https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/514/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-milwaukee-brewers-josh-donaldson/What’s Their Situation? The Brewers have put some distance between themselves and the rest of the NL Central but still need to close the gap on the top of the NL West if they want to have a chance at home-field advantage. The Brewers currently have the 7th-best odds of winning the World Ser...11034Sat, 17 Jul 2021 11:39:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/yennier-cano-chris-vallimont-ryan-mason-beau-burrows/Rocco Baldelli came into this season expecting to compete for a third straight division title. Between injuries and ineffectiveness, that reality isn’t going to play out. The second half now should be about evaluation for Minnesota. As 40-man and 26-man roster spots open up, it will be imperativ...11039Fri, 16 Jul 2021 21:37:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-oakland-athletics-nelson-cruz/What’s Their Situation? The Oakland Athletics currently find themselves second in the American League West with a record of 52-40. They are 3.5 games back of the Houston Astros and have a 3.5 game lead on the Seattle Mariners for the 2nd Wild Card spot. Ideally, this is a team angling for a...11033Fri, 16 Jul 2021 11:35:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-questions-nick-gordon-randy-dobnak/1. Will Nick Gordon have a role on the 2022 Twins?  The former first-round pick has finally found his way to the majors and is getting a chance to show what he's got ... but not much of a chance. Gordon's playing time has been sporadic at best; in the past calendar month, he's appeared in 1...11042Fri, 16 Jul 2021 02:29:16 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-trade-deadline-falvey-levine-berrios-rogers/Coming into 2021 this was supposed to be a good Major League roster. Rocco Baldelli was piloting a club coming off two-straight AL Central division titles, and there was no reason to believe they wouldn’t contend with the rival Chicago White Sox. Fast forward to where we are now, and the reality...11038Thu, 15 Jul 2021 03:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/charlie-barnes-mlb-debut-clemson/In the fourth round of the 2017 MLB Draft, the Minnesota Twins selected left-handed pitcher Charlie Barnes out of Clemson University.  Before that, he was a three-time letter winner in baseball at Sumter (SC) High School. He was twice All-State. As a senior, he was named pitcher of the year...11037Thu, 15 Jul 2021 03:26:31 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-twins-storylines-trade-deadline-rookies-spoiler/Trade Deadline Deals The next few weeks are shaping up to quite possibly being the craziest trade deadline in franchise history. Minnesota was supposed to be a contending team and many players are on contracts that expire in the next two years. This means the Twins are open for business wit...11031Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:30:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-toronto-blue-jays-taylor-rogers/What's Their Situation? The Toronto Blue Jays entered the 2020 offseason with a clear goal in mind: return to the American League playoffs in 2021 and make some noise.  The first step in attempting to accomplish this task was bringing in veteran offensive talent to complement young stu...11032Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:00:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-jose-berrios-taylor-rogers/The Twins, destined for irrelevance this season, have a variety of players they'd be more than happy to ship out. Impending free agents like Andrelton Simmons, Michael Pineda, Hansel Robles and J.A. Happ? Why not? Makes no difference really. Those players will be free for anyone to sign come Nov...11035Thu, 15 Jul 2021 01:09:23 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-philadelphia-phillies-josh-donaldson/  What's Their Situation? The Phillies declared themselves contenders before the 2019 season when they signed Bryce Harper to a 13-year(!) $330M contract. They backed it up with the fourth-highest payroll in MLB this year. And yet, they haven't made the postseason the last two years an...11029Wed, 14 Jul 2021 02:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/fans-return-target-field-twins/I love baseball in all of its dissectible minutiae. I delight in overthinking every at-bat, sweating every intense moment, and debating pointless frivolities. I get a kick out of analyzing and opining on the many twists and turns of a marathon season. And offseason. (If you frequent this site, y...11027Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:35:21 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/taylor-rogers-all-star-game/Taylor Rogers wasn’t part of the original AL All-Star roster, but Yusei Kikuchi was placed on the inactive list due to COVID protocols and now Rogers gets to live out what must feel like a dream. He attended Rockies games growing up and now he has a chance to pitch on the Coors Field mound for t...11026Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:09:02 +0000