https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/649/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who-did-it-better-comparing-the-moncada-extension-with-the-keplerpolanco-extensions-r9077/The Money According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the White Sox and Yoan Moncada came to terms on a five-year contract worth $70M ($14M AAV), with a club option for a sixth year at $25M. While at their base, their contract lengths were equal to that of Moncada, the salary attached to Kepler and Polanco’s...9077Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2020-position-analysis-shortstop-r9076/Projected Starter: Jorge Polanco Likely Backup: Ehire Adrianza Depth: Luis Arraez, Marwin Gonzalez Prospects: Royce Lewis, Wander Javier THE GOOD When I counted down the top assets in the Minnesota Twins organization a couple months back, I had Polanco at No. 1, mainly because of that wonderfully...9076Mon, 09 Mar 2020 01:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kenta-maeda39s-timing-couldn39t-be-better-r9075/He can be methodical but Maeda is far from a plodder. For instance, in the third inning during Sunday’s game at JetBlue, after the Twins went down quickly in order, where other pitchers might slow foot it to the mound, Maeda raced out, beating his entire team, and tossed the rosin bag until his ca...9075Sun, 08 Mar 2020 21:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-really-matters-in-spring-training-r9071/Health: Pretty much the most important part of spring training. Players need time to ramp up before the 162 game season begins. In just the last week, we’ve seen Jorge Polanco and Marwin Gonzalez make their spring debuts after offseason surgery. It was great that both came back and had two hits in...9071Sun, 08 Mar 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-469-choose-your-twins-mvp-r9073/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_469.mp3?dest-id=745909073Sat, 07 Mar 2020 21:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/understanding-marwin-gonzalez39s-patellar-debridement-knee-surgery-r9072/However, The Athletic’s Dan Hayes sent a few ripples through the waters of Ft. Meyers and the some-10,000 lakes of Minnesota when he reported that Gonzalez underwent a patellar debridement procedure of his right knee after the season concluded this past October that prevented him from participatin...9072Sat, 07 Mar 2020 21:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-college-pitching-prospects-lead-the-minnesota-twins-to-a-cleveland-esque-rotation-r9066/Cleveland is renowned for their ability to continually churn out high-quality starting pitching and the majority of their success stories have been college pitchers, except Carlos Carrasco. Falvey’s known as an expert in the area of pitcher development and he undoubtably played a big role in Cleve...9066Sat, 07 Mar 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pick-your-pitcher-who-should-get-the-twins39-5th-rotation-spot-r9067/The front-runners Randy Dobnak The Dobber was the Twins’ Minor League Pitcher of the Year after posting an incredible 2.07 ERA and 109 strikeouts in 135 innings at three different levels in 2019. Dobnak futher impressed for the Twins, holding a 1.59 ERA in 28 1/3 innings with 23 strikeouts and fiv...9067Sat, 07 Mar 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/another-way-the-josh-donaldson-signing-was-necessary-r9069/At this point, every person who holds even just a passing interest in the Twins has given their two cents on signing Josh Donaldson. Some have talked about how he may influence the next wave of prospects, most have concluded that he was the last shot the Twins had at making an impact move, and one...9069Fri, 06 Mar 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-luis-arraez-really-just-ben-revere-r9062/Twins Daily’s Nick Nelson recently workshopped a couple of ideas on Twitter regarding the Minnesota second basemen. Chief among them was that his hard-hit rate was in the 4th percentile, he posted a 19th percentile exit velo, and he didn’t cover the inside part of the plate. Coupled with defensiv...9062Fri, 06 Mar 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gold-glove-in-play-for-max-kepler-in-2020-r9068/Since coming to the big leagues in 2015, Kepler has shown himself to be strong in the field, posting a positive UZR and DRS in each season he has been with the Twins. In fact, over the past two seasons, Max Kepler ranks fifth among all outfielders in defensive runs saved and third among all outfi...9068Fri, 06 Mar 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/josh-donaldson-how-twins-could-tweak-slugger39s-approach-r9063/When a team signs a former MVP and eight-year veteran to a deal that could reach nine figures in total salary, they rarely ask that player to make big changes. The Twins will be no exception to that rule when it comes to Josh Donaldson. One reason why Donaldson was an excellent fit for the team,...9063Thu, 05 Mar 2020 03:30:00 +0000