https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/844/?d=1enhttps://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 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-building-off-the-mound-r5989/Through a full season last year, the Twins used 11 different starting pitchers, and they trotted out 29 in total. Both of those numbers have been blitzed in 2017, as the club has set franchise records using both 14 starters and 33 arms in total. While that’s a pretty monumental feat in and of itse...5989Fri, 18 Aug 2017 05:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/recap-slegers-shines-in-debut-twins-split-doubleheader-r5987/This is like a choose your own adventure recap. If you wanna get to the good stuff, just go ahead and scroll down to Game 2. Otherwise, buckle up for a whole lotta ugliness from Game 1. GAME 1 Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Polanco .175, Gee .167, Buxton .088 The day didn’t...5987Fri, 18 Aug 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/st-paul-saints-season-on-the-brink-r5986/Sioux Falls Canaries (Aug 10th – 13th) At the start of their latest home stand, the Saints looked to continue their winning ways, facing the Sioux Falls Canaries in a four-game showdown. Unfortunately, the 3-1 series loss was highlighted by two season marks the Saints wish they hadn't set. In the...5986Fri, 18 Aug 2017 01:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-stew-review-imaginary-innings-r5983/Stew Thornley is one of the Twins official scorers and a baseball historian. He will occasionally provide insight to the decisions official scorers make. If you have any questions you would like him to address in a future story, you can ask them in this Twins Daily thread. You can also read more...5983Thu, 17 Aug 2017 02:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/this-week-in-baseball-history-ep-11-mashi-murakami-mania-r5982/Although the Twins' forays into Asia have both been busts, that doesn't diminish the importance of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan as hotbeds of talent and enthusiasm for the game. And long before there was ByungHo Park or Tsuyoshi Nishioka, there was Masanori Murakami, the first Japanese player to make...5982Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cle-8-min-1-salazar-dominates-cleveland-hits-5-hrs-r5980/Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Bartolo Colon limited Cleveland to three runs over 5.0 innings, but was incredibly lucky to do so. All three runs were scored on solo homers, but Colon also walked four batters and gave up seven hits. In the first inning, Cleveland got a man on second with no outs...5980Wed, 16 Aug 2017 03:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/feeling-the-draft-analyzing-minnesota39s-stellar-early-returns-r5978/5978Wed, 16 Aug 2017 01:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-cleveland-815-710pm-ct-r5977/1. Cleveland and Grover – I don’t know how many of you have memorized all of the towns in Minnesota but in case you have not… there is a Cleveland, Minnesota. Its 66 miles southwest of Minneapolis and 1,634 miles northeast of Tucson, Arizona. With that close proximity to Tucson, the Sonoran hot do...5977Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/bullpen-ramblings-r5976/The Twins bullpen has not been good again this year. Here are the numbers: Bullpen ERA: 4.53 (25th) Strikeouts: 345 (26th) Walks: 132 (7th) Batting Average Against: .269 (30th) Also, the Twins bullpen ranks seventh in Innings pitched with 407.1 innings. That is largely the fault of the starting ro...5976Tue, 15 Aug 2017 07:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/playoffs-or-bust-molitor39s-murky-future-r5974/The Positive Molitor has managed three seasons and in two of those years he has had the Twins in surprise contention for the playoffs. During his rookie managerial season, the Twins fought off their recent losing trend as the club was in the playoff hunt until the season's last weekend. An 83-79 r...5974Tue, 15 Aug 2017 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-328-wild-week-wild-card-r5973/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/2017-08-12_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=745905973Mon, 14 Aug 2017 03:44:00 +0000