https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/509/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-happens-with-jose-miranda/Recently named the Twins Daily Minor League Hitter of the Year, the Twins Minor League Player of the Year, and the MLB Pipeline All-Prospect 1st Team, Miranda has picked up all of the accolades. It’s hard to be surprised, given his performance. For the season, he owns a .347/.403/.574 (.977) sla...11382Fri, 01 Oct 2021 02:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-5-tigers-2-michael-pineda-jorge-polanco/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Pineda 5.2 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Homeruns: Polanco (32) Top 3 WPA: Pineda (0.181), Polanco (0.163), Duffey (0.121) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Jorge Polanco Give Twins Early Lead The Twins bats got off to a quick start in this...11380Thu, 30 Sep 2021 02:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-uncertain-future-of-twins-catching-r11375/In recent years, Minnesota has successfully utilized a two-catcher rotation. In 2019, Mitch Garver and Jason Castro split catching duties, with both players posting OPS+ totals of 100 or more. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli has been a big fan of rest and recovery during his tenure. This rotational...11375Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:12:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-3-tigers-2-miguel-sano-charlie-barnes/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Barnes 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K Homeruns: Sano (30) Top 3 WPA: Barnes .220, Thielbar .098, Duffey .081 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The Twins opened up their penultimate series of 2021 on Tuesday night in Minneapolis. Charlie Barnes...11377Wed, 29 Sep 2021 02:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/has-miguel-san%C3%B3-increased-his-trade-value-r11373/Maybe fans should come to expect this from Miguel Sanó. He goes through stretches where he seems lost at the plate. Then he follows those stretches with weeks where it looks like he figures it out and puts it all together. As the season has progressed, Sanó has drastically improved, but many fan...11373Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:37:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-2021-twins-are-the-most-disappointing-team-since%E2%80%A6-r11366/Inconsistent pitching and injuries have been just some of the issues for the 2021 Twins. There have been some positives as with any season, but it’s hard not to be disappointed as expectations were high this year. Here’s a look at some of the other disappointing teams from recent years.   2...11366Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:14:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-joe-ryan-nick-gordon/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 9/20 thru Sun, 9/26 *** Record Last Week: 4-2 (Overall: 69-87) Run Differential Last Week: +4 (Overall: -109) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (19.0 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 151 | MIN 9, CHC 5: Twins Notch 16 Hits in Wrigley Game 152 | MIN 5, C...11368Mon, 27 Sep 2021 03:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/blue-jays-5-twins-2-byron-buxton/Box Score:   Griffin Jax: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (83 pitches, 61 strikes) Home Runs: Byron Buxton (16) Win Probability Chart:  Top 3 WPA:  Mitch Garver (.122) Byron Buxton (.096) Jake Cave (.091) Bottom 3 WPA:  Nick Gordon (-.188);...11367Sun, 26 Sep 2021 22:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-545-more-wins-and-morneau-r11365/11365Sun, 26 Sep 2021 16:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/blue-jays-6-twins-1-jovani-moran/Box Score John Gant: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Nick Gordon -.175, Kyle Barraclough -.114, Luke Farrell -.079 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) As has been the case more times than not this season, the Twins simply didn’t have the juice Satu...11364Sun, 26 Sep 2021 03:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/end-of-the-line-for-brent-rooker-r11359/Rooker has had an unbelievably up and down season. In March and April the right handed slugger posted a putrid -5 wRC+. After being sent down to AAA for a good while, he came back up in July and posted a 164 wRC+, only to dip back down to an 82 mark in August. Rooker appears to be finishing stro...11359Sat, 25 Sep 2021 13:00:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/justin-morneau-player-retrospective-more-than-just-an-mvp-r11355/Justin Morneau was considered one of baseball’s best hitting prospects for multiple seasons, but Doug Mientkiewicz was blocking his path to the big leagues. He played parts of the 2003-04 seasons at the big-league level with mixed results. In 114 games, he combined for 44 extra-base hits and a 1...11355Sat, 25 Sep 2021 11:40:01 +0000