https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/506/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/andrelton-simmons-isn%E2%80%99t-good-enough-to-get-away-with-this-r11191/Remember Steve Carlton? The not-very-integral member of the 1987 World Champion Minnesota Twins was, at one time, the best pitcher in baseball. Four Cy Youngs, five years leading the National League in strikeouts (the fifth time at age 38), last pitcher to throw 300 innings a season, led the Phi...11191Fri, 13 Aug 2021 11:30:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pitching-pipeline-griffin-jax-bailey-ober-charlie-barnes/Royce Lewis didn’t get off the ground this year after missing a traditional minor league season in 2020. We haven’t seen (and likely won’t) Jhoan Duran or Jordan Balazovic to this point. Although Alex Kirilloff and Trevor Larnach have both made their debuts, it’s been pitching where Minnesota ha...11190Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:48:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-1-white-sox-0-jorge-polanco-bailey-ober/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Ober 5.1 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Homeruns: Polanco (21) Top 3 WPA: Ober (0.284), Minaya (0.188), Polanco (0.154) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Bailey Ober’s Excellent Start After a shaky first month or so of his MLB ca...11186Wed, 11 Aug 2021 20:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-4-white-sox-3-griffin-jax/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Jax 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 10 K Homeruns: Astudillo (6) Top 3 WPA: Astudillo .283, Colome .169, Duffey .124 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) There was positive injury news for the Twins on Tuesday. Josh Donaldson returned to the lineu...11184Wed, 11 Aug 2021 03:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/defense-twins-front-office-derek-falvey-thad-levine/The Twins hired Derek Falvey (who hired Thad Levine) in the wake of a disastrous 103-loss season in 2016. By that point, the Twins had gone six straight years without making the playoffs, and during that span they lost more games than any team in baseball.  The following year, Minnesota stu...11182Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:37:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-white-sox-11-twins-1-beau-burrows/Box Score Starter: Beau Burrows 2.0 IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 2 K Home Runs: Sano (19) Bottom 3 WPA: Burrows (-.402), Kepler (-.027), Sano (-.019) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The Twins were riding high as they came into Target Field after a good road trip. All we had to...11181Tue, 10 Aug 2021 03:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gatg-538-aaron-gleeman-john-bonnes/11178Mon, 09 Aug 2021 15:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-twins-rotation-bailey-ober-griffin-jax/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 8/2 thru Sun, 8/8 *** Record Last Week: 4-2 (Overall: 48-64) Run Differential Last Week: +2 (Overall: -73) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (17.5 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 107 | MIN 7, CIN 5: Garver, Polanco Power Exciting Win Game 108 | CIN 6,...11176Mon, 09 Aug 2021 01:50:21 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-7-astros-5-jorge-polanco/Box Score Kenta Maeda: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K (63-percent strikes) Homeruns: Sano (18), Polanco 2 (19, 20) Top 3 WPA: Polanco (.259), Colome (.086), Kepler (.055) Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Kenta Maeda Provides Five Solid Innings At one point, it looked like Maed...11174Sun, 08 Aug 2021 22:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-astros-4-twins-0-michael-pineda/Box Score Michael Pineda: 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Max Kepler -.105, Trevor Larnach -.105, Jorge Polanco -.092 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)   On a scale of “Utter Snoozefest” to “Game 163”, the Twins’ loss to the Astros on Saturd...11172Sun, 08 Aug 2021 02:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-5-astros-4-juan-minaya/Box Score Ober: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (68.7% strikes) Home Runs: Garver (13) Top 3 WPA: Minaya .718, Colomé .305, Kepler .110 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The bats started this game very eager to create an early lead as they did on Thursday night. That became evid...11169Sat, 07 Aug 2021 04:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baseball-cards-real-breaks/Throughout the pandemic, card collecting saw a massive resurgence. The hobby has gone through some ups and downs over the past year, but the current period on the calendar may be the pinnacle. With The National Sports Collectors Convention having wrapped up just outside of Chicago last week and...11167Fri, 06 Aug 2021 16:25:01 +0000