https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/557/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-512-the-boomstick-and-the-cutter-r10339/Listen Here Now10339Tue, 09 Feb 2021 02:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/am-i-still-excited-about-willians-astudillo-r10336/"Our beautiful baby boy!" I cried, as Willians Astudillo hustled into second with a double during some random early-summer evening in 2019. My wife (fiancée at the time) looked at me with an expression combining befuddlement and a touch of embarrassment. It was hardly the first time she'd overhear...10336Mon, 08 Feb 2021 04:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/top-5-seasons-for-mlb-hitters-over-40-years-old-r10333/To be clear, Cruz is going to have to put himself into elite company if he wants to crack into this top-5 list. Every name below is a member of the Hall of Fame and some of the players are considered among the best to every play the game. 5. Sam Rice, 1930 (Age-40) 4.6 WAR, .349/.407/.457, 1 HR, 7...10333Mon, 08 Feb 2021 03:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/dealing-with-the-dodgers-r10332/David Price Price was traded from the Red Sox with Mookie Betts as a salary dump last offseason before opting out of the 2020 season. Despite the stigma of what many consider a bad contract, Price has thrown about 275 innings the last 3 years to the tune of a 3.94 ERA. The raw numbers say Price wo...10332Sun, 07 Feb 2021 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/projecting-the-2021-twins-bullpen-r10331/I personally do believe the Twins are done adding to the bullpen. Although I would have loved to see Sergio Romo or Tyler Clippard re-signed, their recent moves of adding Anderson and Hamilton tell me that they are okay giving a young, unproven arm the opportunity to compete for a spot at the fro...10331Sat, 06 Feb 2021 21:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-bauer-makes-his-move-r10330/I’m Coming Home After a presumed battle between the Mets and Dodgers, reigning NL Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer decided to head to his childhood home in Los Angeles. Bauer signed a massive three year $102 million dollar deal (two opt out options) with the Dodgers. https://twitter.com/BauerOutage/st...10330Sat, 06 Feb 2021 04:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/nelson-cruz-saga-illuminates-shrewdness-of-falvine-r10322/The Twins made it clear in the aftermath of losing their 18th straight playoff game: they wanted Nelson Cruz back. The legendary slugger has been the heart and soul of the club for the last two seasons. Cruz shared a similar sentiment. It still took 125 days to happen. The lack of communication fr...10322Sat, 06 Feb 2021 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-claim-rhp-ian-hamilton-off-waivers-r10329/An 11th-round pick of the Chicago White Sox in 2016, Hamilton changed teams via waiver claim twice last year, first being picked up by the Mariners in September and then by Philadelphia in December. The Phillies waived him last week to make room on their 40-man roster for free agent catcher J.T. R...10329Fri, 05 Feb 2021 19:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-find-themselves-a-wild-one-in-rp-shaun-anderson-r10328/Anderson is a wild one, and I'm not referring to the long locks pouring out from the back of his baseball cap. In 2020, his first full season (well, "full" season) as a reliever, he issued 12 walks over 15 ⅓ innings, a 7.0 BB/9 average. Obviously it's a ridiculously small sample size, and it doesn...10328Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-wade-dealt-to-giants-twins-have-active-competition-in-sp-market-r10327/Lamonte Wade traded to Giants for RHP Shaun Anderson https://twitter.com/DanHayesMLB/status/1357502339385618438 Anderson is the regime’s prototype slider heavy pitcher and has mostly been used as a reliever with the Giants. Nick Nelson breaks down the new Twins pitcher here. Starting Pitcher updat...10327Fri, 05 Feb 2021 03:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cut-your-bat-in-two-pieces-what-alex-colom%C3%A9-brings-to-the-twins-r10323/Here was an arm capable of throwing in the mid-90s but favored his biting cutter at a near 3-to-1 pace. Targeting pitchers who have a hard-to-handle non-fastball makes sense as a strategy. From 2010 to 2019, relievers had an expected FIP of 4.83 on all types of fastballs. Opponents posted a .342...10323Fri, 05 Feb 2021 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/using-pecota-to-identify-4-rotation-trade-targets-r10324/One of the traps I typically fall into when analyzing the Twins roster is seeing the offseason as a fixed and finite unit, as opposed to a continuum on which the trade deadline also sits. The Twins now sit at 42.0 projected fWAR after the Nelson Cruz and Alex Colome deals, good for fourth in baseb...10324Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:30:00 +0000