https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/532/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/this-reliever-might-be-the-key-to-turning-the-twins-bullpen-around-r10682/Following a strong rookie campaign, Jorge Alcalá logically had higher expectations entering the 2021 campaign. Things haven’t gone perfectly to start the year, but with a couple of small changes, Alcalá might be the key to turning the Twins bullpen around. Last season, Alcalá appeared in 16 games...10682Wed, 28 Apr 2021 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-cleveland-7-twins-4-r10687/Box Score Maeda: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 3 K Home Runs: Buxton (7) Bottom 3 WPA: Maeda -.180, Garver -.154, Arraez -.117 Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Buxton Returns to Strengthened Lineup Byron Buxton returned to the lineup Tuesday, after a bout of patellar tendinitis. Kyle Garlick and Max K...10687Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-these-twins-avoid-another-total-system-failure-r10685/Five years ago today, on April 27th, 2016, the Minnesota Twins had the exact same record as they do currently: 7-14. About one week later, owner Jim Pohlad uttered three words to the media that would become irrevocably associated with an historical trainwreck of a season: "Total System Failure." B...10685Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-long-will-the-twins-be-able-to-keep-thad-levine-r10683/When a team is successful, it’s only natural for other organizations to want to try and steal some of that success. That can come from hiring away other team’s front office personnel and coaches. The Twins have seen multiple coaches be snagged by other teams over the last handful of years, but the...10683Tue, 27 Apr 2021 19:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-cleveland-5-twins-3-r10681/Box Score Berríos: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Home Runs: Brent Rooker (1) Bottom 3 WPA: Jeffers -.394, Simmons -.251, Colome -.185 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Another extra-inning game, a similar result for the Twins as they lose their fifth straight extra inning game to open the 20...10681Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-cody-stashak-stick-in-the-bullpen-this-time-r10679/Stashak’s greatest strength, as a pitcher, is the carry on his four-seam heater. With his extremely high arm slot and above-average spin rate, he can miss bats and induce weak contact at the top of the strike zone. However, his raw velocity is below-average, and his short stature and delivery comb...10679Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-523-what-happened-to-this-team-r10680/Listen Here Now10680Mon, 26 Apr 2021 13:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/review-%E2%80%98the-pride-of-minnesota%E2%80%99-by-thom-henninger-r10675/Author Thom Henninger, editor of Baseball Digest magazine, has penned previous books about the Twins in this era. Back in 2015, he wrote the book Tony Oliva: The Life and Times of a Minnesota Twins Legend. Now, Henninger has gone back to the 1960s to look even closer at those turbulent times and M...10675Mon, 26 Apr 2021 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-languishing-lineup-r10677/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 4/19 through Sun, 4/25 *** Record Last Week: 1-5 (Overall: 7-13) Run Differential Last Week: -15 (Overall: -9) Standing: 4th Place in AL Central Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 15 | OAK 7, MIN 0: Hapless Twins Continue Woeful Streak; Swept by Athletics Game 16 |...10677Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-pirates-6-twins-2-r10676/Box Score: Pirates 6, Twins 2 Matt Shoemaker: 5.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Twins Home Runs: Nelson Cruz (7) Pirates Home Runs: Gregory Polanco (3) Bottom 3 WPA: Kirilloff -.160, Stashak -.149, Cruz, Garver -.106 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): After his worst outing of the season against...10676Sun, 25 Apr 2021 21:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-pirates-6-twins-2-r10674/Box Score Michael Pineda: 4.1 IP, 6, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Pineda -.275, Arraez -.083, Donaldson -.080 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Unfortunately for the Minnesota Twins, a win streak — even one as minor as two games — just wasn’t in the cards. The Twins fe...10674Sat, 24 Apr 2021 20:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-2-pirates-0-r10673/Box Score Happ: 7.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Home Runs: Astudillo (1), Cave (1) Top 3 WPA: Happ .406, Duffey .140, Astudillo .104 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Happ takes a no-hitter into the eighth We were all wondering how J.A. Happ’s outing would turn out to be, after ten days since...10673Sat, 24 Apr 2021 02:31:00 +0000