https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/706/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/get-to-know-john-manuel-twins-pro-scout-podcast-r8958/John Manuel grew up in North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina and wrote for the school paper. After a couple of jobs in baseball, he received an offer to work at Baseball America. He accepted and remained with the magazine for 21 years. In his job, at various times he covere...8958Tue, 11 Feb 2020 05:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-questions-facing-twins-catchers-during-the-2020-season-r8954/How much will Mitch Garver regress? Mitch Garver had a breakout season in 2019 as he compiled 31 home runs with a .995 OPS in only 93 games. Because of his offensive output, he was be awarded a Silver Slugger. Now entering his age-29 season, it’s going to be tough for him to repeat those numbers i...8954Tue, 11 Feb 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/grading-each-team-in-the-mookie-betts-trade-r8957/These grades will take a few factors into account, all of which seem relevant to this specific trade. The first, and most important, is grading the actual assets received, minus the assets given. The next factor that plays into the grading is how this trade plays into each team’s overall strategic...8957Tue, 11 Feb 2020 02:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/should-we-allow-teams-to-do-what-the-red-sox-did-with-brusdar-graterol-r8953/The way the Boston Red Sox interpreted and evaluated medical information about Brusdar Graterol cost the Minnesota Twins something tangible. Now that the terms of the Mookie Betts megadeal are more or less set, we can assess exactly what that cost was. Instead of getting Kenta Maeda in exchange fo...8953Tue, 11 Feb 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/brusdar-graterol39s-strange-journey-what-did-we-learn-r8950/Graterol was freshly of legal drinking age when he joined the Twins last season, so it's only fitting he brought the Fireballs. His average fastball velocity of 99.0 MPH registered as fifth-highest for anyone who threw in the majors. Watching Graterol establish himself at the highest level, flashi...8950Mon, 10 Feb 2020 03:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/graterol-deserved-better-how-the-former-twins-pitcher-was-hurt-most-in-trade-debacle-r8949/Late in the evening on Tuesday, the Minnesota Twins agreed to terms on a deal to part with their flamethrowing pitcher, Brusdar Graterol, and bring in starting pitcher, Kenta Maeda from the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal was stalled, though, after reports came out that the Red Sox had concerns over...8949Mon, 10 Feb 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/take-two-pending-physicals-twins-and-dodgers-agree-to-trade-r8948/To bring everyone up to speed: The Twins emerged last Wednesday as the third team in a massive trade between the Red Sox and Dodgers, which would've sent Mookie Betts and David Price to LA in exchange for prospect Alex Verdugo and Graterol, whom the Dodgers were to acquire from Minnesota in exchan...8948Sun, 09 Feb 2020 22:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/another-year-of-intangibles-r8944/5. Luis Arraez’s Particular Set of Skills I have to imagine that pitchers absolutely loathe watching Arraez step up to the plate. Not because he’s going to hit one 450 feet like the Miguel Sanos of the lineup, but because whatever happens next is just not going to be enjoyable. Everything from his...8944Sun, 09 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-twins-willing-to-back-out-on-blockbuster-deal-r8947/Sunday Update: LaVelle Neal updates us that the deal continues to be a work in progress. The Twins have shown they are willing to add a prospect with Graterol, but that prospect would not be a Top 10 prospect. The Twins might be getting a "little" more than Maeda. Jon Heyman adds that the Twins ar...8947Sat, 08 Feb 2020 20:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/reviewing-kenta-maeda39s-injury-history-r8946/You can read more about Maeda here. While perhaps not as sexy as signing a top-tier free agent, Maeda is every bit the fulfillment of Derek Falvey and Thad Levine’s promise to acquire “impact pitching” during the off-season. Maeda figures to, at worst, slot in as the Twins’ third starter in the ro...8946Sat, 08 Feb 2020 19:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins39-pitching-staff-built-to-beat-the-american-league-r8945/This could be looked at as a negative. The Twins may be strapped when Yordan Àlvarez comes up with bases loaded late, or when Didi Gregorius is entrenched in the heart of Philadelphia’s lineup in the 2020 World Series. But for right now, this is extremely favorable for the current construction of...8945Sat, 08 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-well-does-minnesota%E2%80%99s-rotation-stack-up-against-cleveland-and-chicago%E2%80%99s-r8933/Over at the Athletic, Eno Sarris recently released 2020 starting pitching rankings, mainly for fantasy purposes. But the nice thing about his rankings is that he used a nice mix of criteria. He combined stuff ratings from Driveline Baseball, command numbers from STATS Perform, and projections from...8933Sat, 08 Feb 2020 02:00:00 +0000