https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/648/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2020-minnesota-twins-top-5-progression-candidates-via-xwoba-r9091/If you don’t know what xwOBA is, that makes sense and it means you are a normal person. Essentially it comes from the base stat of wOBA and Fangraphs describes it like this: “Weighted On-Base Average combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportio...9091Thu, 12 Mar 2020 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/deep-dive-into-the-twins-2020-schedule-r9088/The methodology I used was actually how John Bonnes dispelled the notion on the impact of playing in the AL Central back in 2018. As he put it, “I promise you, you can do this with a spreadsheet and it takes no math more complicated than some long division” and even as a high school math teacher I...9088Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royce-lewis-is-putting-it-all-on-display-r9090/Although not all minor league players develop at the same rate, it’s become clear that Lewis is knocking on the door to the big leagues. He’s not a realistic shot to crack the major league roster for 2020, but a debut this season is trending more towards a possibility. Having enjoyed plenty of run...9090Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-byron-buxton-behind-schedule-for-opening-day-r9082/Initial Reports Byron Buxton is recovering from season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left-shoulder. He started swinging in late January, hitting off a tee in February and taking live batting practice this week. Slow and steady seems to be the name of the game and it’s certainly mak...9082Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2020-position-analysis-left-field-r9089/Projected Starter: Eddie Rosario Likely Backup: Marwin Gonzalez Depth: Jake Cave, LaMonte Wade Jr. Prospects: Alex Kirilloff, Trevor Larnach THE GOOD I have ridden the Rosario rollercoaster. After the 2018 season, I wrote an article honoring him as Twins Daily's MVP. A year later, I was openly won...9089Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2020-minnesota-twins-top-5-regression-candidates-via-xwoba-r9078/Predicting how much regression or improvement a player will show from year to year is a difficult task, especially with as many young players and breakthrough performances as we saw last season. But today we’ll attempt to do just that by looking at 2019 numbers. Specifically, we’ll turn to Basebal...9078Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byron-buxton39s-recovery-reaches-new-milestone-r9086/What was Buxton’s instant analysis of the hacks? “It’s the first day, so I was just up there, basically looking at pitches, trying to swing at good pitches, see how the arm feels,” he said. “Felt pretty good, so take the positive side out of it, put the ball in play a little bit. It’s a good day a...9086Tue, 10 Mar 2020 18:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-free-agents-to-be-with-something-to-prove-in-2020-r9079/Ehire Adrianza Adrianza has been part of three different organization and gotten claimed off waivers multiple times, but he has never been a free agent. He provides an interesting case, because he has mostly served a role player during his Twins tenure. In three seasons in Minnesota he has hit .26...9079Tue, 10 Mar 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-the-three-batter-rule-could-affect-more-than-the-twins-bullpen-r9084/The Minnesota Twins and the rest of the MLB will soon see how the new three-batter minimum rule for relief pitchers will affect in-game strategy. This past weekend Jayson Stark put out an interesting article on how managers may use different strategies in reaction to this rule moving into 2020. So...9084Tue, 10 Mar 2020 02:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/one-seemingly-small-adjustment-from-byron-buxton-could-pay-off-big-r9080/Though Byron Buxton has had a long, uneven, complex development curve, it’s clear that he turned a new corner in 2019. After going back to the setup and swing mechanics he had trusted in high school late in the 2018 season, Buxton blossomed into the kind of multi-dimensional, dangerous hitter on...9080Tue, 10 Mar 2020 02:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/leading-off-podcast-ep-31can-the-regular-season-start-soon-r9081/LINK: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6rZJCLbHSWvrZdegF3t6PB Topics discussed: Twins play baseball Martin Perez revenge game Marwin/Polanco debut Andrew joins New rule changes Johnny Cueto...? Dealing top prospects Weekly predictions Fan questions Give it a listen and let us know what...9081Mon, 09 Mar 2020 23:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-announce-first-round-of-cuts-r9083/Reassigned to the minor league camp are pitchers Lewis Thorpe, Dakota Chalmers, Jhoan Duran, Jorge Alcala, outfielder Gilberto Celestino and infielders Nick Gordon and Travis Blankenhorn. Of the cuts, perhaps the most surprising was Lewis Thorpe. Thorpe started to gain traction as a left-handed re...9083Mon, 09 Mar 2020 21:23:00 +0000