https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/619/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-winter-meetings-day-4-news-and-rumors-r10147/Cruz and Twins are Talking Our good friend Dan Hayes of The Athletic reported that the Twins are engaged in conversation with Nelson Cruz about keeping the ageless slugger in Minnesota. Hayes stated that the two parties “continue to state their preference for a reunion,” something that keeps a lar...10147Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/six-intriguing-players-the-twins-could-pick-in-today39s-rule-5-draft-r10146/Let me start this by saying that I would guess that there is about a 50-50 chance, maybe less, that the Twins make a Rule 5 pick this morning. However, it is always fun to at least think about what players might be available if they do choose to make a selection. There is still much that we don’t...10146Thu, 10 Dec 2020 06:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-lose-multiple-prospects-in-the-2020-rule-5-draft-r10141/Check back to this article through the morning for updates as the Rule 5 draft occurs. Minnesota’s current 40-man roster sits with 35 active players which includes 18 pitchers, four catchers, six infielders and seven outfielders. At the end of last month, the Twins added three players to the 40-ma...10141Thu, 10 Dec 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-winter-meetings-day-3-news-and-rumors-r10145/It's Official! It may not be directly related to the winter meetings but it sure is news! Twins General Manager Thad Levine confirmed with WCCO's Dave Lee that the Twins have officially extended offers to the St. Paul Saints and Wichita Wind Surge to join the Twins organization as minor league aff...10145Thu, 10 Dec 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/examining-the-chuck-knoblauch-transaction-tree-r10137/Initial Trade: February 6, 1998 Knoblauch wanted a new home, and the Yankees were looking for a lead-off hitter for teams that won three straight championships. The Twins were able to acquire Brian Buchanan, Cristian Guzman, Eric Milton, and Danny Mota. Mota never panned out as he only appeared i...10137Wed, 09 Dec 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/nelson-cruz-landing-spots-ranked-r10140/If the designated hitter is removed from the National League for next year, Cruz's potential market is sliced in half from 30 teams to the 15. But the reality for Cruz is even grimmer than that; only a select few teams might feasibly target him based on their needs and circumstances. As you size u...10140Wed, 09 Dec 2020 02:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/winter-meetings-day-2-wisler-signs-twins-checked-in-on-lynn-r10139/Day 2 of the 2020 Virtual Winter Meetings was not only marked by Minnesota Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson’s birthday. It was also riddled with action around the AL Central. Just not with the Twins to this point. Matt Wisler signs with Giants The Twins' bullpen find from last season and surpri...10139Wed, 09 Dec 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-top-five-diamond-awards-auction-items-for-twins-geeks-r10138/5. Byron Buxton Signed Jersey There are a lot of signed Twins memorabilia on the auction, including some fan favorites like Nelson Cruz, Kenta Maeda and even a jersey signed by the entire 2020 Twins’ team. But seeing as readers of Twins Daily have been following Buxton obsessively since he was dra...10138Tue, 08 Dec 2020 19:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/passan-lance-lynn-traded-to-white-sox-for-dane-dunning-avery-weems-r10135/LANCE LYNN TRADED TO WHITE SOX FOR DANE DUNNING AND AVERY WEEMS The lede was buried Monday as Jeff Passan reported late that the White Sox have traded for Rangers starter Lance Lynn. The burly right-hander has finished in the top-6 for the A.L. Cy Young in each of the past two seasons. The Rangers...10135Tue, 08 Dec 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-the-twins-learned-to-love-strikeouts-again-r10136/A younger generation of fans might not recall that for a stretch in the 2000s, the Twins’ pitchers were a perennial top-10 strikeout staff. That was mostly due to one man: Johan Santana. In 2006, with Santana and Francisco Liriano in the same rotation, they led the American League while finishing...10136Tue, 08 Dec 2020 02:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-non-tendered-outfielder-who-best-fits-the-twins39-needs-r10134/Four picks after Byron Buxton became a Twin, in 2012, the Cubs drafted another athletic, alliterated high-school center fielder from the Southeast: Albert Almora, of the Miami area. Four years later, Almora scored the eventual winning run in Game 7 of the World Series, after a daring 10th-inning t...10134Mon, 07 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-spotlight-episode-13-edwar-colina-r10133/Armed with a huge fastball and what some inside the organization (and Baseball America) believe is the best slider in the organization, Colina has become a known prospect in the last two seasons. That's when reports that he was hitting triple-digits with his fastball started to pop up. He was invi...10133Mon, 07 Dec 2020 13:08:00 +0000