https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/523/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/alex-kirilloff%E2%80%99s-growing-pains-r10863/Kirilloff gave Minnesota Twins fans a glimpse into his immense potential when he hit four home runs in a three-game stretch. Because this is 2021, he landed on the IL with an injured wrist just a game later and hasn’t been the same since. Kirilloff homered in both games of his rehab assignm...10863Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:06:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/now%E2%80%99s-the-time-to-trade-nelson-cruz-to-this-al-team-r10859/Without question, the Twins are going to be sellers at this year’s trading deadline and the result is going to be a lot of different trade rumors circling around veteran players in the weeks ahead. Last week, Tom explored an idea that would send Josh Donaldson to the Brewers in an intriguing tra...10859Mon, 07 Jun 2021 03:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-still-sinking-matt-shoemaker-nick-gordon/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 5/31 through Sun, 6/6 *** Record Last Week: 3-4 (Overall: 24-35) Run Differential Last Week: -13 (Overall: -35) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (12.5 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 53 | MIN 3, BAL 2: Twins Edge O's Behind Strong Berríos Effort Game...10858Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:28:52 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-2-royals-1-r10856/Box Score Bailey Ober: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (72.5% strikes) Homeruns: none Top 3 WPA: Rogers (.452), Larnach (.120), Duffey (.110) Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Ober Efficient in Second Career Start Like his first Major League start, Ober gave th...10856Sun, 06 Jun 2021 21:20:57 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/prospect-retrospective-griffin-jax-r10855/Amateur Career Jax was named the 2013 Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Colorado as well as a Louisville Slugger High School First-Team All-American after going 7-1 with a 1.74 ERA and a 57/2 K:BB ratio for Cherry Creek High School. He started 29 games on the mound for the A...10855Sun, 06 Jun 2021 21:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/time-for-a-changing-of-the-guard-r10852/Bailey Ober Ober has surpassed Lewis Thorpe as a possible back of the rotation option for 2022 in my eyes. He’s dominated the Minors at every stop including AAA this year where he’s posted a 2.81 ERA and 20% K rate. He doesn’t have ace level stuff but he does have a high spin fastball th...10852Sat, 05 Jun 2021 23:42:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-5-royals-4-r10853/Box Score Starter: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K Home Runs: Ryan Jeffers (2nd), Kyle Garlick (5th), Miguel Sano (11th) Top 3 WPA: Miguel Sano (.226), Hansel Robles (.208), Ryan Jeffers (.153) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Nothing has come easy for the Twins, and...10853Sat, 05 Jun 2021 23:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/theres-no-easy-way-out-of-this-for-the-minnesota-twins-r10846/Major League Baseball isn’t like other sports. The degree of difficulty in the draft is extreme and one player, no matter how good, can only make so big of an impact. Joe Mauer is the fourth-best No. 1 overall pick of all-time, according to Baseball-Reference WAR, behind only Alex Rodriguez...10846Sat, 05 Jun 2021 16:05:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-royals-14-twins-5-r10850/Box Score Matt Shoemaker: 0.1 IP (10 batters faced), 6 H, 8 ER (9 R), 2 BB, 1 K Homeruns: Polanco (6), Sanó (10), Gordon (1) Bottom 3 WPA: Shoemaker -.433, Astudillo -.048, Larnach -.039 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Historic First Inning Fells Twins In a se...10850Sat, 05 Jun 2021 03:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/prospect-retrospective-gilberto-celestino-r10848/Amateur Career Coming out of the Dominican Republic, there isn’t really any statistical data on his amateur career before being signed as an international free agent in July of 2015. At the time he was considered the #11 international prospect and MLB.com’s scouting report read as follows: ...10848Sat, 05 Jun 2021 02:11:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/would-you-do-this-trade-josh-donaldson-to-the-brewers-for-%E2%80%A6-r10847/Before we get to the actual proposal, I just want to make sure to be extra clear that this is a hypothetical scenario that DeRosa is throwing out there. This isn’t a trade in the works that’s being reported or even a trade rumor. This is DeRosa just spitballing an idea he feels makes sense....10847Fri, 04 Jun 2021 21:05:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/4-candidates-to-represent-the-minnesota-twins-in-the-2021-all-star-game-r10842/MLB all-star voting this season will be handled the same as the past two seasons, where the starters will be voted in via a fan vote over two rounds. The first round of fan voting will decide the top-3 candidates at each position and the second round will consist of voting between the top-3 vote...10842Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:09:01 +0000