https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/500/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-534-joe-ryan-nick-gordon-and-jovani-moran-r11314/11314Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:32:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-joe-ryan-jovani-moran/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 9/6 thru Sun, 9/12 *** Record Last Week: 4-3 (Overall: 63-80) Run Differential Last Week: +9 (Overall: -102) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (19.0 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 137 | MIN 5, CLE 2: Ober and Pineda Piggyback, Polanco Rakes Game 138 |...11312Mon, 13 Sep 2021 01:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-royals-5-twins-3-brent-rooker-jovani-moran/Box Score Bailey Ober: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6 K (65.3-percent strikes) Homeruns: none Bottom 3 WPA: Sano (-.409), Alcala (-.184), Astudillo (-.154) Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Another Strong Start from Bailey Ober Take out the first six batters that Ober faced today and...11310Sun, 12 Sep 2021 21:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-9-royals-2/Box Score Michael Pineda: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Home Runs: Byron Buxton (13), Jorge Polanco 2 (29), Nick Gordon (2), Max Kepler (17) Top 3 WPA: Michael Pineda .169, Jorge Polanco .167, Byron Buxton .095 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Byron Buxton and Jorge...11308Sun, 12 Sep 2021 02:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/moving-on-from-big-mike-r11303/Pineda has been one of the success stories of the current front office when it comes to free agent acquisitions. In between a suspension and time on the Injured List, he threw 260 innings across three seasons and accumulated a 3.94 ERA.  It seemed like it was a given Pineda was on his...11303Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:10:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-royals-6-twins-4-josh-donaldson/Box Score Jax: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (75% strikes) Home Runs: Buxton (12), Donaldson (22) Bottom 3 WPA: Refsnyder -.296, Rooker -.274, Gordon -.208 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Seven runs scored right away, in the first inning of this game. Looking to bounce back...11306Sat, 11 Sep 2021 04:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-big-takeaway-from-the-twins-2021-r11298/If there’s a takeaway for 2021, it’s that nothing is won in the offseason. Take it from a guy that hung a banner over the winter, and it will be worth taking a significant lap when the dust settles on spending before Opening Day 2022. Going into this season, the Twins needed to do litt...11298Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:25:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/joe-ryan-better-than-scouting-near-perfect/When the Twins acquired Joe Ryan, there was plenty for the organization to be excited about since he was considered a top-100 prospect. He was an Olympian pitching in the high minors that seemed to be MLB ready. There were some apparent flaws in his minor league scouting reports but those haven'...11301Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:35:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-they-do-in-the-shadows-r11302/In a Vikings town where that team is making even more headlines than usual, it was a very poor marketing decision by the Twins to play their most appealing baseball in September after exiting the playoff race months ago. No one is arguing this. They really shouldn’t have been so bad earlier this...11302Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:25:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-1-cleveland-4-andrew-albers-miguel-sano/Box Score Albers: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 2 K Home runs: Sanó (26) Bottom 3 WPA: Albers -.127, Arraez -.092, Simmons -.089 Win Probability Chart (Via FanGraphs) After an exciting victory on Wednesday night, the Minnesota Twins got on the board first again on Thursda...11304Fri, 10 Sep 2021 02:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-worst-free-agent-signing-ever-r11297/After Jorge Polanco limped through 2020 with an ankle injury that required a second surgery, it became more than apparent that Rocco Baldelli needed a different option at shortstop. Before Royce Lewis was shelved with a torn ACL, the big league club needed a stabilizing presence at the most crit...11297Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:24:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what%E2%80%99s-gotten-into-caleb-thielbar-r11296/Caleb Thielbar thought his days as a baseball pitcher were over. Following the 2019 minor league season, he accepted a coaching job at Augustana University in Sioux Falls as he finished up pitching for Team USA in the 2019 Premier12. Baseball had a different plan for him. Multiple teams invited...11296Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:44:01 +0000