https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/667/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-offseason-status-update-one-month-to-go-r8823/With Sergio Romo, Tyler Clippard, Homer Bailey, and Rich Hill now in the mix, here's a projection of the 2020 roster and payroll as of today. (Arbitration-eligible players now mostly have salaries locked in, but there a couple of assumptions highlighted in blue, which I'll discuss shortly.) Cu...8823Mon, 13 Jan 2020 01:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/homer-bailey-could-be-a-solid-upgrade-to-the-twins-rotation-r8821/Remember in 2013 when Homer Bailey had a 3.49 ERA, 3.31 FIP, and a 4.1 fWAR that led to the Reds extending him for six years/$105 million? He didn’t exactly live up to that contract, accumulating only 2.8 fWAR until 2019 when he started to get back on track with a 2.9 fWAR. My favorite year was pr...8821Sun, 12 Jan 2020 17:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-461-signing-sano-r8820/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_461_Signing_Sano.mp3?dest-id=745908820Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/should-the-twins-trade-for-kris-bryant-r8819/After years spent building up their core players, the Chicago Cubs appear to be stuck in no-mans land this offseason. They would like to add to their team (which greatly underperformed in 2019), but they do not have the payroll flexibility to do so. Additionally, their farm system is all but deple...8819Sat, 11 Jan 2020 19:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/top-5-third-basemen-for-the-twins-to-target-r8814/5. Evan Longoria, San Francisco Giants Longoria has three years and $53 million left on the six-year, $100 million deal he signed with Tampa Bay in 2016. The three-time All-Star has hit .249/.303/.424 (96 OPS+) since being traded to the Giants. Since 2017, Longoria has started the fifth most games...8814Sat, 11 Jan 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/passan-twins-sano-in-agreement-on-3-year-contract-extension-r8818/Here's the full Tweet from Passan, who broke the news: https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1215804226091261954 UPDATE: Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic provides the specifics: https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1215817824817635328 I believe Rosenthal meant to say the fourth year is a $14 mill...8818Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/let%E2%80%99s-wait-to-declare-the-offseason-a-failure-for-the-minnesota-twins-r8806/It’s easy to look at the offseason as a failure simply due to the fact that the Twins “failed” to secure what is viewed as one of the top free-agent starters. However, to already call the offseason a failure is short-sighted. The truth is that whatever grades or assessments we attach to the acquis...8806Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-and-2020-arbitration-r8816/Earlier in the offseason, the Twins had to make decisions on which players they would offer arbitration to. Players with less than six years of service time, and more than three years (and the top 30% of players with more than two years of service time are Super-2 players) are eligible for salary...8816Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cardboard-expanding-celebrity-of-phil-hughes-r8802/I’ve written about baseball cards in this space previously. There was a post for beginners made back at the beginning of August that you can find here. Expanding upon that a bit, collecting has become so much more than walking into a retailer and picking up a pack. Because of the expansion create...8802Fri, 10 Jan 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/never-fear-the-cuban-shohei-ohtani-is-here-oscar-colas-seeks-mlb-contract-r8811/In 2017, an unknown Japanese player made his journey across the Pacific in search of the elusive MLB contract. Many hailed him as the “Modern Day Babe Ruth”. Upon his arrival, Shohei Ohtani was immediately pulled into a heated bidding war among numerous teams, including the Minnesota Twins for a f...8811Fri, 10 Jan 2020 02:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-the-twins-could-get-the-most-out-of-rich-hill-r8813/Homer Bailey is what he is, but Rich Hill is the pitcher here who interests me the most. My personal wish all offseason has been for the Twins to acquire a starting pitcher who is better than Jake Odorizzi and they did so here in the most frustrating way possible because the monkey’s paw takes no...8813Fri, 10 Jan 2020 02:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily%E2%80%99s-state-of-the-union-2019-r8812/Stories and Authors Our front page is filled with names you would not have recognized a year ago. The number of writers, and the quantity, diversity, and quality of stories increased dramatically in 2019. The passion and skill of editor Tom Froemming and two dozen active authors has been remarkabl...8812Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:34:00 +0000