https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/738/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/det-9-min-3-third-out-eludes-gibson-eades-debuts-r7917/Box Score Gibson: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 67.0% strikes (63 of 94 pitches) Bullpen: 3.0 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K Home Runs: Cruz (10) Multi-Hit Games: Cruz (2-for-3, HR, BB) WPA of +0.1: Cruz .102 WPA of -0.1: Gonzalez -.185, Gibson -.294 (chart via FanGraphs) The key moment in this game c...7917Sat, 08 Jun 2019 23:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-6-det-3-offense-bullpen-come-through-late-as-twins-take-opener-r7914/Box Score Pineda: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 72.1% strikes (57 of 79 pitches) Home Runs: Garver (10), Cron (14), Cruz (9) Multi-Hit Games: Gonzalez (4-for-5, 2B, RBI), Garver (3-for-5, HR, RBI), Cron (2-for-4, HR), Buxton (2-for-4), Polanco (2-for-5) WPA of +0.1: Gonzalez .200, Garver .200, Cr...7914Sat, 08 Jun 2019 02:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baseball-hotbed-produces-another-hurler-qampa-with-matt-canterino-r7904/Selected right after fellow Conference USA competitor, and Cape Cod teammate Matt Wallner, Canterino joins the Twins organization with some familiarity on his side. One of the things most obvious about Canterino is his unique delivery, but whatever questions remain about it, the results seem to pr...7904Sat, 08 Jun 2019 00:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cali-connection-jumps-draft-boards-qampa-with-keoni-cavaco-r7913/Cavaco joins Royce Lewis, Travis Harrison, Aaron Hicks, Chris Parmelee, Matt Garza, Trevor Plouffe, and Adam Johnson as first rounders selected from California by the Twins since the year 2000. He’s expected to play on the left side of the infield, and it’s the bat that immediately jumps off the p...7913Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-5-cle-4-max-power-against-bauer-r7910/Box Score Berrios: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 69.2% strikes (74 of 107 pitches) Home Runs: Kepler 3 (15) Multi-Hit Games: Kepler (4 for 4, 3 HR, BB) WPA of +0.1: Kepler .310; Berrios .229; Rogers .200 WPA of -0.1: Magill -.193 (Chart via FanGraphs) Kepler got the scoring going on the second p...7910Fri, 07 Jun 2019 02:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/craig-kimbrel-and-risk-tolerance-r7908/I know, I know. "But Nick, Kimbrel and Darvish are different people! These are very different situations and shouldn't be viewed through the same lens!" That's true, to an extent. But the circumstances around Kimbrel and Darvish actually have stark similarities. For instance: Each was, arguably, t...7908Thu, 06 Jun 2019 23:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-bring-local-product-home-qampa-with-matt-wallner-r7903/Wallner is a Forest Lake, MN native and lit up the Metro prep scene prior to putting on a big blast barrage in Conference USA. Now headed to the organization he grew up watching, it’s time to learn a bit more about the Twins draft pick. Twins Daily: Being a local product and having been drafted by...7903Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/across-the-meadow-draft-recaps-r7905/We covered the first night with pretty quick recaps on Cavaco, Wallner and Canterino. We came back on Thursday morning (an AM podcast!) to discuss the second and third day of the draft. Who do we like? Who might not sign? And deeper dives on many of the players who heard their names called by the...7905Thu, 06 Jun 2019 17:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cle-9-min-7-bullpen-crumbles-on-night-kimbrel-signs-with-cubs-r7902/Box Score Perez: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 60.9% strikes (56 of 92 pitches) Home Runs: Buxton (7), Cruz (8), Polanco (10) Multi-Hit Games: Polanco (2-for-4, HR) WPA of +0.1: Buxton .191, Polanco .156 WPA of -0.1: Sano -.137, Perez -.218, Parker -.500 (chart via FanGraphs) The Twins held...7902Thu, 06 Jun 2019 04:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/miguel-sano-a-fading-superstar-r7900/Age Questions Back in 2012, one of the first pieces I wrote for Twins Daily examined the questions surrounding Miguel Sano’s age. MLB completed an investigation into his age, but the results were inconclusive. Sano had to drop his asking price and the Twins were happy to sign the young shortstop f...7900Wed, 05 Jun 2019 23:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily39s-box-score-526-6119-r7898/The graph for a week by week comparison of page views is above and I think it tells an interesting story. Expectations were low this spring after a disappointing 2018 season. On the other hand, expectations were high going into 2018 after making the Wild Card game in 2017. The traffic at Twins Dai...7898Wed, 05 Jun 2019 04:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cle-5-min-2-twins-can%E2%80%99t-figure-out-bieber-lindor-lifts-cleveland-r7895/Box Score Smeltzer: 6.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 59.8% strikes (49 of 82 pitches) Home Runs: Gonzalez (7), Rosario (18) Multi-Hit Games: Gonzalez (2-for-4, 2B, HR) WPA of +0.1: None WPA of -0.1: Kepler -.102, Smeltzer -.183 (chart via FanGraphs) The Twins had only one other true scoring threat,...7895Wed, 05 Jun 2019 01:42:00 +0000