https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/725/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/wish-list-circa-2012-and-2020-kevin-gausman-r8693/LOOKING BACK With a quick look back at the days leading up to the 2012 draft, it was pretty apparent that Byron Buxton was the best athlete in the draft. The Twins were in need of a catcher, and Mike Zunino was early the top college catching prospect in the draft. Gausman, along with Kyle Zimmer (...8693Wed, 04 Dec 2019 04:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-making-sweeping-changes-on-the-diamond-r8690/After grabbing Cron following his DFA from the Tampa Bay Rays last offseason, Minnesota got a tale of two halves from their first basemen. Through May Cron had an .866 OPS and that number was still .833 at the end of June. He went on the injured list for the first time on July 7. At that point he...8690Wed, 04 Dec 2019 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota%E2%80%99s-internal-first-base-options-r8689/Miguel Sano Over the last two seasons, Sano has played 20 games at first and he has logged 31 games at the position throughout his career. Sano has always had a strong arm at third base and that skill would be taken away with a move to first base. Besides his arm, he has struggled at the hot corne...8689Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-offseason-trade-target-matt-chapman-r8682/What would it take to get Chapman? Chapman was an All-Star in 2019 while hitting 36 home runs and 36 doubles with an .848 OPS. He won his second Gold Glove Award at third base and it might not have been close. Chapman is in a close conversation with Nolan Arenado as the best defensive third basema...8682Tue, 03 Dec 2019 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/non-tendered-players-that-could-interest-the-minnesota-twins-r8688/SP Aaron Sanchez Aaron Sanchez was a name linked to the Twins at the trade deadline but wound up with the Houston Astros instead. Sanchez has lacked consistency but shows enough flashes that makes him intriguing. This season between Toronto and Houston Sanchez compiled an unimpressive 5.89 ERA ove...8688Tue, 03 Dec 2019 01:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-non-tender-cron-and-hildenberger-r8687/Cron, who was projected to earn around $7.5 million next year via his final turn at arbitration, was always a dubious bet to be locked in at that rate, despite the solid production in his first year with the Twins. His fate seemingly became sealed in recent weeks, with GM Thad Levine noting that t...8687Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-three-biggest-what-ifs-from-the-2019-twins-season-r8684/What if Francisco Liriano never blew out his elbow in 2006? What if Phil Cuzzi (correctly) called Mauer’s line drive fair in the 2009 ALDS? What if Morneau never suffered his concussion in 2010? In today’s article I will be taking a look back at what I consider to be the three biggest “What-ifs” o...8684Mon, 02 Dec 2019 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-455-gibson-cron-and-poached-coaches-r8686/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_455.mp38686Mon, 02 Dec 2019 02:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-the-early-twins-offseason-rumblings-tell-us-r8685/Here are five conclusions I've drawn based on signals rising from the offseason landscape. 1: The Twins will need to pay a hefty premium to sign Zack Wheeler The team's interest in Wheeler is no secret. It's also clear they have company in this regard. https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/11991272...8685Mon, 02 Dec 2019 01:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/one-of-the-greatest-trades-in-twins-history-r8683/Mauer’s Presence In the 2003-04 off-season, Mauer was coming off a tremendous minor league season. Between High- and Double-A, he hit .338/.398/.434 (.832) with 37 extra-base hits in 135 games. Baseball America awarded him the Minor League Player of the Year and he would be named the number one pr...8683Sun, 01 Dec 2019 19:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/back-in-love-how-i-found-my-passion-for-the-twins-again-r8680/The date was Oct. 6, 2009. The Tigers and Twins battled in game 163 for the American League Central at the Metrodome. I am lucky enough to have a dad who brings me to the biggest games. I watched as Alexi Casilla bounced a grounder through the right side of the infield to score Carlos Gomez in the...8680Sat, 30 Nov 2019 05:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/looking-into-6-twins-related-steamer-projections-for-2020-r8678/Projection 1: Max Kepler will lead the team with 3.5 fWAR. This would obviously be a bit disappointing because four Twins players topped 3.5 fWAR in 2019 (Kepler, Cruz, Polanco, and Garver), but the projections take into account what the players did prior to 2019 so they may be lower than what we’...8678Sat, 30 Nov 2019 03:00:00 +0000