https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/686/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/statcast-wants-cj-cron-back-%E2%80%93-do-you-r8559/Weighted on-base average (wOBA) is a good way to look at how a player’s weighted batting results correspond to run scoring and gives us a number that comes out looking like on-base percentage. MLB Statcast does about the same thing with xwOBA, but instead of using the player’s actual results, it u...8559Sat, 26 Oct 2019 02:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-reasons-why-the-rebuilt-white-sox-aren39t-ready-to-challenge-twins-r8555/1.) They have a porous pitching staff. The rotation looked like a strong part of the rebuild for Chicago as Dylan Cease and Michael Kopech were both ranked in the top 25 on MLB Pipeline. Kopech has not pitched in over a year after Tommy John surgery and Cease struggled in the majors, starting 14 g...8555Sat, 26 Oct 2019 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-uncertain-future-of-nick-gordon-r8563/Early on as a prospect, Gordon’s skills were disputed by a number of different evaluators as some thought his glove wouldn’t be able to play at SS and he would never hit for enough power to play at a high level. Some saw his jack-of-all-trades type of skill set as being able to could develop as he...8563Fri, 25 Oct 2019 03:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/handbook-preview-glen-perkins-reviewing-relievers-r8561/Throughout the 2019 season Littell found himself on the Rochester-to-Minnesota shuttle. Most times it was not due to performance, but by being one of the few guys who had options. When he returned to Minnesota on July 3rd he was a new pitcher. He was sent down in June with instructions to alter hi...8561Fri, 25 Oct 2019 02:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-path-to-an-ace-is-in-unlocking-jose-berrios-r8556/There should be no expense spared by the Minnesota front office this winter. Derek Falvey and Thad Levine have suggested they’ll target impact pitching. Both Cole and Strasburg could be handed blank checks, and the end result may still be in them thumbing their nose at the prospect of playing in t...8556Fri, 25 Oct 2019 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-twins-lose-james-rowson-to-marlins-r8564/Twins hitting coach James Rowson has earned a lot of praise for his work as the Twins hitting coach over the past few seasons. In particular, he led the 2019 Twins offense which set the all-time single-season home run record. The assumption as the season went on is that the Twins organization, spe...8564Fri, 25 Oct 2019 01:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/handbook-preview-dan-hayes-on-recharging-the-batterymate-r8560/When The Athletic venture was first announced a few years back, I was excited to the core. Their model just made so much sense to me – subscription-based premium content, from destination writers. It was exactly where I felt sports journalism needed to go. I know all too well the fickleness of ad-...8560Thu, 24 Oct 2019 04:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/miguel-sano-finally-met-expectations-in-2019-r8554/If you remember back to this past offseason, you'll remember it was a huge one for Sano. He seemed to fully grasp the idea the Twins had for him by dedicating his time to eating healthily and working out in order to get into peak physical form once again for the season. It was obvious the Twins s...8554Thu, 24 Oct 2019 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-will-the-twins-replace-jason-castro-this-offseason-r8558/Though Jason Castro wasn’t near the offensive threat that Mitch Garver has been behind the plate, he is no defensive-only catcher a la Drew Butera. In 2019, Castro posted a 103 wRC+, which ranked 15th out of the 36 catchers with at least 250 plate appearances. Factor that in with Castro’s above av...8558Thu, 24 Oct 2019 01:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/september-at-twins-daily-part-2-community-building-amp-forums-r8557/8557Thu, 24 Oct 2019 01:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-relief-ace-rotation-part-3-other-concerns-r8550/Another easily imagined objection is that, pitching just 54 times all year, the relief aces might not deliver the value they could by being used more traditionally and pushed up to 60 or 65 appearances. Getting fewer innings out of one’s best relievers, in addition to putting them in less importan...8550Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/quantifying-byron-buxton39s-defensive-value-r8552/Byron Buxton, when healthy, is one of the best center fielders in the game. Baseball Savant has many metrics that can make this argument. Keeping Buxton healthy has been endlessly debated on Twitter and, without spending too much time on that, I think the answer may be found by improving his react...8552Wed, 23 Oct 2019 04:16:00 +0000