https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/714/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-losing-ground-r8126/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 7/15 through Sun, 7/21 *** Record Last Week: 2-4 (Overall: 60-38) Run Differential Last Week: -10 (Overall: +111) Standing: 1st Place in AL Central (3.0 GA) Willians Watch: Out Indefinitely There's been an exodus in the Twins bullpen. Adalberto Mejia, design...8126Mon, 22 Jul 2019 01:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-721-max-kepler-delivers-dramatic-walk-off-win-r8123/Box Score Pineda: 5 1/3 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 8 K, 58.7% strikes (64 of 109 pitches) Bullpen: 3 2/3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K Home Runs: Kepler (24) Multi-Hit Games: Kepler (3-for-6), Arraez (3-for-5), Adrianza (3-for-5) Top 3 WPA: Adrianza (0.66), Kepler (0.53), Polanco (0.26) Bottom 3 WPA: May (-0...8123Sun, 21 Jul 2019 22:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-720-twins-offense-and-bullpen-can%E2%80%99t-do-enough-to-secure-the-win-r8121/Box Score Berrios: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 65.4% strikes (74 of 113 pitches) Bullpen: 3.1 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Home Runs: Garver (17), Cruz (19), Sano (14) Multi-Hit Games: Sano (2-3), Kepler (2-4) Top 3 WPA: Schoop (0.37), Berrios (0.28), Sano (0.24) Bottom 3 WPA: Rogers (-0.62), Garver...8121Sun, 21 Jul 2019 03:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-new-bullpen-market-efficiency-r8120/Aside from adding Blake Parker, who seemed like a rather marginal upgrade, the Twins really didn’t do much to address the bullpen during the offseason. Instead they extended Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler and made several key offensive additions). Rather than adding any big-named, high-priced reliev...8120Sun, 21 Jul 2019 00:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-719-twins-have-no-answer-to-a%E2%80%99s-pitching-r8119/Box Score Odorizzi: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 63.6% strikes (56 of 88 pitches) Bullpen: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Home Runs: Gonzalez (11) Multi-Hit Games: Castro (2-for-2) Top 3 WPA: Gonzalez .136, Cruz .090, Castro .054 Bottom 3 WPA: Harper -.234, Cron -.217, Rosario -.093 The Twins offen...8119Sat, 20 Jul 2019 03:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-the-twins-should-trade-for-all-star-mike-minor-r8117/Mike Minor was a highly touted prospect out of Vanderbilt entering the 2009 draft. He was taken by the Atlanta Braves with the seventh overall selection in the same draft where Stephen Strasburg went number one overall to the Washington Nationals, Mike Trout was taken 25th overall by the Los Angel...8117Fri, 19 Jul 2019 23:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/let39s-make-a-deal-part-ii-payroll-r8112/On Wednesday, a series was introduced that will look at this trade deadline, but from the perspective of next year’s Opening Day. While it wasn’t meant to be a projection - we know that the team is going to make many moves between now and then - it was meant to see how things would look if they di...8112Fri, 19 Jul 2019 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-718-rosario-ignites-late-inning-comeback-r8116/Box Score Gibson: 7 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K, 68.9% strikes (73 of 106 pitches) Bullpen: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K Home Runs: Rosario (21), Garver (16), Cron (18) Multi-Hit Games: None WPA of +0.1: Rogers .160, Sano .210, Rosario .465 WPA of -0.1: Garver -.108 Rosario Redeems and Garver, Cron Sol...8116Fri, 19 Jul 2019 03:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/building-a-perfect-twins-trade-deadline-r8114/Deadline Blueprint With one of the baseball’s best offenses, it makes sense for the Twins to focus on adding pitching before the deadline. Minnesota’s most glaring need is the bullpen. Taylor Rogers might be the AL’s most valuable reliever, but he won’t be able to pitch every postseason inning. Ry...8114Fri, 19 Jul 2019 00:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/where%E2%80%99s-the-truth-in-these-twins-r8110/First and foremost, Miguel Sano and Jonathan Schoop have been a lightning rod for criticism of late. Sano turned in an 0-7 performance against the Boston Red Sox on June 27. Minnesota suggested they were working through some tweaks to his approach at the plate, and Parker Hagemen highlighted defic...8110Thu, 18 Jul 2019 23:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trade-rumor-recap-teams-pondering-selling-r8111/Fans (and in some cases, ownership) look at standings, not playoff odds reports. For a lot of these teams, the standings suggest their team is still in a race for a couple of Wild Card spots, while the math suggests they're a pretty significant longshot. On a regular basis, Twins Daily curates ML...8111Thu, 18 Jul 2019 19:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/series-preview-for-whom-the-schedule-tolls-r8108/Brief Overview: The A’s came into the season fresh off a wild card loss and as usual, had a somewhat quiet off-season that was more shuffling cards than anything. Because they play in the AL West with the Astros, many wrote off a division title as impossible, but they currently are in striking dis...8108Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:00:00 +0000