https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/737/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/handing-a-qualifying-offer-to-michael-pineda-r8526/Reports have suggested that the 2020 qualifying offer amount will drop to $17.8 million, which is a $100,000 step back from 2019. Determined by the average of the top 125 salaries in the game, it’s the first season that the amount has taken a step backwards. That alone is just another bullet point...8526Wed, 16 Oct 2019 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/alds-takeaways-part-4-sluggers-go-close-together-r8528/Three games should hardly form the basis of a team’s offseason mentality, but this five-part series will explore five takeaways from the ALDS series that seem both clearer and more important now than they did a week ago. Here are links to Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. That was certainly on display d...8528Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-2019-awards-rookie-of-the-year-r8529/Since our site started handing out awards five years ago, the picks for top rookie have been Miguel Sano (2015), Max Kepler (2016), Trevor Hildenberger (2017), and Mitch Garver (2018). While Hildenberger has faded, the other three were key contributors to a 101-win team this year, with each rankin...8529Tue, 15 Oct 2019 02:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/leading-off-podcast-offseason-szn-is-upon-us-r8525/Hey everyone, your favorite or probably least favorite duo is back with another podcast! This is our first official episode during what we expect to be a fun offseason, and we previewed it all here. We included some free agent targets, 40-man roster questions, building a rotation, and much more so...8525Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/alds-takeaways-part-3-rocco-baldelli-and-his-security-blankets-r8523/Three games should hardly form the basis of a team’s offseason mentality, but this five-part series will explore five takeaways from the ALDS series that seem both clearer and more important now than they did a week ago. Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2. This is one area in which experience is...8523Mon, 14 Oct 2019 08:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/defensive-progress-key-to-solving-twins-run-prevention-problems-r8522/Take a look at how the 2019 Twins ranked in comparison to the rest of the league: If you’re not familiar with those stats, here are the FanGraphs Library entries: FIP, xFIP, SIERA, DRS, UZR, DEF. The Twins clearly need to add arms, especially considering their expected departures, but it’s not e...8522Mon, 14 Oct 2019 02:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-448-season-ends-offseason-begins-r8524/http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/116156848524Mon, 14 Oct 2019 00:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/4-crucial-lessons-to-take-away-from-the-2019-minnesota-twins-season-r8518/1. The position player core is solid The question of the off-season last year was whether or not Byron Buxton and Miguel Sanó would be a part of the Twins future, and if they were, then to what degree? That question was partly answered as Sanó hit for a career high 137 wRC+ and put up a career hig...8518Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/state-of-the-twins-rotation-r8517/Again, at a minimum, the Twins will either bring back some of the starters who will become free agents (Jake Odorrizi, Michael Pineda, and Kyle Gibson) and/or sign and trade for new pitchers. But this exercise will give us an idea of the current strength, or lack thereof, of the organization’s sta...8517Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/alds-takeaways-part-2-miguel-san%C3%B3-and-the-athleticism-gap-r8514/Three games should hardly form the basis of a team’s offseason mentality, but this five-part series will explore five takeaways from the ALDS series that seem both clearer and more important now than they did a week ago. Here is the link to Part 1. Neither hit was Sanó’s fault, exactly. The smart...8514Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/spending-the-twins-rotation-tab-r8513/To set up some initial parameters here, we need to understand the financial situation. The Twins are coming off a $120MM payroll after a $130MM payroll in 2018. A 2020 payroll should check in at no less than $135MM, and more realistically hover around $140MM. From a commitment standpoint there’s o...8513Fri, 11 Oct 2019 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/despite-research-that-shows-otherwise-mlb-insists-there-were-no-changes-to-postseason-baseballs-r8515/Data scientist and former FiveThirtyEight journalist Rob Arthur wrote a piece today for Baseball Prospectus. The premise was that the baseball teams played the game with all season is now gone, and that’s quite a damning revelation. If you don’t have access to a subscription at Baseball Prospectus...8515Thu, 10 Oct 2019 23:55:00 +0000