https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/550/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-7-reds-5-r10921/Box Score Starter: J.A. Happ 4.2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 4 K Home Runs: Nelson Cruz (16), Nelson Cruz  Top 3 WPA: Matt Shoemaker (.969), Miguel Sano (.384), Caleb Thielbar (.232) Bottom 3 WPA: (if they lose)Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Before Monday night’s game even saw...10921Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:42:45 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-the-twins-accidently-improve-moving-forward-r10918/The Twins roster isn’t this bad. Heck, the team entered play on Monday half of a game ahead of the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central standings. Yes, this is the same Tigers squad that has lost 98 or more games in each of the last three full seasons. Detroit is trotting out plenty of replacement l...10918Tue, 22 Jun 2021 02:33:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-winning-streak-byron-buxton-nelson-cruz/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 6/14 through Sun, 6/20 *** Record Last Week: 4-2 (Overall: 30-41) Run Differential Last Week: -1 (Overall: -51) Standing: 4th Place in AL Central (12.5 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 66 | SEA 4, MIN 3: M's Edge Twins in Maeda's Return to the Mound Gam...10917Mon, 21 Jun 2021 02:56:52 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-531-reloading-vs-rebuilding-r10916/10916Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:13:35 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-4-rangers-2-r10914/Box Score Kenta Maeda: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (64% strike percentage) Homeruns: Buxton (11) Top 3 WPA: Kepler (.143), Buxton (.127), Duffey (.123) Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Maeda Regaining 2019 Form, Bullpen Locks Down the Win Maeda battled t...10914Sun, 20 Jun 2021 21:56:34 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-much-can-the-twins-spend-this-offseason-r10913/  The Lineup ($56M) The bad news this year was the Twins had to empty the St. Paul Saints roster to cover for all the Twins' injuries. The good news is that many of those players will be available to fill in for departing free agents like Nelson Cruz and Andrelton Simmons. With a bit of r...10913Sun, 20 Jun 2021 13:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-3-rangers-2-r10911/Box Score Randy Dobnak: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K Home Runs: Nelson Cruz (15) Top 3 WPA: Max Kepler .167, Hansel Robles .144, Alex Colome .109 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The Minnesota Twins picked up their third win in a row and sealed a series vic...10911Sat, 19 Jun 2021 22:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-7-rangers-5-r10910/Box Score Berríos: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (68,9% strikes) Home runs: Larnach (4) Top 3 WPA: Robles .311, Arráez .206, Jeffers .174 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Berríos has a tough start, but finishes off strong The game got busy in a hurry. Minnesota loaded...10910Sat, 19 Jun 2021 04:06:31 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/revisiting-the-shaun-anderson-trade-r10908/  LaMonte Wade Jr. was an easy player to like. He slowly worked his way up through the minors over five years using his patient plate approach and solid outfield defense and found himself on the back end of a deep outfield rotation in 2019 and 2020. Nobody expected Wade to be a star player,...10908Fri, 18 Jun 2021 21:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/it%E2%80%99s-time-to-pay-jose-berrios-r10905/Yes, Berrios wants a hefty payday, and no, he isn’t one of the top 10 pitchers in baseball. The three players he’s most closely tied to in this contract situation are Luis Severino, Aaron Nola, and Lance McCullers. The former two got paid prior to the 2019 season. McCullers just got his payday....10905Thu, 17 Jun 2021 23:53:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-7-mariners-2-r10904/Box Score Ober: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K Home Runs: Cruz (14); Jeffers (4) Top 3 WPA: Ober .195; Polanco .145; Donaldson .096 Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Bailey Ober Faced the Minimum in Four Innings of Work Bailey Ober brought his A game to t...10904Thu, 17 Jun 2021 05:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/do-the-2021-twins-have-the-worst-pitching-staff-in-team-history-r10902/On Tuesday night, Twins fans that stayed up late to watch a West Coast game were treated with a real clunker. Minnesota faced off against a bad Seattle team and it escalated into an embarrassing loss. J.A. Happ allowed six earned runs in four innings to an anemic Mariners offense. Happ is only o...10902Thu, 17 Jun 2021 02:34:02 +0000