https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/592/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sabermetrics-101-bunting-r10525/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mE_mXGNmbo10525Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/spring-training-live-replay-two-weeks-to-go-r10524/After spending nearly a month down in Fort Myers, our intrepid beat man John Bonnes is returning to Minnesota on Wednesday. Before traveling back, he joined us for a 90-minute live-stream. John and I broke down several storylines and updates, including Kenta Maeda's Opening Day assignment, minor-l...10524Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/introducing-randy-dobnak%E2%80%99s-new-and-improved-slider-r10521/Minnesota’s front office noticed some with Dobnak’s slider and suggest a small change. By keeping his hand in a more supinated position, he can get more break on his slider and keep hitters off balanced. Over the weekend, he threw three scoreless innings and struck out six of the 10 batters he f...10521Tue, 16 Mar 2021 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-happ-and-thielbar-make-spring-debuts-r10523/Atlanta 5, Minnesota 1 (9 innings) Box Score Twins Takeaways: Standout pitcher: J.A Happ (2 IP, 1H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K) Standout hitter: Kyle Garlick (1-for-3 with a solo HR) Not much going today for the Twins who were on the road to face the Atlanta Braves. This usually means that a lot of the regul...10523Tue, 16 Mar 2021 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-a-luis-arraez-contract-extension-would-look-like-r10522/Arraez, 24 in April, could be positioned to become Super Two-eligible in 2022, depending both on where that line falls and whether the renegotiated collective bargaining agreement ahead of us alters the nature of that designation. That’s a wrinkle in any negotiations about a deal to keep Arraez ar...10522Tue, 16 Mar 2021 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sabermetrics-101-expected-runs-r10520/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4eMQ5MqFGY10520Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who-will-the-twins-closer-be-r10519/To be clear, the Twins and manager Rocco Baldelli aren’t going to name a closer. As baseball continues to rethink how bullpens can best be utilized, the Twins are going to look at matchups and put their players in the best opportunities to succeed. That being said, the four players below are the l...10519Mon, 15 Mar 2021 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2021-position-analysis-center-field-r10518/Projected Starter: Byron Buxton Likely Backup: Jake Cave Depth: Max Kepler, Keon Broxton Prospects: Gilberto Celestino, Misael Urbina THE GOOD Ever since he was a teenager, Byron Buxton's greatness was preordained. He was drafted second overall out of high school. He became the consensus No. 1...10518Mon, 15 Mar 2021 01:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-king-kenta-kicking-it-off-r10517/Final: Twins 5 Red Sox 5 Box Score | Savant Twins Takeaways Standout Pitcher: Kenta Maeda (4.0 IP 0 H 0 R 0 ER 1 BB 5 K) Standout Hitter: Brent Rooker (3-3, 2B) Fastest Pitch: Shaun Anderson (96.1 MPH) Max Exit Velocity: Byron Buxton (111.4 MPH) Maeda Continues to Dazzle Drawing the start in what...10517Mon, 15 Mar 2021 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-517-10000-fans-r10516/Listen Here Now10516Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/has-wes-johnson-tipped-us-off-on-twins39-pitching-philosophy-r10503/It’s not like what Johnson is saying is a revolutionary, off-the-wall idea. Since the curveball was invented in the 19th century, pitchers have faced the challenge of making non-fastballs look appealing enough that batters actually swing at them, thereby capturing the advantage such changes of spe...10503Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sabermetrics-101-how-computers-changed-the-game-r10515/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBvlgAAH2eg10515Sun, 14 Mar 2021 12:06:00 +0000