https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/645/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-should-the-expectations-be-for-michael-pineda-r9797/The Last Time Fans Saw Him Pineda was back last season after missing all of 2018 due to Tommy John surgery. As with most pitchers returning from this procedure, it took him awhile to get back to his old self. In the first half, he posted a 4.56 ERA with a 1.18 WHIP as batters hit .261/.296/.455 (....9797Tue, 01 Sep 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-rich-hill39s-new-cutter-could-be-a-game-changer-r9799/Famously, Hill primarily throws a high-spin four-seam fastball, often aimed at the top of the strike zone, and a high-spin, 11-to-5 curveball. He reinvented himself as a reliever almost a decade ago, and even as he transitioned back to the starting rotation several seasons ago, he kept mostly to...9799Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/too-many-twins-hitters-are-sacrificing-power-for-contact-r9798/Under the terminology of MLB's Statcast system, a "Barrel" is defined as "a well-struck ball where the combination of exit velocity and launch angle generally leads to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage." In other words, it is the highest quality of contact. In 2019, the...9798Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-notebook-831-trade-deadline-day-r9796/Yesterday’s Game Recap Tigers 3, Twins 2: This Is Not What You Want Today Twins vs White Sox 7:10 pm CDT Betting Line: MIN +130, CWS -140, O/U: 9 Twins Starter: Rich Hill, LHP 3.55 ERA Rich Hill will be making his third start back from the IL stint that caused him to miss about three weeks. His t...9796Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/official-2020-trade-deadline-thread-r9795/This year, the expectation was that there would be few meaningful trades just due to timing and also because of not being able to see prospects play this year. While there haven’t been any real big names traded (yet), there have been quite a few mid-level trades. And there are definitely rumors th...9795Mon, 31 Aug 2020 05:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-490-going-first-to-third-r9794/Listen Here9794Mon, 31 Aug 2020 04:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2020-minnesota-twins-mid-season-superlatives-r9784/Best Pitcher Kenta Maeda At the time of the offseason trade, many fans in Twins Territory questioned why the Minnesota Twins would trade away its prized 100 MPH hurling pitching prospect for a relatively unknown starting pitcher from the Los Angeles Dodgers. The move was extremely unheralded and d...9784Mon, 31 Aug 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-potential-trade-for-a-relief-ace-nobody-is-talking-about-r9792/Archie Bradley has been a big name since he was a high schooler in Oklahoma. He was selected 7th overall in the loaded 2011 MLB Draft. In addition to Bradley, Gerrit Cole, Trevor Bauer, Dylan Bundy, Anthony Rendon, Francisco Lindor, Javier Baez, George Springer, Jose Fernandez and Sonny Gray were...9792Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-road-worriers-r9793/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 8/24 through Sun, 8/30 *** Record Last Week: 1-5 (Overall: 20-15) Run Differential Last Week: -13 (Overall: +27) Standing: 3rd Place in AL Central (1.5 GB) Bomba Counter: 47 (Pace: 81) This 2020 season has been shortened and repeatedly shaken by events taki...9793Sun, 30 Aug 2020 22:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tigers-3-twins-2-this-is-not-what-you-want-r9791/Box Score Maeda: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 8 K Home Runs: Polanco (3) Bottom 3 WPA: Kepler -.162, Arráez -.133, Sanó -.094 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): The Twins entered today after being swept in a double header just a day ago. They needed Kenta Maeda to provide a spark with a solid ou...9791Sun, 30 Aug 2020 19:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-830-twins-need-maeda-to-provide-a-jolt-r9790/Saturday’s double header recap: Twins sink to third place TODAY Twins @ Tigers, 12:10 pm CDT Twins Starter: Kenta Maeda, RHP 2.21 ERA Kenta Maeda will take the mound for today’s series finale in a game that is suddenly important. After being swept in yesterday’s double header, the Twins fell to th...9790Sun, 30 Aug 2020 14:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who-are-the-twins-missing-most-r9786/7 - Zack Littell Littell came on strong in 2019, posting a 2.68 ERA and 3.62 FIP in 37 innings. Most notably, he gave up just 3 runs across the final 3 months of the season spanning 30.2 innings. 2020 has not been so kind however. Regression was expected, but nowhere near the 9.95 ERA he’s posted...9786Sun, 30 Aug 2020 01:00:00 +0000