https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/701/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2020-position-analysis-catcher-r9029/Projected Starter: Mitch Garver Likely Backup: Alex Avila Depth: Willians Astudillo, Tomas Telis Prospects: Ryan Jeffers, Ben Rortvedt THE GOOD When analyzing this position last spring, I called Twins catchers a collection of "promising question marks." Then, the backup Garver went on to enjoy a b...9029Tue, 25 Feb 2020 03:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/berrios-odorizzi-maeda-best-minnesota-twins-starting-pitching-trio-since-%E2%80%A6-r9027/The last time the Minnesota Twins won a World Series. the year was 1991 and they had a pretty good trio of starting pitchers in Kevin Tapani, Scott Erickson, and Jack Morris. With the World Series in their sights for 2020, the Twins have assembled what looks to be another pretty good trio of pitch...9027Tue, 25 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/leading-off-podcast-ep-29-we-have-baseball33-r9025/LINK: htps://open.spotify.com/episode/7wj8JgZguHH4H3EXbDMMn3 Topics discussed: Twins play baseball Fernando Romero won’t be here What is your biggest spring training question? Sire of Fort Myers prediction Weekly Predictions Fan questions BASEBALL GAMES Give it a listen and let us know wh...9025Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-takeaways-from-the-minnesota-twins39-first-weekend-of-spring-training-r9021/1. Early returns on José Berríos are strong They say that first impressions can work wonders, and boy did Jose Berríos’s first impression work wonders today in his 2020 spring raining debut. In two innings today, Berríos faced the minimum six batters while striking out four. The right-hander was w...9021Mon, 24 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-467-this-town-ain39t-big-enough-for-both-of-us-r9022/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_467.mp39022Mon, 24 Feb 2020 01:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/are-the-minnesota-twins-the-best-team-in-the-american-league-r9020/The three defending division champs – Yankees, Astros, Twins – are rightfully being framed as top dogs in the AL. Generally, the trio is stacked in that order; the latest Vegas betting odds portray Minnesota as third-most likely among AL teams to win the World Series at +2000, solidly behind New Y...9020Mon, 24 Feb 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-5-blue-jays-5-donaldson-debuts-berrios-shines-r9019/It also means I’m breaking a vow. A couple of years ago, I swore I would forever go through an entire spring training visit without reporting individual results of games. Why? Because by reporting on them, it lends credence to them meaning something, and they don’t. None of them. And especially no...9019Sun, 23 Feb 2020 21:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byron-buxton-still-has-time-to-be-the-next-kirby-puckett-r9016/During his age-21 through age-23 seasons, Byron Buxton played 278 games at the big-league level. This culminated in a tremendous 2017 season where he won the Platinum Glove for his defense in center field. Also, he ended that season hitting .270/.330/.460 with 10 extra-base hits over his final 26...9016Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mitch-garver-can-prove-a-lot-of-people-wrong-r9018/Petriello put together very reasonable sources of doubt about Garver, three of which caught my attention: his lack of track record to earn him confidence, the fact that his 2019 numbers were well above what had come before, and his struggles against non-fastballs. So I raised some counterargument...9018Sun, 23 Feb 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2020-twins-breakout-candidate-sean-poppen-r9017/About a week ago, I posted a tweet asking people to tweet me their choice for Twins breakout player in 2020. I defined that as someone who has not yet established himself as a big leaguer. It’s a loose definition intentionally, but the general idea is someone who hasn’t played in the big leagues o...9017Sun, 23 Feb 2020 01:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-hope-less-workout-stress-translates-to-late-season-success-for-jose-berrios-r9015/Because of this, the Twins and Berrios decided it would be in the pitcher’s best interest to change up his rigorous off-season workout routine and place greater emphasis on rest, recovery, movement efficiency, and endurance, according to the Star Tribune’s LaVelle E. Neal III and The Athletic’s Da...9015Sat, 22 Feb 2020 20:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/top-10-candidates-for-2020-sire-of-fort-myers-r9009/Spring training stats don’t matter, right? WRONG. That was a test. Spring training performances definitely matter for some players. The main goal of the Sire of Fort Myers is to cast a spotlight on those players. We’re out to recognize the unheralded player who has the most impressive spring. So w...9009Sat, 22 Feb 2020 17:00:00 +0000