https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/531/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/do-the-twins-have-a-self-scouting-issue-r10945/There’s no question that successful organizations need to have a strong scouting department. It is the job of this group to find talent at any level and decide if those players are a good fit for an organization. One undervalued scouting skill might be the ability of an organization to evaluate...10945Tue, 29 Jun 2021 02:37:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-532-last-comic-standing-r10946/10946Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-celebrate-miguel-sano-jose-berrios/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 6/21 through Sun, 6/27 *** Record Last Week: 3-2 (Overall: 32-43) Run Differential Last Week: +3 (Overall: -48) Standing: T-3rd Place in AL Central (11.5 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 72 | MIN 7, CIN 5: Sanó Walks Off Reds in Extras Game 73 | CIN 10, MI...10942Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-8-cleveland-2-r10941/Box Score J.A. Happ: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 7 K (65.7% strikes) Homeruns: Simmons (3), Donaldson (11), Cruz (17) Top 3 WPA: Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Happ First Quality Start Since April 28th It’s been an up and (mostly) down year for Happ but the left...10941Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:17:37 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-8-cleveland-7-r10937/Box Score Coulombe (starter): 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (71.8% strikes) Jax (primary): 4.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 2 K (65.3% strikes) Home Runs: Kirilloff (6) Top 3 WPA: Arráez .445, Cruz .119, Kirilloff .095 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Lefty Danny Coulombe...10937Sat, 26 Jun 2021 03:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-cleveland-4-twins-1-r10934/Box Score Berríos: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K Home Run(s): None Bottom 3 WPA: Rogers -.232, Alcala -.178, Cruz -.169 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)    Coming off of an off-day, the Minnesota Twins were hoping to get back on the right foot as they kick...10934Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:27:36 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/it%E2%80%99s-time-to-pay-byron-buxton-r10932/Injuries are often unpredictable, and the situation becomes one more of reaction than it does preventability. Recently Lucas Seehafer wrote a wonderful piece outlining Buxton’s maladies and what to make of them. The man is a tireless worker and in exceptional shape. Short of the early career pos...10932Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:20:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/could-the-twins-trade-luis-arraez-r10933/Luis Arraez has been found money for the Twins system. While a solid prospect, his debut season posting a .334/.399/.439 slash line was not expected by any means. He probably takes the highest quality at bats on the team and has fantastic bat to ball skills that should always buoy a solid battin...10933Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:07:50 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/on-the-minnesota-twins-front-office-faith-and-being-fickle%C2%A0-r10931/Falvey took over a 100-loss team and turned it into a 100-win team just three seasons later. Even with this poor start to the 2021 season, the team’s record under his regime is 331-288, a .535 winning percentage. That might not jump off the page — it’s an 87-win pace — but keep in mind how bad t...10931Thu, 24 Jun 2021 03:34:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/berr%C3%ADos-or-buxton-who-is-worth-a-100-million-deal-r10929/The José Berríos Argument Minnesota has struggled to develop pitching for decades and Berríos is one of the lone bright spots in recent memory. He’s a two-time All-Star and he might be heading for his third selection this season. For his career, he has a 105 ERA+ as his debut season was his...10929Thu, 24 Jun 2021 02:35:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trade-deadline-szn-3-trade-proposals-for-nelson-cruz-r10928/At age 40, Nelson Cruz has picked up right where he left off in 2020. In 63 games thus far in 2021, Cruz owns a .936 OPS and leads the Minnesota Twins in home runs and RBI. Set to become a free agent at the end of the season, Cruz figures to be a prime trade piece for the Minnesota Twins this Ju...10928Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:31:24 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/replacing-the-twins-veterans-after-the-deadline-r10924/Injuries are obviously impacting multiple players listed below. In a perfect world, the Twins would be able to trade away all their veterans for valuable pieces, but almost nothing has gone perfectly for the Twins in 2021. That being said, here’s some of the roster shuffle that will occur over t...10924Wed, 23 Jun 2021 02:30:02 +0000