https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/696/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/wes-johnson-assigns-homework-r9095/First, some background. The “couple other guys” Johnson referenced were Jorge Alcala and Jhoan Duran. All three were optioned to the minor league side this week but all are highly touted arms in the organization. Chalmers, who was acquired in the Fernando Rodney trade in 2018, impressed in the Ar...9095Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/coronavirus-prevention-efforts-impact-twins%E2%80%99-opening-road-trip-r9094/The Twins were expecting to open their season Thursday, March 26 in Oakland. The City of Oakland and Alameda County announced today they would prohibit gatherings of 1,000 people or more through the end of March. The Twins’ second series of the season was scheduled to start Monday, March 30 in Sea...9094Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-pecota-projections-could-miss-on-the-twins-part-one-r9092/According to Baseball Prospectus’s PECOTA system, the Twins have a 76.6-percent chance of winning the AL Central in 2020. FanGraphs pegs them just a bit lower, at 55.0 percent to win the division. FanGraphs gives them a 68.3-percent chance to make the playoffs in any form; BP has them at a gaudy 8...9092Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2020-minnesota-twins-top-5-progression-candidates-via-xwoba-r9091/If you don’t know what xwOBA is, that makes sense and it means you are a normal person. Essentially it comes from the base stat of wOBA and Fangraphs describes it like this: “Weighted On-Base Average combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportio...9091Thu, 12 Mar 2020 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/deep-dive-into-the-twins-2020-schedule-r9088/The methodology I used was actually how John Bonnes dispelled the notion on the impact of playing in the AL Central back in 2018. As he put it, “I promise you, you can do this with a spreadsheet and it takes no math more complicated than some long division” and even as a high school math teacher I...9088Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royce-lewis-is-putting-it-all-on-display-r9090/Although not all minor league players develop at the same rate, it’s become clear that Lewis is knocking on the door to the big leagues. He’s not a realistic shot to crack the major league roster for 2020, but a debut this season is trending more towards a possibility. Having enjoyed plenty of run...9090Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-byron-buxton-behind-schedule-for-opening-day-r9082/Initial Reports Byron Buxton is recovering from season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left-shoulder. He started swinging in late January, hitting off a tee in February and taking live batting practice this week. Slow and steady seems to be the name of the game and it’s certainly mak...9082Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2020-position-analysis-left-field-r9089/Projected Starter: Eddie Rosario Likely Backup: Marwin Gonzalez Depth: Jake Cave, LaMonte Wade Jr. Prospects: Alex Kirilloff, Trevor Larnach THE GOOD I have ridden the Rosario rollercoaster. After the 2018 season, I wrote an article honoring him as Twins Daily's MVP. A year later, I was openly won...9089Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2020-minnesota-twins-top-5-regression-candidates-via-xwoba-r9078/Predicting how much regression or improvement a player will show from year to year is a difficult task, especially with as many young players and breakthrough performances as we saw last season. But today we’ll attempt to do just that by looking at 2019 numbers. Specifically, we’ll turn to Basebal...9078Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byron-buxton39s-recovery-reaches-new-milestone-r9086/What was Buxton’s instant analysis of the hacks? “It’s the first day, so I was just up there, basically looking at pitches, trying to swing at good pitches, see how the arm feels,” he said. “Felt pretty good, so take the positive side out of it, put the ball in play a little bit. It’s a good day a...9086Tue, 10 Mar 2020 18:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-free-agents-to-be-with-something-to-prove-in-2020-r9079/Ehire Adrianza Adrianza has been part of three different organization and gotten claimed off waivers multiple times, but he has never been a free agent. He provides an interesting case, because he has mostly served a role player during his Twins tenure. In three seasons in Minnesota he has hit .26...9079Tue, 10 Mar 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-the-three-batter-rule-could-affect-more-than-the-twins-bullpen-r9084/The Minnesota Twins and the rest of the MLB will soon see how the new three-batter minimum rule for relief pitchers will affect in-game strategy. This past weekend Jayson Stark put out an interesting article on how managers may use different strategies in reaction to this rule moving into 2020. So...9084Tue, 10 Mar 2020 02:20:00 +0000