https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/515/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-dodgers-maeda-graterol-raley-camargo/Minnesota had many reasons to be interested in trading for Kenta Maeda before the 2020 season. He had shown positive signs during his time in Los Angeles, and the Dodgers had an influx of starting pitching. He pitched over 125 innings in each of his first four big-league seasons, but the team te...11263Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-minnesota-twins-hitter-of-the-month-august-2021-r11267/August represented the first month of the season in which Minnesota had a winning record. Curiously enough, according to several metrics, it was also the month in which they had their lowest offensive productivity. This controversy (given that their pitching wasn’t substantially better either) c...11267Wed, 01 Sep 2021 16:14:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-would-the-ideal-offseason-have-looked-like-for-the-minnesota-twins-r11264/This offseason, the Minnesota Twins made six free agent signings and all of them (save for Nelson Cruz) blew up in their faces. The Minnesota Twins front office misfired badly and the losing season they are going through is the result. But what if things played out differently? In a “hindsi...11264Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-cubs-twins-john-gant/Box Score John Gant: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (64% strikes) Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Kepler -.209, Buxton -.148, Simmons -.144 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Each team scored a run in the first inning. John Gant, who’s trying to make a case for himself to be a par...11266Wed, 01 Sep 2021 03:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/olympic-medalist-joe-ryan-promoted/When the Twins take on the Cubs on Wednesday night against the Cubs, we will be able to watch the major-league debut of Joe Ryan. Darren Wolfson reports that Ryan is being promoted tomorrow, with rosters expanding on September 1st, and the expectation is that he'll take the hill at Target Field...11261Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-3-tigers-2-bailey-ober/Box Score Starter: Bailey Ober 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Home Runs: Josh Donaldson (21) Top 3 WPA: Alcala (.259), Colome (.214), Donaldson (.191) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Monday was a day the Twins were initially scheduled to have a day off but instead spent t...11260Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-540-buxton-in-maeda-out-joe-ryan-up-r11259/11259Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-steps-forward-and-setbacks-r11256/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 8/23 thru Sun, 8/29 *** Record Last Week: 3-3 (Overall: 57-73) Run Differential Last Week: -9 (Overall: -99) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (18.0 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 125 | BOS 11, MIN 9: Jax Runs into a Buzzsaw in Boston Game 126 | MIN 9...11256Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:06:56 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-brewers-6-twins-2-griffin-jax/Box Score Griffin Jax: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 5 K, 3 BB, 65.0% strikes Homeruns: Sano (23) Bottom 3 WPA: Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Griffin Jax Struggles with Control If you’ve followed me long enough, you know how much emphasis I put on pitchers being efficient. Well, u...11255Sun, 29 Aug 2021 21:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-6-brewers-4-miguel-sano-caleb-thielbar-juan-minaya/Box Score SP: Charlie Barnes: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (64 pitches, 47 strikes (73.4%)) Home Runs: None  Top 3 WPA: Miguel Sano (.184), Juan Minaya (.177), Josh Donaldson (.119) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) As the game proceeded, it was as if the goal was to get t...11251Sun, 29 Aug 2021 02:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-the-pitching-staff-compete-in-2022-r11247/The Twins had a tall order when it came to the 2022 pitching staff even when Jose Berrios and Kenta Maeda were slotted into the first two spots. Berrios has since been traded and we’ve received word that Maeda has an ominous elbow injury and will have exploratory surgery next week which could tu...11247Sat, 28 Aug 2021 16:40:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-2-brewers-0-andrew-albers/Box Score Andrew Albers: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Home Runs: Donaldson (20) Top 3 WPA: Albers .306, Donaldson .177, Coulombe .080 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Before either team even took the field, two special stories were already on display. First, third baseman Ed...11249Sat, 28 Aug 2021 03:46:00 +0000