https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/569/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-reasons-to-believe-in-a-mitch-garver-rebound-r10171/1. He chased less balls Garver was already excellent at laying off, chasing only 17.4% of pitches in 2019. That number dropped to a stellar 16.1% in 2020. Part of that is his overall passiveness in the shortened season. Garver swung at only 6.2% of first pitches, down 14.5% from his world-beating...10171Sat, 19 Dec 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-rise-and-fall-of-fernando-romero-r10170/Romero’s Rise Romero joined the Twins organization as a teenager out of the Dominican Republic. He signed with the Twins on February 2, 2012 and his first professional season came as a 17-year-old in the Dominican Summer League. He posted a 4.65 ERA with a 1.29 WHIP in 31 innings that season. His...10170Fri, 18 Dec 2020 15:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-future-position-analysis-second-base-r10164/Current Second Baseman: Luis Arraez Arraez burst onto the scene in 2019 with a rookie campaign unseen in Minnesota for quite some time. He hit .334/.399/.439 with a 29 to 36 strikeout to walk ratio. In the batter’s box, he seemed to be able to know what the pitcher was throwing and spit on pitche...10164Fri, 18 Dec 2020 03:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/choose-your-own-path-5-ways-for-the-2021-minnesota-twins-to-spend-their-remaining-03640m-r10167/Now that the team option and arbitration deadlines have passed, the Minnesota Twins payroll picture has become much clearer. Currently, the Minnesota Twins have ~$84.5M guaranteed to 14 of its players. That leaves anywhere from $5M to $65M in room for Derek Falvey to go out and sign free agents....10167Fri, 18 Dec 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baseball-as-a-business-is-killing-fan-experience-r10165/Rob Manfred has become arguably the worst commissioner across all professional sports. Given how Roger Goodell has handled matters in the National Football League, and what Gary Bettman has shown at times for the National Hockey League, that’s truly an amazing feat. Here we are though, as baseball...10165Fri, 18 Dec 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-future-position-analysis-first-base-r10163/Current First Baseman: Miguel Sano Last winter, the Twins locked up Miguel Sano to a three-year, $30 million contract extension that includes a $14 million team option for 2023 or a $2.75 million buyout. Sano struggled early in the 2020 season as he missed most of Summer Camp after a positive COV...10163Thu, 17 Dec 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-owners-trying-to-expand-playoffs-delay-season-apparently-drive-away-fans-r10161/Jeff Passan of ESPN reported last month that the league is trying to get expanded playoffs approved in exchange for the league approving the designated hitter being universal going forward. MLB appears to already be negotiating broadcasting rights for the expanded playoff rounds with ESPN and sen...10161Wed, 16 Dec 2020 04:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/offseason-live-replay-the-return-of-minnesota-twins-jeopardy-r10162/The first Offseason Jeopardy was intended as a preview of the Twins offseason. There were categories like Twins free agents, Twins in Arbitration and of course, Potpourri. This episode of Minnesota Twins Jeopardy is a little different and should be a lot of fun for Twins fans of any age. We will h...10162Wed, 16 Dec 2020 04:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-future-position-analysis-third-base-r10160/Current Third Baseman: Josh Donaldson Donaldson’s first season in a Twins uniform didn’t go exactly as planned as he was limited to 28 games. When he was on the field, he hit .222/.373/.469 with eight extra-base hits in 81 at-bats. Injuries have been the story of the second half of Donaldson’s ca...10160Wed, 16 Dec 2020 03:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/revisiting-the-tony-batista-signing-15-years-later-r10158/On December 15th, 2005, the Minnesota Twins announced the signing of third baseman Tony Batista to a one year, $1.25 million contract. The Twins, at this stage, were very much in World Series contention, despite having missed the playoffs for the first time in four years. Minnesota had an elite t...10158Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-future-position-analysis-shortstop-r10157/Current Shortstop: Jorge Polanco Polanco is signed thru the 2023 season when he would be age-29, but the team has a $10.5 million option for 2024 and a $12 million for 2025. After signing his extension, Polanco rewarded the Twins with a tremendous first half to the 2019 campaign as he hit .312/.3...10157Tue, 15 Dec 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-retrospective-how-did-the-twins-do-in-the-lance-lynn-trade-r10154/Time can change the view of a trades, so here’ what was said back in 2018 at the time of the deal. What Did People Say at the Time of the Trade? Lynn had only made 20 starts for the Twins at the time of the deal and he was excited to be heading to a contender. "As a fan of the game growing up, it'...10154Mon, 14 Dec 2020 03:30:00 +0000