https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/814/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-rays-420610pm-ct-r6650/1. Top Non-Trump News Story (Or Stories): A former 911 operator in Houston was found guilty of hanging up on people seeking emergency assistance. Records show thousands of calls that lasted less than 20 seconds were attributed to 44 year old Crenshanda Williams over a span of 18 months. Suspicions...6650Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/puerto-rican-dream-r6649/We landed, dropped off our stuff, and headed straight for Hiram Bithorn Stadium. After raining all morning, it had gotten hot and muggy (even more than I’m used to in the Dominican Republic). The atmosphere outside the stadium was great, with music, games and beer (but no bottles of water to be fo...6649Fri, 20 Apr 2018 03:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pressing-on-was-key-for-pressly-r6646/Through his first seven appearances, and 8 1/3 innings pitched, Pressly owns a sparkling 0.00 ERA along with a 2.15 FIP and 0.96 WHIP. He’s striking out batters at a 7.6 K/9 clip while issuing free passes at a career best 2.2 BB/9 rate. After allowing 1.0 HR/9 and 1.5 HR/9 each of the past two sea...6646Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/berrios-has-been-nearly-flawless-through-4-starts-r6645/After keeping Cleveland hitters in the yard over seven shutout innings on Wednesday night, Berrios has allowed only one home run over four starts this season. Last year, he surrendered only 15 long balls in 145 innings. His 0.93 HR/9 rate was best among Twins starters, and would have placed him a...6645Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cooperstown-case-helping-joe-mauer%E2%80%99s-hall-chances-r6644/Chasing 3000 The 3,000 hit mark has been a magical threshold for players to get into Cooperstown. Out of Hall of Fame eligible players, only two players with over 3,000 hits have failed to be enshrined. Pete Rose has been banned from baseball and Rafael Palmeiro tested positive for a banned substa...6644Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-2-cle-1-berrios-stars-lamarre-plays-hero-as-twins-survive-16-inning-duel-r6643/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) That’s right, the Sire of Fort Myers became the Hero of Puerto Rico tonight. LaMarre came off the bench and delivered three hits, including the game winner. https://twitter.com/ParkerHageman/status/986825149038170115 But, several hours earlier, Jose Berrios made qu...6643Thu, 19 Apr 2018 04:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cle-6-min-1-kluber-lindor-outshine-twins-in-puerto-rico-r6640/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Odorizzi was really good … until he wasn’t. He held Cleveland scoreless through 4 2/3 innings and had six strikeouts, then he gave up a double and a home run before recording the final out of the fifth. He came back out for the sixth and served up homers to the firs...6640Wed, 18 Apr 2018 02:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-look-back-to-2001-what-if-the-twins-drafted-mark-prior-r6639/Back in 2009, Mark Potash of the Chicago Sun-Times opined, “What looked like an incredible break - the Twins passing on Prior and taking the more ‘signable’ Mauer with the #1-overall pick - has turned into yet another example of how fate seems to taunt the Cubs and Cubs fans.” In hindsight, it is...6639Wed, 18 Apr 2018 01:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/myth-busting-how-has-joe-mauer-fared-in-the-clutch-r6638/I’m not really sure where this notion was born from, but it seems to be something that I've heard more and more of lately. So, I guess the question to ask is has Joe Mauer been a good performer in clutch? Let’s find out. As we all know, baseball is a game built on situations. With every new batte...6638Wed, 18 Apr 2018 01:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-vs-indians-series-preview-r6635/Series at a Glance *Win Odds from FiveThirtyEight Minnesota Twins If the Twins have any desire of keeping pace with the Indians this season they will need to play much better against them than they did last year, going 7-12 in 2017. After going on a three-game win streak, the Twins have taken a 0...6635Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-cleveland-in-puerto-rico-417-610pm-ct-r6637/1. Top Non-Trump News Story (Or Stories): Netflix announced today that they added 7.4 million subscribers in Q1 which comfortably beat projections of 6.6 million. The Society for Social Interaction also announced today that 7.4 million less people left their homes in Q1. 7.4 million less people at...6637Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-look-back-to-2001-mauer-or-prior-part-1-r6627/The Minnesota Twins went 69-93 during the 2000 season which "earned" them the Number One overall pick in 2001. There were several good prospects available in that draft including Georgia Tech third baseman Mark Teixeira, East Tennessee State University pitcher Dewon Brazelton, and Baltimore high s...6627Tue, 17 Apr 2018 02:45:00 +0000