https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/843/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-330-tuesday-taproom-tour-fair-state-r6007/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_330_Tuesday_Taproom_Tour_at_Fair_State.mp3?dest-id=745906007Wed, 23 Aug 2017 20:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-4-cws-1-gibson-great-twins-hit-3-more-homers-r6006/Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Gibson .282 | Vargas .119 | Polanco .075 Let’s talk about bunting, shall we? The White Sox opened up this game by getting hits in three of their first six at-bats. They held a 1-0 lead in the second inning. They had runners on first and second...6006Wed, 23 Aug 2017 03:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/falvey-playing-numbers-game-with-pitching-staff-r6004/When he made his Twins debut in starting the first half of Monday's doubleheader, Tim Melville became the 34th pitcher to make an appearance for Minnesota in 2017. We've still got a week left in August, but already this team has shattered the franchise record for pitchers used in a season (29), se...6004Wed, 23 Aug 2017 02:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/recap-polanco-homers-twice-as-twins-split-doubleheader-r6002/Game 1 Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Dozier .117 | Polanco .092 | Busenitz .032 Tim Melville’s Twins debut did not go well. The 27-year-old gave up two runs in the first inning, cruised through the next two frames before getting knocked around again in the fourth. Here’s ho...6002Tue, 22 Aug 2017 04:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/golden-opportunity-r6000/Defensive metrics have come a long way over the last decade. With organizations and other private companies tracking every batted ball, the amount of information available to fans is at an all-time high. The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) has developed the SABR Defensive Index (SDI)...6000Tue, 22 Aug 2017 03:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-white-sox-821410pm-and-tbd-r5999/1. Carbondale – In extreme Southern Illinois lies the city of Carbondale. I’m out of things about which to make fun of Chicago, and since a large chunk of Chicagoans will be in Carbondale for the eclipse, I thought I’d focus on this place of mainly Cardinals Fans. Nearly 26,000 people live in Carb...5999Mon, 21 Aug 2017 11:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-329-youth-is-served-r5998/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/820_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=745905998Mon, 21 Aug 2017 03:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-in-driver39s-seat-in-wild-card-race-r5996/The Twins haven't really been able to experience the perks of the new system; outside of 2015 they've never been remotely close to the second wild-card since it was added six seasons ago. But we all know the feeling of a single everything-on-the-line contest, after witnessing back-to-back Game 163...5996Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-12-ari-5-twins-sweep-arizona-have-won-11-of-last-14-r5995/Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Buxton .125 | Kepler .096 | Polanco .069 The Twins offense put up a nine spot to open the game, ensuring it would be a nice little low-stress Sunday at the ballpark. That kind of an inning obviously took a team effort, but Eddie Rosario provide...5995Sun, 20 Aug 2017 22:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-5-ari-0-berri-0s-r5994/Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Berrios .281 | Dozier .148 | Castro .084 We’ve seen several Twins break out of slumps around the same time these last couple weeks, I guess it was Berrios’ turn tonight. Jose entered the evening with a 6.18 ERA and 1.52 WHIP over six second-hal...5994Sun, 20 Aug 2017 04:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-10-ari-3-buxton-inside-the-parker-highlights-6-hr-game-for-twins-r5992/Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 5 Twins per WPA: Buxton .302 | Polanco .213 | Hildenberger .198 One of my all-time favorite baseball quotes is this one from Rogers Hornsby: “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the wi...5992Sat, 19 Aug 2017 04:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-diamondbacks-818-710pm-ct-r5990/1. Burnsville – With a population of 61,000 plus, Burnsville is a rather large bedroom community by Minnesota standards. To qualify as an official bedroom community, you must have nothing else to do but sleep and that fits Burnsville. Another way to qualify as an official bedroom community is to p...5990Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:36:00 +0000