https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/472/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-realistic-trade-targets-for-the-minnesota-twins-bullpen-r11771/Trades are a good route for baseball teams to acquire talent in that they can bring back quality players at a cost-controlled rate that free agency can’t offer. While there is a good argument for why the Minnesota Twins should avoid making a trade this offseason, the three relievers below figure...11771Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:05:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tracking-former-twins-on-the-hall-of-fame-ballot-r11769/To be elected to Cooperstown, a player must be named on 75% of the ballots submitted by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Players remain eligible for ten years as long as they continue to receive a minimum of 5% of the vote. Some former Twins players are sitting dangerously close to...11769Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:25:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/should-the-twins-extend-lock-up-luis-arraez/With four seasons of arbitration before he reaches free agency, Arraez will earn built-in raises, starting with an estimated $2 million in 2022. With relevant comps and projections, let’s examine the case for an extension beyond those four years.  The Case FOR Extension Arraez is a joy t...11772Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:16:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/player-retrospective-francisco-liriano-r11768/Francisco Liriano was signed as an international free agent in 2000 by the San Francisco Giants before being sent to the Twins in the A.J. Pierzynski trade following the 2003 season. At the time, Liriano was the 83rd ranked prospect in baseball, per Baseball America via Baseball Cube, and was th...11768Mon, 17 Jan 2022 21:35:14 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/wondering-what-francisco-liriano-could%E2%80%99ve-been-r11767/Having made his Major League Debut in 2005, Liriano had just 23 2/3 innings under his belt coming into the 2006 season. Ron Gardenhire put Liriano on his Opening Day roster, but the talented lefty was set to begin out of the bullpen. He made his season debut in the second game, throwing two inni...11767Mon, 17 Jan 2022 21:35:12 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-case-against-the-twins-trading-luis-arraez-r11763/One of the significant speculations among Twins fans and beat writers is that the Twins will likely consider trading utility man Luis Arraez to a team to receive quality starting pitching in return. The main reason for this common speculation is because Arraez does not have a position he can cur...11763Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:25:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-560-episode-560-aarons-twins-prospect-rankings-r11766/11766Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:58:45 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-top-20-assets-2022-trends-recap/The intent of this list was to answer a question: Which current players in the organization are most indispensable to fulfilling the vision of building a champion?  We ranked current MLB players and prospects based on factors like production, age, upside, pedigree, health, contract, and pos...11765Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-realistic-free-agent-targets-for-the-minnesota-twins-bullpen-r11764/It’s no secret that the Minnesota Twins’ bullpen struggled in 2021. Over the course of the season, the group of relievers finished 12th in the American League in both ERA and fWAR.  They did improve down the stretch, however, finishing 3rd in ERA from August 1st through the end of the seaso...11764Mon, 17 Jan 2022 04:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/journeyman-zack-greinke-has-a-place-on-the-2022-minnesota-twins-r11762/Sports fanatics classify the term 'journeyman' as someone who has spent an arm and a leg in the league bouncing between teams with adequate success but nothing special.  Zack Greinke crosses off a few of those checkmarks; he isn't exactly a spring chicken anymore and the eephus-touting free...11762Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:45:09 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2022-international-signings-mercedes-herrera-acuna/The international market has been a key source of talent in the Twins system, yielding not only big-league players like Jorge Polanco, Max Kepler, and Miguel Sanó, but also several of their current most intriguing prospects.  They'll be adding to that pool when the following expected signin...11761Sat, 15 Jan 2022 17:29:51 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/here-are-three-creative-trade-options-to-bolster-the-twins-rotation-r11755/There is no question that the Twins will need to make some additions to their starting staff when the offseason comes back, whenever that is. Many of the top free agent starting pitchers are no longer available. The Twins did sign Dylan Bundy to team with Bailey Ober and Joe Ryan in the rotation...11755Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:35:08 +0000