https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/715/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/nicholas-castellanos-can39t-play-first-base-r8830/It’s important, as we gain ever greater insight into the game through statistics and quantitative evaluation, not to get lost in them. In the age of Big Data. It’s more important than ever to sift signal from noise, and to recognize when non-objective, qualitative sources are providing more valua...8830Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/leading-off-podcast-ep-26-twins-offseason-shenanigans-ft-tom-froemming-r8829/https://open.spotify.com/episode/4BQpCgraycBxcecpRsKiEw This was one of our best episode without a doubt. I know I say that a lot but this time I really mean it. We were joined by special guest Tom Froemming (@TFTwins on Twitter, MN Twins Talk by Tom on Youtube) to discuss free agency, weird minor...8829Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baseball-season-is-here-10-reasons-to-be-excited-about-the-minnesota-twins-in-2020-r8822/Pitchers and catchers report to Fort Myers exactly one month from today and there is a lot to be excited about. Here are 10 reasons to be excited about the Minnesota Twins in 2020: 1. The Bomba Squad is back After breaking the MLB record for home runs in a season in 2019, the Minnesota Twins retai...8822Mon, 13 Jan 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/meltdown-countdown-twins-daily39s-612-brew-pint-glass-revealed-r8824/If you’re new to Twins Daily’s Winter Meltdown, we hold is just three 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 c...8824Mon, 13 Jan 2020 02:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-offseason-status-update-one-month-to-go-r8823/With Sergio Romo, Tyler Clippard, Homer Bailey, and Rich Hill now in the mix, here's a projection of the 2020 roster and payroll as of today. (Arbitration-eligible players now mostly have salaries locked in, but there a couple of assumptions highlighted in blue, which I'll discuss shortly.) Cu...8823Mon, 13 Jan 2020 01:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/homer-bailey-could-be-a-solid-upgrade-to-the-twins-rotation-r8821/Remember in 2013 when Homer Bailey had a 3.49 ERA, 3.31 FIP, and a 4.1 fWAR that led to the Reds extending him for six years/$105 million? He didn’t exactly live up to that contract, accumulating only 2.8 fWAR until 2019 when he started to get back on track with a 2.9 fWAR. My favorite year was pr...8821Sun, 12 Jan 2020 17:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-461-signing-sano-r8820/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_461_Signing_Sano.mp3?dest-id=745908820Sat, 11 Jan 2020 20:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/should-the-twins-trade-for-kris-bryant-r8819/After years spent building up their core players, the Chicago Cubs appear to be stuck in no-mans land this offseason. They would like to add to their team (which greatly underperformed in 2019), but they do not have the payroll flexibility to do so. Additionally, their farm system is all but deple...8819Sat, 11 Jan 2020 19:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/top-5-third-basemen-for-the-twins-to-target-r8814/5. Evan Longoria, San Francisco Giants Longoria has three years and $53 million left on the six-year, $100 million deal he signed with Tampa Bay in 2016. The three-time All-Star has hit .249/.303/.424 (96 OPS+) since being traded to the Giants. Since 2017, Longoria has started the fifth most games...8814Sat, 11 Jan 2020 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/passan-twins-sano-in-agreement-on-3-year-contract-extension-r8818/Here's the full Tweet from Passan, who broke the news: https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1215804226091261954 UPDATE: Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic provides the specifics: https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1215817824817635328 I believe Rosenthal meant to say the fourth year is a $14 mill...8818Sat, 11 Jan 2020 01:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/let%E2%80%99s-wait-to-declare-the-offseason-a-failure-for-the-minnesota-twins-r8806/It’s easy to look at the offseason as a failure simply due to the fact that the Twins “failed” to secure what is viewed as one of the top free-agent starters. However, to already call the offseason a failure is short-sighted. The truth is that whatever grades or assessments we attach to the acquis...8806Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-and-2020-arbitration-r8816/Earlier in the offseason, the Twins had to make decisions on which players they would offer arbitration to. Players with less than six years of service time, and more than three years (and the top 30% of players with more than two years of service time are Super-2 players) are eligible for salary...8816Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:07:00 +0000