https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/820/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-minnesota-twins-said-no-to-jim-thome-r6357/Earlier that spring, 18-year-old James Howard Thome, all of six-foot-four and fungo thin, was manning shortstop at Illinois Central College. The Limestone High School graduate from just outside of Peoria, was getting little interest from within the professional baseball ranks. The summer after hi...6357Thu, 25 Jan 2018 06:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/get-to-know-rule-5-pick-tyler-kinley-r6356/Why would the Twins have interest in Kinley, who will turn 27 at the end of this month? He split 2017 between High-A Jupiter and AA Jacksonville. He dominated the Florida State League, but he posted a 5.19 ERA in the Southern League. However, he has a couple of pitches that do make him intriguing,...6356Thu, 25 Jan 2018 05:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/video-slowing-things-down-to-see-jason-castro%E2%80%99s-silent-skill-r6355/As I noted in an article earlier this week, Twins rookie reliever Trevor Hildenberger had high praise for the help Castro provided him behind the plate. Dan Gladden, who was one of the interviewers, admitted that he initially questioned the value of framing, but that quickly changed after Castro’s...6355Thu, 25 Jan 2018 05:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-darvish-decision-expected-this-week-twins-in-consideration-r6354/Darvish Decision Looming Jon Morosi of Fox Sports and MLB Network is reporting that Darvish is expected to make his decision this week. He also adds that the Twins are one of the teams still in discussion with the star pitcher. https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/956199322433064960 It is interest...6354Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5-challenges-the-twins-should-be-prepared-to-face-in-2018-r6353/1 ) Missed Time for Miguel Sano Sano is currently under investigation by MLB for an alleged assault that occurred in 2015 but was revealed publicly only last month. It's unclear if he'll be suspended, but given that the league is needing to toughen up its enforcement of personal conduct violations...6353Wed, 24 Jan 2018 04:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/would-you-rather-darvish-or-a-cobblynn-combo-r6352/I threw this idea out on Twitter last Friday. I figured it was possible a total investment of $120 million may be able to net a team Darvish alone or the combination of both Cobb and Lynn. https://twitter.com/BaseballByTom/status/954443473373007872?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Em5%7Ctwgr%5Eemai...6352Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/overheard-at-twinsfest-granite-wants-to-kick-yankee-33-r6350/I encourage you to check out the full interviews for yourself, there are hours of audio available online. All of the Friday content is available on the Sports to the Max page, Saturday’s interviews are on Steve Thompson and Eric Nelson’s page and the Sunday talks are on Sports Huddle with Sid and...6350Tue, 23 Jan 2018 02:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/top-ten-twins-players-under-25-6-10-r6348/Here at Twins Daily, Nick recently finished off his top-20 Minnesota Twins assets. His approach was a little different as he was looking at every player in the organization. Baseball Prospectus just released their list of Top 25-and-under players but their cutoff was 4/1/1992. This allowed Miguel...6348Tue, 23 Jan 2018 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-addison-reed-become-minnesota39s-bullpen-ace-r6347/Well, for one thing, Reed was undeniably an excellent value. Maybe it begins and ends with that. You see an opportunity like this, and you don't pass it up. When it comes to strengths that teams seek out in a relief pitcher, Reed checks off pretty much every box. He's relatively young by free agen...6347Mon, 22 Jan 2018 02:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-352-winter-meltdown-2018-r6346/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Episode_352_Winter_Meltdown_2018.mp36346Sun, 21 Jan 2018 20:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-almanac-for-january-21%E2%80%9327-r6345/January 21, 1914 Birthdate of Blix Donnelly It’s the birthdate of 1932 Olivia High School graduate and 1944 World Series hero Sylvester “Blix” Donnelly. He spent his first two years out of high school working and playing townball. He caught a break in 1934, receiving an invitation to a three-da...6345Sun, 21 Jan 2018 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/johan-santana-elected-to-twins-hall-of-fame-r6344/The Twins drafted Jared Camp in the 1999 Rule 5 draft. Immediately they traded him to the Marlins in exchange for Johan Santana... and CASH. After spending a couple of seasons in the Twins bullpen, Santana became the best pitcher in baseball for a three to five year period. He won the American Lea...6344Fri, 19 Jan 2018 18:45:00 +0000