https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/531/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-worst-free-agent-signing-ever-r11297/After Jorge Polanco limped through 2020 with an ankle injury that required a second surgery, it became more than apparent that Rocco Baldelli needed a different option at shortstop. Before Royce Lewis was shelved with a torn ACL, the big league club needed a stabilizing presence at the most crit...11297Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:24:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what%E2%80%99s-gotten-into-caleb-thielbar-r11296/Caleb Thielbar thought his days as a baseball pitcher were over. Following the 2019 minor league season, he accepted a coaching job at Augustana University in Sioux Falls as he finished up pitching for Team USA in the 2019 Premier12. Baseball had a different plan for him. Multiple teams invited...11296Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:44:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-3-cleveland-0-joe-ryan-miguel-sano/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Ryan 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Homeruns: Sano (25) Top 3 WPA: Ryan (0.479), Gordon (0.101), Thielbar (0.58) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Joe Ryan Take Perfect Game into Seventh in Second Career Start Apart from one rough inning...11300Thu, 09 Sep 2021 00:42:10 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-top-5-least-valuable-twins-in-2021-r11292/WAR According to FanGraphs, the Twins have four players that have accumulated a negative WAR total in 2021. Gilberto Celestino ranks lowest with a -0.7 WAR, but that was expected for a player forced into the big leagues before he had significant time in the high minors. Brent Rooker is just sl...11292Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:03:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-3-cleveland-0/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Gant 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 7 K Homeruns: Rooker (11) Top 3 WPA: Gant .300, Simmons .135, Thielbar .098 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The Twins looked to build on their Labor Day win over Cleveland on Tuesday. They sent John Gant to t...11294Wed, 08 Sep 2021 02:00:32 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-542-losing-my-rotation-r11293/11293Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:02:22 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/randy-dobnak-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-season-r11289/Randy Dobnak had to be feeling pretty good about himself entering spring training this year. The Twins had given him some financial certainty by signing him to a five-year extension worth a guaranteed $9.25 million and a chance to earn close to $30 million if the team picks up his three option y...11289Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:53:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-5-cleveland-2-jorge-polanco-michael-pineda/Box Score Starter: Bailey Ober 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Home Runs: Jorge Polanco (27), Byron Buxton (11) Top 3 WPA: Polanco (.240), Pineda (.192), Buxton (.096)   Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) At this point in the season, it feels like a Bailey Ober start is app...11290Tue, 07 Sep 2021 01:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-joe-ryan-randy-dobnak/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 8/30 thru Sun, 9/5 *** Record Last Week: 2-4 (Overall: 59-77) Run Differential Last Week: -12 (Overall: -111) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (20.0 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 131 | MIN 3, DET 2: Twins Take Makeup Game Behind Ober Game 132 | CHC...11287Mon, 06 Sep 2021 02:03:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-6-rays-5-nick-gordon/Box Score Griffin Jax: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K (55-percent strikes) Homeruns: none Top 3 WPA: Gordon (.364), Colomé (.194), Arraez (.171) Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs)   Jax Bounces Back After Two Abysmal Starts Jax entered today giving up 15 earned runs in his last...11286Sun, 05 Sep 2021 20:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-rays-11-twins-4-polanco-sano/Box Score Andrew Albers: 3 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Home Runs: Miguel Sanó (24), Jorge Polanco (26) Bottom 3 WPA: Andrew Albers -.385, Luis Arraez -.046, Ryan Jeffers -.031 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The first inning didn’t exactly go well for Andrew Albers...11284Sat, 04 Sep 2021 23:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-shouldnt-spend-much-on-starting-pitching-this-offseason-r11281/(For the record, I did not intend for this to be a pseudo-response to Nick Nelson’s article from the other day, but it worked out like that.) In all likelihood, Kenta Maeda’s Tommy John surgery has ended any chance he has of pitching to any significant degree in 2022. There remains an outsi...11281Sat, 04 Sep 2021 13:03:01 +0000