https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/711/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-728-duran-earns-first-double-a-win-r8172/TRANSACTIONS SS Royce Lewis promoted to Pensacola from Fort Myers. RHP Chris Vallimont assigned to Fort Myers (acquired from MIA as part of the Sergio Romo trade). INF Lewin Diaz traded to MIA. AWARDS The Twins announced their weekly Hitter and Pitcher of the Week: Hitter of the Week: Gilberto Cel...8172Mon, 29 Jul 2019 01:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-making-of-max-power-r8171/By his own admission, Kepler’s ultimate goal was never to hit ground balls. He wanted a level swing. One, he said, that imparted backspin on the ball to help it carry. While batted balls can certainly travel with different variations of spin (back, top, side) more recent research has found that c...8171Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-action33-r8169/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 7/22 through Sun, 7/28 *** Record Last Week: 4-3 (Overall: 64-41) Run Differential Last Week: +14 (Overall: +125) Standing: 1st Place in AL Central (2.0 GA) Willians Watch: Out Indefinitely We'll start with the leading headline: Minnesota made a move to addr...8169Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-728-bats-bounce-back-behind-gibson%E2%80%99s-strong-outing-r8168/Box Score Gibson: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 68.8% strikes (66 of 96 pitches) Bullpen: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K Home Runs: Polanco (16), Sano (18), Schoop (16), Kepler (28) Multi-Hit Games: Polanco (2-for-5), Cruz (2-for-5), Sano (3-for-4), Kepler (2-for-5) Top 3 WPA: Polanco (.130), Sano (.1...8168Sun, 28 Jul 2019 21:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/could-the-twins-afford-to-take-on-zack-greinke%E2%80%99s-contract-r8166/Twins fans are probably quite familiar with Zack Greinke, who started his illustrious career with the Kansas City Royals. If you rewind the clock back a decade, Greinke was in the middle of a Cy Young season at the same time Joe Mauer seemed to find his home run stroke on his way to the AL MVP. Af...8166Sun, 28 Jul 2019 19:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/let39s-make-a-deal-part-iv-the-sellers-r8165/Have you missed the earlier parts of this series? Part 1: 2020 Part 2: Payroll Part 3: The Ammunition ********** (Standings are through Saturday night and games backs are for a Wild Card spot.) THE SELLERS: Detroit Tigers (30-70, 26 games back): Expected to be aggressive sellers. SP...8165Sun, 28 Jul 2019 16:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-727-nova-nixes-twins-chances-r8163/Box Score Perez: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K 64% strikes (64-100) Bullpen: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K Home Runs: None Multi-Hit Games: Buxton (2-for-3, R, 2B) Top WPA: Polanco .093, Buxton .028 Perez Solid but Not Dominant The past few turns through the rotation have been pretty back...8163Sun, 28 Jul 2019 02:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trade-lewin-diaz-for-rhp-sergio-romo-2-minor-leaguers-r8161/The Twins and Marlins reached an agreement. The Twins will send 1B Lewin Diaz to the Miami Marlins in exchange for veteran Sergio Romo. Per Passan: "The Minnesota Twins are deep into talks with the Miami Marlins on a deal that would send reliever Sergio Romo to Minnesota, sources with knowledge of...8161Sun, 28 Jul 2019 00:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-rochester-firemen-to-the-rescue-r8157/Right now, the Red Wings have the third worst ERA in the International League, with 5.34. They are also among the five pitching staffs who have allowed the most hits (900 in 840 2/3 innings) and have the fifth worst WHIP of the league, at 1.49. Most importantly, in several moments of the season in...8157Sun, 28 Jul 2019 00:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-topics-prospects-scouting-rumors-r8160/The first thing we all need to admit, the term Prospect means something different to everyone. People aren’t going to agree on every prospect or rank them exactly the same. My Top prospect ranking looks a little different than Cody’s rankings or Tom’s rankings and with others, we have our Twins Da...8160Sat, 27 Jul 2019 21:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-726-pineda-fuels-twins-easy-win-in-chicago-r8159/Box Score Pineda: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 64.5% strikes (62 of 96 pitches) Bullpen (Thorpe): 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K Home Runs: Kepler (27), Cruz (26) Multi-Hit Games: Cruz (3-for-4, HR, BB, 2 RBI), Sanó (2-for-4) Top 3 WPA: Pineda .192, Kepler .188, Cruz .122 A record-breaking 200th ho...8159Sat, 27 Jul 2019 03:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-thread-what-to-do-about-the-rotation-r8154/The first question I’d like to ask is should the Twins add a starting pitcher to the rotation? As of Thursday, there were 58 American League pitchers with 70 innings. In terms of FIP, Twins starters ranked 13th (Berrios), 17th (Odorizzi), 21st (Gibson), 24th (Perez) and 27th (Pineda). In other wor...8154Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:00:00 +0000