https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/775/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/handbook-sampler-berardino-sets-the-stage-r7317/By Mike Berardino: Minnesota Twins offseasons typically haven’t been like most others around the major leagues. Well-practiced stealth and ultimate frustration have mostly been their M.O., with far more tire-kicking than jersey-holding marking their frozen winters of so-called hot stove activity....7317Sun, 28 Oct 2018 02:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2018-twins-highlights-mauer-milestones-and-more-r7316/The latest in the season the Twins held a record over .500 was April 21 when they were 8-7. Being basically a non-factor for so much of the summer put a strain on a fan base hungry for a contender. While the team never really found its footing, Mauer provided some nice alternate story lines to fol...7316Sat, 27 Oct 2018 01:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baldelli-and-buxton-the-power-of-parallels-r7315/The Twins have a bevy of tasks in front of them, but none are more important to their short-term outlook than getting Byron Buxton back on track. His game-changing ability makes him an elite difference-maker in the game, and Buxton's total lack of contribution in 2018 was one of the biggest reason...7315Fri, 26 Oct 2018 05:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baldelli%E2%80%99s-the-guy-now-what-r7314/After being told to stick with Paul Molitor upon their hiring Derek Falvey and Thad Levine now get to usher in their guy. Rocco Baldelli becomes the first manager hired without ties to the Twins organization since Ray Miller back in 1985. He takes over at 37 years of age, with no managerial experi...7314Thu, 25 Oct 2018 23:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/reports-twins-to-hire-rocco-baldelli-as-manager-r7313/Rocco Baldelli is replacing Hall of Famer Paul Molitor as the Twins manager. Baldelli’s playing career was unfortunately cut short due to mitochondrial channelopathy, a rare disease that caused injury and fatigue. Baldelli finished third in Rookie of the Year voting in 2003 when he hit .289/.326/....7313Thu, 25 Oct 2018 05:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/offseason-handbook-greatest-hits-part-1-r7312/THE 2011-12 OFFSEASON Download the 2012 Offseason Handbook Here (Free) Off the Marq Jason Marquis was on the list of free agent starter options we profiled, but certainly not near the top coming off a mediocre 2012 campaign. Our blurb on hIm: Jason Marquis’s one redeeming quality at this...7312Thu, 25 Oct 2018 03:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-bite-sized-history-part-7-changes-amp-reconstruction-r7309/Part 7 of a 12-part series that breaks Twins history into fun-sized chunks.You can find more here: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 Local business leaders responded by mounting a ticket-buying campaign of the cheapest unused tickets available to artificially inflate the atten...7309Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/your-turn-what-do-you-want-from-a-manager-r7310/Instead of regurgitating old, tired discussions about why the Twins needed to fire Paul Molitor (or Ron Gardenhire before him), let’s be a little more productive. Let’s not jump to hyperbole and automatically bash everything about the Twins brass. Like all of us, there is good and not-so-good in e...7310Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-395-setting-the-stage-r7308/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/ep_395_FINAL.mp3 Sponsored by Sota Stick and Away Travel.7308Mon, 22 Oct 2018 02:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2018-twins-highlights-longest-home-runs-r7307/Here are the top-five longest home runs hit by Twins batters in 2018, as measured by Statcast’s projected distance: 5. Logan Morrison, 442 feet off Glenn Sparkman on Aug. 4 https://twitter.com/TwinsHighlights/status/1053450878412308480 4. Jake Cave, 443 feet off Yovani Gallardo on Sept. 1 https://...7307Sun, 21 Oct 2018 01:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2018-twins-highlights-top-pitching-performances-r7306/If you read the game recaps here at Twins Daily you should at least have some familiarity with the term Game Score. It’s a fun stat originally created by Bill James as a way to evaluate a starter’s performance. Tom Tango then built on that idea and developed Game Score 2.0. Here’s a link to some m...7306Sat, 20 Oct 2018 03:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-if-this-is-the-max-for-kepler-r7305/Entering the 2019 season, Kepler will be a 26-year-old with over 400 games and 1,600 plate appearances under his belt. He’ll have what amounts to roughly three full big-league seasons and should be more prime than a prospect at this point. Looking back at the past two seasons however, growth is ha...7305Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:30:00 +0000