https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/847/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-at-yankees-series-preview-r6659/Series at a Glance *Win Odds from FiveThirtyEight Minnesota Twins The inconsistency in the Twins lineup has lead to a lot of struggles so far this year. A lot of their struggles have come with runners in scoring position, where as a team they are batting just .207. Byron Buxton is expected to re...6659Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-yankees-423610pm-ct-r6660/1. Top Non-Trump News Story (Or Stories): A Colorado woman is facing a $500 fine from U.S. Customs and Border Protection for saving a free apple she received as a snack from Delta Air Lines. Toward the end of her flight from Paris, airline attendants passed out apples in a plastic bag as a snack....6660Mon, 23 Apr 2018 11:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-too-many-missteps-r6657/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 4/16 through Sun, 4/22 *** Record Last Week: 1-4 (Overall: 8-8) Run Differential Last Week: -16 (Overall: -2) Standing: 2nd Place in AL Central (1..5 GB) HIGHLIGHTS Eduardo Escobar met Nicolas Cage in Puerto Rico and got a photo with him. Pretty hard to top tha...6657Sun, 22 Apr 2018 23:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tb-8-min-6-twins-swept-on-gomez-walk-off-homer-r6656/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Hughes was making his first MLB appearance of the year after a couple rehab outings in Fort Myers. He took Gabriel Moya’s spot on the 25-man roster. Per Baseball Savant, Hughes’ four-seam fastball averaged 90.1 mph and topped out at 91.7. He got six swinging strike...6656Sun, 22 Apr 2018 21:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-almanac-for-april-22%E2%80%9329-r6653/April 22, 1961 First Walk-Off in Twins History In just the second home game in team history, the Twins and new expansion Senators played to a 4-4 tie through nine. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the tenth, Zoilo Versalles drove in Earl Battey with a sac fly to center for the...6653Sun, 22 Apr 2018 12:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tb-10-min-1-snell-stifles-twins-bats-r6654/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Blake Snell was dealing tonight for the Rays. The Twins played some small ball to put up a run on him in the first, but then Snell shutdown the Twins for the next six-innings before he stranded Robbie Grossman on third to end his night in the seventh. Snell was one...6654Sun, 22 Apr 2018 01:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tb-8-min-7-playing-the-wrong-notes-r6652/Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) The opening segment of this game wasn't particularly harmonic either. Lance Lynn's control was crummy, and has been all year: he's now had 15 walks in his 15 innings as a Twin, which is horrendous. He did, however, mostly hold things together and his game score is,...6652Sat, 21 Apr 2018 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/max-kepler-improving-his-approach-in-2018-r6647/Kepler put up decent numbers in 2017. Through 147 games he managed a .243/.312/.425 line with 19 HR and 69 RBI, nice. Digging a little deeper into Kepler’s 2017, there were some troubling trends. Kepler’s BB% decreased, down to 8.3%, while his K% remained consistent, around 20%. Kepler’s wOBA rem...6647Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-rays-420610pm-ct-r6650/1. Top Non-Trump News Story (Or Stories): A former 911 operator in Houston was found guilty of hanging up on people seeking emergency assistance. Records show thousands of calls that lasted less than 20 seconds were attributed to 44 year old Crenshanda Williams over a span of 18 months. Suspicions...6650Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/puerto-rican-dream-r6649/We landed, dropped off our stuff, and headed straight for Hiram Bithorn Stadium. After raining all morning, it had gotten hot and muggy (even more than I’m used to in the Dominican Republic). The atmosphere outside the stadium was great, with music, games and beer (but no bottles of water to be fo...6649Fri, 20 Apr 2018 03:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pressing-on-was-key-for-pressly-r6646/Through his first seven appearances, and 8 1/3 innings pitched, Pressly owns a sparkling 0.00 ERA along with a 2.15 FIP and 0.96 WHIP. He’s striking out batters at a 7.6 K/9 clip while issuing free passes at a career best 2.2 BB/9 rate. After allowing 1.0 HR/9 and 1.5 HR/9 each of the past two sea...6646Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/berrios-has-been-nearly-flawless-through-4-starts-r6645/After keeping Cleveland hitters in the yard over seven shutout innings on Wednesday night, Berrios has allowed only one home run over four starts this season. Last year, he surrendered only 15 long balls in 145 innings. His 0.93 HR/9 rate was best among Twins starters, and would have placed him a...6645Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:13:00 +0000