https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/699/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-98-do-or-die-r8378/TRANSACTIONS IF Ryan Costello placed on 7-day IL with Pensacola. RHP Bailey Ober placed on 7-day IL with Pensacola. IF Joe Cronin transferred to Pensacola from Rochester. LHP Bryan Sammons promoted to Pensacola from Fort Myers. BLUE WAHOO BITES Pensacola 4, Biloxi 8 Box Score If this was a best of...8378Mon, 09 Sep 2019 01:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-98-clevinger-shuts-down-the-scuffling-twins-offense-r8377/Box Score Dobnak: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 67% strikes (22 of 33 pitches) Bullpen: 7.0 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Home Runs: None Multi-Hit Games: None Top 3 WPA: LaMonte Wade jr. (0.13), Ryne Harper (0.03), Fernando Romero (0.02) Bottom 3 WPA: Cron (-0.10), Dobnak (-0.10), Polanco (-0.09) Clev...8377Sun, 08 Sep 2019 21:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-acquire-of-ryan-lamarre-r8376/The Twins acquired OF Ryan LaMarre, and based on reports, he is at Target Field. He will take the 40-man roster spot of Michael Pineda and be activated by the Twins. On Saturday, the Twins lost Pineda to a 60-Game Suspension for testing positive for a banned substance. Eddie Rosario is nursing a h...8376Sun, 08 Sep 2019 15:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/an-early-look-at-the-top-free-agent-starting-pitchers-r8375/The first area of discussion will be whether the Twins should offer Odorizzi, Pineda or Gibson a qualifying offer. Last year, the qualifying offer amount was 1-year and $17.9 million, so we can project that number to be somewhere between $18 million and $19 million this year. Thanks to Kyle Gibson...8375Sun, 08 Sep 2019 14:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-97-odorizzi-garver-power-the-twins-to-victory-r8373/Box Score Odorizzi: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, 67% strikes (66 of 99 pitches) Bullpen: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K Home Runs: Garver 2 (28) Multi-Hit Games: Garver (2-for-3), Astudillo (2-for-4) Top 3 WPA: Garver .248, Schoop .196, Sano .081 Bottom 3 WPA: Cron -.171, Rosario -.121, Polanco -....8373Sun, 08 Sep 2019 02:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/michael-pineda-suspended-60-games-for-banned-substance-r8372/According to Pineda's statement, the pitcher had taken Hydrochlorothiazide, a banned diurectic under MLB's testing program. Pineda says he took the medication that was given to him by a "close acquaintance, who obtained it over-the-counter". He went on to say he ingested several of those pills wit...8372Sat, 07 Sep 2019 18:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-96-offense-dominated-as-twins-fall-in-extras-r8371/Box Score Pineda: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, 66.3% strikes (71 of 107 pitches) Bullpen: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 3 K Home Runs: None Multi-Hit Games: Kepler (2-for-5), Polanco (2-for-, RBI) Top 3 WPA: Pineda .244, Littell .144, May .098 Bottom 3 WPA: Graterol -.447, Sanó -.155, Romo -.129 Pine...8371Sat, 07 Sep 2019 04:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/winning-on-the-road-and-what-it-could-mean-for-the-postseason-r8369/There are many reasonable factors for teams playing better at home such as not having jet lag or having to play in another time zone, sleeping at home, familiarity with the home ballpark, and potentially having the team built to best succeed in the home park. Plus, the home team has the home crow...8369Sat, 07 Sep 2019 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/series-preview-gold-on-the-ceiling-r8368/Brief Overview: The ride of the season has brought these two teams back to face off against each other in the penultimate regular season series between them. The Twins are riding high after climbing higher in their division lead while the Indians have scuffled recently. Ever since the Indians took...8368Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/give-us-all-your-eddie-rosario-throw-mashups-now-r8367/That was good. But we can do better. And by we, I mean our own Parker Hageman: https://twitter.com/ParkerHageman/status/1169815777236545536 But I don’t know why we would stop with that when we can go Celine Dion on the moment: https://twitter.com/Adam_Henning/status/1169812759103623168 The on...8367Fri, 06 Sep 2019 04:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-95-eddie-rosario-throw-seals-2-1-victory-r8364/Box Score Perez: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 70.0% strikes (49 of 70 pitches) Bullpen: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Home Runs: None Multi-Hit Games: None Top 3 WPA: Perez (.242), Rogers (.226), Duffey (.151) Bottom 3 WPA: Cruz (-.172), Cron (-.161), Kepler (-.152) Martin Perez starts strong in S...8364Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-stab-at-the-twins-postseason-roster-r8362/In the last year of active roster expansion to 40 players Minnesota has taken full advantage. They currently have 36 players up with the big-league club, and Kyle Gibson is hoping to return from Ulcerative Colitis in short order. That means there’s more than 10 players who must be trimmed prior to...8362Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:00:00 +0000