https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/661/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/join-twins-daily39s-postgame-pint-tonight-after-the-season-opener-r9597/John Bonnes will be hosting the virtual event and Seth Stohs and Tom Froemming will be the special guests. We'll be celebrating or commiserating about the Twins’ season opener and taking your questions, both via chat or voice, as the Twins Daily community drives the discussion. We’re trying somet...9597Fri, 24 Jul 2020 12:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/swinging-sixty-minnesota-twins-2020-season-preview-r9595/Read on to find everything you need to know as we get this abbreviated season started, including roster breakdowns, schedule analysis, opponent intel, and predictions. 60 GAMES IN 66 DAYS: A CENTRALIZED SPRINT Rather than facing 20 teams in 162 games spread across six months, the revised schedule...9595Fri, 24 Jul 2020 04:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/20-twins-predictions-for-the-2020-season-r9594/Here are 20 predictions for the 2020 Minnesota Twins season. #1 - The 2019 Twins will hold on to the MLB record for most home runs in a season with 307. You read it here first. Even with the juiced ball, no team is going to approach the Twins MLB record of 307 home runs. I feel quite confident in...9594Fri, 24 Jul 2020 03:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-2020-preseason-all-al-central-team-r9592/For the All-American League Central team, we will form as close as we can to an actual starting baseball lineup. There will be 8 position players, 1 DH, 5 starting pitchers, and 5 relief pitchers. The spots will be awarded based on who figures to be the best player at each position in the 2020 sea...9592Fri, 24 Jul 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who-are-the-twins-best-60-game-sprinters-r9590/As with virtually all things baseball, Fangraphs has us covered (if you can help them out during this time, you should.) Recently they put out 60 game rolling leaderboards for every season dating back to 1975. As you can imagine, the best players are represented often no matter what piece of the p...9590Fri, 24 Jul 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-opening-day-roster-r9591/The Twins start their season on Friday, but on Thursday morning, their Opening Day roster was announced. Pitchers Homer Bailey - SP Jose Berrios - Opening Day SP Tyler Clippard Randy Dobnak Tyler Duffey Rich Hill - SP Zack Littell Kenta Maeda - SP Trevor May Taylor Rogers Sergio Romo Devin Smeltze...9591Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-723-major-league-baseball-returns-r9589/LAST NIGHT CHC 4, MIN 3 (exhibition) Most of Twins Territory appears to be ready to pull the plug on Homer Bailey after he served up three dingers over his three innings of work. He was not sharp. There’s a wide range of potential outcomes with Bailey, but keep in mind that here’s how he pitched f...9589Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/postgame-pint-slow-bats-sano39s-glove-amp-odo39s-il-trip-r9588/9588Thu, 23 Jul 2020 03:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-minnesota%E2%80%99s-top-5-indispensable-players-r9575/Recently MLB.com ran through their most indispensable players for every MLB club and Jose Berrios was that writer’s choice for the Twins. However, Minnesota’s pitching depth might be stronger than ever, and this could lead Twins fans to have a different selection for the top spot. 5. Nelson Cruz,...9575Thu, 23 Jul 2020 02:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-722-exhibition-vs-cubs-tonight-at-wrigley-r9585/TODAY Twins at Cubs, 6:10 pm CT John, Seth and Nick will be co-hosting a live stream after this game ends. Just click on this link (or follow it from our Twitter or Facebook page) and you’ll be able to join Twins Daily’s writers as they immediately react to the game. Twins: Homer Bailey, RHP Baile...9585Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/half-a-step-better-how-the-twins-are-reinventing-infield-play-r9583/In terms of runs prevented, last year’s World Series-winning Washington Nationals’ infield core stopped 17 additional runs from scoring. The World Series participation trophy winners, the Houston Astros, finished second with 8 runs prevented. The Twins? Their infield defense cost them 5 runs accor...9583Wed, 22 Jul 2020 06:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/driving-toward-diversity-r9586/A few years back, Jay Caspian Kang wrote about the "unbearable whiteness of baseball" for New York Times Magazine, noting among other things that just over 8% of major-league players were Black at the time. That number has since dropped even further – in 2019, Black players comprised just 7.7% of...9586Wed, 22 Jul 2020 02:50:00 +0000