https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/746/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-413-marwin-gonzalez-r7552/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/ep_413_FINAL.mp37552Sun, 24 Feb 2019 21:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/top-10-candidates-for-2019-sire-of-fort-myers-r7550/So this spring, we will set out to identify those players who have the most to gain from posting impressive stat lines and eventually crown one of them Sire of Fort Myers. I know what some of you are thinking, “really, are we that desperate for baseball we’re going to keep an eye on a bunch of has...7550Sat, 23 Feb 2019 19:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-marwin-gonzalez-fixes-a-problem-we-just-don39t-know-which-one-yet-r7549/So he’s a really interesting player - a plus bat with extreme versatility - and going into the offseason, everyone kind of assumed that a team would sign him as a starting player in one of the many positions at which he has played. That’s the traditional way to sign a player. If you think of this...7549Sat, 23 Feb 2019 03:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-opening-day-stuff-r7548/All of those factors work in fans’ favor, too. Plus, the first day of full squad workouts (which was Monday) is an open house at Hammond Stadium. The team opens the stadium, serves half-price concessions, and fans can watch live batting practice (which is where we saw Willians Astudillo go deep on...7548Sat, 23 Feb 2019 02:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/breaking-twins-to-sign-versatile-marwin-gonzalez-r7546/Gonzalez, who turns 30 next month, has spent all seven of his big-league seasons with the Houston Astros, winning a World Series in 2017. He's mostly been a solid, above-average hitter throughout his career, and had his best season in 2017 with a .907 OPS and 23 homers, but is best known for his a...7546Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/your-dad-weighing-options-for-mispronouncing-marwin-gonzalez-r7545/“He was pretty animated,” said Your Stepmom. “He kept going on about how they have all this money to spend and that this Merlin fellow wasn’t going to help them beat Cleveland.” Your Dad, who was heard discussing the effectiveness of Twins reliever “Travis Hamburger” last Labor Day weekend at a fa...7545Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/musical-chairs-in-the-bullpen-r7544/The Twins will almost surely break camp with just seven relievers, or eight if you count Martin Perez, since a fifth pitcher isn’t needed until April 16th. With Perez starting in the bullpen, and with very little buzz around camp regarding “Openers” there is no good reason to carry eight other bul...7544Fri, 22 Feb 2019 03:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/projections-opportunity-and-where-it-stands-in-minnesota-r7539/Projection systems are built on input parameters; there’s no emotion or belief in what could be possible. Although the Twins front office has carried the water that 2019 almost solely relies on Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano, the computer isn’t playing with that same fire. Sano and Buxton both proje...7539Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-looking-for-a-bounceback-part-3-r7542/This is the third part of a three-part series of interviews with Twins bounceback candidates. Part 1 | Part 2 “After I came back from the injury, I was good,” claims Schoop. “I’ve got no excuses. I was good.” But there were after effects unrelated to the pain. “Everybody told me that my swing cha...7542Thu, 21 Feb 2019 02:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-have-to-do-something-about-the-bullpen-r7541/Here’s hoping anyone who ends up converting takes quickly to the role. They won’t exactly be joining the most experienced bullpen out there. Take a look at the 40-man roster, there’s an alarming lack of arms with prior MLB experience pitching out of the bullpen. Here’s the entire list of pitchers...7541Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-looking-for-a-bounceback-part-2-r7540/This is the second part of a three-part series of interviews with Twins bounceback candidates. Part 1. Maybe that’s because we saw it happen, or maybe we already invested our emotions in the turnaround last year, so there’s nothing left. Whatever the reason, I don’t think it’s because the player...7540Wed, 20 Feb 2019 03:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-looking-for-a-bounceback-part-1-r7538/Jake Odorizzi Almost exactly a year ago, the Minnesota Twins traded for Jake Odorizzi, coming off (for him) a substandard year for the Tampa Bay Rays. Mind you, that meant a 4.14 ERA, which looked pretty good for a pitching-starved Twins franchise. I was especially optimistic about him given that...7538Tue, 19 Feb 2019 04:26:00 +0000