https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/690/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-starring-alex-avila-r9174/We’ll divide Avila into three segments because…well, it’s in the title. We’re generally optimistic here at Twins Daily so I’ll start with the good. The Good Avila hits the ball really hard. Pretty solid analysis, now let’s move on to the bad. Oh, you want a bit more? Avila’s exit velocity in 2019...9174Wed, 01 Apr 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/9119-world-series-game-6-timely-hitting-forces-a-game-seven-r9176/The visiting 2019 Twins threw out their young ace Jose Berrios to try and force a Game 7, while the 1991 Twins countered with Cy Young runner up Scott Erickson to close the series out tonight. While this set up to be a great dual between two young phenoms, it wasn’t that. The bats got to both of t...9176Tue, 31 Mar 2020 07:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/josh-donaldson-helps-exorcise-ghosts-of-twins39-failures-with-chris-colabello-r9175/Josh Donaldson has a lot in common with the Twins. He’s as dedicated to hitting the ball hard in the air to his pull field as they are, and thus, he’s a perfect philosophical fit for the team. Several years ago, however, the team muffed its chance to get the best out of Chris Colabello, the first...9175Tue, 31 Mar 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-472-why-everyone-wants-to-play-r9177/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_472.mp3?dest-id=745909177Mon, 30 Mar 2020 22:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-history-of-the-minnesota-twins-bomba-belt-r9170/Bill Simmons of The Ringer made this idea famous from a 2014 column that he titled “The Action Hero Championship Belt”, where he went back in history and awarded the championship belt to the reigning king of action movies. That actor would don the belt until the next movie star would perform well...9170Mon, 30 Mar 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-show-must-go-on-roaring-back-r9172/To get caught up on what we're doing here, you can check out the first 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...9172Mon, 30 Mar 2020 01:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-mlb-the-show-july-simulation-all-star-weekend-big-trade-r9168/Today’s post will feature how the Twins did in July. Check out the previous editions of this series: April, May, June. Roster moves throughout the month: 7/5: Jake Cave called up. LaMonte Wade jr sent down 7/8: Max Kepler reinstated. Jake Cave sent down. 7/28: TRADE: Twins acquire SP Jon Gray f...9168Sun, 29 Mar 2020 19:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-would-a-shortened-mlb-season-impact-athlete-health-hardy-undergoes-tommy-john-surgery-r9167/When major league baseball will resume is anybody’s guess. But assuming baseball does have some semblance of a season during the 2020 calendar year, how will it impact the health of MLBers, however stunted it may be? In many ways this is an impossible question to answer with any sort of confidence...9167Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/in-memory-a-previous-era-of-twins-pitching-r9165/3. Joe Mays Joe Mays was classic early 2000s Twins. He actually debuted in 1999 and put up 1.5 and 1.9 fWAR seasons respectively in his first two years, right around a 2019 Martin Perez season in terms of value. It was 2001 however that everything went right for Mays. He rode a 3.16 ERA and 4.27 F...9165Sun, 29 Mar 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-would-a-cancelled-2020-season-impact-the-twins-r9159/Thad Levine and Derek Falvey went out this offseason looking for “impact” players to add to a 101-win, division winning club from 2019. It began with courting free agent starting pitchers and finished with the signing of Josh Donaldson and trade for Kenta Maeda. The general focus was on veterans t...9159Sat, 28 Mar 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/even-the-losers-get-lucky-sometimes-building-a-winner-through-the-2011-%E2%80%93-2018-minnesota-twins-r9155/Let me explain. We’re going to use the entire player pool from 2011 – 2018 and attempt to build a winning team (I’m throwing the 2015 and 2017 teams in even though they were technically winners). But this is a civilized exercise so there are some rules to which we must comply. They are as follows...9155Sat, 28 Mar 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/building-dr-taylor-stein39s-twins-monster-r9162/As the Twins brass looked on at the roster, evaluating who should be the 26th man, they weren’t too pleased with their options. Jake Cave has a nice bat, but is a bit redundant as another left-handed corner outfielder. Willians Astudillo can catch, but regressed quite a bit in 2019. With nowhere e...9162Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:30:00 +0000