https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/518/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-5-cleveland-4-jorge-polanco/Box Score Starter: Griffin Jax 6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Home Runs: Max Kepler (16), Ryan Jeffers (11) Top 3 WPA: Thielbar (.486), Polanco(.241), Colome (.144) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) In case you missed it, the Twins have been pretty good as of late. They have...11208Tue, 17 Aug 2021 04:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-539-whats-gotten-into-this-team-r11205/11205Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:07:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-twins-rookies-jax-ober/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 8/9 thru Sun, 8/15 *** Record Last Week: 4-2 (Overall: 52-66) Run Differential Last Week: -1 (Overall: -74) Standing: 4th Place in AL Central (16.0 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 113 | CWS 11, MIN 1: Sox Build Huge Early Lead in Laugher Game 114 | MIN...11204Mon, 16 Aug 2021 01:49:27 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-5-rays-4-max-kepler-charlie-barnes/Box Score (add link) SP: Charlie Barnes: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (73 pitches, 44 strikes (60.3%)) Home Runs: None  Top 3 WPA: Max Kepler (.327), Caleb Thielbar (.232), Charlie Barnes (.200) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Patience is a Virtue Luis Patino was th...11202Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-shortstop-2022-polanco-gordon-martin-lewis/When the Twins signed veteran Andrelton Simmons to a one-year, $10.5MM deal last offseason, it seemed like a perfect fit for a club that needed their top prospect to get an extra year of seasoning under his belt. A torn ACL and an anti-vaxxer later and what seemed like a perfect fit has turned i...11198Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:39:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-12-rays-0-brent-rooker/Box Score Kenta Maeda: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (76 pitches) Home Runs: Max Kepler (15), Luis Arraez (2), Rooker (6), Ryan Jeffers (10) Top 3 WPA: Maeda .153, Luis Arraez .108, Mitch Garver .097 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Saturday's win for the Twins was o...11199Sun, 15 Aug 2021 02:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-rays-10-twins-4-brent-rooker/Box Score Pineda: 2.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (82.9% strikes) Home Runs: Rooker (5) Bottom 3 WPA: Pineda -.237, Gant -.138, Larnach -.133 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Friday night was an emotional affair for the Twins at Target Field even before the first pitch. For sta...11196Sat, 14 Aug 2021 03:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-brian-dozier-jorge-polanco-luis-arraez/From 2013-2018 Brian Dozier played in nearly 900 games and blasted 161 homers for the Twins as their primary second basemen. He took time to settle into the role and changed his approach at the plate, but became an All-Star in 2015 and earned top-15 votes each of the next two seasons. In 2016-17...11195Fri, 13 Aug 2021 21:12:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/andrelton-simmons-isn%E2%80%99t-good-enough-to-get-away-with-this-r11191/Remember Steve Carlton? The not-very-integral member of the 1987 World Champion Minnesota Twins was, at one time, the best pitcher in baseball. Four Cy Youngs, five years leading the National League in strikeouts (the fifth time at age 38), last pitcher to throw 300 innings a season, led the Phi...11191Fri, 13 Aug 2021 11:30:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pitching-pipeline-griffin-jax-bailey-ober-charlie-barnes/Royce Lewis didn’t get off the ground this year after missing a traditional minor league season in 2020. We haven’t seen (and likely won’t) Jhoan Duran or Jordan Balazovic to this point. Although Alex Kirilloff and Trevor Larnach have both made their debuts, it’s been pitching where Minnesota ha...11190Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:48:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-1-white-sox-0-jorge-polanco-bailey-ober/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Ober 5.1 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Homeruns: Polanco (21) Top 3 WPA: Ober (0.284), Minaya (0.188), Polanco (0.154) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Bailey Ober’s Excellent Start After a shaky first month or so of his MLB ca...11186Wed, 11 Aug 2021 20:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-4-white-sox-3-griffin-jax/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Jax 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 10 K Homeruns: Astudillo (6) Top 3 WPA: Astudillo .283, Colome .169, Duffey .124 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) There was positive injury news for the Twins on Tuesday. Josh Donaldson returned to the lineu...11184Wed, 11 Aug 2021 03:03:00 +0000