https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/608/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/paving-a-path-women-in-baseball-venika-streeter-r9655/Venturing out of the front office and into a more unique role, we find Venika Streeter. As the Manager of Authentics and Retail Sales, you can imagine the amount of history that she’s seen pass across her desk. The Twins Authentics shop is one of the most amazing within Target Field, and those ite...9655Wed, 05 Aug 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/has-a-change-in-pitch-usage-ascended-kenta-maeda-to-the-next-level-r9648/Maeda was masterful in his most recent start against Cleveland. Cleveland hitters managed just one hit over six innings and it was a questionable one at that. The speedy Bradley Zimmer hit a slow roller to Luis Arraez at second and was called safe on a bang-bang play. Maeda went on to strike out...9648Tue, 04 Aug 2020 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-7-pit-3-jos%C3%A9-berr%C3%ADos-overcomes-command-drone-r9657/Box Score Berrios: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K Home Runs: None Top 3 WPA: Berríos .176, Cruz .128, Kepler .068 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): The Minnesota Twins took down the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 Tuesday afternoon to secure the two game sweep and advance to 9-2 overall on the young s...9657Tue, 04 Aug 2020 21:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-notebook-84-joe-musgrove39s-fastball-of-fun-rich-hill-placed-on-injured-list-r9654/Last Night's Game Recap Twins 5, Pirates 4: Nelson Cruz Delivers a Walk-Off Hit to Cap Comeback Today Twins vs. Pirates, 1:10 pm CT Oh no, Joe Joe Musgrove was part of the package that sent Gerrit Cole to Houston before the 2018 season. Cole has since posted a dazzling 2.69 ERA in over 424 innings...9654Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/check-out-twins-daily39s-podcast-r9653/*** Twins Daily's Podcast on iTunes *** Twins Daily's Podcast on iHeartRadio *** Twins Daily's Podcast Home Page *** Join the next Postgame Pint at PostgamePint.com ***9653Tue, 04 Aug 2020 04:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-5-pirates-4-nelson-cruz-delivers-a-walk-off-hit-to-cap-comeback-r9652/Box Score Thorpe: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K Home Runs: None Top 3 WPA: Kepler .459, Wisler .207, Cruz .178 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): The night didn’t start off all the optimistic for the Twins, as the Pirates jumped over Lewis Thorpe right from the get-go, as leadoff hitter Cole...9652Tue, 04 Aug 2020 03:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-the-twins-fix-mitch-garver-r9650/Last season’s breakout was supposed to merge into Garver being one of the team’s most potent weapons in 2020. So far this season, that hasn’t been the case. Garver has struggled at the plate. His exit velocity is in the 45th percentile, his hard hit % is in the 27th percentile, and his K% is in th...9650Tue, 04 Aug 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byron-buxton-goes-deep-r9647/The Twins’ center fielder has a multi-faceted strategy for avoiding the shoulder-subluxing, skull-scrambling wall collisions that have plagued him recently. The numbers show how he’s dramatically changed his defensive positioning to minimize those risks. Now, the question will be how much he can...9647Tue, 04 Aug 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/caleb-thielbar-is-back-in-the-big-leagues-r9651/It was quite a story the first time that Caleb Thielbar was called up to the big leagues. The Randolph, Minnesota, native had been the Brewers 18th round draft pick in 2009 out of South Dakota State in Brookings. He spent just two seasons in the Brewers organization before joining the St. Paul Sa...9651Mon, 03 Aug 2020 21:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/bombas-in-detroit-do-the-twins-need-to-be-ready-r9646/15.5%. That is the percentage of the Minnesota Twins 309 2019 home runs took their talents to Detroit. It did so in the form of 25 C.J. Cron home runs and 23 Jonathan Schoop home runs. While neither helped the Twins much down the stretch of 2019 due to injury (Cron) and young stud Luis Arraez gett...9646Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-notebook-83-thorpe-makes-his-first-start-of-2020-r9649/LAST NIGHT’S GAME RECAP Twins 3, Cleveland 1: Bullpen Dominates as Twins Take Series TODAY Twins vs. Pittsburgh, 7:10 pm CT Betting Lines: MIN -1.5, -230, 9.5 O/U Twins: Lewis Thorpe, LHP 2020: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K Thorpe last worked on July 30, finishing the final two innings of the...9649Mon, 03 Aug 2020 18:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-winning-and-wondering-r9645/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 7/27 through Sun, 8/2 *** Record Last Week: 5-1 (Overall: 7-2) Run Differential Last Week: +12 (Overall: +22) Standing: 1st Place in AL Central Bomba Counter: 16 (Pace: 107) The Twins got a scare when news of multiple positive COVID tests for St. Louis play...9645Mon, 03 Aug 2020 01:00:00 +0000