https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/744/?d=1enhttps://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 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tracking-reinforcements-for-the-twins-r7780/Looking at how well the lineup has performed, and the depth that should be available to keep a long and dismal slump at bay, pitching is where Minnesota can look to improve. The starting rotation went into the year with a clear ace, but the performances from Martin Perez and Jake Odorizzi have bee...7780Thu, 09 May 2019 23:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-425-live-at-first-draft-r7781/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_425_Live_at_First_Draft_FINAL.mp37781Thu, 09 May 2019 22:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who-is-the-face-of-the-minnesota-twins-r7778/Yesterday, I was trying to answer that question for myself. So I decided to run a poll over on Twitter, and it stirred up a lot of debate among Twins fans. https://twitter.com/AndrewThares/status/1126213276721983489 With that being said, let’s take a look at the case for some of the leading candid...7778Thu, 09 May 2019 16:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/martin-perez-and-a-cutter%E2%80%99s-birth-r7775/Maybe fans shouldn’t have doubted the Twins front office. Thad Levine was very familiar with Perez from his own days in the Rangers front office. Before joining the Twins, Derek Falvey might have been best known for what he was able to do with the Cleveland pitching staff. Everything’s Bigger in T...7775Thu, 09 May 2019 02:30:00 +0000