https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/536/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sea-8-min-6-mariners-score-eight-unanswered-runs-r10628/Box Score Shoemaker: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K Home Runs: Buxton (5) Bottom 3 WPA: Colomé -.748, Cave -.078, Kepler -.052 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Arraez and Buxton Continue Torrid Starts The Twins were aggressive early with Mariners’ starter Chris Flexen as he threw only 11 pit...10628Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-andrelton-simmons-earn-more-mvp-votes-r10626/Andrelton Simmons has been a defensive wizard since he broke through to the MLB and has been considered by some to be the best defensive shortstop of the generation. His defense alone has him walking the tightrope to a Hall of Fame finish thus far in his career according to bWAR and fWAR measureme...10626Sun, 11 Apr 2021 01:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sea-4-min-3-another-loss-in-extra-innings-r10627/Box Score Pineda: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K Home Runs: Cruz (4) Bottom 3 WPA: Polanco -.331, Colomé -.181, Garver -.177 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Twins, Mariners in Lockstep All Afternoon Today’s game seemed predestined for an extra innings crapshoot all day, as the Twins and Mar...10627Sat, 10 Apr 2021 21:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trust-the-process-not-early-results-for-miguel-san%C3%B3-r10621/The date was June 28, 2019. Miguel Sanó was in the middle of one of his vintage slumps. He’d hit just .147 with a .544 OPS and 35 strikeouts over his last 74 plate appearances. The stretch was illuminated by a horrendous extra-innings loss to Tampa Bay, a game in which Sanó went 0-for-7. I’m sure...10621Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/did-colom%C3%A9-throwing-2-innings-hint-at-baldelli39s-2021-bullpen-strategy-r10625/Before getting into that, the decision by Baldelli to send his closer out for a second inning of work was not actually the result of a new philosophical change. Taylor Rogers made nine different appearances in which he threw at least two innings during the 2019 season. The reason for this was beca...10625Fri, 09 Apr 2021 20:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what%E2%80%99s-the-best-baseball-card-in-twins39-history-r10620/As a quick preface, each of these cards won’t make fans rich and they can all be attained fairly easily on the secondary market. This makes it even more fun for those getting into the hobby for the first time. 1985 Topps Kirby Puckett Rookie Card MLB.com named the Puckett rookie as the most iconic...10620Fri, 09 Apr 2021 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-you-should-believe-in-buck-r10619/Sure, we’re dealing with an incredibly small sample size at this point. As of this writing, the Twins centerfielder has a whopping 14 at bats. In that run however, he’s posted a ridiculous 1.580 OPS and each of his five hits have gone for extra bases. While dealing with incredibly small sample siz...10619Fri, 09 Apr 2021 01:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-10-sea-2-twins-treat-returning-fans-with-dominant-victory-r10622/Box Score Berríos: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 8 K Home Runs: Garver (2), Buxton (4), Arraez (1) Top 3 WPA: Garver .148, Berríos .141, Garlick .122 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): After a 2020 season in which the Twins struggled to get anything together against left-handed pitching, the Minn...10622Thu, 08 Apr 2021 23:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/did-the-twins-give-up-too-early-on-akil-baddoo-r10616/Baddoo was a second-round pick back in the 2016 MLB Draft out of high school in Georgia. He was actually Minnesota’s fourth pick in that draft behind Alex Kirilloff, Ben Rortvedt, and Jose Miranda. All of those players are still in the Twins organization, but Baddoo was left unprotected in this ye...10616Thu, 08 Apr 2021 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-made-adam-bray-r10614/Each year thousands of elementary school teachers ask their students the million-dollar question that lives rent-free inside the mind of the common individual for an eternity. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” For most, dreams of becoming superheroes, Hollywood elite, and pro athletes ev...10614Thu, 08 Apr 2021 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/miguel-sano-is-off-to-a-worrisome-start-r10617/The short 2020 season was not kind to Miguel Sano. Although he did hit the ball as hard as any other year, he rarely hit the ball. His K% was a career high at 43.9% which was in the bottom 1% in baseball. Along with that, his OPS dropped to .757 in what was a down season overall. He showed a lot o...10617Thu, 08 Apr 2021 01:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-3-det-2-colom%C3%A9-holds-on-for-6-out-save-r10618/Box Score Maeda: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Home Runs: None Top 3 WPA: Colomé .374, Polanco .235, Robles .114 Bottom 3 WPA: Garver -.185, Sanó -.080, Cruz -.032 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Baddoo Stays Hot Akil Baddoo continued to torture his former organization in today’s game. In...10618Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:58:00 +0000