https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/725/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/going-to-war-with-byron-buxton-and-the-great-center-fielders-of-twins-past-r8152/This naturally leads one to wonder just how great Buxton could become. Obviously, steering clear of injuries and staying off the IL will be crucial for Buxton to reach his ceiling. The injury-plagued disaster of 2018 may have caused some Twins fans to sour on Buxton, but he has bounced back stron...8152Fri, 26 Jul 2019 02:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/garvsauce-a-proof-point-in-falvey39s-quest-to-optimize-player-development-r8146/In their book The MVP Machine, Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik succinctly summarized the focal point of the player development revolution: "Every team now knows which players are projected to be good. But the best teams are discovering ways for players to accomplish what they aren’t projected to...8146Fri, 26 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/potential-twins-bullpen-target-jose-leclerc-rhp-rangers-r8153/Coming off a strong 2018, where he posted a 1.56 ERA (1.90 FIP) with 13.3 K/9 and 3.9 BB/9 in 57 and 2/3 innings for the Rangers, Jose Leclerc was being considered as one of the top young relievers in the game. This led the Rangers to give the 25-year-old righty a contract extension that locked up...8153Thu, 25 Jul 2019 23:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-for-the-twins-bullpen-r8149/A couple weeks ago we wrapped up a bullpen target series. There’s more than a handful of guys profiled, and the acquisition cost is likely going to come in all over the place on any number of names. Minnesota will need to navigate what they’re willing to give up, how much they need in return, and...8149Thu, 25 Jul 2019 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-deadline-thread-who-are-your-favorite-bullpen-targets-r8147/During the Twins game last night, multiple reporters had an interesting quote from Derek Falvey about the state of salary/payroll during this deadline. https://twitter.com/DerekWetmore/status/1154202862907510785?s=20 So the Twins would be willing to take on some money, you say? Well there is one p...8147Thu, 25 Jul 2019 15:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/across-the-meadow-july-24-r8148/If you're not interested in hearing about all the targets, but you were intrigued - one way or another - by all the talk last night about Ian Kennedy, fast forward to 43:09 where we start talking about how it just makes too much sense to make a deal with the Royals. As always, all of our podcasts...8148Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/let39s-make-a-deal-part-iii-the-ammunition-r8142/In May, I assumed the Twins would make Royce Lewis, Alex Kirilloff and Brusdar Graterol off-limits. I don’t think answering the phone and responding that anyone is untouchable is acceptable. That simply means you have to at least listen to any potential deal that would make your team better. Sure,...8142Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/series-preview-no-one-team-should-lack-all-that-power-r8143/Brief Overview: I was never particularly high on the White Sox coming into the season or even when they were somewhat competent earlier in the season. This is a not good team that is slightly better than the dumpster fire Tigers and the hand-me-down Royals that excels at not being notable in many...8143Thu, 25 Jul 2019 13:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-game-recap-724-twins-drop-series-in-another-slugfest-with-yankees-r8145/Box Score Odorizzi: 4 IP, 10 H, 9 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 61.7% strikes (63 of 102 pitches) Bulllpen (Smeltzer): 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Home Runs: Rosario (22), Cruz (22), Gonzalez (12) Multi-Hit Games: Cruz (2-for-4, HR), Rosario (2-for-4, HR), Arraez (2-for-3, BB), Schoop (2-for-3) Top 3 WPA: Cruz .1...8145Thu, 25 Jul 2019 03:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/could-the-twins-miss-the-playoffs-r8141/Standings Check-In The Twins enter play on Thursday with a three-game lead in the AL Central. At the beginning of June, the Twins were up 10.5 games as Cleveland had squeaked out a .500 record up to that point. By the end of June, Minnesota still had a comfortable eight game lead, but then Clevela...8141Thu, 25 Jul 2019 01:30:00 +0000https://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 +0000