https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/707/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jos%C3%A9-berr%C3%ADos-losing-arbitration-case-provides-reason-for-concern-over-long-term-future-with-twins-r8941/To recap how arbitration works, when an MLB player has more than three years of service time he becomes arbitration eligible. Each offseason, arbitration eligible players and their teams will each submit a salary that they feel the player warrants. This offseason, Berríos submitted a salary of $4....8941Fri, 07 Feb 2020 04:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-definitive-ranking-of-the-top-10-2020-twins-promotional-items-r8939/The best things in life are free. They’re even better when 30,000 other fans are offering you cash for your free items. Last week, the Twins announced the full lineup of freebies and special events at Target Field this year. After some careful consideration, for 2020 here is a definitive ranking o...8939Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/this-ain39t-your-dad39s-starting-rotation-r8940/The offseason success for the Twins rested on how they would mold the starting rotation into a group capable of carrying the squad. The offense would be good; that much was apparent even before the Josh Donaldson signing. But without a great starting rotation, the outcome of the season would likel...8940Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trade-suggests-more-pieces-to-move-r8937/Right now, much of the Graterol swap for Kenta Maeda remains up in the air. The Boston Red Sox are holding up the deal after seemingly being the only people in the room unaware that Minnesota’s hurler had Tommy John and was likely ticketed for relief work. Assuming newly appoint GM Chaim Bloom fin...8937Fri, 07 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/graterol-trade-on-hold-valuing-starters-and-relievers-r8936/In the now-delayed deal, the Twins acquired starting pitcher Kenta Maeda from the Dodgers in exchange for sending Graterol to the Red Sox. The surprising trade was announced Tuesday night, and Twins fans’ evaluation of the deal tended to vary depending on this very question: just how much upside d...8936Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-4-pitches-we-will-see-from-kenta-maeda-r8931/Four seam fastball: 92.1 MPH, thrown 33.7% of the time, 21.1 whiff% .280 BA (.255 xBA), .517 SLG (.465 xSLG), .385 wOBA (.357 xwOBA) The fastball for Maeda is definitely the worst pitch of the three that he throws at least 10% of the time. The velocity is one of the slower average fastballs in...8931Thu, 06 Feb 2020 04:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/did-the-twins-pivot-to-a-superior-plan-b-r8932/According to reports, the Twins offered somewhere around $100 million to open their bidding for Wheeler, but were informed early on that Minnesota wasn't a strong consideration. Wheeler ended up signing with the Phillies for five years and $118 million, spurning the White Sox and their bigger offe...8932Thu, 06 Feb 2020 02:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kenta-maeda39s-contract-three-big-things-r8930/If you haven’t had a lot of experience with the mystery team, it’s because the Twins - as long back as I can recall - have never turned out to be that team. But Doogie Wolfson was all over it. Not too much later, it was confirmed the Twins were sending pitching prospect Brusdar Graterol to the Red...8930Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kenta-maeda-new-twins-ace-in-five-numbers-r8929/José Berríos is a more traditional workhorse. Jake Odorizzi has a deeper repertoire. Taylor Rogers is a relief ace. In the right mix, however, new acquisition Kenta Maeda can be better than any of them, and the erstwhile Los Angeles Dodgers swingman has landed on a Minnesota Twins team that suits...8929Wed, 05 Feb 2020 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/projecting-the-twins-opening-day-roster-version-10-r8925/Catchers (2): Mitch Garver, Alex Avila Garver and Avila are locks for the Opening Day roster, but there are a few questions surrounding the Twins and their 2020 catchers. How much will the Twins rely on Garver behind the plate? Last season, he was very successful when rotating with Jason Castro. M...8925Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-biggest-celebrity-might-just-be-trevor-may-r8926/If you Google the Minnesota reliever, the first thing that pops up is a link to his Twitter feed and then it’s his Wikipedia page. There’s a set of questions that starts with “Is Trevor May good at baseball?” and then is quickly followed by “Is Trevor May good at Fortnite?” It isn’t until after th...8926Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-starting-9-unzipped-2020-minnesota-twins-zips-player-comparisons-r8920/I now present you with the player comparisons for the starting nine of the 2020 Minnesota Twins (in no particular order): Miguel Sano – Jay Buhner (1987 – 2001, 22.3 fWAR) Wait a minute…wasn’t Buhner a right fielder? The Twins aren’t thinking of…? Don’t panic! When Sano jogs out of the dugout he’l...8920Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000