https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/542/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2021-trade-deadline-twins-rays-nelson-cruz/What’s Their Situation? As usual, the Rays are exceptional. As of July 22nd, their record stands at 57-39, 7th best in baseball, with the fifth-best run differential. The reigning AL champions will have their eyes set on another deep playoff run after being beaten by the Dodgers at the fina...11074Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:25:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/thank-you-nelson-cruz-r11078/Cruz joined a Twins club flush with young talent, a group that was ready to take the next step. They were missing exactly what he is: an established veteran leader who could guide them in their quest to win. To say Cruz accomplished that in Minnesota would be an understatement.  It wasn’t l...11078Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trade-nelson-cruz-rays-stotman-ryan-faucher/Just minutes ago, several national baseball writers, including Jeff Passan announced that the Twins and Rays have reached a deal for the reigning AL champions from Tampa to add slugging DH Nelson Cruz.  According to Bob Nightengale, the deal will involve four players including pitcher...11077Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-angels-3-twins-2-kenta-maeda/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Maeda 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K Home runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Donaldson -.209, Jeffers -.191, Polanco -.148 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) After the Twins and Angels played each other to a 0-0 deadlock through the first 3 innings...11079Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/maybe-the-twins-have-a-spending-problem-r11070/No, the problem is not that the Twins don’t spend money, but rather that they don’t know HOW to spend money. Said another way, they don’t correctly know how to spend money. As we embark upon a quasi-deadline for homegrown talents like Byron Buxton and Jose Berrios, it seems the front office...11070Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:26:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2021-trade-deadline-twins-astros-taylor-rogers/What’s Their Situation?  The Astros continue to reap the benefits from the tremendous core they constructed nearly five years ago. Houston has a truly terrific lineup. When fully healthy, they mesh four outstanding right-handed hitters in José Altuve (138 wRC+), Carlos Correa (149), Alex Br...11047Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:38:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-7-white-sox-2-jorge-polanco/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Pineda 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO Homeruns: Kepler (12), Polanco (14) Top 3 WPA: Polanco (0.195), Pineda (0.163), Kepler (0.144) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Pineda Impresses Right Before Trade Deadline With the Twins...11072Thu, 22 Jul 2021 03:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-trade-rumors-twins-mets-jose-berrios/Danny Abriano of SNY wrote an article yesterday on Berríos as a potential fit for the Mets. In it, he makes a lot of great points on how valuable José could be to that club and how the Mets are a team particularly well-suited to meet the Twins’ high asking price. The Mets are currently in f...11071Wed, 21 Jul 2021 19:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/max-kepler-trade-deadline-value/Every year leading into the trade deadline, FanGraphs ranks the top 50 players in baseball according to their trade value. Some of items taken into consideration are performance, age, and years remaining of team control. According to their explanation, “the central question we considered boils d...11067Wed, 21 Jul 2021 11:39:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-white-sox-9-twins-5-jorge-polanco/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Ober 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO Homeruns: Kepler (11), Donaldson (15), Polanco (13) Bottom 3 WPA: Alcala -.363, Robles -.315, Ober -.195 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Small problems often become big problems. This tenet qui...11068Wed, 21 Jul 2021 03:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-washington-nationals-jose-berrios-josh-donaldson/What's Their Situation? The Nationals checked in at the All-Star break with a 42-47 record. They're in fourth place but only six games out of first, precisely where they sat at the break in 2019. Granted, this team is clearly in worse shape overall than that one (which was 47-42 and within...11065Wed, 21 Jul 2021 02:02:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2021-trade-deadline-twins-mets-donaldson-berrios/What's their situation? The Mets' presence in October looks pretty likely, although it's not a sure thing. They went into the All-Star break leading the NL East by 3.5 games over the Philadelphia Phillies, with a record of 47-40. After a slow start in April, they exploded to go 17-9 in May....11063Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:02:02 +0000