https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/690/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-non-tender-cron-and-hildenberger-r8687/Cron, who was projected to earn around $7.5 million next year via his final turn at arbitration, was always a dubious bet to be locked in at that rate, despite the solid production in his first year with the Twins. His fate seemingly became sealed in recent weeks, with GM Thad Levine noting that t...8687Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-three-biggest-what-ifs-from-the-2019-twins-season-r8684/What if Francisco Liriano never blew out his elbow in 2006? What if Phil Cuzzi (correctly) called Mauer’s line drive fair in the 2009 ALDS? What if Morneau never suffered his concussion in 2010? In today’s article I will be taking a look back at what I consider to be the three biggest “What-ifs” o...8684Mon, 02 Dec 2019 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-455-gibson-cron-and-poached-coaches-r8686/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_455.mp38686Mon, 02 Dec 2019 02:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-the-early-twins-offseason-rumblings-tell-us-r8685/Here are five conclusions I've drawn based on signals rising from the offseason landscape. 1: The Twins will need to pay a hefty premium to sign Zack Wheeler The team's interest in Wheeler is no secret. It's also clear they have company in this regard. https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/11991272...8685Mon, 02 Dec 2019 01:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/one-of-the-greatest-trades-in-twins-history-r8683/Mauer’s Presence In the 2003-04 off-season, Mauer was coming off a tremendous minor league season. Between High- and Double-A, he hit .338/.398/.434 (.832) with 37 extra-base hits in 135 games. Baseball America awarded him the Minor League Player of the Year and he would be named the number one pr...8683Sun, 01 Dec 2019 19:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/back-in-love-how-i-found-my-passion-for-the-twins-again-r8680/The date was Oct. 6, 2009. The Tigers and Twins battled in game 163 for the American League Central at the Metrodome. I am lucky enough to have a dad who brings me to the biggest games. I watched as Alexi Casilla bounced a grounder through the right side of the infield to score Carlos Gomez in the...8680Sat, 30 Nov 2019 05:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/looking-into-6-twins-related-steamer-projections-for-2020-r8678/Projection 1: Max Kepler will lead the team with 3.5 fWAR. This would obviously be a bit disappointing because four Twins players topped 3.5 fWAR in 2019 (Kepler, Cruz, Polanco, and Garver), but the projections take into account what the players did prior to 2019 so they may be lower than what we’...8678Sat, 30 Nov 2019 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ask-seth-thanksgiving-edition-r8681/Leave a question or two in the comments below and I will answer them in the article itself. Ask me about the Twins, the offseason, minor leaguers, Rule 5, or whatever you want, within reason. I'll answer them first-come, first-serve. (and obviously, within reason and rules and such.) Let's get the...8681Fri, 29 Nov 2019 19:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/teams-can-shop-through-solid-twins-rule-5-additions-r8673/A week ago, Seth did a great job outlining players that the Minnesota Twins needed to add to the 40-man roster. With five of them being handed promotions to the 40- man, a handful of players are left open to the possibility of selection through the Rule 5 process. Although a well-positioned conten...8673Fri, 29 Nov 2019 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/new-twins-hitting-coach-edgar-varela-hunts-the-good-stuff-r8677/The Twins announced Tuesday that Varela, the team’s minor league field coordinator the past two seasons, would be taking over as hitting coach. This is the 39-year-old’s first MLB coaching job, though he has joined the Twins for brief periods over the past two years. Varela said he and former Twin...8677Thu, 28 Nov 2019 04:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-should-bring-michael-pineda-back-for-2020-r8676/The 2019 season was going extremely well for Pineda before he was suspended. In 26 games started he had a 4.01 ERA, 4.02 FIP, 8.63 K/9 and 1.73 BB/9, but he had an excellent stretch before the suspension that really intrigues me. From June 13 to September 6 he had a 2.96 ERA, 9.5 K/9, 1.9 BB/9 and...8676Thu, 28 Nov 2019 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/get-to-know-andy-young-billy-boyer-and-ten-minutes-with-tyler-r8675/Twins Territory covers a huge area. It's obviously all of Minnesota, but it's parts of western Wisconsin, northern Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota and beyond. Our first guest this week grew up in West Fargo. He became a star on the baseball field and has taken a circuitous route through college a...8675Wed, 27 Nov 2019 08:19:00 +0000