https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/511/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-joe-ryan-miguel-sano/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 9/13 thru Sun, 9/19 *** Record Last Week: 2-5 (Overall: 65-85) Run Differential Last Week: -11 (Overall: -113) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (20.5 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 144 | NYY 6, MIN 5: Twins Blow Early Lead in Classic Bronx Dud Game 1...11341Mon, 20 Sep 2021 04:02:40 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-544-the-march-to-90-losses-r11339/11339Sun, 19 Sep 2021 23:29:38 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/blue-jays-5-twins-3-nick-gordon-ben-rortvedt/Box Score Luke Farrell: 1.0 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 1 K (70.5-percent strikes) Homeruns: Rortvedt (3) Bottom 3 WPA: Farrell (-.332), Kepler (-.099), Cave (-.097) Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) José Berríos Stifles Twins Lowly Offensive Attack The big storyline headed int...11337Sun, 19 Sep 2021 20:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-starting-pitchers-to-trade-for-this-winter-r11329/The Twins could easily patch together a rotation by signing a small army of one-year rentals with an expensive front of the rotation starter for several years. Unfortunately, that may be a bit of a band-aid on their pitching troubles. The Twins should be looking for arms that can immediately tak...11329Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:35:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sano-sets-strikeout-record-r11335/The Star-Tribune's Phil Miller gets credit for this one. Following Miguel Sano's second strikeout of the game, and 1,000th of his MLB career, Miller tweeted:   So, not only did Sano break the record, he broke it by a huge margin. Again, that isn't going to surprise a lot of Twins fans....11335Sat, 18 Sep 2021 23:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-blue-jays-6-twins-2-josh-donaldson/Box Score  SP: Bailey Ober: 4.0 IP,4 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K (74 pitches, 48 strikes (64.9%)) Home Runs: Josh Donaldson (24) Bottom 3 WPA: Bailey Ober (-0.143), Ryan Jeffers (-0.143), Joe Ryan (-0.097) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Second Time Not the Charm for Ober Ba...11334Sat, 18 Sep 2021 22:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-32-year-old-rookie-twins-promote-drew-maggi-r11333/The road has been long and windy for Drew Maggi. The Phoenix native was drafted out of Brophy College Prep by the hometown Diamondbacks in the 47th round of the 2008 draft. Two years later, he was the Pirates 15th round pick out of Arizona State. And that began his pro journey.  Maggi spent...11333Sat, 18 Sep 2021 16:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2020-rule-5-rewind-r11330/Every November, teams determine which minor leaguers they will add to their 40-man roster and hence, protect from losing in December’s Rule 5 draft. The decisions sometimes are difficult. Who might be selected? Who would be able to stick on the big-league roster throughout the season if they wer...11330Sat, 18 Sep 2021 11:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-7-blue-jays-3-jorge-polanco-josh-donaldson-miguel-sano-brent-rooker/Box Score Pineda: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (71.9% strikes) Home Runs: Polanco (31), Donaldson (23), Sanó (29), Rooker (8) Top 3 WPA: Rooker .141, Buxton .117, Donaldson .095 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Minnesota’s first trip to Rogers Centre in almost two and a half...11331Sat, 18 Sep 2021 02:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-questions-awaiting-the-2022-twins-r11326/Derek Falvey and Thad Levine will ultimately steer the direction of the 2022 club this offseason. It’s a very stripped-down roster compared to how this season started in terms of expectations, and how the front office decides to rebuild or retool is yet to be determined. However, there are still...11326Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:19:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/4-concerns-with-josh-donaldson%E2%80%99s-off-season-trade-value-r11323/After failing to contend in 2021, the Twins are in an intriguing position when planning for the future. Can the team be competitive in 2022? Is it going to take multiple years to get back near the top of the AL Central? Josh Donaldson is under contract for two more seasons, and there is a chance...11323Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:50:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-cleveland-12-twins-3-jax-miguel-sano/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Jax 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Homeruns: Sano (28) Bottom 3 WPA: Jax (-0.201), Buxton (-0.047), Jeffers (-0.042) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Griffin Jax Gets Blown Up in the Fifth Griffin Jax’s rough first season in the Majors...11325Thu, 16 Sep 2021 02:35:00 +0000