https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/780/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/with-machado-gone-eduardo-escobar-becomes-the-best-shortstop-available-r7014/Fortunately for the Twins, the next best available shortstop on the trade market now appears to be Eduardo Escobar. Now, I know Escobar has spent the majority of his time this year at third base, and he is a much better defender at the hot corner, but Escobar still has the ability to play short an...7014Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-roundtable-floundered-r7010/Nick Nelson Sadly it is a pretty long list, but to me the clear answer is Byron Buxton. It doesn't all fall on his shoulders – injuries, bad luck and questionable decision-making from the front office have played their parts – but however you want to apportion the blame, Buxton's season has been a...7010Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/first-half-review-injuries-and-frustration-r7012/For today’s article, we are going to make the assumption that the Twins 9-2 homestand has pushed them from certain sellers to fairly inactive at the July 31 trade deadline. While it’s easy to say that the 2018 season has been disappointing, should we really be surprised? I mean, before the season...7012Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-378-putting-the-first-half-to-bed-r7005/GLEEMAN AND THE GEEK: EPISODE 378 Sponsored by Bye, Goff, and Rohde, SotaStick, and SeatGeek.7005Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-stadium-tour-san-diego39s-petco-park-r7004/https://twitter.com/TwinsGeek/status/1018613461977198592 https://twitter.com/TwinsGeek/status/1018614164137205760 https://twitter.com/TwinsGeek/status/1018614756582625280 https://twitter.com/TwinsGeek/status/1018616024436899840 https://twitter.com/...7004Mon, 16 Jul 2018 03:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-breaking-good-r7002/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 7/9 through Sun, 7/15 *** Record Last Week: 5-2 (Overall: 44-50) Run Differential Last Week: -2 (Overall: -23) Standing: 2nd Place in AL Central (7.5 GB) HIGHLIGHTS The offense was cooking this week, producing 48 runs in seven games. The unit's fine work includ...7002Sun, 15 Jul 2018 23:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-11-tb-7-dozier-grand-slam-ends-wild-game-first-half-r7001/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Fernando Romero: 35 Game Score, 4.1 IP, 4 ER, 1 K, 0 BB, 65.4% strikes Bullpen: 5.2 IP, 3 ER, 6 K, 4 BB Lineup: 6-for-12 w/RISP, 9 LOB WPA of 0.1 or higher: Dozier .550, Rosario .293, Busenitz .254, Mauer .210, Polanco .134, Rogers .111 WPA of -0.1 or lower: Hildenb...7001Sun, 15 Jul 2018 23:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tb-19-min-6-this-never-happened-r6999/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Jose Berrios: 45 Game Score, 6.0 IP, 6 ER, 5 K, 3 BB, 62.8% strikes Bullpen: 3.0 IP, 13 ER, 2 K, 1 BB Lineup: 4-for-11 w/RISP, 11 LOB WPA of 0.1 or higher: Rosario .303, Wilson .169 WPA of -0.1 or lower: Duke -.537, Berrios -.309, Dozier -.104 What do you really ne...6999Sun, 15 Jul 2018 00:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-11-tb-8-twins-get-a-scare-on-friday-the-13th-prevail-over-pesky-rays-r6998/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Jake Odorizzi: 27 Game Score, 4.1 IP, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 K, 1 BB, 58.4% strikes Bullpen: 4.2 IP, 2 ER, 7 K, 1 BB Lineup: 6-for-13 w/RISP, 7 LOB WPA of 0.1 or higher: Grossman .125, Cave .124, Mauer .100 WPA of -0.1 or lower: None Things got off to such a wonderful start....6998Sat, 14 Jul 2018 03:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-5-tb-1-who%E2%80%99s-the-snub-r6995/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Kyle Gibson: 84 Game Score, 8.0 IP, 1 ER, 9 K, 0 BB, 63.7% strikes Bullpen: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 1 BB Lineup: 2-for-7 w/RISP, 5 LOB WPA of 0.1 or higher: Gibson .370 WPA of -0.1 or lower: Astudillo -.111 Gibson has been remarkably consistent, and entered this start h...6995Fri, 13 Jul 2018 05:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/dozier%E2%80%99s-days-numbered-then-what-r6993/A late-bloomer, Dozier didn’t reach the big leagues until 25, and he was initially cast as a shortstop. We saw how that went, and he was quickly sent over to second base. Fast forward two more years, and the 28 year-old was a first time All-Star while being arguably the best power-hitting two-bagg...6993Thu, 12 Jul 2018 23:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/hildenberger-back-in-late-inning-role-r6992/To say Trevor Hildenberger was a bit of a late-bloomer might be an understatement. He wasn’t drafted out of high school. He didn’t have a ton of offers from Division I schools to sift through. The first three years that he spent at Cal-Berkeley, he hardly got on the mound. In his fourth year, he p...6992Thu, 12 Jul 2018 05:55:00 +0000