https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/643/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-notebook-96-keep-climbing33-r9824/Saturday’s game recap: MIN 4, DET 3: Fashionably Late TODAY Tigers @ Twins, 1:10 pm CDT Twins Starter: Rich Hill, LHP 3.94 ERA Rich Hill will take the mound for the Twins in what will be a very big game for him. Hill will obviously want to be a starter in the playoffs and for that to happen he c...9824Sun, 06 Sep 2020 15:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-september-jolt-we-forgot-we-needed-r9820/Michael Pineda returned this last week to fill in on what would have been a bullpen day against the Chicago White Sox. The bullpen days have come to be a source of frustration for many, as the Twins had been turning to this tactic twice per week for some time before Pineda’s return. Jake Odorizzi...9820Sun, 06 Sep 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-4-det-3-fashionably-late-r9823/Box Score Maeda: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K Home Runs: Sanó (9) Top 3 WPA: Sanó .597, Buxton .248, Donaldson .115 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Facing rookie lefty Tarik Skubal for the second time in the last seven days, the Twins offense experienced much of the same difficulties they...9823Sun, 06 Sep 2020 02:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/third-time39s-a-harm-r9819/[Name redacted] went on to say “... let him start the 6th and if he gives up a hit, then pull him ... that’s my strategy on MLB the show.” So if you ever find yourself playing MNSportsguy21 online in MLB The Show, you better believe he’s sending his guy out there for a third time through. So who’...9819Sat, 05 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-notebook-95-return-to-the-top-r9822/YESTERDAY’S RECAP Doubleheader Recap: Twins Sweep Tigers Behind Big Day From Jorge Polanco TODAY Twins vs. Tigers, 6:10 pm CT Kenta Maeda, RHP, 2.53 ERA, 0.75 WHIP Maeda’s last start was against the Tigers in Detroit. He gave up three runs on six hits over six innings pitched while striking out...9822Sat, 05 Sep 2020 15:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/brent-rooker-makes-mlb-debut-r9821/On Thursday night, Brent Rooker received The Call that every ballplayer dreams about. Twins minor league director Alex Hassan was on the phone. He was busy at the time, but seeing Hassan’s name made everything else not terribly important. https://twitter.com/AaronGleeman/status/130204399306106471...9821Sat, 05 Sep 2020 05:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins39-5-most-effective-pitches-r9817/5. José Berríos’ curveball JB has been great over his last three starts. Opponents are hitting .175/.268/.254 during his last 17 ⅔ innings pitched. His curveball command has been a massive factor in that. It showed Wednesday against the White Sox. 2019 breakout Yoán Moncada opened Berríos’ 2020 ca...9817Sat, 05 Sep 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/doubleheader-recap-twins-sweep-tigers-behind-big-day-from-jorge-polanco-r9818/Game 1: Twins 2, Tigers 0 (7 innings) Box Score Dobnak: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Home Runs: Polanco (4), Donaldson (2) Top 3 WPA: Dobnak .329, Donaldson .107, Rogers/Duffey .083 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Game 2: Twins 3, Tigers 2 (8 innings) Box Score Wisler: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER,...9818Fri, 04 Sep 2020 23:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-key-to-success-is-losing-the-division-r9815/Two seasons later, the lead is again slipping away toward our division rivals to the east.If the playoffs started today, the current seeding would look like this: Tampa Bay Rays Oakland A’s Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox Houston Astros New York Yankees Minnesota Twins Toronto Blue Jays...9815Fri, 04 Sep 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-our-eyes-lie-to-us-r9813/It’s not our fault necessarily, we have no control over what we see. We are helpless to the fact that we can only observe what occurs on the field and make judgements from that information. Algorithms do not conveniently exist inside our head. We also always adhere to the fact that we have been in...9813Fri, 04 Sep 2020 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/miguel-sano-shows-process-drives-results-r9814/2020 has been anything but straightforward for sports, and Major League Baseball as a whole. For Miguel Sano, it got even more difficult when his return to the field during Summer Camp was delayed by an asymptomatic COVID-19 positive test result. He was finally ushered back into the action with ro...9814Fri, 04 Sep 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-pitching-contingent-has-struck-gold-again-r9810/Ever since the current regime took over control, after the 2016 season, we have seen a drastic philosophical shift in how the Twins approach pitching. This includes everything from the pitchers that they target to bring into the organization, to their coaching methods to get try and maximize the c...9810Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0000