https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/70/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-7-blue-jays-5-mickey-gasper-matt-wallner-stun-blue-jays-in-ninth-inning-comeback-r19047/  Box Score SP: Bailey Ober 5.0 IP, 10 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (96 pitches, 65 strikes (68%)) Home Runs: Luke Keaschall (3), Mickey Gasper (1), Matt Wallner (20) Top 3 WPA: Gasper (.416), Wallner (.310), Austin Martin (.218) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)    With the Twi...19047Wed, 27 Aug 2025 02:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/crystal-curveball-what-will-minnesota-twins-2026-starting-rotation-look-like-r19038/The Minnesota Twins have some decisions to make for next year. One big question mark is who will make up the five-man starting rotation. Pablo López, Joe Ryan, and Bailey Ober should be locks for three of these spots. On the other hand, López will be coming off a shoulder injury that has c...19038Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:03:32 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-rocco-baldelli-and-the-twins-plan-%E2%80%9Csomething-drastic%E2%80%9D-on-the-bases-r19039/Since Rocco Baldelli took over as manager in 2019, the Minnesota Twins have been built to slug. That first year, the “Bomba Squad” shattered records, launching baseballs into the seats while Baldelli mostly sat back and let the lineup do the heavy lifting. The half-decade since has been marked b...19039Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:15:42 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-ryan-fitzgerald-leveraged-physics-to-improve-his-swing%E2%80%94and-eventually-to-reach-the-majors-r19041/Ryan Fitzgerald is 31 years old and has appeared in nine MLB games. He’s likely not in the Twins’ plans beyond the 2025 campaign, and his days in professional baseball may be numbered. That’s just the reality for a player of Fitzgerald’s ilk. But one doesn’t amass over 400 games at the Triple-A...19041Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:03:16 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/predicting-the-minnesota-twins-lineup-one-year-from-now-r19037/The Twins’ front office has tried to walk a fine line in recent years: remaining competitive while holding onto top prospects that represent the future core. That balancing act is nearing its end. Within the next year, Minnesota is expected to see one of the largest waves of homegrown talent the...19037Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:39:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/blue-jays-10-twins-4-early-game-woes-continue-as-jays-tag-twins-for-10-runs-r19042/Box Score SP: Joe Ryan 5.0 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 7 K (93 pitches, 62 strikes (66.7%) Home Runs: Matt Wallner (18,19) Bottom 3 WPA: Ryan (-0.338), Brooks Kriske (-0.134), Brooks Lee (-0.035) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)    Reunions are supposed to be fun. This w...19042Tue, 26 Aug 2025 01:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/david-popkins-from-twins-scapegoat-to-blue-jays-spark-r19036/As the Twins take on the Blue Jays this week, it feels like the perfect time to revisit the curious case of David Popkins. Less than a year ago, he was dismissed as the Twins’ hitting coach, packaged with assistant Rudy Hernandez as the lone fall guys for Minnesota’s late-season collapse. The fr...19036Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:20:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/despite-season-ending-injury-alan-roden-remains-a-bright-spot-for-minnesota-twins-heading-into-2026-r19029/Acquired alongside left-handed starting pitcher Kendry Rojas in the last-minute trade deadline deal that sent the pride of North St. Paul, Louis Varland, to the Toronto Blue Jays, left-handed hitting outfielder Alan Roden instantly got run in a full-time role with the new-look Minnesota Twins, p...19029Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:04:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-will-play-in-2026-mlb-field-of-dreams-game-r19030/Major League Baseball is headed back to Iowa, and this time, the Twins will get their moment in the spotlight. The Athletic is reporting that Minnesota is set to face the Philadelphia Phillies in a special regular-season game at the Field of Dreams site during August 2026. It will be a home game...19030Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:32:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-from-bad-to-worst-r19035/The Weekly Nutshell: The Minnesota Twins have moved past the 'dead cat bounce' phase and now they just look like roadkill. The most humiliating week of on-field results in a season full of them saw this meandering corpse of a ballclub outplayed from front to back by a pair of last-place teams,...19035Mon, 25 Aug 2025 02:03:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/white-sox-8-twins-0-bradley-gets-rocked-offense-remains-negligible-r19032/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Taj Bradley: 5 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (88 pitches, 54 Strikes, 61.4%) Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Bradley (-.364), Luke Keaschall (-.035), Kody Clemens (-.033) Win Probability Chart (Via FanGraphs): It could have been an exciting weekend—almost as...19032Sun, 24 Aug 2025 20:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/rotten-to-the-core-did-the-twins-really-shake-up-their-core-at-the-trade-deadline-r19026/When the dust settled on this year’s trade deadline, the Minnesota Twins looked like a team in transition, but not necessarily one that had been truly overhauled. On the surface, dealing 10 players from the 26-man roster sounds like a seismic shake-up, but most of those moves involved expiring c...19026Sun, 24 Aug 2025 15:36:02 +0000