https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/598/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-only-necessary-gift-in-2021-r10187/Last winter Josh Donaldson became the most lucrative Twins player since Joe Mauer. He was joined by a few other free agents and a big trade that landed Kenta Maeda. So far this winter the market as a whole has moved at a pace slow enough to make a glacier blush. There are names out there that can...10187Fri, 25 Dec 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-future-position-analysis-centerfield-r10181/Current Center Fielder: Byron Buxton Since he made his debut, there have been times when Byron Buxton was the best player on the Twins roster. His elite defensive abilities, speed, and offensive talent make him the true definition of a five-tool player. Unfortunately, he has played fewer than 92...10181Thu, 24 Dec 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sparkman-and-the-twins-r10183/Years ago a young Glenn Sparkman was dominating the Minor Leagues. This drew the excitement of a baseball fan by the name of Connor Kurcon who later found out that several things were amiss in the numbers Sparkman was accumulating. He was much older than the competition, several of his ratios wer...10183Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-future-position-analysis-corner-outfield-r10180/Current Corner Outfielders: Max Kepler, Alex Kirilloff Minnesota locked up Max Kepler at the right time as the 27-year-old is under team control for four more seasons with a team-friendly deal. Over the last two seasons, he has hit .246/.332/.499 with 45 home runs and 41 doubles in 182 games. Not...10180Wed, 23 Dec 2020 03:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/brad-hand-would-love-to-play-for-the-twins-r10182/"You know, I've thought about it before but you know, at this point I don't know, know where I'm going to end up but you know would love to play for the Twins for sure." That is what Brad Hand said when asked about the possibility of coming to Minnesota via free agency. Hand said this in an interv...10182Wed, 23 Dec 2020 02:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5-trade-targets-who-can-the-twins-raid-from-the-reds-r10178/Sonny Gray Contract: 2-years, $20.33 million ($12 million team option for 2023) Gray has revamped himself since joining the Reds rotation. Over the last two seasons, he has a 3.07 ERA with a 1.12 WHIP and 277 strikeouts in 231 1/3 innings. He might be the best starting pitcher available on the tra...10178Tue, 22 Dec 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/using-history-to-decipher-who-the-twins-will-sign-this-offseason-r10179/While it’s fun to speculate on which free agents we think the Minnesota Twins should sign this offseason, it might be more worthwhile to use recent history as an indicator of who the Minnesota Twins are most likely to sign. To do this, we will take a look back at the prior four offseasons for the...10179Tue, 22 Dec 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mountain-of-love-the-relationship-between-harmon-killebrew-and-charley-pride-r10175/The corners of Harmon Killebrew’s smile widened as he jovially tapped his hand along to the beat of the music. Not from Paul Schaeffer’s band, but to the soulful voice of Charley Pride singing into David Letterman’s phone, live on national television. When a 1986 docuseries for The Late Show that...10175Tue, 22 Dec 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-future-position-analysis-catcher-r10176/Current Catchers: Mitch Garver and Ryan Jeffers Garver was limited to 23 games in 2020 and he hit .167/.247/.264 with three extra-base hits. It was going to be hard to live up to his 2019 season when he posted a .995 OPS with 31 home runs and 16 doubles in 93 games. While it’s unlikely for Garver...10176Mon, 21 Dec 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-506-japan-vs-philly-r10177/Listen Here Now10177Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-made-dick-bremer-r10168/Head northwest on I-94 from Minneapolis for three hours and take a slight southwest angle onto state highway 27 and you’ll be embedded in the heart of Minnesota Lakes Country. Keep going until you hit highway 15, where lakes and ponds evolve into cornfields and prairie. Before hitting Lake Traver...10168Sun, 20 Dec 2020 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/reacting-to-twins-blockbuster-trade-speculation-r10174/This idea isn’t necessarily unique — other Twins reporters and bloggers have brought this up as well — and he ultimately concluded that former Oakland Athletic Marcus Semien or Twins killer Didi Gregorius probably make the most sense, but he also mentioned two very intriguing potential trade targe...10174Sun, 20 Dec 2020 03:00:00 +0000