https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/459/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-3-mariners-2-a-buxton-bomb-and-solid-pitching-the-recipe-that-leads-to-a-victory-r12491/  Box Score SP: Chris Archer: 4 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (67 pitches, 39 strikes (58.2%)) Home Runs: Byron Buxton (18) Top 3 WPA: Emilio Pagan (.175), Jhoan Duran (.129) Byron Buxton (.111) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Pregame: Reinforcements are Coming As t...12491Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/checking-in-on-the-players-the-twins-moved-on-from-r12484/Minnesota made multiple roster-altering trades over the last year, and those moves are a little easier to analyze because the team received something in return. For the players below, it was easy to see how any of them might fit into the team's plans moving forward. However, each moved on to a d...12484Mon, 13 Jun 2022 21:00:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-getting-solid-work-from-a-former-ace-r12486/  For years it seemed like Chris Archer was the type of arm any team should want to acquire, and Twins fans were of that thinking for a while too. No one wanted him more than the Pittsburgh Pirates piecing out their farm for him, but that’s another story. Fast forward to now and Archer is a...12486Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ryan-jeffers-struggling-future-catcher/Jeffers was widely considered a reach when the Twins selected him 59th overall in 2018 – the second draft overseen by Derek Falvey and Thad Levine. Per Puckett's Pond, Baseball America's big board had Jeffers ranked 295th among draft prospects and MLB.com's 200-player list didn't have him ranked...12483Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:50:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/4-shortstop-options-for-the-2023-twins-r12479/Royce Lewis made his presence known at the big-league level in his debut. He showcased the offensive and defensive skills that made him one of baseball's top prospects. Lewis' injury sidelines him for 12 months, which can put the team's shortstop plans into question for 2023 and beyond. Here are...12479Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:40:10 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-week-review-yankees-lewis-buxton/Last Week's Game Results: Game 56 | NYY 10, MIN 4: Duffey Clobbered, Yankees Roll Game 57 | MIN 8, NYY 1: Twins Offense Blows Up in Rout Game 58 | NYY 10, MIN 7: Pitchers Waste 5-Homer Night Game 59 | MIN 9, TB 4: Buxton and Twins Ambush Rays Game 60 | MIN 6, TB 5: Arraez Grand Slam...12482Mon, 13 Jun 2022 03:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/rays-6-twins-0-twins-come-up-short-failing-to-get-first-sweep-of-rays-in-target-field-history-r12480/  Box Score SP: Cole Sands 4 2/3 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 HBP (101 pitches, 64 strikes (63.4 strike %)) Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Cole Sands -.235, Gio Urshela, -.077, Byron Buxton -.071 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Cole Sands made another start, his first...12480Sun, 12 Jun 2022 22:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-6-rays-5-arraez-slam-leads-twins-over-rays-r12476/Box Score SP: Chi Chi Gonzalez: 4 IP, 8 H, 3R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (67 pitches, 46 strikes (68.6%)) Home Runs:  Luis Arraez (Grand Slam) (3),  Top 3 WPA: Luis Arraez (.265), Jorge Polanco (.133), Jhoan Duran (.117) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The Rays wasted no time g...12476Sat, 11 Jun 2022 22:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-nick-gordon-carve-out-a-niche-role-on-the-twins-r12470/  Consider this author among those once skeptical of Gordon’s MLB potential. The son of longtime MLB pitcher Tom Gordon fell flat on his face at AAA in 2018 and only rebounded to respectable, not elite, numbers in 2019. His bat’s potential was less dynamic, his ability to play shortstop was...12470Sat, 11 Jun 2022 16:30:04 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-relievers-that-could-work-into-high-leverage-r12469/  After opening the season in near spotless fashion, the Twins bullpen has shown some significant blemishes in the form of late-blown leads in particular. Help appeared to be on the way in the form of Jorge Alcala before his rehab stint was paused due to recurring elbow pain. The pipe dream...12469Sat, 11 Jun 2022 12:02:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-twins-top-5-all-star-candidates-r12462/Earlier this week, voting opened for the 2022 MLB All-Star Game that will take place July 19th at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Voting for the starting line-ups is broken into two phases. Phase 1 started on Wednesday, June 8th, and runs through Thursday, June 30th at 1 PM CT. Phase 2 will inclu...12462Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:22:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-9-rays-4-buxton-homers-twice-twins-offense-crushes-the-rays-r12474/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Devin Smeltzer, 6.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (96 pitches, 61 strikes, 63.5%) Home Runs: Byron Buxton, 2 (17), Carlos Correa (5) Top 3 WPA: Byron Buxton (.198), Devin Smeltzer (.110), Jorge Polanco (.082) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Over...12474Sat, 11 Jun 2022 03:20:00 +0000