https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/80/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/brewers-9-twins-0-brewers-pressure-breaks-the-twins-yet-again-r18567/Box Score SP: Simeon Woods Richardson 6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K – 95 pitches, 62 strikes (65%) Home Runs: N/A Bottom 3 WPA: Woods Richardson (-.213), Ty France (-.087), Willi Castro (-.077) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)    After their latest "worst loss of the season,"...18567Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/this-strategy-could-fix-simeon-woods-richardsons-starts-r18516/Simeon Woods Richardson had his best start of the season on Sunday, throwing five scoreless innings and allowing just one hit in Houston. It was a sharp, efficient outing that gave the bullpen a bit of a breather and kept the Twins in a tight game against a quality opponent. And yet, encour...18516Sat, 21 Jun 2025 19:01:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/first-sdi-rankings-hold-multiple-surprises-for-the-twins-r18560/As defensive metrics continue to evolve and become more publicly available, fans now have more ways than ever to measure what their eyes see on the field. The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) has once again released its first installment of the SABR Defensive Index (SDI) for the 202...18560Sat, 21 Jun 2025 11:06:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/brewers-17-twins-6-evisceration-r18564/Box Score Joe Ryan: 5 ⅓ IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 7 K Home Runs: Matt Wallner (6) Bottom 3 WPA: Justin Topa (-.081), Carlos Correa (-.060), Harrison Bader (.051) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)   Fresh off an impotent Reds series only saved by a third-game offensive expl...18564Sat, 21 Jun 2025 03:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/carson-mccusker-should-be-on-the-roster-right-now-r18544/The Twins have posted a .669 OPS against left-handed pitching so far in 2025. As a result, opposing teams have begun to throw whatever southpaws they have on their roster with little to no repercussions. There may be no legitimate answer to this problem within the organization, but the Twins' re...18544Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:37:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/put-byron-buxton-in-the-home-run-derby-r18557/Whether Byron Buxton should be an All-Star should not be up for debate. He leads American League center fielders in home runs, RBIs, OPS, wRC+, fWAR, and slugging average. He would lead most of those stats for all AL outfielders, if not for Aaron Judge. He’s had numerous defensive plays that hav...18557Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-willi-castros-eye-black-meant-doesnt-solely-depend-on-what-he-was-thinking-when-he-donned-it-r18533/On Jun. 6's Friday night home game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins utility player Willi Castro sported eye black resembling the Trans Pride Flag, shown below: Days and weeks after the Friday night game, Castro's gesture gradually garnered national attention, including st...18533Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:39:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-minnesota-twins-expiring-contracts-on-the-mlb-trade-deadline-big-board-r18545/Following the blockbuster Rafael Devers trade, a trio of writers from The Athletic created the first MLB Trade Deadline Big Board of potential players who could be traded in the next month and a half. The top five players on the list are Boston’s Jarren Duran, Milwaukee’s Freddy Peralta, Baltimo...18545Thu, 19 Jun 2025 23:11:04 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-12-reds-5-byron-buxton-homers-twice-carlos-correa-tallies-three-hits-to-stop-losing-skid-r18556/Box Score SP: Chris Paddack 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 3 K, 0 BB (82 pitches, 51 strikes (62%)) Home Runs: Byron Buxton 2 (14), Kody Clemens (7), Ryan Jeffers (5) Top 3 WPA: Buxton .175, Clemens .168, Jeffers .136 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): After six straight losses and a...18556Thu, 19 Jun 2025 20:09:20 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/christian-v%C3%A1zquez-isnt-producing-but-hes-not-going-anywhere-r18548/When the Twins brought in Christian Vázquez before the 2023 season, they knew the bat might not be a strength. The hope was that his defense, leadership, and experience would carry the load. But in his third season with the team, even that intentionally imbalanced profile is starting to break do...18548Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:06:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/happy-juneteenth-from-twins-daily-r18552/The idea of America is, arguably, the greatest in human history. Iterating on the ideas of philosophers like John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson laid down a mission statement for a country that was, at that moment, no more than a dream: From those founding phrases came...18552Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:12:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royce-lewis-byron-buxton-and-baseballs-bullying-ways-r18535/When Royce Lewis met with reporters over the weekend, following his second trip to the injured list this season, his frustration was impossible to miss. After re-injuring the same left hamstring that sidelined him for the first six weeks of the 2025 campaign, Lewis sounded emotional and exhauste...18535Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:09:01 +0000