https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/77/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-5-phillies-0-phillies-shut-out-at-home-by-mick-abel-and-the-twins-r19216/Box Score SP: Mick Abel 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K (73 pitches, 53 strikes (72.6%)) Home Runs: Byron Buxton (35), James Outman (6), Ryan Fitzgerald (4) Top 3 WPA: Abel (.340), Buxton (.112), Outman (.068) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)    Mick Abel took the hill agains...19216Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/from-pretender-to-contender-lessons-the-twins-can-take-from-recent-al-central-comebacks-r19207/  The last two seasons in the American League Central have offered up something rarely seen in baseball: historic comebacks. Both the Detroit Tigers in 2024 and the Cleveland Guardians in 2025 demonstrated that a club can transition from being out of contention to playing meaningful basebal...19207Sat, 27 Sep 2025 12:19:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/phillies-3-twins-1-christian-vazquez-homer-breaks-of-aaron-nola-perfect-game-no-hitter-and-shutout-twins-lose-r19211/Box Score SP: Joe Ryan: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 9 K Home Runs: Christian Vázquez (3) Bottom 3 WPA: Trevor Larnach (-0.248), Byron Buxton (-0.134), Brooks Lee (-0.088) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)  I think I will miss this team. There’s a comfort in baseball, in the everyday...19211Sat, 27 Sep 2025 04:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/derek-falveys-pitch-for-hope-in-twins-territory-r19208/The 2025 season has not gone the way anyone inside Target Field imagined. Injuries, inconsistency, and missed opportunities left the Twins outside of serious contention, and the frustration has been evident among the fan base.  However, in a recent episode of Inside Twins, Derek Falvey, the...19208Fri, 26 Sep 2025 16:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/you-mean-the-minnesota-twins-could-have-been-stealing-bases-the-whole-time-r19206/You read that right. This September, the Twins have stolen 34 bases. The next-highest total for a team is 25, by the Baltimore Orioles. And it’s not like the Twins have been inefficient, either. They’ve only been caught six times, successfully stealing 85% of the time, which ranks them as the ni...19206Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:10:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-4-rangers-0-byron-buxtons-sunshine-season-and-bailey-obers-roadmap-r19210/  Box Score Starting Pitcher: Bailey Ober - 6 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 5 SO (78 pitches, 52 strikes) Home Runs: Byron Buxton 2 (34) Top 3 WPA: Ober (.387), Buxton (.182), Kody Funderburk (.106) Win Probability Chart (per FanGraphs) We always list the top three win probability players...19210Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:03:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who-will-be-the-minnesota-twins-closer-in-2026-r19202/Through all of the ups and downs the Twins have experienced in the past 25 years or so — the many changes in managers, front office makeup and team quality — one thing has remained relatively constant: the presence of at least one All-Star caliber fixture at the back end of the bullpen. Fro...19202Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:07:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/matt-wallners-unfulfilling-2025-season-and-uncertain-future-r19204/Last Friday, the Minnesota Twins announced that Matt Wallner’s season is officially over, with an oblique strain sending him to the injured list. For the 27-year-old Forest Lake native, it closes the book on a year where he fell short of expectations. Hopes were sky-high for Wallner entering the...19204Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:04:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/rangers-4-twins-2-taj-bradley-sparkles-but-twins-cant-put-winning-effort-around-him-r19205/Box Score SP: Taj Bradley 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K (90 pitches, 60 strikes (66%)) Home Runs: Byron Buxton (32) Bottom 3 WPA: Travis Adams (-.301), Ryan Jeffers (-.208), Ryan Fitzgerald (-.117) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Leading off Wednesday night's tussle with th...19205Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:38:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-abs-challenge-system-is-here-how-do-twins-players-feel-and-what-are-the-implications-r19199/On Tuesday, MLB’s Joint Competition Committee voted to implement the ABS Challenge System that teams and fans saw in spring training this season. Something of a compromise between true robo-umps and the system baseball uses today, the arrangement will allow hitters, catchers, or pitchers to chal...19199Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/which-of-twins-10-arbitration-eligible-players-will-they-non-tender-this-offseason-r19196/At some point in late November each year, teams need to decide whether to tender contracts to their arbitration-eligible players, or whether they will allow them to become free agents immediately. Heading into 2026, the Minnesota Twins will have decisions to make on no fewer than 10 players....19196Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:10:41 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/one-inning-in-2025-that-changed-minnesota-twins-forever-r19197/The first pitch hit the zone, and the stakes were invisible but heavy. Baseball is a game of microseconds, but some seconds feel like they can tilt a franchise. In July 2025, at Coors Field, the Minnesota Twins discovered exactly how fragile momentum can be. 2024’s Warning Twins fans saw...19197Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:31:02 +0000