https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/722/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/building-the-best-player-in-baseball-from-baseball39s-best-lineup-r7975/Despite playing on the West Coast I find myself staying up many late nights to watch the tandem of Trout and Shohei Ohtani. Encompassing both the best and most exciting players in the game, the duo is must-watch television. Seeing Trout barreling towards yet another MVP award this year, I wondered...7975Fri, 21 Jun 2019 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/potential-twins-bullpen-target-sam-dyson-rhp-giants-r7976/Sam Dyson, RHP, 31-years-old San Francisco Giants (31-41, fifth in NL West) Under team control via arbitration through 2020. 2019: 2.45 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 8.2 K/9, 1.4 BB/9 in 33.0 IP 2018: 2.69 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 7.2 K/9, 2.6 BB/9 in 70.1 IP What’s to Like? Among the 171 relievers who’ve logged a combi...7976Thu, 20 Jun 2019 20:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/series-preview-twins-look-to-clean-up-in-kc-r7972/The Royals current record is 25-48, albeit with a pythag W/L of 31-42 that suggests some bad luck, but they still find themselves in the basement of a poor AL Central. What They Do Well The Royals have stolen the most bases in baseball and it isn’t even really particularly close (70 swipes, second...7972Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/bos-9-min-4-the-red-sox-bats-were-poppen-tonight-r7973/Box Score Gibson: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 5 BB, 3 K, 52.1% strikes (49 of 94 pitches) Home Runs: Astudillo (3), Kepler (19) Multi-Hit Games: Astudillo (3 for 4, HR), Rosario (2 for 4) WPA of +0.1: Astudillo .141, Arraez .127 WPA of -0.1: Gibson -.495, Cave -.144, Castro -.116 (Chart via FanGraphs) Th...7973Thu, 20 Jun 2019 03:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/taking-a-deeper-dive-into-miguel-sano39s-plate-discipline-r7969/During the Twins 17-inning affair with the Boston Red Sox, Sano went 0-for-7 with five strikeouts. He came up in multiple big spots and simply couldn’t put the ball in play. It’s one thing to be fanning on pitches in the upper 90’s, but he was swinging through fastballs topping out below 95 mph....7969Thu, 20 Jun 2019 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/potential-twins-bullpen-target-brad-hand-lhp-indians-r7970/Brad Hand, LHP, 29-years-old Cleveland Indians (38-34, 2nd in AL Central) Under team control through 2020, with a team option in 2021. 2019: 0.88 ERA, 0.75 WHIP, 13.5 K/9, 2.3 BB/9 in 30.2 IP 2018: 2.28 ERA, 1.157 WHIP, 13.3 K/9, 4.2 BB/9 in 27.2 IP What’s to Like? Everybody loves left-handed pitc...7970Wed, 19 Jun 2019 23:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-version-of-madison-bumgarner-would-the-twins-be-getting-r7964/Vintage Bumgarner From 2011 through 2016, Bumgarner was one of the best pitchers in baseball and he was a workhorse for the Giants on the way to multiple World Series titles. He was a four-time All-Star and a two-time Silver Slugger along with winning the NLCS MVP and the World Series MVP. He fini...7964Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/zack-littell-changes-role-changes-mindset-r7968/In four games with the Red Wings before his most recent promotion to the Twins, Littell worked solely out of the Rochester bullpen. In 7 2/3 innings, he gave up just three hits, walked one and struck out 13 batters. Opponents hit just .115 off of him. When Littell was optioned, Rocco Baldelli and...7968Wed, 19 Jun 2019 06:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-4-bos-3-twins-win-in-17th-inning-get-first-walk-off-r7967/Box Score Pineda: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 73.8% strikes (59 of 80 pitches) Bullpen: 11 IP, 12 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 12 K Home Runs: Max Kepler (18) Multi-Hit Games: Cron (2-5), Kepler (3-5 HR), Rosario (4-8, 3 2B), Schoop (2-7) WPA of +0.1: Kepler .847, Littell .288, Magill .288, Duffey .288, Rosari...7967Wed, 19 Jun 2019 06:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/potential-twins-bullpen-trade-target-oliver-perez-lhp-cleveland-r7961/Oliver Perez, LHP, 37-years-old Cleveland Indians ( in AL Central) Vesting option in 2020 for $2.75M if he reaches 55 games in 2019. 2019: 4.50 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 12.15 K/9, 1.35 BB/9 in 20.o IP 2018: 1.39 ERA, 0.74 WHIP, 11.97 K/9, 1.95 BB/9 in 32.1 IP What’s to Like? This would be a long shot since...7961Wed, 19 Jun 2019 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/potential-prospect-cost-in-twins-trades-r7965/From the outset I think we can safely assume that neither Royce Lewis nor Alex Kirilloff are going anywhere for the Twins. Moving either of the two top prospects, both among the top 10 across baseball, would be monumental. Barring a blockbuster deal including a high caliber player with multiple ye...7965Tue, 18 Jun 2019 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/michael-pineda-provides-upgrade-over-recent-fifth-starters-r7960/2019 Fifth Starter: Michael Pineda Stats: 5.04 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 69.2 IP, 57 K, 13 BB, 4.85 FIP In the season’s first month, Pineda looked like he was shaking off a little rust from his time missed with Tommy John surgery. He allowed 20 earned runs in 29 innings (6.21 ERA) and opponents were hitting...7960Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:30:00 +0000