https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/522/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-7-yankees-5-r10879/Box Score Happ: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Home Runs: Donaldson (8), Cruz (11) Top 3 WPA: Cruz .447, Donaldson .376, Astudillo .074 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Coming into Thursday night’s game, the Minnesota Twins were leaning on the left arm of J.A. H...10879Fri, 11 Jun 2021 04:09:51 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-yankees-9-twins-6-r10877/Judge and Stanton Clobber Dobnak It sure feels like a long time since the Twins threw Randy Dobnak in Game 2 of the ALDS against this Yankees lineup. In that game, Dobnak gave up four runs in 2+ innings pitched. Tonight didn’t go much better for the struggling right-hander, as Aaron Judge a...10877Thu, 10 Jun 2021 03:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/one-pitch-might-turn-this-pitcher-into-the-twins-future-closer-r10873/Many relief pitchers can be successful by relying on two to three pitches. For instance, Taylor Rogers has found a lot of success at the big-league level by throwing a two-pitch mix with his fastball and a slider. Relievers can use their best pitches, because they don’t have to worry about facin...10873Thu, 10 Jun 2021 02:34:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-should-the-twins-do-with-andrelton-simmons-r10875/The deal at the time was widely respected, neither panned nor necessarily praised, as it was widely understood that the team’s primary target to replace Polanco, Marcus Semien, who ultimately signed with the Toronto Bluejays, simply did not want to come to Minnesota. Additionally, Simmons had be...10875Thu, 10 Jun 2021 01:44:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5-jarring-numbers-to-describe-the-2021-minnesota-twins-r10874/1. 9 The Twins’ offense has a 25 wRC+ (75% below average) in the ninth inning and beyond. That’s the lowest mark in baseball, by far. And while the bats have been colder than ice in these spots, the pitching staff has been equally as bad. The Twins have an A.L. worst 4.70 ERA to boot, and t...10874Thu, 10 Jun 2021 00:44:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/defense-has-been-indefensible-for-twins-r10872/In 2020 Minnesota finished the season with 17 DRS (defensive runs saved). That was good for 8th in Major League Baseball. Only 11 teams finished with a double-digit mark, and only the Pirates missed the Postseason among teams performing better than the Twins. Removing Eddie Rosario from left fie...10872Wed, 09 Jun 2021 16:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/injuries-don%E2%80%99t-excuse-how-bad-this-twins-team-has-been-r10871/The Twins haven’t been the most injured team in baseball. They’re not even in the top five. In fact, they’re barely even in the top 10. If you’re interested in looking at the data, it’s available at spotrac. In terms of number of players who have been or are currently on the Injured List, the Tw...10871Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-yankees-8-twins-4-r10869/Box Score Pineda: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Rogers -.333, Garlick -.118, Colome -.101,  Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) On a sweltering day in Minneapolis the Twins received positive injury news on Tuesday. Rob Refsnyder...10869Wed, 09 Jun 2021 03:50:46 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-trade-value-of-the-minnesota-twins-7-impending-free-agents-r10867/When a team deems itself to be a seller at the trade deadline, the first names to go on the trade block are that team’s impending free agents. After all, if a team is declaring the current season to be a lost one, the best move for a team is to recoup as many assets as possible for the players w...10867Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:37:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-top-3-twins-offseason-mistakes-r10861/3. Trusting the Bullpen Castoffs Wes Johnson has done some amazing things with bullpen arms in the past and the Twins entered 2021 thinking that he would be able to replicate these results with a new group of bullpen castoffs. Now it’s the beginning of June and Minnesota has rotated through...10861Tue, 08 Jun 2021 02:34:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/prospect-retrospective-bailey-ober-r10860/He was knocked around a bit in his debut going four innings, allowing six baserunners and four earned runs off of two homeruns while striking out four hitters. In his second start, against the Kansas City Royals on June 6th, he once again went four innings with four strikeouts but kept the ball...10860Tue, 08 Jun 2021 01:05:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/encouraging-twins-trends-jorge-polanco-josh-donaldson/With the Twins boasting one of the worst records in the league and continuing to affirm it with their play week after week, it's natural to start thinking about the big picture, and wondering what the path forward looks like.  Has their championship window closed? Is a full-on rebuild in th...10864Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:29:00 +0000