https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/649/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/covid-at-the-bat-r9511/The players aren’t too happy; they feel they’re getting screwed, But really, to be honest, when hasn’t that been true? So off they’ll trudge to training, from New York to Anaheim, And soon we can all stop watching games from 1999. At least that’s what we’re hoping, who knows where this is heading?...9511Wed, 01 Jul 2020 09:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-that-a-threat-how-each-al-central-opponent-could-pose-a-threat-to-the-minnesota-twins-r9504/We’ll go about this alphabetically, so Chicago’s up first. Chicago White Sox Threat: The Offense Explodes While there is plenty of hype surrounding the Chicago White Sox chances in 2020 due to their significant offseason spending, they still seem to be a tier below the Twins. After signing former...9504Wed, 01 Jul 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/paving-a-path-women-in-baseball-melanie-newman-r9510/As a follow up to someone that writes about the game, it only seems natural to check with a woman that tells stories through a different medium. Having made her own trek through the minor leagues before debuting in The Show, Melanie Newman can now (or will as 2020 gets underway) call herself a big...9510Wed, 01 Jul 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-roster-decisions-and-player-development-r9509/The Twins 60-man player pool includes the 38 members of the 40-man roster (including Michael Pineda and Fernando Romero who are both on the restricted list). The ‘taxi squad’ includes some of the organization’s top prospects, at least those who are playing at the upper levels of the minor leagues...9509Tue, 30 Jun 2020 05:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-bagger-pineda-b-squad-amp-romero-r9508/Michael Pineda: It's Just Like Making a Trade! During the latest episode of Gleeman and the Geek, Aaron and John made a connection that I hadn't noticed: the conclusion of Pineda's carryover suspension will coincide almost exactly with MLB's rejiggered August 31st trade deadline. This brings to mi...9508Tue, 30 Jun 2020 02:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-twins39-non-roster-player-pool-pitchers-could-help-part-i-r9507/The Twins announced their 60-man player pool for the resumption of spring training and the eventual regular season Monday, including seven pitchers currently not on the 40-man roster. Today, let’s look at three of those seven hurlers, to see in which ways and under what circumstances the team envi...9507Tue, 30 Jun 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/chances-for-each-twins-top-prospect-impacting-the-2020-roster-r9506/Each prospect below was ranked on a scale from Unlikely to Possibly to Probably to Definitely. Things considered were inclusion on the 40-man roster, prospect status, and 2019 performance. Royce Lewis, SS Twins Prospect Ranking: 1 Lewis is widely considered the team’s top prospect and he is comin...9506Mon, 29 Jun 2020 19:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-481-baseball-is-back-r9505/*** Listen Here! ***9505Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-show-must-go-on-twins-walk-off-game-163-r9503/To get caught up on what we're doing here, you can check out the introductory post in the series for an explanation of the premise and setup. But the quick version is this: We're playing a progressive simulated Twins season on MLB The Show 20 on PS4, and y'all are helping guide the ship. In each...9503Mon, 29 Jun 2020 02:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-announce-60-man-player-pool-for-summer-camp-r9502/MONDAY 10:45 a.m. CT The Twins have finally revealed the roster. Here it is: https://twitter.com/morsecode/status/1277628983178387457 Here is another view of the team's summer camp roster: SUNDAY UPDATES 4:15 p.m. CT MLB.com's Do-Hyoung Park reports that the Twins aren't expected to reveal their...9502Sun, 28 Jun 2020 17:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/considering-the-2020-trade-deadline-r9500/Are Trades Worth It? We’ve seen an August 31st trade deadline before, but never like this one. We used to have a revocable waiver trade deadline prior to 2019 which some teams did take advantage of. Before underestimating the amount of craziness we could see at the deadline this year because of th...9500Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/using-splits-to-spin-a-narrative-for-the-2020-minnesota-twins-r9493/Now that we know the season will be 60 games (barring a Covid-related disaster), it’s possible to begin speculating potential outcomes by using the career split stats of Twins players. We can roughly use a player’s March/April stats to predict first month production, then use May for the second mo...9493Sat, 27 Jun 2020 02:00:00 +0000