https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/731/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/laa-5-min-4-more-missed-opportunities-r7797/Box Score Berrios: 5.2 IP, 12 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 62.4% strikes (63 of 101 pitches) Home Runs: Polanco (8), Gonzalez (4) Multi-Hit Games: Polanco (2-for-5, HR), Rosario (2-for-4) WPA of +0.1: Astudillo .178, Gonzalez .110 WPA of -0.1: Kepler -.117, Buxton -.171, Garver -.182, Castro -.210, Berrio...7797Tue, 14 May 2019 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jorge-polanco-entering-rod-carew-territory-r7794/Polanco is setting a record pace to start the season. Since the team moved to Minnesota, Rod Carew is the only middle infielder to post an OPS+ of 144 or more. Polanco entered play on Monday with a 165 OPS+. Polanco is on a record pace, so let’s see how the other top seasons stack up. Honorable Me...7794Tue, 14 May 2019 00:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/community-report-55-511-r7796/Forums Registrations – 10 (we had 9 the same week in 2018) Topics – 79 (up from 43 the same week in 2018) Posts - 2274 (up from 2207 the same week in 2018) Since I started writing these community reports, this is the first week we’ve increased comments year over year. That’s pretty encouraging. I...7796Mon, 13 May 2019 22:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-2019-mlb-draft-top-50-prospects-41-50-r7795/50. Graeme Stinson | Duke |Pos: LHP | Height: 6’5” | Weight: 250 | Age: 21 Previously Drafted: Never Scouting Grades Fastball: 60 Slider: 65 Changeup: 50 Control: 50 Overall: 50 We start our list with a college pitcher, who isn’t on this list so much for what he has accomplished, but for the pote...7795Mon, 13 May 2019 16:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-firing-on-all-cylinders-r7793/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 5/6 through Sun, 5/12 *** Record Last Week: 5-2 (Overall: 25-14) Run Differential Last Week: +26 (Overall: +51) Standing: 1st Place in AL Central (4.0 GA) Willians Watch: 1-for-5 last week (Season AVG: .315) Willians Astudillo is back! He was activated from...7793Sun, 12 May 2019 23:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-426-the-best-record-in-baseball-r7792/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Episode_426_The_Return_of_Sano.mp3?dest-id=745907792Sun, 12 May 2019 21:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/det-5-min-3-we-have-a-problem-r7791/Box Score Perez: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 63.4% strikes (59 of 93 pitches) Home Runs: Adrianza (2) Multi-Hit Games: Buxton (3-for-3, 2B, BB), Gonzalez (2-for-4, BB), Adrianza (2-for-3, HR, BB), Cave (2-for-4, 2B) WPA of +0.1: Buxton .189, Gonzalez .115 WPA of -0.1: Perez -.116, Astudillo -.1...7791Sun, 12 May 2019 21:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kepler-finally-maxing-out-r7789/My connections to Kepler run a bit deeper too. My last name implies a strong German heritage (Braun means “brown” in German), so naturally I stuck to Kepler. Of course, the similarities pretty much end there as he can hit major league pitching and my baseball career ended once the breaking balls w...7789Sun, 12 May 2019 04:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-8-det-3-now-witness-the-firepower-r7787/Game 2 Box Score Stewart: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 63.3% strikes (57 of 90 pitches) Home Runs: Cron (9), Gonzalez (3) Multi-Hit Games: Cron (4-for-5, 2B, HR), Rosario (3-for-5), Gonzalez (2-for-4, HR, BB), Buxton (2-for-4, 2B) WPA of +0.1: Cron .243 WPA of -0.1: None (chart via FanGraphs) T...7787Sun, 12 May 2019 03:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/det-5-min-3-tigers-out-tater-twins-gardy-gets-tossed-r7786/Game 1 Box Score Pineda: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 68.4% strikes (65 of 96 pitches) Home Runs: Castro (5), Cron (8) Multi-Hit Games: Castro (2-for-4, HR) WPA of +0.1: Cron .288, Harper .161, Castro .127 WPA of -0.1: Cruz -.120, Rosario -.137, Kepler -.214, HIldenberger -.402 (chart via FanGr...7786Sat, 11 May 2019 21:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-6-det-0-odorizzi-deals-again-twins-win-fourth-in-a-row-r7785/Box Score Odorizzi: 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 69.4% strikes (66 of 95 pitches) Home Runs: Garver (8), Kepler (8) Multi-Hit Games: None WPA of +0.1: Odorizzi .290, Polanco .150, Garver .130 WPA of -0.1: Rosario -.130 (chart via FanGraphs) Things didn’t start as well as one might think for Odo...7785Sat, 11 May 2019 02:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-draft-eight-names-to-know-r7783/Alek Manoah, West Virginia, Right-handed pitcher Rankings: MLB: 10 BA: 21 Law: 9 Mocks: MLB: 11 (Blue Jays) BA: 10 (Giants) Law: 11 (Blue Jays) In the top tier of college pitchers available, Manoah could find himself off the board earlier. A really big dude with really big stuff, Manoah had a brea...7783Fri, 10 May 2019 19:24:00 +0000