https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/682/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/art-proving-unexpected-outlet-to-fill-the-baseball-void-r9295/Traditionally Topps has released product on a scheduled basis throughout the calendar year. With the season itself being postponed, and production facilities being shuttered, the New York-based card company has had to get creative. Although this initiative was already underway prior to this globa...9295Fri, 01 May 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/recapping-the-twins-all-time-best-defender-bracket-r9288/Torii Hunter Region Hunter’s defensive prowess was something that followed him through his big-league career, even after he was forced to move to a corner outfield position. He won seven Gold Gloves during his time in Minnesota and added two more after signing with the Angels. He was a clear pick...9288Thu, 30 Apr 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-i-learned-from-rod-carew39s-39hit-to-win39-part-one-r9292/As has virtually every baseball fan, I’ve spent much of the last six weeks reading. Unlike Rogers Hornsby’s, my eyes were ruined before I ever picked up a book, so I stopped playing the game at age nine and started reading voraciously about it during the offseason. This year, the offseason just ke...9292Thu, 30 Apr 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/building-a-5-tool-player-from-the-2020-twins-team-r9291/Hitting for contact: Luis Arraez Key statistics: 7.9 K%, .334 AVG Luis Arraez is the obvious choice here, although maybe you could make an argument for someone like Astudillo but Arraez brings a lot more to the table. The contact/hit tool is important for any player and if you combine an elite hit...9291Thu, 30 Apr 2020 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trivia-three-historical-twins-single-game-hitting-performances-r9290/You’ll find these performances are somewhat random but I tried to put as few stipulations as I could into the Play Index tool to find a performance that has happened less than 100 times in the history of major League baseball. For reference, there have been 220,597 games played in major league hi...9290Thu, 30 Apr 2020 01:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/projecting-the-twins-statcast-style-r9281/Jeff Zimmerman of FanGraphs has attempted to do just that. Instead of using past performance, Zimmerman used Statcast metrics such as Max Exit Velocity, Barrel %, Launch Angle, and Sprint Speed to create projections for the 2020 season. He also used O-and Z-swing and contact rates to account for...9281Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-hopeful-slugger-may-finally-be-here-r9287/Back in December 2015 the Minnesota Twins paid just north of $12 million for exclusive rights to hammer out a contract with KBO superstar ByungHo Park. He then signed a four-year deal that would pay him $12 million in total. Unfortunately, he ended up playing in just 62 major league games and resi...9287Wed, 29 Apr 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jake-odorizzi39s-spin-efficiency-offers-a-window-into-broader-improvements-r9285/For appreciators of the pure craft of pitching, there must be few pitchers whose 2019 seasons were more enjoyable than that of Jake Odorizzi. He did so many new and nuanced things on the mound, forcing batters into tougher guessing games and dominating with the very command that had been absent fo...9285Tue, 28 Apr 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-show-must-go-on-cruz-control-r9286/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...9286Tue, 28 Apr 2020 01:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-474-game-6-the-catch-r9283/. . . LISTEN HERE. . . .9283Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-history-you-likely-haven39t-thought-about-r9280/This strange history between the two franchises began in 1924, when the Washington Senators defeated the New York Giants in the World Series. This was the first ever World Series title in Senators/Twins history and it came against none other than the Giants. The 1924 World Series was a classic too...9280Mon, 27 Apr 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/6-ways-to-determine-2021-draft-order-without-2020-season-r9279/Let’s look at a few options: 1) Based on previous three years’ win total What might be the “simplest” idea in terms of calculating, the draft order could be ordered by reverse win totals over the previous three season. It would result in this order: 1 Tigers (58.33) 2 Orioles (58.67) t3 Marlins (6...9279Sun, 26 Apr 2020 21:21:00 +0000