https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/588/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cut-your-bat-in-two-pieces-what-alex-colom%C3%A9-brings-to-the-twins-r10323/Here was an arm capable of throwing in the mid-90s but favored his biting cutter at a near 3-to-1 pace. Targeting pitchers who have a hard-to-handle non-fastball makes sense as a strategy. From 2010 to 2019, relievers had an expected FIP of 4.83 on all types of fastballs. Opponents posted a .342...10323Fri, 05 Feb 2021 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/using-pecota-to-identify-4-rotation-trade-targets-r10324/One of the traps I typically fall into when analyzing the Twins roster is seeing the offseason as a fixed and finite unit, as opposed to a continuum on which the trade deadline also sits. The Twins now sit at 42.0 projected fWAR after the Nelson Cruz and Alex Colome deals, good for fourth in baseb...10324Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota%E2%80%99s-best-rebound-candidate-r10321/Suggesting there’s someone better for a comeback than Donaldson isn’t a knock on him, in fact it’s quite the opposite. Despite appearing in just 28 games due to his lingering calf issues, Donaldson posted an .842 OPS. That’s nothing to scoff at and isn’t far off from his .877 career mark. The Twin...10321Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-acquire-rp-shaun-anderson-from-giants-for-of-lamonte-wade-r10325/Shaun Anderson was a third-round draft pick out of the University of Florida by the Red Sox in 2016. He went to San Francisco in the 2017 Eduardo Nunez trade ahead of the deadline. Anderson debuted for the Giants in 2019, making 16 starts and 12 relief appearances with a 5.44 ERA. In 2020, the rig...10325Fri, 05 Feb 2021 01:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-offseason-status-update-february-free-agent-frenzy-r10320/The last time I filed one of these status update reports was 10 days ago, although it feels like about 10 months in the pacing of this offseason. Back then, we were breaking down the new J.A. Happ signing and wondering when anything of true substance would come. In less than two weeks since, the...10320Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-how-food-was-a-factor-in-cruz39s-re-signing-what39s-next-after-colom%C3%A9-r10319/Twins Sign Colomé The biggest news item of the day today was the Minnesota Twins signing former Chicago White Sox closer, Alex Colomé to a one-year, $5M deal with a mutual option for a second year. https://twitter.com/AaronGleeman/status/1357096396034166787?s=20 Minnesota Twins fans were all over...10319Thu, 04 Feb 2021 03:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-current-players-the-twins-wish-they-could-have-back-r10310/Lance Lynn, RHP White Sox Twins Career (2018): 5.10 ERA, 1.63 WHIP, 100 K, 62 BB, 102 1/3 Innings Lynn’s time in Minnesota was unmemorable as he signed late into spring and never really seemed like he wanted to be in a Twins uniform. MLB.com named him as the player the Twins wish they could have b...10310Thu, 04 Feb 2021 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/did-nelson-cruz-start-to-decline-at-the-end-of-2020-r10316/At the end of the short 2020 season, it seemed like Nelson Cruz might have finally been slowing down a bit. His numbers took a dip as the season progressed, but was age catching up to him or was he just in a bit of an unlucky slump? Cruz played 53 total games in 2020, so here are his splits broke...10316Thu, 04 Feb 2021 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/offseason-live-replay-twins-sign-cruz-and-colom%C3%A9-r10318/On this special episode of Offseason Live, just hours after the Colomé signing came to light, I was joined by Matthew Taylor and David Youngs. We discussed the return of Cruz, the addition of a key bullpen arm, and what the Twins might do yet to address remaining needs. You can watch the episode b...10318Thu, 04 Feb 2021 01:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/breaking-twins-to-sign-rhp-alex-colom%C3%A9-r10317/The 32-year-old Colome has spent the past two seasons with the Chicago White Sox and accumulated 42 saves while posting a 2.27 ERA. He was an All Star in 2016 with the Rays when he posted a 1.91 ERA and had 37 saves. The next season, he had 47 saves. Colome has a lot of late-game, closer experienc...10317Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/breaking-twins-agree-with-dh-nelson-cruz-on-one-year-deal-r10315/The Athletic's intrepid beat man Dan Hayes was all over this one, reporting over the weekend that the Twins and Cruz had re-engaged after a period of inactivity. "While the latest development doesn’t guarantee anything gets completed," Hayes wrote, "the move to reconnect demonstrates that the Twin...10315Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-instagram-wars-expanded-rosters-and-a-new-fa-offer-at-dh-r10314/Twins Instagram Feud Eddie Rosario and Miguel Sano got into a bit of an Instagram feud. This is my favorite Twins content of the day (click link to see the full Tweet thread, translation thanks to Twitter user @Crewsett). Here's the juiciest part of their interaction: https://twitter.com/Crewsett/...10314Wed, 03 Feb 2021 03:35:00 +0000