https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/638/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/it39s-time-to-give-up-the-ghost-of-a-2020-mlb-season-of-record-r9230/Staring down the incomprehensible collective profit loss that a cancelled season would entail, MLB and its Players Association have been hard at work trying to hammer out a salvage scenario. The latest reported example would call for a radical realignment of league structure, based on spring train...9230Mon, 13 Apr 2020 01:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/will-michael-pineda-catch-a-break-in-2020-r9228/ESPN’s Jeff Passan broke the news of a plan to have all teams play only in Arizona (here are the details). Not a lot of people loved the idea, like Baseball Prospectus’ Craig Goldstein, who really disliked the idea. But that was just one of the ideas being proposed. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale rep...9228Sun, 12 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-flashback-newly-relocated-twins-shut-out-yankees-in-first-ever-game-4111961-r9224/Starting Lineups Game Recap Home Runs: Bob Allison (1), Reno Bertoia (1) Multi-Hit Games: Versalles (2-for-5, 2B, R, 2 SB), Allison (2-for-5, HR, R, RBI) Top 3 WPA: Ramos (0.464), Allison (0.151), Bertoia (0.054) Bottom 3 WPA: Lemon (-0.106), Green (-0.077), Versalles (-0.055) The first six inn...9224Sun, 12 Apr 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2020-is-the-year-for-jose-berr%C3%ADos-r9227/The Competition The 2020 field for the Cy Young could be a bit softer than it was in 2019, and may provide a slightly better opportunity for Berríos to take home some hardware. Gerrit Cole Leaves the AL West for the AL East. He faces a huge change in ballpark and is set to face the big stage of Ne...9227Sat, 11 Apr 2020 23:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/does-warming-up-with-a-heavy-bat-in-the-on-deck-circle-actually-improve-swing-velocity-r9204/Attend any baseball game at any level and you’ll find that a good chunk of athletes will be taking their practice cuts in the on-deck circle with a heavy bat; usually this involves swinging a “normal” bat with a weighted donut or sleeve around the barrel or an implement such as a metal rod or sand...9204Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who-are-the-top-5-starting-pitchers-in-minnesota-twins-history-r9225/Here are my five, ranked: 5. Jim Kaat Games started for Minnesota: 422 No has started more games for the Twins than Jim “Kitty” Kaat. He pitched 200 or more innings in 10 seasons for Minnesota, a team record. He ranks second to only Bert Blyleven in strikeouts (1,824). Before being dropped to wai...9225Sat, 11 Apr 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-flashback-with-the-national-guard-looking-on-chance-shines-in-return-to-washington-4101968-r9213/Twins 2, Washington 0 Box Score Chance: 9 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K Home Runs: Killebrew (1), Allison (1) Multi-hit games: Oliva (3-for-4, 2B) Top 3 WPA: Chance .540, Oliva .140, Alison .072 Chart via Baseball-Reference 32,063 fans came out to experience opening day and more than a few of them wer...9213Sat, 11 Apr 2020 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-would-the-twins-fare-in-the-grapefruit-league-south-r9226/Welcome to the Grapefruit League South! Under MLB’s new proposal, the Twins would play in a division that includes the Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays, and Baltimore Orioles. With most of the original AL East and a strong Braves team, Minnesota’s path to the postseason will be tough...9226Fri, 10 Apr 2020 22:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/which-twins-prospect-is-the-most-indispensable-r9221/The argument for which Twins prospect is the best is a concise and frankly pretty boring one. The majority consensus has Royce Lewis as the Twins’ best prospect with Alex Kirilloff being the second best. Keith Law was one of the few writers to go against the grain as he placed Kirilloff much highe...9221Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:41:51 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2020-position-analysis-relief-pitcher-r9223/Projected Bullpen: Taylor Rogers, Tyler Duffey, Trevor May, Tyler Clippard, Sergio Romo, Zach Littell, Matt Wisler, Cody Stashak Depth: Fernando Romero, Sean Poppen, Danny Coulombe, Ryan Garton, Blaine Hardy, Cory Gearrin, Caleb Thielbar Prospects: Edwar Colina, Dakota Chalmers, Jake Reed THE GOO...9223Fri, 10 Apr 2020 02:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/season-2020-ep-1-the-one-when-the-season-started-on-march-26th-r9220/Given the state of the world, it’s unknown when both of these “days” will occur in the future. However, aside from MLB the Show 20, the most baseball fun that we can have is to play the “what-if” game for how the season could’ve kicked off for the Twins if the season started as scheduled. What cou...9220Fri, 10 Apr 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-flashback-gladden-caps-off-3-run-rally-in-the-9th-to-complete-opening-series-sweep-of-a39s-491987-r9216/Twins 5, Oakland 4 | Box Score Portugal: 5.2 IP, 7H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 BB, 5 K Home Runs: Hrbek (1) Multi-hit Games: Brunansky (3-for-4), Gagne (2-for-3) Top 3 WPA: Gladden .449, Smalley .289, Brunansky .177 Chart via Fangraphs When the Minnesota Twins traded for Dan Gladden (career .282 BA) this off...9216Fri, 10 Apr 2020 02:00:00 +0000