https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/466/?d=1enhttps://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 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/most-popular-twins-articles-2020/5. Twins Trade Graterol to Dodgers for Kenta Maeda in Blockbuster Deal By Seth Stohs | Feb 4, 2020 It was clearly recognized heading into the 2019-20 offseason that the Twins needed a frontline starter above all else. The front office waited, and waited, and waited. Finally, in early F...11865Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-2022-draft-coverage-february-15-r11873/We don’t know when or where yet. We also don’t know how significantly all of the draft rules will change as the new CBA is negotiated. Things like forfeiting draft picks for signing free agents seem to be on the chopping block. Will small market teams still get compensatory picks? Will there be...11873Tue, 15 Feb 2022 22:40:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royce%E2%80%99s-return-twins-prospect-locked-in-r11875/Reports were glowing about Lewis’ progress at the Twins' Alternate Site in St. Paul during the 2020 season. All of that work happened behind closed doors (at least to the public), though, and then a fluke ACL injury cost everyone the opportunity to see him in action last year. Now locked in down...11875Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:00:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-564-projecting-the-al-central-r11877/11877Tue, 15 Feb 2022 17:28:47 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-strong-start-up-the-middle-lenny-green-and-earl-battey-r11861/In 1961, center fielder Lenny Green and catcher Earl Battey were part of the collection of players that made the trip from Washington D.C. to Minnesota, a transition that turned the Senators into the Twins. They did so as two of three African Americans with Ron Henry being the third who Seth Sto...11861Tue, 15 Feb 2022 17:10:05 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/most-popular-twins-articles-2019/The growth of Twins Daily's community, combined with a spectacular product on the field, brought our website to new heights in 2019. Over the course of the year, we received 11.6 million pageviews from 1.1 million unique users, which blew away any longshot dreams we envisioned when launching the...11864Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-man-that-brought-us-tomorrow-night-r11853/The 1991 Minnesota Twins won the World Series on the back of a dominating pitching performance, but it was Kirby Puckett that brought them to that fateful evening with his Game 6 heroics. A member of the 2001 Baseball Hall of Fame class alongside teammate Dave Winfield, the Twins legend has his...11853Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:20:11 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/most-popular-twins-articles-2018/Coming off a breakthrough season in their first year under new front office leadership, the Twins seemed poised for another step forward in 2018 – especially after a series of key additions late in the offseason (Logan Morrison, Lance Lynn, and the trade acquisition we'll discuss below).  A...11863Mon, 14 Feb 2022 12:00:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota%E2%80%99s-centerfield-lineage-stretches-five-decades-r11846/Kirby Puckett to Torii Hunter (1980s-2000s) Kirby Puckett’s Hall of Fame career was cut short as he played his final game in 1995. Luckily for the Twins, they had drafted his heir apparent in the first round two years prior. Minnesota selected Torii Hunter out of high school in Arkansas, but P...11846Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:45:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/we-should-be-more-excited-about-noah-miller-r11860/The Twins opted to draft Noah Miller 36th overall in the 2021 draft after taking right-handed pitcher Chase Petty with their first pick. Petty got a deserved amount of hype for his triple-digit fastball and future upside as a stud pitcher, but Miller appears to have gotten overshadowed just a bi...11860Sat, 12 Feb 2022 12:20:09 +0000