https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/468/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-6-royals-4-smeltzer-miranda-and-defense-push-twins-to-the-win-r12352/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Devin Smeltzer, 5.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K (74 pitches, 47 strikes, 63.5%) Home Runs: none Top 3 WPA: Devin Smeltzer (.180), Jose Miranda (.180), Jhoan Duran (.170) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) After dropping two out of three in their...12352Sat, 21 May 2022 03:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/around-the-al-central-519-minnesota-pacing-the-pack-r12346/  The Standings: Minnesota 22-16 Chicago 19-19 Cleveland 16-19 Kansas City 14-23 Detroit 13-25 No team in the division currently has a winning streak going, while Cleveland is bringing up the rear holding a three-game losing streak. The Guardians h...12346Fri, 20 May 2022 15:37:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-578-lewis-buxton-and-kirilloff-r12350/12350Fri, 20 May 2022 15:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/devin-smeltzer-deserves-a-longer-look-r12339/Minnesota acquired Devin Smeltzer as part of the Brian Dozier trade back in 2018. At the time of the trade, he was a middling prospect who had yet to post a sub-4.00 ERA in any professional season. Smeltzer made some adjustments with the Twins and became one of the team’s biggest surprises durin...12339Fri, 20 May 2022 11:40:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/forum-friday-dont-not-win-the-series-r12348/As foretold by both Macbeth and @mikelink45, Paddack was called to surgery and Lewis to St. Paul, but the Twins gained two series wins to stay in first place. The Twins Daily community discussed those moves and more. After being swept at home last week, @alexthegreat looked back and asked,...12348Fri, 20 May 2022 11:34:56 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-519-kernels-krush-larnach-and-lewis-launch-r12347/Transactions: RHP Jharel Cotton outrighted to St. Paul OF Trevor Larnach begins MLB rehab assignment with Wichita SAINTS SENTINEL  Omaha 11, St. Paul 2 Box Score The storyline here was the return of Royce Lewis to the St. Paul lineup. He was leading off and playin...12347Fri, 20 May 2022 03:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-2022-draft-coverage-may-19-r12338/We’ve been waiting since last July to find out what would happen to one-time-Mets-pick-turned-unsigned pitcher Kumar Rocker. We finally have an answer. Kumar Rocker will enter July’s draft after pitching in the Frontier League. Unsigned players going the Indy Ball route isn’t complete...12338Thu, 19 May 2022 15:59:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-3-biggest-weaknesses-r12340/  Every contending team looks to make improvements throughout the season. Sometimes those changes come from within the farm system and other times the front office must supplement the roster with talent from other organizations. With nearly a fourth of the schedule complete, here are the th...12340Thu, 19 May 2022 11:44:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-14-athletics-4-twins-crush-oakland-secure-series-win-r12341/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Sonny Gray, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (84 pitches, 55 strikes, 65.4%) Home Runs: none Top 3 WPA: Gary Sánchez (.264), Luis Arráez (.125), Carlos Correa (.125) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Sánchez, Urshela remain hot, push across four...12341Wed, 18 May 2022 23:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-royce-lewis-demotion-plan/Royce Lewis made his debut for the Twins on May 6, and he went on to play a total of 11 Major League games. Lewis has slashed .308/.325/.564 while filling in for Carlos Correa, and he has contributed six extra-base hits, two of which have left the yard. Maybe most importantly in assessing how he...12337Wed, 18 May 2022 19:55:04 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/buxton-worth-100m-contract-in-100-games/204 RBI. That’s the number of RBI Byron Buxton has had in his seven-year career. But this isn’t going to be a screed on what a stupid stat RBI is, nor is it going to be a tirade against modern players.  Instead, it’s about how a guy who averages less than 30 RBI per year is worth $100M, or how t...12333Wed, 18 May 2022 15:35:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/despite-great-first-impression-royce-lewis-optioned-to-st-paul-after-tuesdays-game-r12336/So many thoughts role through my mind as I think about the news that the Twins are optioning shortstop Royce Lewis to Triple-A St. Paul and will activate Carlos Correa before the Wednesday afternoon's game. So I thought I'd just start jotting them down.  *** Click here to listen to @Seth St...12336Wed, 18 May 2022 06:23:00 +0000