https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/63/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/despite-the-pohlads-best-efforts-this-team-might-be-better-off-r18932/My first reaction to last Thursday was denial. Surely there were other prospects thrown into the Griffin Jax and Brock Stewart trades. Then came anger—because there weren’t. I even wrote a screed blasting the whole thing as a conspiracy to sell the team to a private equity conglomerate of ghouls...18932Sat, 09 Aug 2025 12:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-9-royals-4-minnesota-clobbers-seth-lugo-in-decisive-win-r18948/Box Score Joe Ryan: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Home Runs: Matt Wallner (16), Kody Clemens (13) Top 3 WPA: Luke Keaschall (.146), Ryan Jeffers (.101), Kody Clemens (.094) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)   The prodigal sons return home. Or maybe they never left. Conne...18948Sat, 09 Aug 2025 02:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/its-back-to-the-drawing-board-at-shortstop-for-the-minnesota-twins-r18946/The Minnesota Twins spent years and years trying to find a starting shortstop they could trust. A glance through their Opening Day starters over the past couple of decades reveals an endless folly of trial-and-error at one of the sport's most critical positions. The Twins cycled through pla...18946Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-made-the-correct-decision-in-trading-carlos-correa-r18925/Signed to a six-year, $200 million contract in January 2023, Carlos Correa joined forces with the Minnesota Twins on a long-term deal, signaling a new, celebrated era of Twins baseball. The club splurging on Correa beckoned a meaningful shift in the club ownership's willingness to open their poc...18925Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:22:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/joe-ryan-and-the-piggybacks-time-to-see-what-the-twins-have-in-the-stable-r18941/Talk to a baseball fan over the age of 60, and they’ll tell you about pitchers just don’t work as long. “Back in my days, they had four-man rotations, and the goal was to go nine innings every time you took the mound.”  For most of the past 30 years, MLB teams have moved to five-man rotatio...18941Fri, 08 Aug 2025 12:21:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-back-to-selling-hope-r18892/Let’s take a trip back to the beginning of the Derek Falvey regime. The Minnesota Twins were coming off a second-place finish in the division, but essentially, there wasn’t a strong feeling that the roster as constructed could keep up with the teams pushing for the pennant. Under Falvey’s leader...18892Thu, 07 Aug 2025 16:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/grading-the-9-trades-from-the-twins-2025-trade-deadline-r18916/While the Twins did well on a few deals, they also made some puzzling moves that left value on the table. With nine trades completed during their aggressive deadline reset, it’s time to evaluate how each one stacks up. Below is a full ranking of every deal, complete with trade details and letter...18916Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:11:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-ignored-the-human-side-of-baseball-in-louis-varland-trade-r18917/When the dust settled on the Minnesota Twins’ shocking trade deadline fire sale, fans and players alike were left stunned. Carlos Correa? Gone. Jhoan Duran? Traded. But there was one move that cut deeper than the rest, not because of WAR or contract math, but because it stripped away one of the...18917Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-9-tigers-4-home-run-derby-in-detroit-gives-twins-a-series-win-r18934/Box Score SP: Pierson Ohl - 2 2/3 IP, 4H, 4ER, 0BB, 3K (61 pitches, 41 strikes (71%)) Home Runs:  Brooks Lee (11); Austin Martin (1); Alan Roden (2)  Top 3 WPA: Luke Keaschall (.248); Brooks Lee (.178);  Thomas Hatch (.175) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Since the trade de...18934Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5-reasons-to-keep-watching-the-twins-r18919/  The deadline happened. It has almost been a week. The front office determined, accurately, that the current roster wasn’t capable of winning a championship and pivoted to 2026 and beyond. Was it the right decision? Was it good for the organization long-term? Only time will be able to tell...18919Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:18:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/did-the-twins-miss-out-on-a-key-piece-in-carlos-correa-trade-r18910/The Minnesota Twins stunned their fanbase and the baseball world when they shipped Carlos Correa back to the Houston Astros ahead of the 2025 trade deadline. It was the final signal that the club is rebuilding its core. This was a decision underscored by the minimal return in the deal,  a 26-yea...18910Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:15:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/roster-implications-and-40-man-timelines-for-every-new-twin-r18911/It’s been a few days since Minnesota’s whirlwind trade deadline. How is everyone doing? Frankly, the phrenetic pace at which everything occurred made it difficult for me to fully understand the nature of what just happened. Things certainly changed; but just how much? And how do we make sense of...18911Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:11:02 +0000