https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/793/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/chs-field-proving-to-be-anything-but-heaven-for-st-paul-saints-r7033/The Saints Struggle at Home Since moving into CHS Field, the St. Paul Saints have taken full advantage of their fancy new digs. In 2015, when the club set a franchise record for victories (74), the Saints were 38-12 at home. A season later, they went 34-16, helping them to win the North Division f...7033Wed, 25 Jul 2018 00:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gm-for-a-deadline-part-two-r7031/As teams look at the market, it becomes a balance of “what have you done for me lately?” and “who is this player typically?” When the answer to both of those questtions is very good, you’re getting a lot in return. Negotiations become slightly more difficult when the answers don’t match up… especi...7031Tue, 24 Jul 2018 03:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-8-tor-3-twins-cruise-over-toronto-r7030/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Adalberto Mejia: 46 Game Score, 5.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 K, 2 BB, 60.8% strikes Bullpen: 3.2 IP, 2 ER, 6 K, 3 BB Lineup: 4-for-14 w/RISP, 6 LOB WPA of 0.1 or higher: Escobar .189, Morrison .168, Mauer .165, Mejia .101 WPA of -0.1 or lower: None Let’s go around the horn … Fi...7030Tue, 24 Jul 2018 02:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-kansas-city-misery-r7027/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 7/16 through Sun, 7/22 *** Record Last Week: 0-3 (Overall: 44-53) Run Differential Last Week: -5 (Overall: -28) Standing: 2nd Place in AL Central (9.5 GB) HIGHLIGHTS Kauffman Stadium. That's almost it, really. I traveled down to Kansas City with my fiancée for...7027Mon, 23 Jul 2018 02:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kc-5-min-3-royals-sweep-twins-butera-hits-inside-the-park-homer-seriously-r7025/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Jake Odorizzi: 72 Game Score, 6.0 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 8 K, 1 BB, 67.0 % strikes Bullpen: 2.0 IP, 3 ER, 0 K, 2 BB Lineup: 1-for-4 w/RISP, 3 LOB WPA of 0.1 or higher: Dozier .107 WPA of -0.1 or lower: Hildenberger -.349 First Base Before we even get to the game, there is...7025Sun, 22 Jul 2018 21:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kc-4-min-2-for-sale-r7023/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Lance Lynn: 43 Game Score, 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 6 K, 6 BB, 55.9% strikes Bullpen: 3.0 IP, 1 ER, 1 K, 3 BB Lineup: 2-for-4 w/RISP, 6 LOB WPA of 0.1 or higher: Mauer .105 WPA of -0.1 or lower: Cave -.110, Polanco -.144, Dozier -.191 First Base Congratulations are in order!...7023Sun, 22 Jul 2018 03:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kc-6-min-5-maybe-it%E2%80%99s-better-off-this-way-r7021/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Kyle Gibson: 43 Game Score, 5.1 IP, 4 ER, 5 K, 2 BB, 63.1% strikes Bullpen: 2.2 IP, 2 ER, 1 K, 1 BB Lineup: 3-for-13 w/RISP, 11 LOB WPA of 0.1 or higher: Garver .154 WPA of -0.1 or lower: Rosario -.111, Dozier -.143, Gibson -.154, Kepler -.300. After really playing...7021Sat, 21 Jul 2018 03:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/miguel-sano-promoted-to-triple-a-rochester-r7020/Sano’s time in a Miracle jersey is over. In 19 games with the Miracle, Sano hit .328/.442/.453 with two home runs and two doubles. He posted a 21 to 13 strike out to walk ratio. Sano played 10 games at third base and nine games as the designated hitter. He committed one error in 23 chances at...7020Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/dozier-hasn39t-changed-and-could-pay-big-for-twins-r7019/Recently, Patrick Reusse wrote a nice article on Dozier in the Star Tribune. The backbone of the column was that Dozier has provided the Twins with an immense amount of value. That’s absolutely spot on and in buying out his arbitration years, the Twins found themselves cashing in big on Brian. For...7019Fri, 20 Jul 2018 18:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gm-for-a-deadline-part-one-r7017/The idea of supplementing last year’s playoff roster with new additions to the rotation (Jake Odorizzi and Lance Lynn), adding three proven players to the back of the bullpen (Fernando Rodney, Addison Reed and Zach Duke) and plugging the potential of 30+ home runs (Logan Morrison) to an already po...7017Thu, 19 Jul 2018 23:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/all-eyes-on-fort-myers-r7016/By wrapping up the first half with a 9-2 home stand, Minnesota undid the damage of a disastrous 1-8 road trip, but this only returned them to their lackluster watermark: six games below .500 and trailing Cleveland by more than a touchdown in the standings. While this recent run has done enough to...7016Thu, 19 Jul 2018 06:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-owe-it-to-themselves-to-look-at-existing-talent-in-second-half-r7013/I argued in my notes on a hypothetical plan for the Twins’ second half that they need to look inward at their talent pool to assess what they have and what they need going forwards. There are three prime examples of the necessity of this practice; Niko Goodrum, Randy Rosario, and Dereck Rodriguez....7013Thu, 19 Jul 2018 02:36:00 +0000