https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/688/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/i-ate-like-the-minnesota-twins-for-a-day-r9206/I’ve also been spending a lot of time in the kitchen, experimenting with new recipes and attempting to bake decadent desserts (that always turns into ordering said dessert from a professional establishment). Therefore, I decided to combine my two new hobbies and my established love of baseball...9206Tue, 07 Apr 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5-questions-with-twins-pitcher-randy-dobnak-r9186/Dobnak pitched at four different levels in 2019, but his most important stop might have been in 2018 with Cedar Rapids. At that level, he was able to make some adjustments that have impacted his career to this day. He’s coming off his best professional season, so what can he do for an encore? Twin...9186Tue, 07 Apr 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/will-the-twins39-single-season-rbi-record-ever-be-broken-r9205/In 1969, Harmon Killebrew tied his career best with 49 home runs. He also topped 700 plate appearances, for the only time in his career. For most of the season, he batted cleanup, although Billy Martin flipped Killebrew and Tony Oliva when the Twins faced left-handed pitchers. All told, Killebrew...9205Tue, 07 Apr 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-flashback-recap-oliva-becomes-first-dh-to-hr-blyleven-goes-the-distance-on-22nd-birthday-461973-r9200/Twins 8, Oakland 3 Box Score Blyleven: 9 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K Home Runs: Oliva (1), Holt (1), Hisle (1) Multi-hit games: Hisle (4-for-5, HR, 2B), Oliva (2-for-4, HR), Carew (2-for-5, 2B) Top 3 WPA: Hisle .182, Oliva .170, Blyleven .135 Chart via Baseball-Reference There’s possibly no b...9200Tue, 07 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/now-and-then-for-the-minnesota-twins-quality-coaches-matter-r9196/The 2019 Minnesota Twins benefitted from having some very good coaches to help support Rocco Baldelli in his first season as the Twins manager. That benefit was noticed across the league as we saw James Rowson (Marlins), Jeremy Hefner (Mets), and Derek Shelton (Pirates) picked away by opposing clu...9196Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-473-alternate-realities-r9203/PLAY GLEEMAN AND THE GEEK9203Mon, 06 Apr 2020 12:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-5-mvp-seasons-from-minnesota-twins-history-r9201/5. Justin Morneau | 2006 .321/.375/.559 (.934 OPS/140 OPS+) 34 HR 130 RBI 4.3 bWAR On June 7 of the 2006 season, Justin Morneau was benched by Ron Gardenhire for a game against the Seattle Mariners after he had started the season with a .236 batting average. From that day forward, Morneau bat...9201Mon, 06 Apr 2020 02:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-show-must-go-on-checking-in-at-the-quarter-point-r9202/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...9202Mon, 06 Apr 2020 01:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-flashback-recap-stewart-hits-walk-off-homer-mauer-shines-in-mlb-debut-452004-r9197/Box Score Radke: 6 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Home Runs: Stewart (1) Multi-hit games: Stewart (2-for-5, HR, BB), Mauer (2-for-3, 2 BB), Mientkiewicz (2-for-5, 2B) Top 3 WPA: Mauer .314, Stewart .267, Koskie .187 *Chart via FanGraphs The Twins entered the bottom of the eighth inning trailing 4-...9197Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-mlb-the-show-september-simulation-game-163-r9199/Check out the previous editions of this series: April, May, June, July, August. Game 163: Indians (102-60) @ Twins (102-60) Minnesota SP: Michael Pineda (4-0, 2.54 ERA) Cleveland SP: Aaron Civale (10-6, 4.16) Twins won 9 of last 10 games to get to game 163 The first inning got off to a rough s...9199Sun, 05 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/snubbed-revisiting-johan-santana39s-one-and-done-hall-of-fame-case-r9195/Reason to withhold votes for Santana is obvious. Not throwing a pitch past your age 33 season is a bruise to your resume. Santana laid it all on the line in 2012 to complete a 134 pitch no-hitter with the Mets. After posting a 2.35 ERA to begin the season, he followed up his no-hitter with an 8.27...9195Sun, 05 Apr 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/just-how-disciplined-are-twins-hitters-r9184/Wouldn’t it be nice if we could quantify plate discipline and package it into a nice little number, maybe even a “plus” number like wRC+, where 100 is league average? On my own I wouldn’t know where to begin, but luckily Ben Clemens of FanGraphs has us covered. Clemens recently attempted to quanti...9184Sat, 04 Apr 2020 02:03:00 +0000