https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/649/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-2-kc-7-royal-pain-r9751/Box Score Odorizzi: 3 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 1 K Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Jake Odorizzi -0.259, Eddie Rosario -0.090, Max Kepler -0.068. Odorizzi Struggles; Leaves Early With Injury Jake Odorizzi made his third start of the year tonight and all three starts have come against the Kansas City Roy...9751Sat, 22 Aug 2020 03:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota%E2%80%99s-pitchers-have-spurned-the-fastball-and-it%E2%80%99s-working-r9742/Minnesota pitching coach Wes Johnson is famous for getting as much velocity as possible out of his pitchers; but outside of Jorge Alcala, the Twins don’t have a lot of high-velo arms. The old cliché is that a pitcher must establish the fastball to succeed, but most hitters feast on heaters, and w...9742Sat, 22 Aug 2020 00:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/it39s-time-for-the-minnesota-twins-to-move-down-taylor-rogers-in-the-bullpen-pecking-order-r9750/From the start of the 2017 season to the end of the 2019 season, Taylor Rogers had been one of the best relief pitchers in baseball. Over that timespan, Rogers ranked 15th in baseball in ERA (2.75) and 15th in fWAR (4.3). In what had been rollercoaster season for the Twins’ various relief groups,...9750Fri, 21 Aug 2020 23:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2020-twins-struggling-in-extreme-area-of-strength-from-2019-r9748/The Twins hit a historic .285/.351/.521 versus left-handed pitching in 2019. Their .872 OPS against southpaws was the third highest in Major League history. C.J. Cron hit a ridiculous .326/.385/.636 with 11 homers against lefties. Jonathan Schoop hit .277/.354/.563 with 14 extra-base hits. The Twi...9748Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-821-kansas-city-again-r9749/Thursday’s series finale recap: It’s a Blessed Jose Berrios Day! TODAY Twins @ Royals, 7:05 pm CDT Betting Lines: MIN -180, KC +155, O/U: 9.5 Twins Starter: Jake Odorizzi, RHP 5.14 ERA Jake Odorizzi will be taking the mound for his third start of the season tonight. His first start didn’t go well,...9749Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jeffers-shines-in-big-league-debut-r9747/When the Twins drafted catcher Ryan Jeffers from UNCW in the 2nd round of the 2018 MLB draft, it surprised a lot of draft experts and Twins fans. He wasn’t known as a top draft prospect. He was known as a hit-first catcher who might not be able to play that position in the big leagues.This spring,...9747Fri, 21 Aug 2020 05:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-7-mil-1-it39s-a-blessed-jose-berr%C3%ADos-day33-r9746/Box Score Berrios: 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K Home Runs: Cruz (9) Top 3 WPA: Berríos .383, Vargas .069, Jeffers .063 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): He’s back, baby! (and Eric Sogard does it again) We all missed Jose Berrios throwing some elite innings on the mound, but he showed up tod...9746Fri, 21 Aug 2020 02:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-one-player-minnesota-shouldn%E2%80%99t-trade-for-r9744/The Minnesota Twins are good. They were expected to come into 2020 and compete as one of the best teams in the sport. That has been true, and teams like that often bolster their positioning prior to the Postseason in an effort to make a run at the World Series. If Minnesota is going to go down tha...9744Fri, 21 Aug 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what39s-going-on-in-the-al-central-r9740/Shane Bieber is Now a Certified Problem The young right-hander has made his way to the very top of the pitching mountain despite being merely a prospect just two short years ago. His 2019 campaign was solid but his 2020 season so far has been nothing short of eye-popping dominance. How terrifying....9740Fri, 21 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-notebook-820-pair-of-aces-in-different-directions-r9743/YESTERDAY’S GAME RECAP MIL 9, MIN 3: Hill Follows Maeda's Gem With a Clunker Today: Milwaukee @ Minnesota, 6:10 PM CT Betting Lines: Minnesota -115, O/U 9.0 Twins Starter: Jose Berrios, RHP (1-3, 5.92 ERA) To say Jose Berrios has been scuffling in 2020 would be putting it lightly. He’s been relat...9743Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-we-blame-bad-luck-for-berr%C3%ADos%E2%80%99-early-performance-r9741/I have an old friend, which I promise is my last brag of this piece, who believes fully in stats as a way of analyzing things like sports performances and understands the folly – or limitations, perhaps – of trusting your eyes. And so I was shocked when this friend said, rather plainly, that obser...9741Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mil-9-min-3-hill-follows-maeda39s-gem-with-a-clunker-r9739/Box Score Hill: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 K Home Runs: Gonzalez (3) Bottom 3 WPA: Hill -.287, Thorpe -.137, Cruz -.048 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): Facing off against the left-handed Brett Anderson, the Twins lineup had a different look with Marwin González replacing Max Kepler in rig...9739Thu, 20 Aug 2020 03:10:00 +0000