https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/559/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byron-buxton-twins-extension-mistake/In Minnesota baseball lore, David Ortiz is the equivalent of Boston's Bambino, or Wrigleyville's billy goat. The very mention of Big Papi causes a visceral shudder for any Twins fan within earshot, surfacing deep feelings of regret and lament. How differently things might have gone for the Twins...11102Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-6-tigers-5-michael-pineda-max-kepler/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Pineda 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K Homeruns: Rooker (3), Donaldson (16) Top 3 WPA: Thielbar .485, Kepler .265, Rooker .198 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) With a bevy of scouts in attendance on Monday, Michael Pineda delivered. He prove...11103Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2021-trade-deadline-max-kepler-yankees/This week, there has been mounting speculation that Max Kepler could be a popular target at the trade deadline.  While Twins fans may have become a little jaded on Kepler after the promise of his incredible 2019 season, there’s an awful lot to like. Kepler slugged his 13th home run of...11100Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:35:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2021-trade-deadline-berrios-rogers-simmons/In an interview with SiriusXM on Sunday, Minnesota Twins CBO Derek Falvey told Jon Morosi that trading a package of MLB players is ‘something we have talked about.’ With the news also breaking Sunday that Byron Buxton rejected the Twins’ long-term contract offer, the possibility that Minnesota e...11099Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:37:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2021-trade-deadline-twins-giants-taylor-ragers/What’s Their Situation? The San Francisco Giants have been the biggest surprise in baseball this year. Going into the season, most industry pundits and prediction systems had the Giants hovering around the .500 mark and finishing third place in their division behind Los Angeles and San Dieg...11091Mon, 26 Jul 2021 13:39:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-geek-536-nelson-cruz/11095Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-review-nelson-cruz-trade-alex-kirilloff-injury/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 7/19 through Sun, 7/25 *** Record Last Week: 3-5 (Overall: 42-58) Run Differential Last Week: -5 (Overall: -71) Standing: 5th Place in AL Central (17.0 GB) Last Week's Game Recaps: Game 93 | MIN 3, CWS 2: Jax Deals, Twins Steal One in Extras Game 94 | CW...11094Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byron-buxton-contract-extension-2021-trade-deadline/Here is the link to the original report, which comes from Dan Hayes and Ken Rosenthal. Per that report, the Twins originally brought a seven-year, $73 million offer with a “unique incentive package” but Buxton’s camp countered with an undisclosed offer. The Twins increased the guarantee up to $8...11093Sun, 25 Jul 2021 21:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-angels-6-twins-2-brent-rooker/  Box Score Bailey Ober: 5 ⅓ IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (67.7% strikes) HR: Max Kepler (13), Brent Rooker (2) Bottom 3 in WPA: Miguel Sanó (-0.236), Jorge Alcala (-0.149), Danny Coulombe (-0.109) Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Early Offense Saturday night was...11092Sun, 25 Jul 2021 20:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2021-trade-deadline-twins-padres-michael-pineda/What's Their Situation? Coming into the season, everyone expected the Padres and Dodgers to be battling it out for the NL Central crown, which the Padres haven't won since they went back-to-back in 2006 and 2007. To almost everyone's surprise, neither team is in first place, as the San Fran...11088Sun, 25 Jul 2021 12:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-angels-2-twins-1-patrick-sandoval-berrios-rooker/José Berríos: 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Miguel Sano -.150, Ryan Jeffers -.126, Gilberto Celestino -.117 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) It was Patrick Sandoval’s world on Saturday night and the Twins were just living in it....11089Sun, 25 Jul 2021 01:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2022-twins-bullpen-moran-cano-hamilton/Some possible solutions to the rotation were found with the return from the Nelson Cruz trade on Thursday. Still, the front office has their work cut out for them to improve the pitching staff as a whole. More trades are surely on the way and a fair share of the available payroll will likely be...11085Sat, 24 Jul 2021 13:17:03 +0000