https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/658/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/brusdar-graterol39s-strange-journey-what-did-we-learn-r8950/Graterol was freshly of legal drinking age when he joined the Twins last season, so it's only fitting he brought the Fireballs. His average fastball velocity of 99.0 MPH registered as fifth-highest for anyone who threw in the majors. Watching Graterol establish himself at the highest level, flashi...8950Mon, 10 Feb 2020 03:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/graterol-deserved-better-how-the-former-twins-pitcher-was-hurt-most-in-trade-debacle-r8949/Late in the evening on Tuesday, the Minnesota Twins agreed to terms on a deal to part with their flamethrowing pitcher, Brusdar Graterol, and bring in starting pitcher, Kenta Maeda from the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal was stalled, though, after reports came out that the Red Sox had concerns over...8949Mon, 10 Feb 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/take-two-pending-physicals-twins-and-dodgers-agree-to-trade-r8948/To bring everyone up to speed: The Twins emerged last Wednesday as the third team in a massive trade between the Red Sox and Dodgers, which would've sent Mookie Betts and David Price to LA in exchange for prospect Alex Verdugo and Graterol, whom the Dodgers were to acquire from Minnesota in exchan...8948Sun, 09 Feb 2020 22:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/another-year-of-intangibles-r8944/5. Luis Arraez’s Particular Set of Skills I have to imagine that pitchers absolutely loathe watching Arraez step up to the plate. Not because he’s going to hit one 450 feet like the Miguel Sanos of the lineup, but because whatever happens next is just not going to be enjoyable. Everything from his...8944Sun, 09 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-twins-willing-to-back-out-on-blockbuster-deal-r8947/Sunday Update: LaVelle Neal updates us that the deal continues to be a work in progress. The Twins have shown they are willing to add a prospect with Graterol, but that prospect would not be a Top 10 prospect. The Twins might be getting a "little" more than Maeda. Jon Heyman adds that the Twins ar...8947Sat, 08 Feb 2020 20:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/reviewing-kenta-maeda39s-injury-history-r8946/You can read more about Maeda here. While perhaps not as sexy as signing a top-tier free agent, Maeda is every bit the fulfillment of Derek Falvey and Thad Levine’s promise to acquire “impact pitching” during the off-season. Maeda figures to, at worst, slot in as the Twins’ third starter in the ro...8946Sat, 08 Feb 2020 19:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins39-pitching-staff-built-to-beat-the-american-league-r8945/This could be looked at as a negative. The Twins may be strapped when Yordan Àlvarez comes up with bases loaded late, or when Didi Gregorius is entrenched in the heart of Philadelphia’s lineup in the 2020 World Series. But for right now, this is extremely favorable for the current construction of...8945Sat, 08 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-well-does-minnesota%E2%80%99s-rotation-stack-up-against-cleveland-and-chicago%E2%80%99s-r8933/Over at the Athletic, Eno Sarris recently released 2020 starting pitching rankings, mainly for fantasy purposes. But the nice thing about his rankings is that he used a nice mix of criteria. He combined stuff ratings from Driveline Baseball, command numbers from STATS Perform, and projections from...8933Sat, 08 Feb 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jos%C3%A9-berr%C3%ADos-losing-arbitration-case-provides-reason-for-concern-over-long-term-future-with-twins-r8941/To recap how arbitration works, when an MLB player has more than three years of service time he becomes arbitration eligible. Each offseason, arbitration eligible players and their teams will each submit a salary that they feel the player warrants. This offseason, Berríos submitted a salary of $4....8941Fri, 07 Feb 2020 04:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-definitive-ranking-of-the-top-10-2020-twins-promotional-items-r8939/The best things in life are free. They’re even better when 30,000 other fans are offering you cash for your free items. Last week, the Twins announced the full lineup of freebies and special events at Target Field this year. After some careful consideration, for 2020 here is a definitive ranking o...8939Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/this-ain39t-your-dad39s-starting-rotation-r8940/The offseason success for the Twins rested on how they would mold the starting rotation into a group capable of carrying the squad. The offense would be good; that much was apparent even before the Josh Donaldson signing. But without a great starting rotation, the outcome of the season would likel...8940Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trade-suggests-more-pieces-to-move-r8937/Right now, much of the Graterol swap for Kenta Maeda remains up in the air. The Boston Red Sox are holding up the deal after seemingly being the only people in the room unaware that Minnesota’s hurler had Tommy John and was likely ticketed for relief work. Assuming newly appoint GM Chaim Bloom fin...8937Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000