https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/747/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-homer-happy-r7735/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 4/22 through Sun, 4/28 *** Record Last Week: 4-2 (Overall: 16-9) Run Differential Last Week: +7 (Overall: +27) Standing: 1st Place in AL Central (2.0 GA) Willians Watch: 5-for-21 last week (Season AVG: .295) We'll start with a rare bit of bad news: WILLIANS...7735Mon, 29 Apr 2019 03:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-423-homers-homers-homers-r7734/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Episode_423_2019-04-28.mp3?dest-id=745907734Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-4-bal-1-kepler-sets-tone-gibby-brings-it-home-r7732/Box Score Gibson: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 66.7% strikes (70 of 105 pitches) Home Runs: Kepler (7), Buxton (1) Multi-Hit Games: Kepler (2-for-4, 2B, HR) WPA of +0.1: Gibson .270, Gonzalez .162, Kepler .125 WPA of -0.1: None (chart via FanGraphs) Gibson did a really nice job pitching with th...7732Sun, 28 Apr 2019 21:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-9-bal-2-quality-from-berrios-quantity-from-the-bats-r7730/Box Score Berrios: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 69.3% strikes (70 of 101 pitches) Home Runs: Cron (5), Kepler 2 (6), Gonzalez (2), Castro (2) Multi-Hit Games: Kepler (2-for-4, 2 HR), Cruz (2-for-4, 2B), Cron (2-for-4, HR) WPA of +0.1: Cron .254, Cruz .131 WPA of -0.1: Schoop -.149 (chart via Fa...7730Sat, 27 Apr 2019 21:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-6-bal-1-sticking-to-the-formula-r7729/Box Score Perez: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 66.7% strikes (64 of 96 pitches) Home Runs: Cruz 2 (5), Rosario (11), Cron (4), Kepler (4) Multi-Hit Games: Cruz (3-for-4, 2 HR), Kepler (2-for-4, HR) WPA of +0.1: Perez .203, Cruz .133 WPA of -0.1: None (chart via FanGraphs) Mike Petriello of MLB.c...7729Sat, 27 Apr 2019 03:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-importance-of-jason-castro-r7727/I don’t think there is any Twin who has been more complained about this season than Jason Castro has. Even though I don’t agree with the large number of fans (at least that I have seen so far) that have been vocal about wanting him gone from the Twins, it’s completely understandable. After all, Mi...7727Fri, 26 Apr 2019 23:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-this-the-real-schoop-r7725/Jorge Polanco missed the first half of last year due to a PED suspension, and his arm has always appeared questionable from a position demanding strength. There was thought that Jorge could slide to second with Minnesota filling the void by inking a Freddy Galvis- or Jose Iglesias-type shortstop...7725Thu, 25 Apr 2019 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/across-the-meadow-early-season-recap-r7723/0:08 John will never be a homer. 0:09 Should the Twins have used an opener tonight? 0:10 The bullpen: Mejia, May, Hildenberger. 0:22 John loses his mind about officiating. 0:24 More bullpen 0:30 Craig Kimbrel 0:40 Amish farms 0:42 John interviews DSP 0:59 Finer Points Series 1:05 Local bar scene 1...7723Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:20:00 +0000https://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 +0000