https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/544/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/6-reasons-to-feel-hopeful-about-the-minnesota-twins-in-2021-r10695/1. The Minnesota Twins have the unluckiest record in baseball While the Minnesota Twins have gotten off to a miserable 8-15 start, they have also been extremely unlucky. The unluckiest team in baseball, in fact. According to pythagorean win/loss which is the expected record for a baseball team bas...10695Sat, 01 May 2021 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/breaking-down-thursday39s-roster-moves-r10694/RYAN JEFFERS OPTIONED TO ST.PAUL The Twins entered 2021 with perhaps the best catching duo in baseball. Jeffers was coming off a strong, albeit abbreviated, 2020 season. He hit .273/.355/.436 with three homers in 26 games. Jeffers is an excellent pitch framer and provides immense value behind the...10694Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-did-byron-buxton-get-this-damn-good-r10696/Way back in 2016, Byron Buxton was a 22-year-old and had 46 games of major league experience. Baseball America, MLB.com, and Baseball Prospectus all considered him the game’s number two prospect overall. Expectations were sky high. Impressively, Buxton finished that year with 35 extra base hits,...10696Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/process-suggests-results-coming-for-kirilloff-r10688/The hope was that the former first round pick would join the big-league roster and provide a lift. The unfortunate reality is that he was called upon with some key players out due to Covid, and the Fightin’ Baldelli’s in the midst of a terrible stretch. There’s no way to sugarcoat it, Kirilloff h...10688Fri, 30 Apr 2021 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/fun-with-numbers-byron-buxton-is-playing-out-of-his-mind-r10693/Although they currently find themselves in the midst of a one (1) game winning streak, it’s safe to say that things have not gone overly well for the Minnesota Twins thus far this season. They are only 0.5 games up on the Detroit Tigers for the worst record in baseball and have run into a number o...10693Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-inner-game-of-baseball-how-the-twins-can-escape-the-slump-r10689/Rocco Baldelli sat in the Twins ‘Zoom Room’ on a beautiful, yet dreary night in Cleveland following his team’s fourth consecutive loss and ninth in ten games. Baldelli acknowledged the struggle and pain that the team has faced since plummeting to 7-15 after a 5-2 start. Yet what stood out most was...10689Thu, 29 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/al-central-contender-or-pretender-r10690/Kansas City Royals After a surprising start, Kansas City sits atop the AL Central. Danny Duffy is having a career year as he has only allowed one earned run in 23 innings (0.39 ERA) with a 1.04 WHIP. Michael Taylor, a free agent signing, has the team’s highest WAR among position players (1.1 WAR)....10690Thu, 29 Apr 2021 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-10-cleveland-2-r10691/Box Score Happ: 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Home Runs: Buxton (8), Donaldson (2), Polanco (1), Astudillo (2), Garver 2 (4) Top 3 WPA: Buxton .137, Polanco .095, Happ .089 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): The Twins home run derby Entering Wednesday’s ballgame, the Twins lineup had produced j...10691Wed, 28 Apr 2021 19:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/does-jorge-polanco-have-any-business-switch-hitting-r10684/A front office stroke of genius has quickly turned into a move viewed with apathy by the Twins fan base. When the Twins signed Jorge Polanco to a five-year, $25 million extension prior to the 2019 season, Polanco’s subsequent appearance as the starting SS for the AL All Star Team had Twins fandom...10684Wed, 28 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0000https://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 +0000