https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/562/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-tigers-7-twins-0-ja-happ/Box Score J.A. Happ: 7.0 IP, 11 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (65% strikes) Homeruns: none Bottom 3 WPA: Happ (-.195), Cruz (-.134), Larnach (-.111) Win Probability Chart (via Fangraphs) Happ Eats Innings...And That’s About It. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful about Happ...11054Sun, 18 Jul 2021 19:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jorge-polanco-is-back-on-top-r11048/In 2019, the Twins signed Jorge Polanco to a five-year $25.75 million deal with options for 2024 and 2025. Up to this point, Polanco was already well worth his team-friendly deal with his slash line of .275/.333/.434. Even coming back from an 80-game suspension for a banned substance, Polanco ap...11048Sun, 18 Jul 2021 13:33:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-atlanta-braves-max-kepler/What’s Their Situation? Atlanta is the three-time defending division champs and came one game short of the World Series last year. They currently find themselves behind the Mets and neck-and-neck with the Phillies. Their odds to win the division, though, trail only New York, according to Ve...11045Sun, 18 Jul 2021 11:33:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-tigers-5-twins-4-akil-baddoo/Box Score Maeda: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K (68.8% strikes) Home Runs: Donaldson (14) Bottom 3 WPA: Rogers -.542, Jeffers -.366, Kirilloff -.192 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Bats show up early, Baddoo overpowers them In game one of the doubleheader, Minnesot...11050Sun, 18 Jul 2021 01:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/aaron-whitefield-jermaine-palacios/Yesterday we looked at how the Minnesota Twins can shuffle their pitching in order to figure out what's left for 2022 and beyond. Today we turn to Rocco Baldelli's lineups and question where at bats can be doled out amongst the organization, and what players should be in line for a look. On...11040Sat, 17 Jul 2021 21:38:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-score-tigers-1-twins-0-charlie-barnes/Box Score Charlie Barnes: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Trevor Larnach (-0.127), Josh Donaldson (-0.121), Nelson Cruz (-0.113) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)   Barnes’ Debut  It’s almost unfortunate that Hall of Famer Bert Blyle...11049Sat, 17 Jul 2021 19:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-milwaukee-brewers-josh-donaldson/What’s Their Situation? The Brewers have put some distance between themselves and the rest of the NL Central but still need to close the gap on the top of the NL West if they want to have a chance at home-field advantage. The Brewers currently have the 7th-best odds of winning the World Ser...11034Sat, 17 Jul 2021 11:39:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/yennier-cano-chris-vallimont-ryan-mason-beau-burrows/Rocco Baldelli came into this season expecting to compete for a third straight division title. Between injuries and ineffectiveness, that reality isn’t going to play out. The second half now should be about evaluation for Minnesota. As 40-man and 26-man roster spots open up, it will be imperativ...11039Fri, 16 Jul 2021 21:37:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-oakland-athletics-nelson-cruz/What’s Their Situation? The Oakland Athletics currently find themselves second in the American League West with a record of 52-40. They are 3.5 games back of the Houston Astros and have a 3.5 game lead on the Seattle Mariners for the 2nd Wild Card spot. Ideally, this is a team angling for a...11033Fri, 16 Jul 2021 11:35:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-questions-nick-gordon-randy-dobnak/1. Will Nick Gordon have a role on the 2022 Twins?  The former first-round pick has finally found his way to the majors and is getting a chance to show what he's got ... but not much of a chance. Gordon's playing time has been sporadic at best; in the past calendar month, he's appeared in 1...11042Fri, 16 Jul 2021 02:29:16 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-trade-deadline-falvey-levine-berrios-rogers/Coming into 2021 this was supposed to be a good Major League roster. Rocco Baldelli was piloting a club coming off two-straight AL Central division titles, and there was no reason to believe they wouldn’t contend with the rival Chicago White Sox. Fast forward to where we are now, and the reality...11038Thu, 15 Jul 2021 03:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/charlie-barnes-mlb-debut-clemson/In the fourth round of the 2017 MLB Draft, the Minnesota Twins selected left-handed pitcher Charlie Barnes out of Clemson University.  Before that, he was a three-time letter winner in baseball at Sumter (SC) High School. He was twice All-State. As a senior, he was named pitcher of the year...11037Thu, 15 Jul 2021 03:26:31 +0000