https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/562/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-long-ball-powers-twins-to-win-in-port-charlotte-r10453/The Twins continued their undefeated Spring Training campaign on the road today in Port Charlotte. They defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 in six innings. Twins 6, Tampa Bay 5 (6 innings) Box Score TWINS TAKEAWAYS Standout pitcher: Lewis Thorpe (2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 2 K) Standout hitter: Bren...10453Tue, 02 Mar 2021 03:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/interview-with-ethan-moore-new-member-of-twins-baseball-research-department-r10452/Like many folks on Twins twitter, I pay attention to small details. There's a period in the winter where teams do the majority of their front office and coaching hiring. You'll often notice coaches and researchers tweeting out about a move to an organization, that's how I first ran into Ethan's wo...10452Tue, 02 Mar 2021 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/taylor-rogers39-slider-is-back-baby-r10448/Last season was a rough one for the Twins’ erstwhile relief ace. He turned a corner in mid-2018, as he slowly added a slider to his sinker- and curveball-centric repertoire, becoming one of the game’s elite relief pitchers over the ensuing year and a half. In 2020, though, he lost the feel that a...10448Tue, 02 Mar 2021 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-lewis-thorpe%E2%80%99s-hype-train-stays-on-track-r10451/Lewis Thorpe Thorpe didn’t have the cleanest first inning – he walked his first batter and hit another in the head - but the pitches that we’ve heard about this spring were all on display. Most noticeably, the velocity that had deserted him last year has returned, as he was consistently throwing h...10451Tue, 02 Mar 2021 01:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota%E2%80%99s-5-best-players-under-25-r10446/MLB.com tried to identify the top players under 25 under an interesting premise. “If you were starting a team today, and you were able to choose only from players under 25 years old -- that’s Major League stars and Minor League prospects, just so long as they aren’t past their age-24 season in 202...10446Mon, 01 Mar 2021 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2021-position-analysis-catcher-r10447/Projected Starter: Mitch Garver Likely Backup: Ryan Jeffers Depth: Willians Astudillo, Tomás Telis Prospects: Ben Rortvedt THE GOOD Few teams have a starting catcher as good as Mitch Garver. No teams have a backup catcher as good as Ryan Jeffers – to the extent you'd call him a "backup" given this...10447Mon, 01 Mar 2021 03:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-515-fully-torn-acls-and-partially-filled-ballparks-r10445/Listen Here Now10445Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-twins-beat-boston-in-spring-training-opener-r10443/Twins 7, Red Sox 6 (7 innings) Box Score | Baseball Savant TWINS TAKEAWAYS Standout pitcher: Taylor Rogers (1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K) Standout hitter: Miguel Sanó (two-run double, the team’s only extra-base hit) Fastest pitch: Ian Hamilton 95.4 mph Max exit velo: Mitch Garver 104.9 mph Mitch Garv...10443Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-spring-training-gives-hints-on-target-field%E2%80%99s-season-r10444/The game itself was even less meaningful than most spring training games, if that’s even possible. But the event, with an estimated 2154 fans attending a live baseball game while a nation limps towards a COVID finish line has repercussions throughout the baseball world. It also likely gives a glim...10444Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/al-central-rundown-relievers-r10430/The Rundown Reliever is arguably the hardest position to predict or project, as a vast majority of elite relievers have very short life span, and even if you’re not elite your results can vary pretty drastically from year to year. The Twins are all too familiar with this as Taylor Rogers was one...10430Sun, 28 Feb 2021 17:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/getting-geeky-part-3-sharing-the-li-wealth-r10442/Perhaps it was matchups. Perhaps it was the depth of the bullpen. Or perhaps it was just coincidence. But last year’s Twins’ bullpen spread around the pressure inherent to holding close leads like almost no other Major League team, steering away from the closer-dominated hierarchy we talked about...10442Sun, 28 Feb 2021 04:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2021-sire-of-fort-myers-preview-r10439/What is this? The whole idea behind Sire of Fort Myers is to inject some more fun into Spring Training by manufacturing another storyline to follow. That’s it, really. Have fun and don’t overthink it. This honor is bestowed upon the player who performs the best, not necessarily the one most likel...10439Sun, 28 Feb 2021 03:30:00 +0000