https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/782/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-6-bal-2-jake-cave-is-the-hero-we-deserve-r6969/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Lance Lynn: 60 Game Score, 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 K, 2 BB, 59.0% strikes Bullpen: 3.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 K, 0 BB Lineup: 3-for-7 w/RISP, 5 LOB WPA of 0.1 or higher: Lynn .209, Dozier .135 WPA of -0.1 or lower: None Jake Cave is the hero we deserve. https://twitter.com/fsnorth/st...6969Sat, 07 Jul 2018 03:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/with-hope-of-contention-gone-what39s-next-r6968/Seth Stohs posed an interesting question on Twitter this week, asking Twins fans how to proportionally assign blame for the current state of the team between injuries/suspensions, player performance, front office, and managing. A stock practice of Twins fans and writers has been to build the term...6968Fri, 06 Jul 2018 17:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/prioritizing-trade-candidates-for-the-deadline-r6966/As is the nature of this miserable season, the Twins haven't seen trade candidates do much to build value, so the front office won't exactly be working from a position of great strength as the deadline approaches and buyers inquire. With that said, here's how I'd rank players on the "sell" board –...6966Fri, 06 Jul 2018 05:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-5-bal-2-slegers-cave-lift-twins-out-of-slump-r6965/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Aaron Slegers: 61 Game Score, 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 2 K, 1 BB, 65.3% strikes Bullpen: 3.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 K, 1 BB Lineup: 2-for-7 w/RISP, 7 LOB WPA of 0.1 or above: Slegers .266, Hildenberger .126, Cave .120 WPA of -0.1 or below: None This is exactly the type of game we’ve com...6965Fri, 06 Jul 2018 03:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/st-paul-saints-all-time-top-five-promotions-r6964/#5: Starting a game at 5 a.m. The Saints game on May 8, 2005 set a record for the earliest start time for a professional game, with the first pitch thrown at 5:35 a.m. The promotion was centered around Mother’s Day, and drew a crowd of 2,253 to Midway Stadium. One of the giveaways was free cereal....6964Fri, 06 Jul 2018 01:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/front-office-flop-for-the-twins-r6963/When searching for answers, the Twins could build an extensive laundry list of things that haven’t gone their way. Two of the most integral figures when it comes to defining future success aren’t currently on the big-league roster (despite being healthy), the staff ace of a season ago (along with...6963Thu, 05 Jul 2018 21:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-2018-mlb-draft-signing-tracker-r6864/For this year’s draft the Twins had a total bonus pool of $5.93 million, which can be divvied up among each of their picks in the first ten rounds. Additionally, if any pick after round ten signs for more than $125K the amount of money they exceed it by comes out of the Twins total bonus pool. Bel...6864Thu, 05 Jul 2018 06:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mil-3-min-2-pushing-against-a-stone-r6960/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Jose Berrios: 44 Game Score, 7.0 IP, 3 ER, 3 K, 2 BB, 61.9% strikes Bullpen: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB Lineup: 1-for-8 w/RISP, 4 LOB WPA of 0.1 or higher: Polanco .195 WPA of -0.1 or lower: Kepler -.222, Garver -.113, Cave -.110 The Twins have been an ugly combinatio...6960Wed, 04 Jul 2018 23:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mil-2-min-0-strikeouts-galore-r6958/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Jake Odorizzi: 51 Game Score, 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 9 K, 4 BB, 61.5% strikes Bullpen: 3 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 7 K, 0 BB Lineup: 0-for-5 w/RISP, 8 LOB Bottom three per WPA: Jake Cave -.118, Max Kepler -.111, Bobby Wilson -.105 As you can probably tell from that intro, if you di...6958Wed, 04 Jul 2018 00:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mil-6-min-5-oh-that-rodney-experience-r6955/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Kyle Gibson: 35 Game Score, 5 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 3 K, 2 BB, 62.8% strikes Bullpen: 4.1 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 5 K, 2 BB Lineup: 2-for-8 w/RISP, 5 LOB Bottom three per WPA: Zach Littell -.355, Fernando Rodney -.286, Bobby Wilson -.135 We had a good run without having to deal wi...6955Tue, 03 Jul 2018 04:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-time-to-trade-kyle-gibson-is-now-r6953/Kyle Gibson has looked like a new and improved pitcher in 2018. Not only has Gibson dropped his ERA to a level lower than it has ever been, but he is also striking out batters at a much higher rate than he ever has. So far this year, Gibson has struck out 23.3 percent of batters that he has faced...6953Mon, 02 Jul 2018 22:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-376-is-it-over-r6950/6950Mon, 02 Jul 2018 03:04:00 +0000