https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/527/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2021-is-an-outlier-for-the-minnesota-twins-r10783/There’s no way of putting this lightly, the Twins have been awful in 2021. After starting 5-2 they have fallen, tripped, and smacked their faces right on the proverbial sidewalk. Rocco, the front office, and players all deserve a differing part of the blame, but the results have been nothing sho...10783Thu, 20 May 2021 16:16:39 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-time-to-trade-jos%C3%A9-berr%C3%ADos-is-now-r10782/When a baseball team deems itself a seller at the trade deadline, the names that most often pop up are the players who are on expiring contracts. For the Twins, those names are Nelson Cruz, Andrelton Simmons, J.A. Happ and Hansel Robles, among others. Those players will undoubtedly be in trade r...10782Thu, 20 May 2021 15:15:34 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-has-cursed-these-2021-minnesota-twins-r10780/It took the Boston Red Sox 86 years to break the Curse of the Bambino and the Chicago Cubs 71 years to break the Curse of the Billy Goat. Let’s hope whatever’s happening to the 2021 Minnesota Twins it doesn’t loom over the team for that long. Of course, revisionist history will apply any cu...10780Thu, 20 May 2021 01:34:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-white-sox-2-twins-1-r10778/ Shoemaker: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
Home Runs: Cruz (10)
10778Wed, 19 May 2021 19:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baseball%E2%80%99s-unwritten-rules-are-hurting-the-game-r10777/How Did We Get Here? On Monday night, the Twins were getting blown out by the White Sox in the ninth inning. So instead of wasting another bullpen arm, Rocco Baldelli turned to Willians Astudillo to finish out the game. This is the third time La Tortuga has been used as a pitcher and his se...10777Wed, 19 May 2021 18:38:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-5-white-sox-4-r10775/Box Score Ober: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Home Runs: Sanó 3 (6) Top 3 WPA: Sanó .477, Polanco .432, Rogers .139 Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Pineda Scratched, Pen Shuffled Michael Pineda was scratched from his start Tuesday, with Twins injury news coming thick a...10775Wed, 19 May 2021 03:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-improved-is-the-twins-defense-r10773/Defensive metrics have come a long way in recent years, so there are plenty of ways to judge a team's defensive value. Minnesota’s front office added pieces this winter to improve the team’s overall defense. Andrelton Simmons being signed allowed Jorge Polanco to move to a stronger position. Whi...10773Wed, 19 May 2021 02:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-white-sox-16-twins-4-r10772/Box Score Starter: J.A. Happ 3.2 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 1 K Home Runs: Josh Donaldson (5) Bottom 3 WPA: Happ (-.314), Law (-.091), Garlick (-.039) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) May 17, 2021, White Sox vs. Twins was supposed to be a matchup of two AL Central foes battling...10772Tue, 18 May 2021 03:02:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/have-the-twins-been-unlucky-in-2021-r10770/Pythagorean Winning Percentage One aspect that shows how the Twins have been unlucky is their Pythagorean winning percentage. For those unfamiliar, Pythagorean winning percentage is an estimate of a team’s winning percentage given their runs scored and runs allowed. For example, the Twins s...10770Tue, 18 May 2021 02:30:11 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-526-point-of-no-return-r10768/10768Mon, 17 May 2021 14:43:24 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-no-end-in-sight-r10767/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 5/10 through Sun, 5/16 *** Record Last Week: 1-5 (Overall: 13-25) Run Differential Last Week: -18 (Overall: -20) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (10.5 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 33 | CWS 9, MIN 3: White Sox Roll in Lopsided Series Opener Game 34...10767Mon, 17 May 2021 02:00:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-athletics-7-twins-6-r10765/Boxscore Kenta Maeda: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 ER, BB, 2 K Home Runs: Kepler (4), Simmons (2) Bottom 3 WPA: Rogers -.298, Maeda -.224, Polanco -.149 Win Probability Chart (via  FanGraphs) Despite some early offensive action, the Twins were plagued by a tough fifth inning and a cost...10765Sun, 16 May 2021 22:08:19 +0000