-and-correa-be-the-best-duo-in-twins-history-r12106/2022 marks the first time since MLB Network started making their top-100 lists in 2014 that the Twins have ever had two players in the top 40. Buxton and Correa have the potential to be the best duo in Twins history in 2022. After watching Buxton hit .469 with five home runs in 32 at-bats and Co...12106Fri, 08 Apr 2022 12:55:06 +0000