https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/597/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-490-going-first-to-third-r9794/Listen Here9794Mon, 31 Aug 2020 04:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2020-minnesota-twins-mid-season-superlatives-r9784/Best Pitcher Kenta Maeda At the time of the offseason trade, many fans in Twins Territory questioned why the Minnesota Twins would trade away its prized 100 MPH hurling pitching prospect for a relatively unknown starting pitcher from the Los Angeles Dodgers. The move was extremely unheralded and d...9784Mon, 31 Aug 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-potential-trade-for-a-relief-ace-nobody-is-talking-about-r9792/Archie Bradley has been a big name since he was a high schooler in Oklahoma. He was selected 7th overall in the loaded 2011 MLB Draft. In addition to Bradley, Gerrit Cole, Trevor Bauer, Dylan Bundy, Anthony Rendon, Francisco Lindor, Javier Baez, George Springer, Jose Fernandez and Sonny Gray were...9792Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-road-worriers-r9793/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 8/24 through Sun, 8/30 *** Record Last Week: 1-5 (Overall: 20-15) Run Differential Last Week: -13 (Overall: +27) Standing: 3rd Place in AL Central (1.5 GB) Bomba Counter: 47 (Pace: 81) This 2020 season has been shortened and repeatedly shaken by events taki...9793Sun, 30 Aug 2020 22:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tigers-3-twins-2-this-is-not-what-you-want-r9791/Box Score Maeda: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 8 K Home Runs: Polanco (3) Bottom 3 WPA: Kepler -.162, Arráez -.133, Sanó -.094 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): The Twins entered today after being swept in a double header just a day ago. They needed Kenta Maeda to provide a spark with a solid ou...9791Sun, 30 Aug 2020 19:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-830-twins-need-maeda-to-provide-a-jolt-r9790/Saturday’s double header recap: Twins sink to third place TODAY Twins @ Tigers, 12:10 pm CDT Twins Starter: Kenta Maeda, RHP 2.21 ERA Kenta Maeda will take the mound for today’s series finale in a game that is suddenly important. After being swept in yesterday’s double header, the Twins fell to th...9790Sun, 30 Aug 2020 14:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who-are-the-twins-missing-most-r9786/7 - Zack Littell Littell came on strong in 2019, posting a 2.68 ERA and 3.62 FIP in 37 innings. Most notably, he gave up just 3 runs across the final 3 months of the season spanning 30.2 innings. 2020 has not been so kind however. Regression was expected, but nowhere near the 9.95 ERA he’s posted...9786Sun, 30 Aug 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/identifying-the-twins-most-tradable-asset-r9788/The trade deadline is just around the corner. While many of us thought it may ultimately be a quiet deadline there have already been some deals struck. Most notably may be Taijuan Walker being dealt to the Blue Jays from the Mariners. Across Twins Daily there have recently been several good write...9788Sat, 29 Aug 2020 23:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/doubleheader-recap-tigers-sweep-twins-sink-to-3rd-place-r9789/Game 1: DET 8, MIN 2 Box Score Dobnak: 4.1 IP, 12 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 1 K Home Runs: Cruz (12) Bottom 3 WPA: Dobnak -.261, Avila -.087, Cruz -.061 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Game 2: DET 4, MIN 2 Box Score Home Runs: Cruz (13) Bottom 3 WPA: Duffey -.271, May -.193, Sanó -.160 Win Probabili...9789Sat, 29 Aug 2020 22:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-notebook-829-detroit-doubleheader-3-way-tie-atop-al-central-r9787/TODAY Twins at Tigers Game 1: 12:10 pm CT Game 2: 30 minutes following We’ll see another 2020 special today, as the Twins and Tigers play two seven-inning games today in Detroit. The pitching matchup in Game 1 will be Randy Dobnak vs. Matthew Boyd. The Twins have not yet officially announced thei...9787Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-up-the-middle-players-lead-offensive-struggles-r9781/The offense hasn’t looked like the Bomba Squad that set a home run record last year, or was up there for best offenses in the league. For starters, it’s no secret to any fan that players like Mitch Garver, Jorge Polanco, Luis Arraez and Byron Buxton aren’t producing like they did just a year ago....9781Sat, 29 Aug 2020 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/predicting-the-twins39-final-28-games-r9782/The Twins need their third baseman back. Josh Donaldson played and didn’t hit much in seven games, but he brings more than you think to the table. Donaldson is playing in live intrasquad games in St.Paul (and hitting homers). https://twitter.com/Nashwalker9/status/1297740343660687360?s=20 The Twin...9782Sat, 29 Aug 2020 02:00:00 +0000