https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/456/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-2022-draft-coverage-march-24-r12031/The Draft will consist of 20 rounds completed across three days.  Sunday, July 17: Rounds 1 and 2, compensatory and competitive balance rounds. Monday, July 18: Round 3 through 10. Tuesday, July 19: Rounds 11 through 20. MLB recently announced recipients of picks in...12031Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:55:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-soon-do-the-twins-need-a-fifth-starter-r12024/Fortunately, the sabermetrics on this doesn’t require a spreadsheet. In fact, it requires one hand. Just count the number of games between off days a team has, and when you run out of fingers – that means you need a fifth starter. Then keep counting, until you run into an off day or run out of f...12024Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:25:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/making-a-pitch-for-bailey-ober%E2%80%99s-most-important-pitch-r12032/Ober is coming off a strong rookie campaign where he made 20 starts and posted a 4.19 ERA with a 1.20 WHIP. At the season’s end, he was named the team’s rookie of the year, which likely resulted in higher expectations for him entering 2022. Minnesota’s only offseason additions to the rotation in...12032Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:15:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/correa-to-face-adjustment-with-polanco-r12030/Minnesota moved Polanco off of shortstop for good last season. He responded by posting an .826 OPS and played in 152 games. After grading out negatively in all of his seasons at shortstop, Polanco posted three defensive runs saved (DRS) at his new position. For the first time in his career, the...12030Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:05:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ghost-runner-rule-back-to-haunt-in-2022-r12026/On March 22, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) announced a tentative agreement on several rules for the 2022 season, two of which are a result of the expedited 3-1/2 week spring training that is currently underway due to the MLB lockout cutting into the spring trainin...12026Thu, 24 Mar 2022 12:35:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/roster-repercussions-from-randy-dobnak%E2%80%99s-injury-r12020/Minnesota already decided to move Griffin Jax and Lewis Thorpe to bullpen roles, which makes sense when looking at their pitching flaws. Last season, Jax was excellent the first time through the order, and he may be a strong candidate to serve in an opener role. Thorpe is out of minor league opt...12020Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:08:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-position-analysis-third-base-urshela-arraez-miranda/Projected Starter: Gio Urshela Likely Backup: Luis Arraez Depth: Tim Beckham, Daniel Robertson Prospects: José Miranda, Austin Martin THE GOOD Although the inclusion of Gary Sánchez in the Josh Donaldson deal can hardly be viewed as anything more than a salary dump by New York, t...12028Thu, 24 Mar 2022 03:29:48 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-323-news-and-notes-r12027/The Twins and Red Sox play each other a handful of times every spring training. Given the close proximity of their homes, it makes for an easy opponent as far as travel is concerned. Rather than going across town today, the action with rookie and Single-A teams on the back fields seemed more app...12027Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:40:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/correa-dynamite-at-press-conference-r12025/If there were two takeaways from this morning’s press conference, Carlos Correa was impressed with Twins leadership and that he’s here to win. Derek Falvey noted his appreciation of the support from ownership in saying, “A momentous day like this, a significant contract like this with a player o...12025Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/women-of-the-diamond-rena-r12021/There is nothing more exciting to me than newcomers to baseball. Having new fans in a sport when many people are starting to turn away shows that baseball truly is America's favorite pastime. Her introduction to baseball was not from growing up in Minnesota; she had never really watched it, peri...12021Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:40:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota%E2%80%99s-up-the-middle-defense-among-baseball%E2%80%99s-best-r12010/Up-the-middle defense is one of the most critical aspects of the game. Having one weak link up the middle can result in poor defensive plays and more strain on a pitching staff. Luckily, the Twins have some of baseball’s best defenders at the most important positions on the field.   Ca...12010Wed, 23 Mar 2022 11:10:04 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-position-analysis-second-base-polanco-gordon-arraez/Projected Starter: Jorge Polanco Likely Backup: Nick Gordon Depth: Luis Arraez, Daniel Robertson Prospects: Austin Martin, José Miranda THE GOOD Last year, the Twins decided to pivot in the middle infield by moving longtime shortstop Jorge Polanco – the 2019 All-Star starter at t...12022Wed, 23 Mar 2022 01:25:56 +0000