https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/841/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-impending-rochester-rotation-crunch-r6253/Much can change between now and spring training, but as things stand, one would expect at least these pitchers to be tentatively slotted for the Triple-A rotation: Aaron Slegers, Felix Jorge, Dietrich Enns, Stephen Gonsalves, Zack Littell, Fernando Romero. That's six, and I can't see much of a cas...6253Wed, 06 Dec 2017 03:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/hopes-and-plans-for-trevor-may-r6251/So when might Trevor May be back? Also, what is the best role for him? Of course, there’s no way to know either of those answers, but we can at least start thinking about them. When might May return? It’s obviously difficult to know the answer to that question. One tremendous source for fans regar...6251Tue, 05 Dec 2017 04:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/johan-santana%E2%80%99s-cooperstown-case-the-koufax-argument-r6250/Part 1: Johan Santana's Cooperstown Case: The Puckett Clause At the end of the 1960 season, Sandy Koufax had pitched almost 700 innings at the big league level. He had a 4.10 ERA with a 1.43 WHIP. He was not a Hall of Fame pitcher but he was only 24-years old. Over the next six seasons, Koufax wou...6250Tue, 05 Dec 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-strike-out-on-ohtani-r6249/At one point during Sunday afternoon, MLB Insider Jon Heyman had reported that Ohtani was “telling teams he prefers a smaller market.” This sounded great to Twins fans with a smaller market in the Midwest calling Ohtani’s name. Not very long afterward, he brought Twins Territory back down to earth...6249Mon, 04 Dec 2017 03:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-phil-hughes-surprise-us-r6248/Over the past three seasons, while the condition of his shoulder has deteriorated, Hughes has tried just about everything to offset the decline of a fastball that was once his calling card. He's thrown more changeups. He's attempted adding spin to his heater. He has undergone surgery for thoracic...6248Mon, 04 Dec 2017 01:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-346-the-shohei-show-r6247/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Episode_346_The_Shohei_Show.mp36247Sun, 03 Dec 2017 22:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-making-strikeouts-a-priority-r6246/In 2017, Minnesota’s best K/9 among starters was recorded by Jose Berrios (8.6). No other starting pitcher posted better than Adalberto Mejia’s 7.8 K/9 and a combined 38 starts from Hector Santiago, Phil Hughes and Bartolo Colon saw just 6.5, 6.4, and 5.3 K/9 marks respectively. In short, the Twin...6246Fri, 01 Dec 2017 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-mailbag-extensions-2020-line-up-darvish-ohtani-r6244/Question 1 https://twitter.com/enge0280/status/934858994518241285 Here at Twins Daily, some of the writers ran through the gamut of extension options. Young players like Byron Buxton, Miguel Sano or Jose Berrios could be offered deals that buy out some of their free agent years. Veteran players li...6244Thu, 30 Nov 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/from-the-handbook-organizational-depth-chart-r6243/CATCHERS Jason Castro is signed through the 2019 season, so he’ll be around. He had his best offensive season since 2013 and his pitch framing statistics matched his reputation. Chris Gimenez didn’t have great numbers, but everyone loves having him on the roster. He’s a free agent and with Mitch...6243Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-should-be-shopping-ervin-santana-r6242/First, let's acknowledge the obvious: Santana was spectacular in 2017. He had arguably the best season for a Twins starting pitcher since Johan left town. Big Erv made the All Star team, finished seventh in Cy Young voting, and buoyed an otherwise shaky rotation. But that's exactly why his value i...6242Wed, 29 Nov 2017 03:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/johan-santana%E2%80%99s-cooperstown-case-the-puckett-clause-r6239/The Puckett Clause Twins fans are well aware of the legend of Kirby Puckett. His career tragically ended too soon at the young age of 35 after 12 seasons. Puckett was a dominant player during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s as the Twins won two championships in a five year span. For 10 straight s...6239Tue, 28 Nov 2017 02:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/from-the-handbook-building-on-buxton-r6238/From afar, the narrative surrounding Buxton is that he jettisoned his leg kick and suddenly emerged as this elite hitter in the late throes of the season. The story sold was in the clickbait mold of BUXTON MADE THIS ONE SIMPLE CHANGE and, boom, he’s all fixed. While that is the most visually obvi...6238Mon, 27 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000