https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/529/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-white-sox-6-twins-1-r10992/Box Score Pineda: 5.1 IP 12 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO Home Runs: Larnach (7) Bottom 3 WPA: Pineda (-.237), Cruz (-.105), Rortvedt (-.097) Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Michael Pineda Get Hit Around in Return from IL Earlier today, the Twins activated Mi...10992Wed, 07 Jul 2021 20:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-trade-deadline-will-this-market-work-against-the-twins-agenda-r10988/No matter what the Twins do this month the goal has to be to inject more pitching into this organization. Ideally, those arms would be relatively close to major-league ready. The team already has enviable payroll flexibility going forward, but moving any salary off the books that would later be...10988Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:34:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-white-sox-4-twins-1-r10989/Box Score Berríos: 7.0 IP 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 10 SO Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Celestino -.172, Colomé -.169, Jeffers -.149 Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Night two of Welcome Back Week was Pride Night at Target Field. A blustery, rainy Minneapolis day...10989Wed, 07 Jul 2021 03:17:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/max-kepler-bailey-ober-nick-gordon/Box Score Ober: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K Home Runs: Kepler 2 (9) Top 3 WPA: Ober .252, Rogers .226, Kepler .185 Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) A sweltering Minneapolis evening was the scene of the tenth matchup of the season between the Twins and Wh...10985Tue, 06 Jul 2021 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trading-josh-donaldson-is-the-right-call-r10984/The Twins have apparently begun to explore Donaldson's trade market, with a report out of SNY last week suggesting "very preliminary talks" have taken place with the Mets. JD makes sense for a team like that: in the championship mix, and capable of benefiting from a brashly confident former MVP...10984Tue, 06 Jul 2021 02:36:19 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-nelson-cruz-josh-donaldson/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 6/28 through Sun, 7/4 *** Record Last Week: 1-5 (Overall: 34-48) Run Differential Last Week: -16 (Overall: -64) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (14.5 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 77 | CWS 7, MIN 6: Offense Can't Overcome Maeda's Messy Start...10980Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:57:40 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-geek-twins-likely-traded-josh-donaldson-nelson-cruz/10979Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/taylor-rogers-deserves-to-be-an-all-star-r10977/The Twins bullpen has been about as big of a mess as possible in 2021 but there is one reliever having a career year that needs to be recognized. After a good but inconsistent 2019 and 2020, Taylor Rogers has become the reliever we've all been waiting for. Aside from Hansel Robles on a good day,...10977Mon, 05 Jul 2021 01:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/nelson-cruz-named-to-all-star-team-r10975/With the Twins record sitting at just 34-48, it was probably too much to hope that the Twins would be represented by more than one All Star. While pitchers Jose Berrios and Taylor Rogers were certainly viable choices, it is Nelson Cruz who will represent the organization on July 13th in Denver....10975Sun, 04 Jul 2021 21:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-6-royals-2-r10974/Box Score Kenta Maeda: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K (69% strikes) Homeruns: Kepler (7), Polanco (10), Kirilloff (7) Top 3 WPA: Maeda (.387), Polanco (.093), Kepler (.087) Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Maeda Dominates Royals Offense Maeda only allowed on...10974Sun, 04 Jul 2021 21:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-royals-6-twins-3-r10971/Box Score Griffin Jax: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 3 K Home Runs: Trevor Larnach (6) Bottom 3 WPA: Griffin Jax (-0.368), Alex Kirilloff (-0.129), Luis Arraez (-0.094) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Jax Makes First Start  After earning his first MLB Win in his pr...10971Sun, 04 Jul 2021 01:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-to-do-with-max-kepler-r10970/Kepler’s career can be split into three parts. One was his 2019 season where he led the Twins in fWAR and punished pitchers no matter their handedness. He slashed a fantastic .252/.336/.519. Unfortunately this stretch lasted all of 596 plate appearances. The other two parts are the near 200...10970Sat, 03 Jul 2021 23:03:18 +0000