https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/600/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-riding-the-roller-coaster-r9758/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 8/17 through Sun, 8/23 *** Record Last Week: 5-2 (Overall: 19-10) Run Differential Last Week: +5 (Overall: +40) Standing: 1st Place in AL Central (1.5 GA) Bomba Counter: 42 (Pace: 90) It was not a great week healthwise for the Twins. Rich Hill returned from...9758Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/watch-out-miguel-sano39s-bat-is-starting-to-click-r9757/After not getting much of a tune up to the season, as a result of his positive COVID-19 test, Sano struggled out of the gates. Through his first 13 games, Sano had a dreadful .111/.149/.356 slash line. The main reason for Sano’s struggles was his alarming swing and miss rate, which lead to a lot o...9757Sun, 23 Aug 2020 23:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-5-kc-4-bullpen-steps-up-again-r9756/Box Score Wisler: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Home Runs: Cruz (10) Bottom 3 WPA: Top 3 WPA: Tyler Clippard 0.153, Nelson Cruz 0.142, Sean Poppen 0.129 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): The Minnesota Twins kicked off the scoring in Sunday’s afternoon affair with a couple of 2-out hits in the...9756Sun, 23 Aug 2020 21:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/snap-crackle-pop-time-what-it-is-and-how-the-twins39-catchers-fare-r9755/It’s no secret that Mitch Garver has had a ‘character building’ 2020 season so far. Despite coming off a Silver Slugger season where he batted a career-high .274 with 31 HR and 61, Garv Sauce has hit rock bottom at the plate this year with his .154 AVG. To make matters worse, his campaign to turn...9755Sun, 23 Aug 2020 20:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-7-kc-2-rosario-sano-power-twins-win-in-kc-r9754/Box Score Dobnak: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Home Runs: Rosario (7), Sano (5) Top 3 WPA: Tyler Duffey 0.227, Eddie Rosario 0.126, Miguel Sano 0.104 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Good pitching, good defense and bombas. Everything worked out for Minnesota on Saturday night, as they snapp...9754Sun, 23 Aug 2020 02:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/familiar-face-whole-new-arm-r9752/We all explored Thielbar’s history when he was signed on a minor league deal this winter by the Minnesota Twins. It was a fun story but one with an unsure ending. Afterall, how often do we see the Twins take a flier on a familiar name only to never hear from them again? A quick look into Thielbar’...9752Sat, 22 Aug 2020 22:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-notebook-822-will-the-twins-ever-win-in-kansas-city-r9753/Last Night’s Game Recap MIN 2, KC 7: Royal Pain TODAY Twins at Royals, 6:05 pm CDT Betting Lines: MIN -160, KC +140, O/U: 9.5 Twins Starter: Randy Dobnak, RHP 1.42 ERA The Twins have had their fair share of struggles with the starting rotation being healthy and available, and if it weren’t for th...9753Sat, 22 Aug 2020 19:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-2-kc-7-royal-pain-r9751/Box Score Odorizzi: 3 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Jake Odorizzi -0.259, Eddie Rosario -0.090, Max Kepler -0.068. Odorizzi Struggles; Leaves Early With Injury Jake Odorizzi made his third start of the year tonight and all three starts have come against the Kansas City Roy...9751Sat, 22 Aug 2020 03:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota%E2%80%99s-pitchers-have-spurned-the-fastball-and-it%E2%80%99s-working-r9742/Minnesota pitching coach Wes Johnson is famous for getting as much velocity as possible out of his pitchers; but outside of Jorge Alcala, the Twins don’t have a lot of high-velo arms. The old cliché is that a pitcher must establish the fastball to succeed, but most hitters feast on heaters, and w...9742Sat, 22 Aug 2020 00:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/it39s-time-for-the-minnesota-twins-to-move-down-taylor-rogers-in-the-bullpen-pecking-order-r9750/From the start of the 2017 season to the end of the 2019 season, Taylor Rogers had been one of the best relief pitchers in baseball. Over that timespan, Rogers ranked 15th in baseball in ERA (2.75) and 15th in fWAR (4.3). In what had been rollercoaster season for the Twins’ various relief groups,...9750Fri, 21 Aug 2020 23:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2020-twins-struggling-in-extreme-area-of-strength-from-2019-r9748/The Twins hit a historic .285/.351/.521 versus left-handed pitching in 2019. Their .872 OPS against southpaws was the third highest in Major League history. C.J. Cron hit a ridiculous .326/.385/.636 with 11 homers against lefties. Jonathan Schoop hit .277/.354/.563 with 14 extra-base hits. The Twi...9748Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-821-kansas-city-again-r9749/Thursday’s series finale recap: It’s a Blessed Jose Berrios Day! TODAY Twins @ Royals, 7:05 pm CDT Betting Lines: MIN -180, KC +155, O/U: 9.5 Twins Starter: Jake Odorizzi, RHP 5.14 ERA Jake Odorizzi will be taking the mound for his third start of the season tonight. His first start didn’t go well,...9749Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:00:00 +0000