https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/514/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-5-cleveland-2-jorge-polanco-michael-pineda/Box Score Starter: Bailey Ober 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Home Runs: Jorge Polanco (27), Byron Buxton (11) Top 3 WPA: Polanco (.240), Pineda (.192), Buxton (.096)   Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) At this point in the season, it feels like a Bailey Ober start is app...11290Tue, 07 Sep 2021 01:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-joe-ryan-randy-dobnak/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 8/30 thru Sun, 9/5 *** Record Last Week: 2-4 (Overall: 59-77) Run Differential Last Week: -12 (Overall: -111) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (20.0 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 131 | MIN 3, DET 2: Twins Take Makeup Game Behind Ober Game 132 | CHC...11287Mon, 06 Sep 2021 02:03:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-6-rays-5-nick-gordon/Box Score Griffin Jax: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (55-percent strikes) Homeruns: none Top 3 WPA: Gordon (.364), Colomé (.194), Arraez (.171) Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs)   Jax Bounces Back After Two Abysmal Starts Jax entered today giving up 15 earned runs in his last...11286Sun, 05 Sep 2021 20:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-rays-11-twins-4-polanco-sano/Box Score Andrew Albers: 3 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Home Runs: Miguel Sanó (24), Jorge Polanco (26) Bottom 3 WPA: Andrew Albers -.385, Luis Arraez -.046, Ryan Jeffers -.031 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The first inning didn’t exactly go well for Andrew Albers...11284Sat, 04 Sep 2021 23:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-shouldnt-spend-much-on-starting-pitching-this-offseason-r11281/(For the record, I did not intend for this to be a pseudo-response to Nick Nelson’s article from the other day, but it worked out like that.) In all likelihood, Kenta Maeda’s Tommy John surgery has ended any chance he has of pitching to any significant degree in 2022. There remains an outsi...11281Sat, 04 Sep 2021 13:03:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/has-minnesota%E2%80%99s-defense-improved-or-declined-in-the-second-half-r11280/Defensive metrics have come a long way over the last decade. With Statcast tracking every batted ball, the amount of information available to fans is at an all-time high. One newer defensive metric was developed by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), and it is called the SABR Defe...11280Sat, 04 Sep 2021 12:04:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-rays-5-twins-3-randy-dobnak-jorge-polanco/Box Score  SP: Randy Dobnak: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (88 pitches, 53 strikes (60.2%)) Home Runs: Jorge Polanco (25), Ryan Jeffers (12) Bottom 3 WPA: Randy Dobnak (-0.287), Josh Donaldson (-0.084), Byron Buxton (-0.067) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)   Hip... Hip....11282Sat, 04 Sep 2021 01:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/century-old-baseball-hobby-in-jeopardy-r11276/A couple of weeks ago, it was announced that Fanatics would become the exclusive licensee for baseball cards. It wasn’t there where things stopped, though. The NBA and NFL also joined in the venture. That means over the next few years, it will no longer be Topps or Panini that produces sports ca...11276Fri, 03 Sep 2021 21:04:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2022-rotation-ober-dobnak-pineda/Below I will outline a plausible path to a good Twins rotation in 2022. Not an elite rotation – that's probably a bridge too far at this point – but a good one with five solid-or-better starters, capable of competing for a postseason spot and maybe more. There is inherently some optimistic...11277Thu, 02 Sep 2021 22:27:35 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/naming-the-twins-2022-opening-day-starter-r11274/I have been a big proponent of Derek Falvey and Thad Levine looking at the year ahead as an opportunity to right the ship that sunk in 2021. Unfortunately, the Maeda injury is the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. Replacing the entirety of a rotation, needing to overhaul the bullpen, and...11274Thu, 02 Sep 2021 21:24:05 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cole-sands-drew-strotman-chris-vallimont/There appear to be plenty of innings to go around in 2022. While we hope to see prospects such as Jordan Balazovic and Jhoan Duran debut, Bailey Ober is proof that it isn’t always the shiny top prospect that storms into the Major Leagues. The Twins have a few arms in the minors who could be a pl...11269Thu, 02 Sep 2021 16:19:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-awards-minaya-ober-colome-garza/Taylor Rogers was the choice for Twins Daily Pitcher of the Month in both May and June, and Kenta Maeda ‘received’ the award in August. Who will take home the prestigious award in their minds (because we haven’t come up with any sort of physical trophy or plaque or piece of paper).  Now, be...11273Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:48:01 +0000