https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/647/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-trade-deadline-3-more-bats-twins-should-target-r9774/While it might be tempting to stand pat, given the potential that the Twins will get Josh Donaldson, Byron Buxton, and Mitch Garver back over the next two weeks, the team would do well to think a bit more aggressively. Because of the way seeding is determined in this year’s 16-team playoff format,...9774Thu, 27 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-2020-trade-deadline-preview-r9769/Minnesota’s Weaknesses Entering the season, Minnesota was perceived to have one of the strongest line-ups in baseball. That hasn’t been the case so far as the Twins have struggled through injuries to regular starters like Mitch Garver, Byron Buxton, Josh Donaldson, and Luis Arraez. This has result...9769Thu, 27 Aug 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cle-6-min-3-cleveland-gets-to-romo-takes-series-r9776/Box Score Berríos: 5.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 K (103 pitches, 63 strikes) Home Runs: Kepler (7) Bottom 3 WPA: Romo -.323, Cruz -.178, Polanco -.135 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Berrios Struggles Early then Settles Down Jose Berrios entered tonight's start coming off his best start of...9776Thu, 27 Aug 2020 02:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-former-twins-that-could-return-to-minnesota-this-trade-deadline-r9772/Jonathan Schoop 2B, spent 2019 with MIN This was first brought up by fellow Twins Daily writer, Matthew Taylor, on Twitter. Schoop is hitting .286/.319/.514 (.833) with 7 homers this year. He gave a few solid reasons that this move could make sense. First, Schoop would cost barely anything. He is...9772Thu, 27 Aug 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-826-series-finale-in-cleveland-r9773/Tuesday’s series finale recap: Cleveland Counterpunch TODAY Twins @ Indians, 6:10 pm CDT Twins Starter: Jose Berrios, RHP 4.75 ERA Jose Berrios will be taking the mound for the series finale tonight. The series is tied at one game apiece heading into tonight’s game and both teams have a great pitc...9773Wed, 26 Aug 2020 21:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-right-handed-batters-the-twins-should-target-this-week-r9768/This trade deadline will be much quieter than most, and it’s hard to guess or gauge what kinds of deals will happen. Certainly, teams will approach the possibility of trading for players on expiring contracts differently than they would in other years, since this truncated season and the expanded...9768Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-most-impactful-roster-additions-will-likely-come-from-st-paul-r9771/Derek Falvey talked to media members on a Zoom call on Tuesday afternoon about a variety of topics including the upcoming trade deadline and how the prospects in St. Paul could develop and contribute as soon as needed. He also reiterated that the Twins goal for the 2020 season remains the same as...9771Wed, 26 Aug 2020 06:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cle-4-min-2-cleveland-counterpunch-r9770/Box Score Hill: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K (78 pitches, 50 strikes) Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Alcala -.374, Polanco -.086, Wade Jr. -.122 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Rich Hill had a promising bounce back start, after getting knocked around for four runs in just 2 and 2/3 innings...9770Wed, 26 Aug 2020 02:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-only-starting-pitcher-the-twins-should-trade-for-r9766/Here’s the deal, Rob Manfred opened the floodgates and is allowing everyone and their dance partner into the Postseason. With a shortened 60-game sprint, there’s not going to be any significant distance between the top and bottom teams (except, well, sorry Pittsburgh). That means that with over 2...9766Wed, 26 Aug 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/bringing-order-into-the-chaos-that-is-the-twins-rotation-r9764/I’m going to order this as a traditional one-through-five rotation, starting with the “Twins Ace” at number one and working our way down to number five. Of course, the injuries and upcoming return of Michael Pineda make this exercise a bit tricky, but here it goes. 1) Kenta Maeda – 36.2 IP, 1.80 E...9764Wed, 26 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-notebook-825-minnesota-twins-seek-revenge-on-not-justin-bieber-r9767/Last Night’s Game Recap MIN 3, CLE 2: Bullpen Bends, Does Not Break TODAY Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians, 6:10pm CDT Twins Starter: Rich Hill 1-1, 4.70 ERA, 1.30 WHIP Rich Hill is coming off of his worst start of the 2020 season last week when he allowed 4 runs, 4 hits and a walk in just 2...9767Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota%E2%80%99s-present-and-future-catching-duo-r9762/Two Catcher Rotation Last season, the Twins used a two-catcher rotation with tremendous success. Mitch Garver played in 93 games on his way to winning the AL’s Silver Slugger Award for catchers. Jason Castro was a veteran secondary option and he played in 79 contests. Together, these two helped Tw...9762Tue, 25 Aug 2020 02:30:00 +0000