https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/548/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/doubleheader-recap-twins-swept-by-red-sox-slip-deeper-into-slump-r10638/Game 1: BOS 3, MIN 2 Box Score Maeda: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K Home Runs: None Game 2: BOS 7, MIN 1 Box Score Berríos: 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K Home Runs: None Twins continue to struggle with RISP The theme of the Twins four-game losing streak has been their inability to come up with...10638Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/simmons-placed-on-covid-il-riddle-added-r10637/With a doubleheader today at Target Field against the Red Sox, the Twins find themselves without their starting shortstop. Andrelton Simmons has shown his defensive prowess already, but he's also been hitting so far this spring. The 31-year-old from Curacao is hitting .355/.474/.452 (.925) with th...10637Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/when-will-rocco39s-faith-in-jorge-polanco39s-bat-be-shaken-r10635/Look, I understand why Baldelli would have built up some confidence in Polanco's offensive abilities. During Rocco's first few months as manager of the Twins, Jorge was a monster. Through the end of May in 2019, he was slashing .338/.409/.590, which consequentially earned him a starting nod on th...10635Wed, 14 Apr 2021 02:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-will-the-twins-cover-innings-in-2021-r10632/Traditional Five-Man Rotation Minnesota is going with a traditional five-man pitching staff to start the 2021 season and they are expected to stick with a five-man rotation for the majority of the season. That doesn’t mean the same five pitchers will occupy the rotation as the innings start to add...10632Wed, 14 Apr 2021 02:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/bos-4-min-2-more-missed-opportunities-another-blown-lead-r10634/Box Score J.A. Happ: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Simmons -.230, Cave -.133, Polanco -.073 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Snow Instead of Rain, Cruz Scratched As J.A. Happ took to the mound for his first start of the season at Target Field. The Twins ballpar...10634Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-top-5-teams-nelson-cruz-has-owned-during-his-career-r10630/Cruz has posted higher numbers against some teams in a smaller sample size. For the purposes of this post, 100 plate appearances was used as the cutoff. So, his 1.304 OPS versus Miami and his 1.131 OPS versus St. Louis won’t factor into the rankings below. 5. Boston Red Sox .295/.368/.567 (.935)...10630Tue, 13 Apr 2021 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-twins-red-sox-series-opener-postponed-r10633/The Minnesota Twins were set to open their series against the Boston Red Sox Monday afternoon. While the weather wasn’t the best and a delay or postponement wasn’t out of the question, a postponement came for an entirely unrelated to weather reason. Approximately 10 minutes before game time, serio...10633Mon, 12 Apr 2021 20:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-bang-for-your-buck-r10629/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 4/5 through Sun, 4/11 *** Record Last Week: 3-3 (Overall: 5-4) Run Differential Last Week: +14 (Overall: +21) Standing: T-2nd Place in AL Central Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 4 | MIN 15, DET 6: Cruz Leads Trouncing of Tigers Game 5 | DET 4, MIN 3: Twins Fail...10629Mon, 12 Apr 2021 01:47:00 +0000https://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 +0000