https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/713/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-offense-will-go-as-far-as-kepler-and-polanco-take-them-r8137/Over the last month or so, the Twins have noticeably been a different team than the one we saw for the first couple months and a lot of that boils down to offensive struggles. From the Red Sox series (June 17th) up until the ending of the Oakland series (July 21st), the Twins offense ranked 13th i...8137Wed, 24 Jul 2019 23:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-thread-why-so-few-trades-so-far-r8140/As I mentioned, we are one week from the July 31st trade deadline. In years past, there were two trade deadlines. July 31st was the non-waiver trade deadline, meaning anyone can be traded up until that point. Then there was a second trade deadline at the end of August in which players had to be pu...8140Wed, 24 Jul 2019 15:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-723-twins-fall-short-to-yankees-in-game-of-the-year-r8139/Box Score Gibson: 5 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 56.4% strikes (57 of 101 pitches) Home Runs: Polanco (15), Cruz (21), Sano 2 (16) Multi-Hit Games: Polanco (3 for 5, HR); Rosario (2 for 6); Sano (2 for 6, 2 HR); Arraez (2 for 5); Castro (2 for 4) WPA of +0.1: Sano .502; Garver .262; Adrianza .176; Ar...8139Wed, 24 Jul 2019 05:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byron-buxton39s-not-so-secret-value-r8135/Buxton has missed playing time during a couple of different stretches this season. He recently was placed on the 7-day concussion IL after making a diving catch. Back in June, Buxton missed time after being hit on the wrist with a pitch. Earlier in the year, he had a knee bruise after colliding w...8135Wed, 24 Jul 2019 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-getting-greatness-from-utility-r8136/Acquired in exchange for Francisco Liriano was back in 2012, Eduardo Escobar was a middle infielder that would shuffle his was around the diamond. After five big league seasons in Minnesota compiling a .709 OPS the 2018 season saw him break out in a big way. Through 97 games on a bad team a year a...8136Tue, 23 Jul 2019 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-722-twins-turn-triple-play-mitch-garver-homers-twice-in-win-over-yankees-r8133/Box Score Perez: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 63.3% strikes (50 of 79 pitches) Bullpen: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Home Runs: Garver 2 (20), Polanco (14), Cruz (20), Kepler (25) Multi-Hit Games: Garver (3-for-4, 2 HR), Polanco (2-for-3, HR, BB) Top 3 WPA: Garver .207, Polanco .166, Cruz .152 He...8133Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/buyer-beware-avoiding-a-chris-archer-trade-r8132/Pittsburgh sat with a 56-52 record on July 31, 2018. This was good enough for third in their division and they were trailing multiple teams for a Wild Card spot. Being on the outside looking in, didn’t stop them from making a franchise altering trade. The Pirates wanted right-handed pitcher Chris...8132Tue, 23 Jul 2019 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/champs-were-chumps-looking-back-at-the-worst-slumps-of-recent-world-series-winners-r8130/Right now, Minnesota has a 7-8 record in July (.467) and a 22-20 record (.523) since the start of June. This could be explained, among many other things, by the toughening of the schedule. Four of the five teams the Twins faced this month are above .500, but still, they are 7-6 in those games (.53...8130Mon, 22 Jul 2019 22:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-436-slipping-away-r8131/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_436.mp3 Want more Twins talk? Subscribe to our midweek "Off The Record" episodes via Patreon.com/Gleeman.8131Mon, 22 Jul 2019 18:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/leading-off-podcast-with-cooper-amp-matt-objects-in-mirror-are-getting-too-close-r8129/8129Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/series-preview-bronx-bombers-come-knocking-r8127/Brief Overview: New York took two of three against Minnesota earlier this season in the Bronx, but the run differential separated the clubs by only two. The Yankees are the only American League team with a run differential better than the Twins (+138) and Aaron Boone’s savages have done the majori...8127Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-will-it-take-to-acquire-marcus-stroman-r8128/To figure out what it might take to acquire Marcus Stroman, let’s start by looking at what he brings to the table. Stroman is currently 28 years of age and is under team control through the 2020 season. Stroman currently possess a 3.06 ERA (3.62 FIP) in 117 and 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays so far...8128Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:55:00 +0000