https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/761/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/offseason-blueprint-hey-big-spenders33-r7334/The Minnesota Twins opened the 2018 season with a $129.5 million payroll. It was the highest figure in franchise history, but still ranked just 16th among MLB teams. This tells you all you need to know about where the league currently stands with spending, even after a conspicuously splurge-avers...7334Mon, 05 Nov 2018 01:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/handbook-sampler-gleeman-on-kepler39s-outlook-r7333/By Aaron Gleeman: The plan, heading into the 2016 season, was for 23-year-old Max Kepler to spend at least a couple months at Triple-A, smoothing out any remaining rough edges in his game after being named MVP of the Double-A Southern League the previous year. Instead, he played all of two games...7333Sun, 04 Nov 2018 21:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2018-twins-highlights-web-gems-r7332/Just a reminder, earlier in this series I dedicated an entire post to Eddie Rosario and Willians Astudillo, so those two are not included in any of the compilations below. We’re going to go all the way around the horn, starting with pitchers and catchers. When you think about defense, you don’t of...7332Sat, 03 Nov 2018 15:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/offseason-blueprint-status-quo-r7331/In today’s installment, I will consider what the 2019 Twins roster might look like by continuing on the path of investing innings and at-bats with their young core and other young players who deserve an opportunity. The theory might be that if the front office still believes in the talent, the too...7331Fri, 02 Nov 2018 03:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/state-of-the-twins-coaching-staff-who39s-in-who39s-out-names-to-watch-r7330/It's clear that Minnesota's front office is placing an emphatic priority on optimizing this unit. "In my opinion, a staff is not just a manager and a bunch of guys," GM Thad Levine told The Athletic. "We hope to put together the best staff we possibly can." The Twins reportedly vetted up to two do...7330Fri, 02 Nov 2018 02:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/miguel-looking-for-his-yasiel-moment-r7329/Back in the summer of 2012, Yasiel Puig was all the rage. A Cuban defector, he was looking for a big payday with a major league team. Ned Colletti inked the outfielder on a seven-year, $42 million deal. Puig, 21 years old at the time, had taken roughly a year off to go through the signing process...7329Thu, 01 Nov 2018 23:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/offseason-handbook-greatest-hits-part-3-r7328/THE 2015-16 OFFSEASON Download the 2016 Offseason Handbook (Free) TR's Swan Song For four straight years, Twins general manager Terry Ryan was generous enough to grant us exclusive interviews for the Offseason Handbook, openly sharing his views and perspectives with our avid segment of th...7328Thu, 01 Nov 2018 02:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-claim-of-michael-reed-from-atlanta-r7327/The 25-year-old Reed played 44 games at Double-A Mississippi and hit .314/.446/.493 (.939). In 53 games at Triple-A Gwinnett, he hit .363/.459/.539 (.997). Combined, he hit 26 doubles and 11 home runs. Reed is a speedy outfielder who has always been able to take walks. He has shown some power...7327Wed, 31 Oct 2018 19:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/across-the-meadow-blueprint-reveal-r7326/For much greater detail, listen to our podcast. You can listen directly here or download directly from iTunes here. As it stands currently (with the six free agents), the Twins have 37 players on their 40-man roster. Both Jeremy and John are going to pare down that number by outrighting Johnny Fie...7326Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/offseason-blueprint-changing-the-course-r7325/The way I see it, the Twins have two options: 1) Try and go for it again in 2019 and build around the current roster, or 2) work to set things up better for 2020 and beyond. Sure, there are some moves that would accomplish both of those things, but I don’t envision the Twins signing a Bryce Harper...7325Wed, 31 Oct 2018 04:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/handbook-sampler-bollinger-on-key-offseason-decisions-r7323/By Rhett Bollinger: The 2018-19 offseason is set up to be one of the most interesting ones in years for the Twins, who have plenty of payroll flexibility with several contracts coming off the books, including Joe Mauer ($23 million) and Ervin Santana ($13 million). With roughly $70 million in payr...7323Wed, 31 Oct 2018 03:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/offseason-handbook-greatest-hits-part-2-r7322/THE 2013-14 OFFSEASON Download the 2014 Offseason Handbook (Free) Mauer Makes His Move Ahh, what a prescient cover design this turned out to be from our guy Brock Beauchamp: Joe Mauer, staring pensively off into the distance with his catcher's mask pulled over his head, symbolically walki...7322Tue, 30 Oct 2018 05:29:00 +0000