https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/748/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/craig-kimbrel%E2%80%99s-trickle-down-effect-r7717/Early Season Results Minnesota’s limited amount of games to start the season has certainly altered the bullpen’s results. Only three pitchers have appeared in double-digits games (Trevor May, Trevor Hildenberger, and Taylor Rogers). Blake Parker and Taylor Rogers have split save situations with bo...7717Wed, 24 Apr 2019 01:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-9-hou-5-bats-thrive-pitching-survives-r7715/Box Score Odorizzi: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 63% strikes Home Runs: Castro (1), Polanco (4) Multi-Hit Games: Polanco (4-5, 2B, HR), Cruz (2-5, both infield hits) WPA of +0.1: Odorizzi (.157), Cron (.146), Polanco (.149), Kepler (.112) WPA of -0.1: none (chart via FanGraphs) Lowest High-Hang...7715Tue, 23 Apr 2019 04:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-ryne-harper-continue-his-early-season-success-r7711/One of Harper’s first pieces of success has been his ability to limit hard contact. Out of the 22 batted balls against him this season, none have been barreled up. This has helped his 89.8 exit velocity to be right around the league average. By not giving up hard contact, there have been few hits...7711Tue, 23 Apr 2019 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/get-buck-in-here-%E2%80%93-moving-time-r7712/Looking at their ranks across baseball, it’s hard to nitpick anything in the lineup that’s a glaring weakness. This group is second in wOBA, ISO, SLG, and OPS. They are top five in wRC+ and top in in both fWAR and OBP. Scoring an average of 5.63 runs per game, they are producing at the fourth best...7712Mon, 22 Apr 2019 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-422-bashing-baltimore-amp-considering-kimbrel-r7710/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_422_Bashing_Baltimore_and_Considering_Kimbrel.mp3?dest-id=745907710Mon, 22 Apr 2019 03:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-bounceback-in-baltimore-r7709/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 4/15 through Sun, 4/21 *** Record Last Week: 4-3 (Overall: 12-7) Run Differential Last Week: +8 (Overall: +20) Standing: 1st Place in AL Central (1.0 GA) Willians Watch: 5-for-21 last week (Season AVG: .295) Outscoring their opponents by eight over the past...7709Mon, 22 Apr 2019 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-4-bal-3-gibby-good-hildy-holds-rogers-saves-the-sweep-r7707/Box Score Gibson: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 61.8% strikes (55 of 89 pitches) Home Runs: None Multi-Hit Games: Cron (2-for-3, BB), Adrianza (2-for-4) WPA of +0.1: Hildenberger .340, Gibson .168, Cron .112 WPA of -0.1: Rosario -.108, May -.165 (chart via FanGraphs) Kyle Gibson had by far his b...7707Sun, 21 Apr 2019 20:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/dave-st-peter-on-expectations-attendance-and-concessions-r7704/When Target Field opened in 2010 fans were excited, people were clamoring for season tickets and the team was a playoff contender. That year attendance reached 3,223,640 people. For nine straight years, attendance has gone down in all but one. The attendance for the 2018 season was 1,959,197. Almo...7704Sun, 21 Apr 2019 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-420-poppen-off-with-a-lot-of-strikeouts-r7706/TRANSACTIONS -OF Mark Contreras tranferred from AA Pensacola to A+ Fort Myers -RHP Jacob Blank transferred from A+ Fort Myers to Rookie ball Elizabethton RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 8, Lehigh Valley 13 Box Score Chase De Jong: 2.0 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 52.1% strikes (38 of 73 pitches) HR: John...7706Sun, 21 Apr 2019 03:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/super-rosario-stars-as-twins-sweep-doubleheader-r7705/Game 1: Box Score Berrios: 6.0 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 60.6% strikes (63 of 104 pitches) Home Runs: Rosario 2 (8), Astudillo (2) Multi-Hit Games: Rosario (3-for-5, 2B, 2 HR), Astudillo (2-for-4, HR) WPA of +0.1: Rosario .244, Rogers .207, Castro .165, Buxton .107 WPA of -0.1: Berrios -.100,Gonz...7705Sun, 21 Apr 2019 03:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pitch-framing-a-sabermetric-based-analysis-of-twins-play-by-play-broadcaster-dick-bremer-r7703/In this post, we'll be looking at the tendencies of longtime Twins play-by-play broadcaster Dick Bremer, who has a very specific methodology: Since it sounds more impressive when a pitcher hits the corner of the strike zone, any and all parts of the strike zone and its immediate surroundings quali...7703Sat, 20 Apr 2019 16:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tor-7-min-4-rosario-homers-twice-as-twins-drop-game-series-r7699/Box Score Pineda: 3.2 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 64.0% strikes (48 of 75 pitches) Home Runs: Rosario 2 (6) Multi-Hit Games: Rosario (2-for-4, 2 HR), Astudillo (2-for-4), Schoop (2-for-4) WPA of +0.1: Rosario .105, Harper .100 WPA of -0.1: Kepler -.144, Pineda -.472 (chart via FanGraphs) The Twins...7699Thu, 18 Apr 2019 21:46:00 +0000