https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/708/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trade-graterol-to-dodgers-for-kenta-maeda-in-blockbuster-deal-r8927/The Twins traded one of their top pitching prospects to acquire the veteran pitcher. Hard-throwing Brusdar Graterol is headed to the Dodgers, and then he will be dealt to the Red Sox in the Mookie Betts/David Price trade. Maeda is a 31-year-old right-hander from Japan. In his four seasons wit...8927Wed, 05 Feb 2020 02:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/billy-wagner-is-paving-joe-nathan%E2%80%99s-path-to-cooperstown-r8922/Hall of Fame players are not one-size fits all and, for many, the path to the Hall includes excellence over a long period of time. Joe Nathan’s play over the last decade is certainly going to warrant some consideration for the Hall, but there could be some obstacles awaiting him on his path to e...8922Tue, 04 Feb 2020 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jhoulys-chac%C3%ADn-matt-wisler-and-diminishing-returns-on-sliders-r8923/For the second time in three winters, the Twins have signed a Venezuelan right-hander in his early 30s, with an impressive MLB track record but nightmarish recent results, to a late-winter minor-league deal. I don’t expect Jhoulys Chacín to be with the organization much longer in 2020 than Aníbal...8923Tue, 04 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-top-10-minnesota-twins-starting-pitching-trade-targets-r8921/It seems the Minnesota Twins will at some point return to the trade market for an improvement on the 2020 starting rotation. We may be waiting until the trade deadline for that move to come, but in the time until then let’s rank who may be available for the Twins to explore. 1. Joe Musgrove 4.44...8921Tue, 04 Feb 2020 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/do-the-minnesota-twins-have-a-right-handedness-problem-r8919/Where the Minnesota Twins most excelled at the plate last season was against left-handed pitching. Against lefties in 2019, the Twins led baseball with an OPS of .872. Against righties, the Twins posted an OPS of .817. While still an excellent number, this was significantly worse than their numbe...8919Mon, 03 Feb 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/should-we-be-worried-about-the-white-sox-r8918/Last week, Matt Braun showed us how good the Indians still are. Alongside Cleveland, Chicago was the only other AL Central team to win a series against Minnesota (they won two) in 2019, on their way to a 72-89 record. Have they become somewhat of a threat for the Twins and the Indians in the race...8918Sun, 02 Feb 2020 19:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-recent-extensions-that-could-compare-to-a-possible-jose-berrios-extension-r8916/Jose Berrios will enter 2020 with three years of team control remaining until he becomes a free agent. In his four year career he has a 4.21 ERA, 4.10 FIP, 1.26 WHIP, 23.1 K%, and 7.7 BB% in 596 2/3 IP. He is still only 25 years old and in his first year of arbitration. There are two pitchers who...8916Sun, 02 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/finding-the-rotation39s-upside-r8911/Advances in analytics have made the notion of “third time through” pretty common knowledge in baseball. It only makes sense that the more at-bats hitters gets against a laboring pitcher in a game, the better chance they have at success. Check out the league-wide slash lines allowed by starting pi...8911Sun, 02 Feb 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-twins-to-sign-rhp-jhoulys-chacin-to-minor-league-contract-r8915/While Chacin is signed to a non-guaranteed, minor league contract, it is very likely that he will be in the Twins Opening Day rotation. When Nick put together his list of still-available starting pitcher options recently, he ranked Chacin at #2 behind only RHP Taijuan Walker. The addition of Chaci...8915Sat, 01 Feb 2020 21:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/josh-donaldson39s-injury-history-calf-strains-sully-otherwise-clean-record-r8913/For a player that has accumulated nearly eight seasons of service time, Donaldson’s injury history is fairly clean. Donaldson — who debuted in 2010 but did not stick in the big leagues permanently until 2013 — did not suffer a significant injury until a right calf strain landed him on the 10-day d...8913Sat, 01 Feb 2020 19:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2020-twins-super-bowl-predictions-r8914/As you will see below, some predicted scores. Some predicted the MVP. Some did both. I encourage you to post your Super Bowl predictions in the comments below. Rocco Baldelli (Following seven MLB seasons (2003-10), he had a number of roles in the Rays organization including coaching. Became Twins...8914Sat, 01 Feb 2020 18:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/do-the-twins-have-the-best-lineup-in-the-american-league-r8906/CATCHER: Garver completely broke out in 2019 and many have speculated that he will regress some in 2020. While a minor step back is likely, he remains the best hitting catcher among these three candidates. Sánchez has big time power but has struggled to get on base (.305) since 2018. 1st: Mitch...8906Sat, 01 Feb 2020 02:00:00 +0000