https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/579/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2021-position-analysis-first-base-r10457/Projected Starter: Miguel Sanó Likely Backup: Willians Astudillo Depth: Brent Rooker, Mitch Garver Prospects: Alex Kirilloff, Aaron Sabato THE GOOD Miguel Sanó is, by all accounts, firing up at spring camp with a fully clean slate. That's not something that could have been said about him last summ...10457Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/projecting-the-twins-opening-day-roster-version-20-r10450/Catchers (2): Mitch Garver, Ryan Jeffers In the initial roster projection, Willians Astudillo was included as a third catcher and bench option for Rocco Baldelli. Things have shifted with other parts of the roster and this made Astudillo the first player dropped from the 26-man roster. Garver and...10450Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-things-to-watch-as-jos%C3%A9-berr%C3%ADos-makes-his-spring-debut-r10455/Can he attack the first-base side of the plate with heat? Last season, opponents slugged .625 against Berríos’s four-seam fastball. If that continues, there will be a low ceiling on his overall value, no matter how well he does other things. That said, there’s cause for hope that Berríos can solv...10455Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-spring-training-live-r10454/Watch the show here:10454Tue, 02 Mar 2021 07:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/do-the-twins-already-have-the-next-brian-dozier-r10449/Dozier’s Path to Late Bloomer Minnesota took Brian Dozier in the eighth round of the 2009 MLB Draft out of the University of Southern Mississippi. With his college experience, he only spent parts of four seasons in the minors. He showed very little power throughout the early professional career as...10449Tue, 02 Mar 2021 03:30:00 +0000https://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 +0000