https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/548/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2021-position-analysis-second-base-r10469/Projected Starter: Jorge Polanco Likely Backup: Luis Arráez Depth: Nick Gordon, Travis Blankenhorn Prospects: Jose Miranda, Yunior Severino THE GOOD Jorge Polanco might finally be ready to unlock his potential as a major-league player. It still hasn't happened up to this point, mainly because he's...10469Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/are-twins-top-prospects-destined-for-injury-r10465/This was supposed to be a critical year for Royce Lewis. Back in 2019, he struggled for the first time in his professional career as the Twins were aggressive and pushed him up to Double-A. He was projected to head back to that level in 2021 with a chance to make his big-league debut before season...10465Fri, 05 Mar 2021 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-king-kenta-returns-lou-gehrig-day-r10468/Defensive miscues and stranded baserunners plagued the Twins Thursday afternoon as the ball club dropped a 5-2 contest to Tampa Bay. Even though both teams recorded three errors, the Twins’ share just happened to occur accordingly with Rays’ runners in scoring position. In addition, Minnesota left...10468Fri, 05 Mar 2021 03:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-if-alex-kirilloff-is-the-one-r10464/The former first-round pick falls more in line with Sano when it comes to athletic tools. He’s more hitter than he is well rounded athlete, but that doesn’t mean you should bank on him becoming a full-time designated hitter any time soon. While Sano is a hulking power guy, both Buxton and Lewis o...10464Fri, 05 Mar 2021 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/max-kepler-has-to-get-aggressive-early-r10458/Kepler was the leadoff hitter in Tuesday’s Grapefruit League tilt against the Braves, and on the first pitch he saw from Atlanta’s Ian Anderson, he pulled a fly ball in the air. It was a relatively lazily hit ball, and went for an out, but that was a good sign. Kepler is at his best when he’s get...10458Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-saucy-offense-berrios-rolls-r10462/Red Sox 14, Twins 6 (7 innings) Box Score | Baseball Savant Twins Takeaways Standout pitcher: José Berríos (2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K). Standout hitter: Nelson Cruz (1-3, 3 R HR in first spring game) Fastest pitch: Ian Hamilton 95.5 mph Max exit velo: Nelson Cruz 108.6 mph After some early FSN mi...10462Thu, 04 Mar 2021 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who-will-lead-the-twins-in-home-runs-r10456/Let’s take a look at the ZiPS projections from FanGraphs to see the projected home run leaders on the Twins. For this, we will use the 10 players I expect to get the most playing time. Sano, 34 Cruz, 32 Kepler, 27 Donaldson, 22 Buxton, 21 Rooker, 19 Kirilloff, 18 Polanco, 17 Garver, 17 Si...10456Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-leading-questions-r10461/The pivot point in the Twins' lineup comes early, very early. It’s the leadoff hitter. Go one direction, and the lineup looks one way. Go the other, and it looks very different. For the last two years, that leadoff hitter has mostly been Max Kepler, but coming into the season, there were two signi...10461Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-immigration-challenges-ballplayers-face-r10460/When a sports fan hears that a player on their favorite team is unavailable or late to a season because of “visa issues,” their mind seems to default to Hollywood scripts with the player in a back alley of a dodgy third world country, sweet talking a fat guy smoking a stogie between games of canas...10460Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2021-position-analysis-first-base-r10457/Projected Starter: Miguel Sanó Likely Backup: Willians Astudillo Depth: Brent Rooker, Mitch Garver Prospects: Alex Kirilloff, Aaron Sabato THE GOOD Miguel Sanó is, by all accounts, firing up at spring camp with a fully clean slate. That's not something that could have been said about him last summ...10457Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/projecting-the-twins-opening-day-roster-version-20-r10450/Catchers (2): Mitch Garver, Ryan Jeffers In the initial roster projection, Willians Astudillo was included as a third catcher and bench option for Rocco Baldelli. Things have shifted with other parts of the roster and this made Astudillo the first player dropped from the 26-man roster. Garver and...10450Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-things-to-watch-as-jos%C3%A9-berr%C3%ADos-makes-his-spring-debut-r10455/Can he attack the first-base side of the plate with heat? Last season, opponents slugged .625 against Berríos’s four-seam fastball. If that continues, there will be a low ceiling on his overall value, no matter how well he does other things. That said, there’s cause for hope that Berríos can solv...10455Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:00:00 +0000