https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/714/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-current-twins-that-were-late-blooming-prospects-r8828/Mitch Garver Twins fans are well aware of what Mitch Garver was able to accomplish last season on the way to his first Silver Slugger Award. Among American League catchers, Garver ranks first in WAR, first in slugging percentage, first in on-base percentage, and second in home runs. He did all of...8828Thu, 16 Jan 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/countdown-meltdown-gray-duck-vodka-cools-down-the-meltdown-r8838/This is the Meltdown’s seventh year, and the recipe has been the same. Make it easy to get to by making it near Twins Fest. Include a great Twins guest. Rally several hundred Twins fans to celebrate the end of the offseason. This year it still be just three blocks from Twins Fest on Saturday, Janu...8838Wed, 15 Jan 2020 06:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/josh-donaldson-bringer-of-rings-r8841/The Washington Nationals signed Jayson Werth for seven years and $126 million prior to 2011. Unlike these Twins, those Nats weren’t ready to win, but they needed to announce themselves as serious about acquiring stars and about winning games. The Twins, despite their 101-win 2019, needed this sign...8841Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-bigger-twins-problem-than-pitching-r8835/Last season Minnesota’s starting rotation ranked seventh across baseball, and fourth in the American League, when it came to fWAR total. While not glowing in any one specific category, the sum of all parts was representative of a strong unit. There’s no denying that Randy Dobnak was in a tough sp...8835Wed, 15 Jan 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/feinsand-twins-to-sign-josh-donaldson-r8839/Yes folks, it is really happening. The Twins have made a precedent-shattering free agent splash. https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1217247049592209408 The four-year contract is worth $92 million ($23M AAV) with a fifth-year option that could push it to $100 million. https://twitter.com/Feinsand/...8839Wed, 15 Jan 2020 01:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/quick-hitter-should-the-twins-claim-lhp-matt-hall-from-detroit-r8834/As of now, the Twins have just four lefties on their active roster and three of them (Rich Hill, Devin Smeltzer, and Lewis Thorpe) will be entering spring training looking to fight over the fourth and fifth starting spots in the rotation. This leaves Taylor Rogers as the lone lefty that is current...8834Wed, 15 Jan 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/on-steps-and-sano-r8836/There have been many steps, both forward and back, and almost all of them were giant, like he is. He’s been a top prospect (2010-2015), a Tommy John casualty (2014), and an instant success and late season hero (2015). Then he was a cautionary fielding experiment (2016), an All-Star (2017), and an...8836Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/should-the-minnesota-twins-consider-signing-these-3-prospects-to-a-long-term-deal-r8825/Extending a prospect before they have played a game in the big leagues is of course riskier than extending a young player with some MLB experience and its not done nearly as often as the latter. However, this offseason we’ve already seen the Seattle Mariners reach a long-term agreement with AA pro...8825Tue, 14 Jan 2020 22:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/statcast-reveals-ugly-truth-about-minnesota-twins39-infield-defense-r8831/It has always been tricky to figure out just how to use or trust Defensive metrics have when trying to evaluate baseball players as fielders. While it is clear stats like DRS and UZR tell part of the story for fielders, the jury continues to be out on exactly how reliable these stats can be for us...8831Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/meltdown-countdown-proper-twelve-to-provides-winter-warmup-r8833/If you’re new to Twins Daily’s Winter Meltdown, we hold is just a couple blocks from Twins Fest on January 25th at the Lumber Exchange Event Center from 4:30 to 7:30. We’re joined by a Twins player (who we’re not announcing just yet) and 400+ Twins fans, media members, Twins execs and many more to...8833Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/have-the-twins-been-getting-beaten-by-cheaters-r8832/The penalties levied upon the Astros were fairly severe, especially after the ripple effects played out. Manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow received one-year bans from MLB before being promptly fired by owner Jim Crane. Houston also forfeited several high draft picks and received a...8832Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-a-potential-jose-berrios-extension-r8827/The Good Jose Berrios is a two-time All-Star and he has become Minnesota’s best starting pitcher. He’s ranked in the American League top-20 for ERA, innings pitched, strikeouts, WHIP and opponents batting average. According to Baseball Savant, he ranks most closely to Mike Minor, Anthony DeSclafan...8827Tue, 14 Jan 2020 03:00:00 +0000