https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/735/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-424-wahoos-walk-off-jax-cruises-r7722/TRANSACTIONS Minnesota Twins Recall RHP Kohl Stewart from Triple-A Rochester Recall RHP Fernando Romero from Triple-A Rochester Option RHP Tyler Duffey to Triple-A Rochester Option OF Jake Cave to Triple-A Rochester Reinstate LHP Gabriel Moya from MLB rehab and option to Triple-A Rochester Rochest...7722Thu, 25 Apr 2019 03:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/hou-7-min-1-foregone-conclusion-r7721/Box Score Stewart: 6.0 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 57.1% strikes (60 of 105 pitches) Home Runs: Polanco (5) Multi-Hit Games: None WPA of +0.1: None WPA of -0.1: Stewart -.267 (chart via FanGraphs) The Astros are really good. They can make even good pitchers look pretty bad. But when you leave as m...7721Thu, 25 Apr 2019 02:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/finer-points-options-part-one-r7716/We’ve all heard it. “Coach, are you making any transactions?” “Yeah, we’re going to option Vasquez to Rochester and recall Tyler Duffey.” So what does that mean? Well, this transaction the Twins made recently is the simplest form of making a transaction involving options. Both Andrew Vasquez and T...7716Thu, 25 Apr 2019 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-4-hou-10-springer-and-bregman-and-altuve-oh-my33-r7719/Box Score SP: Michael Pineda: 5 1/3 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 65.5% strikes Home Runs: Eddie Rosario (10) Multi-Hit Games: Jonathan Schoop (2-4) WPA of +0.1: Eddie Rosario (0.189), Max Kepler (0.147) WPA of -0.1: Michael Pineda (-0.309), Trevor Hildenberger (-0.213), Jorge Polanco (-0.117) (chart...7719Wed, 24 Apr 2019 03:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/craig-kimbrel%E2%80%99s-trickle-down-effect-r7717/Early Season Results Minnesota’s limited amount of games to start the season has certainly altered the bullpen’s results. Only three pitchers have appeared in double-digits games (Trevor May, Trevor Hildenberger, and Taylor Rogers). Blake Parker and Taylor Rogers have split save situations with bo...7717Wed, 24 Apr 2019 01:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-9-hou-5-bats-thrive-pitching-survives-r7715/Box Score Odorizzi: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 63% strikes Home Runs: Castro (1), Polanco (4) Multi-Hit Games: Polanco (4-5, 2B, HR), Cruz (2-5, both infield hits) WPA of +0.1: Odorizzi (.157), Cron (.146), Polanco (.149), Kepler (.112) WPA of -0.1: none (chart via FanGraphs) Lowest High-Hang...7715Tue, 23 Apr 2019 04:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-ryne-harper-continue-his-early-season-success-r7711/One of Harper’s first pieces of success has been his ability to limit hard contact. Out of the 22 batted balls against him this season, none have been barreled up. This has helped his 89.8 exit velocity to be right around the league average. By not giving up hard contact, there have been few hits...7711Tue, 23 Apr 2019 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/get-buck-in-here-%E2%80%93-moving-time-r7712/Looking at their ranks across baseball, it’s hard to nitpick anything in the lineup that’s a glaring weakness. This group is second in wOBA, ISO, SLG, and OPS. They are top five in wRC+ and top in in both fWAR and OBP. Scoring an average of 5.63 runs per game, they are producing at the fourth best...7712Mon, 22 Apr 2019 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-422-bashing-baltimore-amp-considering-kimbrel-r7710/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_422_Bashing_Baltimore_and_Considering_Kimbrel.mp3?dest-id=745907710Mon, 22 Apr 2019 03:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-bounceback-in-baltimore-r7709/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 4/15 through Sun, 4/21 *** Record Last Week: 4-3 (Overall: 12-7) Run Differential Last Week: +8 (Overall: +20) Standing: 1st Place in AL Central (1.0 GA) Willians Watch: 5-for-21 last week (Season AVG: .295) Outscoring their opponents by eight over the past...7709Mon, 22 Apr 2019 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-4-bal-3-gibby-good-hildy-holds-rogers-saves-the-sweep-r7707/Box Score Gibson: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 61.8% strikes (55 of 89 pitches) Home Runs: None Multi-Hit Games: Cron (2-for-3, BB), Adrianza (2-for-4) WPA of +0.1: Hildenberger .340, Gibson .168, Cron .112 WPA of -0.1: Rosario -.108, May -.165 (chart via FanGraphs) Kyle Gibson had by far his b...7707Sun, 21 Apr 2019 20:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/dave-st-peter-on-expectations-attendance-and-concessions-r7704/When Target Field opened in 2010 fans were excited, people were clamoring for season tickets and the team was a playoff contender. That year attendance reached 3,223,640 people. For nine straight years, attendance has gone down in all but one. The attendance for the 2018 season was 1,959,197. Almo...7704Sun, 21 Apr 2019 14:00:00 +0000