https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/533/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/olympic-medalist-joe-ryan-promoted/When the Twins take on the Cubs on Wednesday night against the Cubs, we will be able to watch the major-league debut of Joe Ryan. Darren Wolfson reports that Ryan is being promoted tomorrow, with rosters expanding on September 1st, and the expectation is that he'll take the hill at Target Field...11261Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-3-tigers-2-bailey-ober/Box Score Starter: Bailey Ober 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Home Runs: Josh Donaldson (21) Top 3 WPA: Alcala (.259), Colome (.214), Donaldson (.191) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Monday was a day the Twins were initially scheduled to have a day off but instead spent t...11260Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-540-buxton-in-maeda-out-joe-ryan-up-r11259/11259Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-steps-forward-and-setbacks-r11256/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 8/23 thru Sun, 8/29 *** Record Last Week: 3-3 (Overall: 57-73) Run Differential Last Week: -9 (Overall: -99) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (18.0 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 125 | BOS 11, MIN 9: Jax Runs into a Buzzsaw in Boston Game 126 | MIN 9...11256Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:06:56 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-brewers-6-twins-2-griffin-jax/Box Score Griffin Jax: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 5 K, 3 BB, 65.0% strikes Homeruns: Sano (23) Bottom 3 WPA: Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Griffin Jax Struggles with Control If you’ve followed me long enough, you know how much emphasis I put on pitchers being efficient. Well, u...11255Sun, 29 Aug 2021 21:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-6-brewers-4-miguel-sano-caleb-thielbar-juan-minaya/Box Score SP: Charlie Barnes: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (64 pitches, 47 strikes (73.4%)) Home Runs: None  Top 3 WPA: Miguel Sano (.184), Juan Minaya (.177), Josh Donaldson (.119) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) As the game proceeded, it was as if the goal was to get t...11251Sun, 29 Aug 2021 02:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-the-pitching-staff-compete-in-2022-r11247/The Twins had a tall order when it came to the 2022 pitching staff even when Jose Berrios and Kenta Maeda were slotted into the first two spots. Berrios has since been traded and we’ve received word that Maeda has an ominous elbow injury and will have exploratory surgery next week which could tu...11247Sat, 28 Aug 2021 16:40:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-2-brewers-0-andrew-albers/Box Score Andrew Albers: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Home Runs: Donaldson (20) Top 3 WPA: Albers .306, Donaldson .177, Coulombe .080 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Before either team even took the field, two special stories were already on display. First, third baseman Ed...11249Sat, 28 Aug 2021 03:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-frank-viola-bashes-organization/Former Twins World Series MVP brought up the idea that the organization has failed and changed direction due to the results of 2021. He’s not alone in suggesting that narrative, but to say such a result reflects organizational failure also conveniently ignores what took place the previous four y...11245Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:58:20 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/getting-jhoan-duran-back-on-track-r11242/The team has not yet announced that Duran will miss the rest of 2021, but, given the nature of elbow strains, I find it difficult to see him returning to the mound in any meaningful way. There's just no decent reason to push him. Now, 2022 will be about rebuilding (essentially) two years of miss...11242Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:19:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-red-sox-12-twins-2-willians-astudillo/Box Score Gant: 4 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K Home Runs: Astudillo (7) Bottom 3 WPA: Gant -.193, Garcia -.093, Arraez -.090 Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Pitching has been the downfall for the Minnesota Twins in 2021, and pitching was their downfall again on Thursday nigh...11243Fri, 27 Aug 2021 02:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byron-buxton-fugure/In the final days of July, Buxton was a hotly-discussed name related to potential trade rumors. Minnesota had made him multiple long-term extension offers, and the suggestion was that it was either accept or be moved down the line. Buxton’s camp wisely passed on what would seem below-market deal...11240Thu, 26 Aug 2021 21:40:01 +0000