https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/817/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/spring-training-storylines-pitchers-and-catchers-r6403/Who leads the rotation? Ervin Santana is out for the first month of the season. This will give an opportunity for other pitchers to step up and lead the rotation. Jose Berrios could be poised for a breakout season. He dominated at multiple levels in the minor leagues and he’s shown flashes of bril...6403Tue, 13 Feb 2018 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-target-collin-mchugh-mcwho-r6402/Background Collin McHugh made 15 big league appearances in 2012 and 2013 for the Mets and Rockies. Following that 2013 season, Colorado waived him and the Astros claimed him. As a 27-year-old rookie in 2014, he made 25 starts for Houston and went 11-9 with a 2.73 ERA. In 2015, he went 19-7 with a...6402Mon, 12 Feb 2018 03:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/don39t-panic-over-bad-breaks-for-twins-rotation-r6400/First, let's talk about Santana. Losing your top starter for a chunk of the season hurts, there's no other way to slice it. It's troubling to imagine where the Twins might have been at the end of May last year without Santana carrying the staff through the first two months, when he logged 77 innin...6400Sun, 11 Feb 2018 21:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-355-general-malaise-r6399/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_355.mp3?dest-id=745906399Sun, 11 Feb 2018 19:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-almanac-for-february-11%E2%80%9317-r6397/February 11, 1985 Hrbek Cashes In The Twins sign 1978 Bloomington Kennedy High School grad Kent Hrbek to a new five-year, $6 million contract, making Hrbie the first player in team history scheduled to make a million dollars a year. I say "scheduled" because Hrbie's annual salary wouldn't actua...6397Sun, 11 Feb 2018 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-darvish-contingency-plan-r6398/Other Free Agent Options The second tier options for free agency include names like Alex Cobb and Lance Lynn. National baseball writer Jon Heyman reported that “Alex Cobb is believed to be [the Twins] fallback choice for the rotation” after Darvish passes. Minnesota is reluctant to go past four or...6398Sat, 10 Feb 2018 19:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-weekly-for-feb-2-8-prospect-prognosticating-r6395/Let’s take a quick look back at all the articles from the front page in the order they were published. This edition of Twins Weekly covers Friday, Feb. 2 to Thursday, Feb. 8. 2018 Twins Super (Bowl) Predictions | Seth Stohs MLB Shift Driving Market Realities | Ted Schwerzler 1961: Welcome to the...6395Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/darvish-down-to-the-studs-r6393/At this point there’s been so much written about the fit between the two sides. Jay Jaffe recently noted that Darvish makes too much sense for Minnesota, and MLB.com’s Richard Justice put the Twins atop the list of teams needing to make a move (with Darvish being the suggestion). If Darvish to the...6393Fri, 09 Feb 2018 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-such-thing-as-too-much-pitching-right-r6390/Last season, the Twins used an insane number of starting pitchers. Injuries in addition to some performance issues and odd roster shuffling (the Jaime Garcia game) all made for the perfect storm, and the 2017 Twins started 16 different pitchers. Ugh. That’s an abnormally high number, but over the...6390Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-the-twins-better-their-bench-r6389/As things stand right now, the Twins appear to be content opening the season with a bench of Robbie Grossman, Eduardo Escobar, Ehire Adrianza, Mitch Garver and Kennys Vargas. Considering the possible (see: likely) suspension for Miguel Sano, Zack Granite could also find his way into this group out...6389Tue, 06 Feb 2018 20:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-354-super-bowl-and-pecota-r6388/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_354_Super_Bowl_And_PECOTA.mp3?dest-id=745906388Tue, 06 Feb 2018 14:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/in-the-zone-twins-among-best-at-avoiding-bad-pitches-r6385/According to FanGraphs, O-Swing% is calculated by taking the number of times players swing at pitches outside the zone and dividing by the number of pitches outside of the zone. Last year in the American League, the Twins had the second lowest O-Swing% (28.6%) as they only trailed the Cleveland In...6385Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:16:00 +0000