https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/691/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-alds-roster-announced-r8495/Here is the roster that the Twins will take in to the Bronx starting tonight. 12 Pitchers Jose Berrios Randy Dobnak Tyler Duffey Kyle Gibson Brusdar Graterol Zack Littell Trevor May Jake Odorizzi Taylor Rogers Sergio Romo Devin Smeltzer Cody Stashak Some interesting choices. Devin Smeltzer over bo...8495Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/five-reasons-the-twins-can-beat-the-yankees-r8490/1987. That Twins team was the fourth best out of four teams. They had no business beating Detroit. They had no business beating St. Louis. The third starter was Les Straker. Al Michaels made fun of the Metrodome the entirety of the World Series. Whitey Herzog’s haircut was dumb as hell. Tom Kelly...8490Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-the-twins-can-beat-james-paxton-r8494/At the very basic level, the Twins’ roster was constructed to dismantle left-handed pitching. They’ve been very thorough in that department. This season, nobody has out-slugged or out-homered the Twins when it comes to facing left-handed pitching. Since 2009, their 95 home runs off lefties is the...8494Fri, 04 Oct 2019 05:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/alds-game-1-preview-twins-at-yankees-r8492/ALDS Game 1 Minnesota Twins (101-61) @ New York Yankees (104-58) Series: 0-0 Start Time: 7:07 PM ET / 6:07 PM CT Forecast: High 50s and clear skies Pitching Matchup: Jose Berrios, RHP vs. James Paxton, LHP Lineups: THE LOWDOWN In this first round, Game 1 is monumental. Time Magazine noted two ye...8492Fri, 04 Oct 2019 03:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-bomba-squad-vs-the-bronx-bombers-r8491/Let’s take a position-by-position look at this Twins/Yankees series. Catchers Twins: Mitch Garver (28) - .273/.365/.630 (.995) with 16 doubles, 31 HR, 67 RBI (0 playoff games) Yankees: Gary Sanchez (26) - .232/.316/.525 (.841) with 12 doubles, 34 HR, 77 RBI (18 playoff games) Summary: Simply looki...8491Fri, 04 Oct 2019 02:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/attacking-the-heart-of-the-yankees-order-part-2-r8489/The hitters that we will be breaking down in this installment are Aaron Judge, Edwin Encarnacion and Gleyber Torres. Just as the with the three previous hitters, each of these three is also right-handed. This sets up well for the Twins pitching staff that is stacked with right-handed pitchers. Le...8489Fri, 04 Oct 2019 00:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/alds-preview-this-is-it-r8487/Brief Overview: Strip away the jerseys, the locations, and the history, and these are two remarkably similar teams. The Twins ended up finishing the season with just one more homer than the Yankees in order to be officially dubbed the home run champ of MLB, but the Yankees look to be their match i...8487Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-has-the-best-catcher-in-the-bronx-r8486/You won’t have any trouble finding glowing stories about the New York slugger. Sanchez was signed as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic, and he consistently popped up on top 100 prospect lists through his time in the minor leagues. A two-time All-Star and Rookie of the Year...8486Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/yankees-weaknesses-pitching-r8488/The Yankees Are Not A Great Pitching Staff We’re sweating the Twins pitching staff, which ended the regular season with a 4.18 ERA, fifth best in the American League. The Yankees staff is a touch further down the ladder, with a 4.31 ERA and sixth best in the AL. And like the Twins, the starting ro...8488Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/looking-at-when-odorizzi-should-pitch-in-the-playoffs-r8485/Game One The good: Jake Odorizzi has simply been the Twins best starting pitcher since the beginning of August. If you want the hot hand going in to pitch game one without considering other statistics like his stats in New York, then Jake is probably your guy. Here is each starter since August. Ja...8485Thu, 03 Oct 2019 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/yankees39-weaknesses-the-lineup-r8484/The Yankees Lineup (Also) Looks Like The Walking Wounded Twins fans who are lamenting the injury bug that has afflicted their lineup can take some consolation in the Yankees travails. Like the Twins, their starting center fielder (Aaron Hicks) is out for the season. Twins fans are wondering if Max...8484Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/attacking-the-heart-of-the-yankees-order-part-1-r8482/In Part 1 of this two-part series, we will be breaking down the strengths and weakness of DJ LeMahieu, Gary Sanchez and Giancarlo Stanton, and finding the best approach for the Twins pitchers and fielders against each of them. DJ LeMahieu DJ LeMahieu has quietly been one of the best all-around pl...8482Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:00:00 +0000