https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/465/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royce-lewis-prospect-40-man-roster-lockout/We've already surpassed the original start date for spring training. The deadline for avoiding a delay of the regular season is fast approaching. Insiders see little reason to believe an agreement will be reached in time.  But that's only the major-league season. Since most minor leaguers a...11891Mon, 21 Feb 2022 02:05:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/was-the-miguel-san%C3%B3-extension-a-mistake-r11886/Back in the winter of 2019-20, the Twins were coming off a remarkable season where the club set the MLB record for home runs in a season. One of the most potent parts of the Bomba Squad line-up was Miguel Sanó, who was coming off career highs in home runs (34), SLG (.576), and OPS (.923). He had...11886Sat, 19 Feb 2022 18:00:10 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-signings-to-make-the-second-the-lockout-ends-r11880/Sign Yusei Kikuchi to a 2 year, $25m deal Kikuchi isn’t necessarily the best pitcher left in free agency, but the left-hander would make a great addition to the Twins rotation. At 30 years old, Kikuchi hasn’t been all that good in his three years in the league with over 350 innings and an E...11880Sat, 19 Feb 2022 13:00:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cba-musings-218-what%E2%80%99s-happening-and-what%E2%80%99s-next-r11888/The owners proposal at the end of last week was largely unchanged from where they’ve been thus far. Minimal movement was proposed on both the minimum salary front and the competitive balance tax.   Regarding the minimum salary, players are looking for a $775k minimum. Owners moved just $15k...11888Fri, 18 Feb 2022 19:50:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-rotation-isn%E2%80%99t-that-far-from-fixing-r11883/What do they have so far? The Twins ended the 2021 season with a depleted starting rotation, especially after the José Berríos trade and the Kenta Maeda season-ending injury. One can argue that it was depleted since the beginning of the season, with J.A. Happ and Matt Shoemaker being part of i...11883Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:10:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-we-built-this-the-story-of-twins-daily-r11887/Starting from the basics, all five of the founders were born and raised around Minnesota. Their childhoods played an influential role in their love of the Twins.    Seth: My dad played baseball and softball, and we watched games on TV together sometimes too. Kirby Puckett debuted when...11887Fri, 18 Feb 2022 13:00:10 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/projecting-the-2022-twins-opening-day-roster-version-10-r11876/Catchers (2): Mitch Garver, Ryan Jeffers Last season, the Twins started with Garver, Jeffers, and Astudillo on the Opening Day roster. Astudillo rarely saw time at catcher, and he is no longer in the organization. Minnesota hopes Garver and Jeffers can turn into the dynamic catching duo projec...11876Thu, 17 Feb 2022 19:00:10 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/do-the-twins-have-a-dark-horse-utility-candidate-r11871/As much as I’d be a proponent for Gordon seeing continued reps in the role, there’s reason to believe it could be recently signed Daniel Robertson. While former first-round pick Tim Beckham is the more prominent name of Minnesota’s minor league contracts signed of late, Robertson is younger and...11871Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:50:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-lockout-diaries-week-eleven/I'm in Mexico right now, enjoying a vacation, so I have little to say about the current state of affairs. On Saturday, Twins Daily will celebrate its 10th anniversary. I've spent the past few weeks highlighting some of our most popular articles from each year, and we're also rolling out our 2022...11882Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:10:11 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/most-popular-twins-articles-2021/I'll be pretty brief in recapping the top five articles from last year, both because it's all relatively fresh in mind and because Cody Christie already did a great job running back these articles (and others) in his writeup on the top 20 Twins Daily stories of 2021. 5. Notebook: Twins Have...11866Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:00:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-nailed-both-big-extensions-r11872/Through 2018, Jorge Polanco had played 288 games for the Twins. He owned a career .272/.329/.420 slash line and was still trying to find himself as a hitter. Polanco has never played in more than 133 games during a season and topped 80 just once. He wasn’t a big strikeout problem, but his on-bas...11872Wed, 16 Feb 2022 22:20:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/right-fielders-of-the-70s-bobby-darwin-r11878/Bobby Darwin was the first of these successors to Tony Oliva, having his breakout season with the Twins in 1972. Darwin was initially signed as a pitcher to start his professional career. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Darwin lucked out being born in 1943 as he was at the ripe age of 18 when th...11878Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:00:07 +0000