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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[News: Minnesota Twins News & Analysis]]></title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/540/?d=1</link><description><![CDATA[News: Minnesota Twins News & Analysis]]></description><language>en</language><item><title>Game Recap: White Sox 2, Twins 1</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-white-sox-2-twins-1-r10778/</link><description><![CDATA[Box Score<br style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#282828;font-size:16px;text-align:left;">
	Shoemaker: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K<br style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#282828;font-size:16px;text-align:left;">
	Home Runs: Cruz (10)<br style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#282828;font-size:...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">10778</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 19:48:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Baseball&#x2019;s Unwritten Rules Are Hurting the Game</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baseball%E2%80%99s-unwritten-rules-are-hurting-the-game-r10777/</link><description>How Did We Get Here?




	On Monday night, the Twins were getting blown out by the White Sox in the ninth inning. So instead of wasting another bullpen arm, Rocco Baldelli turned to Willians Astudillo to finish out the game. This is the third time La Tortuga has been used as a pitcher and his se...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">10777</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 18:38:02 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Game Recap: Twins 5, White Sox 4</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-5-white-sox-4-r10775/</link><description>Box Score

	Ober: 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

	Home Runs: San&#xF3; 3 (6)

	Top 3 WPA: San&#xF3; .477, Polanco .432, Rogers .139

	Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs)




	




	Pineda Scratched, Pen Shuffled




	Michael Pineda was scratched from his start Tuesday, with Twins injury news coming thick a...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">10775</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 03:33:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How Improved Is the Twins Defense?</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-improved-is-the-twins-defense-r10773/</link><description>Defensive metrics have come a long way in recent years, so there are plenty of ways to judge a team's defensive value. Minnesota&#x2019;s front office added pieces this winter to improve the team&#x2019;s overall defense. Andrelton Simmons being signed allowed Jorge Polanco to move to a stronger position. Whi...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">10773</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 02:37:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Game Recap: White Sox 16, Twins 4</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-white-sox-16-twins-4-r10772/</link><description>Box Score

	Starter: J.A. Happ 3.2 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 1 K

	Home Runs: Josh Donaldson (5)

	Bottom 3 WPA: Happ (-.314), Law (-.091), Garlick (-.039)

	Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)




	




	May 17, 2021, White Sox vs. Twins was supposed to be a matchup of two AL Central foes battling...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">10772</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2021 03:02:03 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Have the Twins Been Unlucky in 2021?</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/have-the-twins-been-unlucky-in-2021-r10770/</link><description>Pythagorean Winning Percentage




	One aspect that shows how the Twins have been unlucky is their Pythagorean winning percentage. For those unfamiliar, Pythagorean winning percentage is an estimate of a team&#x2019;s winning percentage given their runs scored and runs allowed. For example, the Twins s...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">10770</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2021 02:30:11 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gleeman & The Geek, Ep 526: Point Of No Return]]></title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-526-point-of-no-return-r10768/</link><description/><guid isPermaLink="false">10768</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 14:43:24 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Week in Review: No End in Sight</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-no-end-in-sight-r10767/</link><description>Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 5/10 through Sun, 5/16

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	Record Last Week: 1-5 (Overall: 13-25)

	Run Differential Last Week: -18 (Overall: -20)

	Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (10.5 GB)




	Last Week's Game Recaps:




	Game 33 | CWS 9, MIN 3: White Sox Roll in Lopsided Series Opener

	Game 34...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">10767</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 02:00:06 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Game Recap: Athletics 7, Twins 6</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-athletics-7-twins-6-r10765/</link><description>Boxscore

	Kenta Maeda: 4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 ER, BB, 2 K

	Home Runs: Kepler (4), Simmons (2)

	Bottom 3 WPA: Rogers -.298, Maeda -.224, Polanco -.149

	Win Probability Chart (via &#xA0;FanGraphs)




	




	Despite some early offensive action, the Twins were plagued by a tough fifth inning and a cost...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">10765</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2021 22:08:19 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Game Recap: Twins 5, Athletics 4</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-5-athletics-4-r10762/</link><description>Boxscore

	Jos&#xE9; Berr&#xED;os: 7.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

	Home Runs:&#xA0;San&#xF3; (3)

	Top 3 WPA:&#xA0;San&#xF3; .558, Donaldson .145, Cruz .141

	Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)




	




	Well, that's one way to win a game.




	Trailing 4-1 entering the bottom of the eighth inning, the Minnesota Twin...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">10762</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2021 23:03:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Analyzing the Early Returns from Matt Shoemaker</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/analyzing-the-early-returns-from-matt-shoemaker-r10760/</link><description>Admittedly, Shoemaker hasn&#x2019;t had a great start to his Twins tenure posting a 1.43 WHIP and 6.00 ERA in 30&#xA0;innings pitched. Especially after the worst outing of his career against Kansas City two weeks ago, Twins Twitter seemed ready to move on from the oft-injured veteran which I think was a lit...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">10760</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2021 18:02:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Ranking the Top 5 Twins by Trade Value</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-top-5-twins-by-trade-value-r10757/</link><description>It's the middle of May and I'm writing about which key players hold the most trade value. I think something may have gone wrong recently...




	This isn't necessarily who could or will get traded (Cody Christie did a piece on that recently) but instead who holds the most value. For a team looki...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">10757</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2021 16:32:01 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
