https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/621/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/get-ready-for-a-60-game-sprint-twins-fans-r9489/Of course, as we now know, that '06 team ended up with 96 wins, the second-highest total (behind 2019) of any Twins team since the 1970s. Over the next 60 games, those pesky piranhas went 43-17, moving from seven games under .500 to 20 above. Given our recency bias as fans, it can be easy to fall...9489Tue, 23 Jun 2020 23:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-to-impose-60-game-season-upon-players-covid-still-not-participating-in-negotiations-r9485/In case you’ve missed any of the super fun baseball negotiating action over the past three months, Rena recently provided a comprehensive rundown. Today, the MLBPA voted against the MLB’s most recent proposal, which was a 60-game season. It wasn’t even close. https://twitter.com/JesseRogersESPN/st...9485Tue, 23 Jun 2020 02:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sano-and-kepler-are-missing-their-age-27-peak-season-in-2020-r9482/Over at ESPN.com, David Schoenfield wrote about all the players that would have played the 2020 season as their age-27 campaign. Besides Miguel Sano and Max Kepler, the list includes, Gary Sanchez, Trevor Story, Javier Baez, Kyle Schwarber, Trea Truner, Rhys Hoskins, Jorge Alfaro, Tim Anderson, an...9482Tue, 23 Jun 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/as-mlb-delays-npb-and-some-former-twins-begin-play-r9484/The NPB is widely considered to be the next best league behind the MLB in the world. Like we have seen in the KBO, there are a decent number of former MLB players that make their way to Japan with hopes of proving themselves again to major league teams. Adam Jones may qualify as the most recogniza...9484Tue, 23 Jun 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-480-do-the-right-thing-r9481/*** Listen Here ***9481Mon, 22 Jun 2020 02:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cruz-named-2020-muhammad-ali-sports-humanitarian-award-r9356/The below is from the article in May when Cruz was named a finalist for the Ali Humanitarian Award. At Twins Daily, we congratulate Cruz on this great honor! https://twitter.com/espn/status/1274890214574612481 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nelson Cruz...9356Mon, 22 Jun 2020 01:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-father-son-duos-in-minnesota-twins-history-r9479/Andy MacPhail - Former Minnesota Twins GM Father - Lee MacPhail - Former MLB Executive Grandfather - Larry MacPhail - Former MLB Executive Although his last name would have you think otherwise, Andy MacPhail was quite a baseball genius in his time with the Minnesota Twins. MacPhail joined the Minn...9479Mon, 22 Jun 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-show-must-go-on-down-to-the-wire-r9480/To get caught up on what we're doing here, you can check out the introductory post in the series for an explanation of the premise and setup. But the quick version is this: We're playing a progressive simulated Twins season on MLB The Show 20 on PS4, and y'all are helping guide the ship. In each...9480Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/lg-twins-recap-wacky-loss-conjures-up-weird-mn-twins-trivia-r9478/Before we start ... I wrote an LG Twins/KBO primer article last week, but one item I was unable to track down was how the team got its nickname. I found the answer. Per an article at The Athletic by C. Trent Rosecrans, the team name references twin towers in Seoul that are owned by the LG company....9478Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/an-inside-look-at-draft-free-agency-with-a-new-twin-r9477/Traditionally spanning 40 rounds, Major League Baseball trimmed the amateur draft all the way down to five rounds. Some teams made four or less selections, and every undrafted player was then subject to new undrafted free agent rules. Players were stuck between some tough decision making processes...9477Sun, 21 Jun 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-stand-to-lose-the-most-in-2020-r9475/While more serious issues in the real world persist, it’s possible that no MLB team is more poorly affected by the pause coronavirus has put on baseball than our Minnesota Twins. Lower tier teams appear to be losing a year of MiLB development, but how much hope did they really have for 2020? Teams...9475Sun, 21 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/role-reversal-is-michael-pineda-the-new-rich-hill-r9470/Originally Hill was eyeing a June or July return from his modified Tommy John surgery, so he should be all but ready to go once/if the season begins. Pineda still has 39 games of his 60 game suspension left to serve after testing positive for a banned diuretic last season (he served 21 games in 20...9470Sat, 20 Jun 2020 01:00:00 +0000