https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/661/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/marwin-gonzalez-the-twins-and-how-the-astros-cheated-minnesota-r8903/Back in early January Nick Nelson wrote about how the Twins may have been impacted by cheaters. We know that Houston and Boston were involved, but we aren’t sure how far that reach expanded. Thanks to Tony, who Marc Carig did a great job speaking with over at The Athletic, we now can see a pretty...8903Thu, 30 Jan 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-have-too-many-good-outfielders-can-they-make-room-for-them-r8901/The Twins will begin the 2020 season with Eddie Rosario, Byron Buxton, and Max Kepler in the outfield. That is a group many teams would love to have, both offensively and defensively. If one of them goes down the Twins can easily turn to Jake Cave, Marwin Gonzalez, or LaMonte Wade jr. and they wil...8901Thu, 30 Jan 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/barreling-up-quantifying-the-power-potential-of-the-2020-minnesota-twins-via-statcast-r8902/According to MLB Statcast, “The Barrel classification is assigned to batted-ball events whose comparable hit types (in terms of exit velocity and launch angle) have led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage since Statcast was implemented Major League wide in 2015.” Keep...8902Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:00:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-twins-takeaways-from-zips-and-steamer-projections-r8900/I started by sorting both groupings by WAR and noticed right away that Randy Dobnak was projected quite a bit differently. ZIPS has him projected for a WAR of 2.1 whereas Steamer is at just 0.7. For reference, Dobnak contributed a 0.8 fWAR in 2019 in just 28 1/3 innings pitched. Comparing K/9, BB/...8900Wed, 29 Jan 2020 03:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-questions-that-remain-for-the-twins-before-spring-training-r8896/Will the club extend team MVP Nelson Cruz? Cruz will turn 40 at the beginning of July, but he certainly hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down in recent years. Last season, the team named him the Twins MVP and he earned his third career Silver Slugger after he posted a career high 1.031 OPS with 4...8896Wed, 29 Jan 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-should-plunder-the-pirates39-sinking-ship-r8899/When Cherington sent Marte to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a pair of 19-year-olds, any questions regarding Pittsburgh’s intent were clearly answered. This team is bordering on a payroll lower than Mike Trout’s 2020 salary (sitting at roughly $43MM). In grabbing such young prospects in return, ther...8899Wed, 29 Jan 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/will-randy-dobnak-or-lewis-thorpe-give-minnesota-more-in-2020-r8889/The two young hurlers provide an interesting juxtaposition. Thorpe is an international signing from Australia that has graced Twins prospects lists as he’s worked his way through the system. Dobnak on the other hand was an undrafted Uber driver who seemed to come out of nowhere. Thorpe is a swing...8889Wed, 29 Jan 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/are-the-twins-ready-for-no-pineda-no-hill-no-impact-starter-to-begin-2020-r8897/As the Minnesota Twins made their pivot from “impact pitching” to an impact Bringer of Rain, something became glaringly obvious. With Michael Pineda and Rich Hill not starting the season in the rotation, as the roster stands, two rotation spots are going to be open for one of the young guys to gra...8897Tue, 28 Jan 2020 04:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota%E2%80%99s-previous-front-offices-deserve-credit-for-current-core-r8893/Terry Ryan Era(s) 1995-2007 and 2012-2016 Ryan oversaw one of the best drafts in team history, albeit having the second overall pick certainly helps to bolster a draft class. Byron Buxton was considered by many outlets to be the top prospect in the draft. So, when the Astros took Carlos Correa wi...8893Tue, 28 Jan 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/michael-pineda39s-numbers-tell-two-different-stories-r8895/The Twins re-signed Michael Pineda to a two-year deal worth $20 million back in December, on the premise that he had regained his pre-Tommy John form down the stretch and proved himself as a viable mid-rotation starter. Despite the suspension that will steal a quarter of his 2020, Minnesota’s fron...8895Tue, 28 Jan 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-463-winter-meltdown-2020-with-kent-hrbek-and-trevor-plouffe-r8894/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_463_Winter_Meltdown_Hrbek_Plouffe.mp3?dest-id=745908894Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/fernando-romero-the-forgotten-flamethrower-r8892/Fernando Romero's 2019 season was a disaster by any measure. It wasn't just his horrific 7.07 ERA in major-league 14 innings. Even more so, it was the totally uninspiring results he put forth while spending a majority of his campaign at Triple-A: 57.2 IP, 4.37 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 4.5 BB/9, 12 wild pit...8892Mon, 27 Jan 2020 02:22:00 +0000