https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/560/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-5-angels-4-nick-gordon/Box Score Happ: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (62.5% strikes) Home Runs: none Top 3 WPA: Jeffers .512, Rogers .169, Polanco .104 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Happ struggles early but settles in nicely Eight pitches. Eight pitches were all it took for this game to hav...11086Sat, 24 Jul 2021 03:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/one-prospect-the-twins-should-be-willing-to-trade-r11082/Organization’s prospect depth helps to keep team’s competitive window open as long as possible. Minnesota has built up a strong farm system but that means the team hasn’t been able to hang on to some of their depth in recent years. Players like Akil Baddoo and LaMonte Wade have gone on to find s...11082Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:57:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/alex-kirilloff-wrist-surgery/When initially coming back to the lineup from his stint on the Injured List, Kirilloff noted that he would be playing through pain, and it was all about tolerance. Surgery was never ruled out, and as can be the case with these types of injuries, it seemed like a matter of when, not if. Through 4...11075Fri, 23 Jul 2021 16:29:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-things-to-like-and-hate-about-the-nelson-cruz-trade-r11081/#3 Reason to Like This Deal – The Timing Congrats, Minnesota. You're kind of a big deal. Your team just made the biggest trade of the trade deadline so far because Cruz was the best bat on the trade market. That market was a bit limited, given that he can't play in the National League, but he...11081Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2021-trade-deadline-twins-rays-nelson-cruz/What’s Their Situation? As usual, the Rays are exceptional. As of July 22nd, their record stands at 57-39, 7th best in baseball, with the fifth-best run differential. The reigning AL champions will have their eyes set on another deep playoff run after being beaten by the Dodgers at the fina...11074Fri, 23 Jul 2021 11:25:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/thank-you-nelson-cruz-r11078/Cruz joined a Twins club flush with young talent, a group that was ready to take the next step. They were missing exactly what he is: an established veteran leader who could guide them in their quest to win. To say Cruz accomplished that in Minnesota would be an understatement.  It wasn’t l...11078Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trade-nelson-cruz-rays-stotman-ryan-faucher/Just minutes ago, several national baseball writers, including Jeff Passan announced that the Twins and Rays have reached a deal for the reigning AL champions from Tampa to add slugging DH Nelson Cruz.  According to Bob Nightengale, the deal will involve four players including pitcher...11077Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-angels-3-twins-2-kenta-maeda/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Maeda 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K Home runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Donaldson -.209, Jeffers -.191, Polanco -.148 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) After the Twins and Angels played each other to a 0-0 deadlock through the first 3 innings...11079Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/maybe-the-twins-have-a-spending-problem-r11070/No, the problem is not that the Twins don’t spend money, but rather that they don’t know HOW to spend money. Said another way, they don’t correctly know how to spend money. As we embark upon a quasi-deadline for homegrown talents like Byron Buxton and Jose Berrios, it seems the front office...11070Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:26:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2021-trade-deadline-twins-astros-taylor-rogers/What’s Their Situation?  The Astros continue to reap the benefits from the tremendous core they constructed nearly five years ago. Houston has a truly terrific lineup. When fully healthy, they mesh four outstanding right-handed hitters in José Altuve (138 wRC+), Carlos Correa (149), Alex Br...11047Thu, 22 Jul 2021 11:38:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-twins-7-white-sox-2-jorge-polanco/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Pineda 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO Homeruns: Kepler (12), Polanco (14) Top 3 WPA: Polanco (0.195), Pineda (0.163), Kepler (0.144) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Pineda Impresses Right Before Trade Deadline With the Twins...11072Thu, 22 Jul 2021 03:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-trade-rumors-twins-mets-jose-berrios/Danny Abriano of SNY wrote an article yesterday on Berríos as a potential fit for the Mets. In it, he makes a lot of great points on how valuable José could be to that club and how the Mets are a team particularly well-suited to meet the Twins’ high asking price. The Mets are currently in f...11071Wed, 21 Jul 2021 19:00:00 +0000