https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/553/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-top-3-twins-offseason-mistakes-r10861/3. Trusting the Bullpen Castoffs Wes Johnson has done some amazing things with bullpen arms in the past and the Twins entered 2021 thinking that he would be able to replicate these results with a new group of bullpen castoffs. Now it’s the beginning of June and Minnesota has rotated through...10861Tue, 08 Jun 2021 02:34:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/prospect-retrospective-bailey-ober-r10860/He was knocked around a bit in his debut going four innings, allowing six baserunners and four earned runs off of two homeruns while striking out four hitters. In his second start, against the Kansas City Royals on June 6th, he once again went four innings with four strikeouts but kept the ball...10860Tue, 08 Jun 2021 01:05:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/encouraging-twins-trends-jorge-polanco-josh-donaldson/With the Twins boasting one of the worst records in the league and continuing to affirm it with their play week after week, it's natural to start thinking about the big picture, and wondering what the path forward looks like.  Has their championship window closed? Is a full-on rebuild in th...10864Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/alex-kirilloff%E2%80%99s-growing-pains-r10863/Kirilloff gave Minnesota Twins fans a glimpse into his immense potential when he hit four home runs in a three-game stretch. Because this is 2021, he landed on the IL with an injured wrist just a game later and hasn’t been the same since. Kirilloff homered in both games of his rehab assignm...10863Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:06:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/now%E2%80%99s-the-time-to-trade-nelson-cruz-to-this-al-team-r10859/Without question, the Twins are going to be sellers at this year’s trading deadline and the result is going to be a lot of different trade rumors circling around veteran players in the weeks ahead. Last week, Tom explored an idea that would send Josh Donaldson to the Brewers in an intriguing tra...10859Mon, 07 Jun 2021 03:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-still-sinking-matt-shoemaker-nick-gordon/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 5/31 through Sun, 6/6 *** Record Last Week: 3-4 (Overall: 24-35) Run Differential Last Week: -13 (Overall: -35) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (12.5 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 53 | MIN 3, BAL 2: Twins Edge O's Behind Strong Berríos Effort Game...10858Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:28:52 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-2-royals-1-r10856/Box Score Bailey Ober: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K (72.5% strikes) Homeruns: none Top 3 WPA: Rogers (.452), Larnach (.120), Duffey (.110) Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Ober Efficient in Second Career Start Like his first Major League start, Ober gave th...10856Sun, 06 Jun 2021 21:20:57 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/prospect-retrospective-griffin-jax-r10855/Amateur Career Jax was named the 2013 Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Colorado as well as a Louisville Slugger High School First-Team All-American after going 7-1 with a 1.74 ERA and a 57/2 K:BB ratio for Cherry Creek High School. He started 29 games on the mound for the A...10855Sun, 06 Jun 2021 21:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/time-for-a-changing-of-the-guard-r10852/Bailey Ober Ober has surpassed Lewis Thorpe as a possible back of the rotation option for 2022 in my eyes. He’s dominated the Minors at every stop including AAA this year where he’s posted a 2.81 ERA and 20% K rate. He doesn’t have ace level stuff but he does have a high spin fastball th...10852Sat, 05 Jun 2021 23:42:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-twins-5-royals-4-r10853/Box Score Starter: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K Home Runs: Ryan Jeffers (2nd), Kyle Garlick (5th), Miguel Sano (11th) Top 3 WPA: Miguel Sano (.226), Hansel Robles (.208), Ryan Jeffers (.153) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Nothing has come easy for the Twins, and...10853Sat, 05 Jun 2021 23:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/theres-no-easy-way-out-of-this-for-the-minnesota-twins-r10846/Major League Baseball isn’t like other sports. The degree of difficulty in the draft is extreme and one player, no matter how good, can only make so big of an impact. Joe Mauer is the fourth-best No. 1 overall pick of all-time, according to Baseball-Reference WAR, behind only Alex Rodriguez...10846Sat, 05 Jun 2021 16:05:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-recap-royals-14-twins-5-r10850/Box Score Matt Shoemaker: 0.1 IP (10 batters faced), 6 H, 8 ER (9 R), 2 BB, 1 K Homeruns: Polanco (6), Sanó (10), Gordon (1) Bottom 3 WPA: Shoemaker -.433, Astudillo -.048, Larnach -.039 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Historic First Inning Fells Twins In a se...10850Sat, 05 Jun 2021 03:34:00 +0000