https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/504/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kenta-maeda-elbow-second-opinion/Let's begin with a brief anatomy and biomechanics lesson.  The ulnar collateral ligament — more frequently referred to as the UCL — is a robust and triangular sheet of tissue that helps support the inner elbow against valgus stress. The elbow experiences the most valgus stress during a base...11234Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:44:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-red-sox-11-twins-9-griffin-jax-jorge-polanco/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Jax 4.2 IP, 7 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO Homeruns: Jorge Polanco (23), Donaldson (18) Bottom 3 WPA: Jax -.514, Cave -.146, Thielbar -.102 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Twins fans began the day wondering about the status of Kenta Maeda...11236Wed, 25 Aug 2021 03:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-540-damn-yankees-r11230/11230Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-questions-byron-buxton-can-answer-in-september-r11227/1. Is Buxton healthy? For Byron Buxton, this seems to be the eternal question. Buxton has been out of action since late June with a fractured hand. This injury came on the heels of a trip to the IL for a hip injury. However, his most recent injury may have been a blessing in disguise because i...11227Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:15:04 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-twins-yankees-kenta-maeda/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 8/16 thru Sun, 8/22 *** Record Last Week: 2-4 (Overall: 54-70) Run Differential Last Week: -16 (Overall: -90) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (18.0 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 119 | MIN 5, CLE 4: Polanco Ends Sloppy Contest in Extras Game 120 | C...11228Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:20:18 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-to-get-jose-miranda-to-the-twins/The results speak for themselves. Miranda is having a monstrous season in the minors. He’s taken his advanced approach, one of the reasons he was selected 73rd overall as a 17-year-old in the 2016 Draft, and combined it with newly-developed patience and power.  The most encouraging aspect o...11226Sun, 22 Aug 2021 19:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-yankees-7-twins-1-jorge-polanco-kenta-maeda/Box Score Maeda: 4 1/3 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 5K Home Runs: Polanco (22) Bottom 3 WPA: Donaldson -.148, Polanco -.127, Garcia -.100 Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) It was a pitcher’s duel early on in the Bronx on Saturday afternoon with team aces Gerrit Cole and Kenta Maeda e...11224Sat, 21 Aug 2021 20:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/60-day-il-kirilloff-smeltzer-dobnak/The 60-Day IL allows teams to stash an injured player away without holding a 40 man spot. The Twins have utilized this six times this season in the way of four pitchers and two hitters. With young players needing 40 man roster spots to be protected from the Rule 5 draft this winter, it’s worth r...11220Sat, 21 Aug 2021 11:34:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-yankees-10-twins-2-josh-donaldson/Box Score Charlie Barnes: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 5 BB, 2 K (53.2 % strikes) Home Runs: Donaldson (17) Bottom 3 WPA: Barnes -.352, Astudillo -.051, Polanco -.036  Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Early on, things didn’t go the Twins’ way at all, but they could’ve been much worse....11221Sat, 21 Aug 2021 02:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jorge-polanco-apology/May 5th was a bad day. I attended the Twins game at Target Field and watched a lifeless team sink to 11-18 with a 3-1 loss against the last-place Rangers. Polanco and Max Kepler went a combined 0-for-8 with six strikeouts. I came home grumpy, and lamented that the Twins had seemingly founded the...11217Fri, 20 Aug 2021 04:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-yankees-7-twins-5-andrew-albers-jorge-polanco/Box Score John Gant: 3 1/3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Home Runs: Jake Cave (2), Miguel Sanó (21) Bottom 3 WPA: John Gant -.211, Josh Donaldson -.107, Luis Arraez -.081 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but the Minnesota Twins fel...11218Fri, 20 Aug 2021 02:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/luis-and-the-legends-a-twins-great-coming-r11215/Never a top prospect or one worthy of national attention, Arraez has long gone about his business quietly. He put up a .331 average across more than 300 minor league games, and the Venezuelan has continued to replicate that success at the Major League level. He’s a second baseman by trade, but n...11215Thu, 19 Aug 2021 21:38:01 +0000