https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/851/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/searching-for-relief-r6100/(Incidentally, if you’re looking for a scenario in which the Twins blow this Wild Card lead – and Minnesotans are trained to do so - the easiest is that Trevor Hildenberger’s heavy usage results in him reverting to merely mortal. He’s never made more than 41 appearances in a season. Last year it w...6100Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/nyy-5-min-2-tough-night-for-berrios-twins-r6099/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) Jose Berrios didn’t have his best game tonight. I doubt he’ll make excuses, but I’ll offer some up on his behalf. First off, the Yankees are always a tough team to pitch against. They’re so patient. Second, this was Jose’s first time pitching in Yankee Stadium. Tha...6099Wed, 20 Sep 2017 04:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-334-escape-from-new-york-r6097/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_334.mp36097Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/nyy-2-min-1-garcia-yankees-bullpen-dominate-twins-r6096/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) Old friend Jaime Garcia … wait, can we even call him that? I mean, it was really just a one-night stand, right? Anyway, the guy the Twins traded for and then traded away after just one start absolutely killed them tonight. Since the trade, Garcia had struggled to f...6096Tue, 19 Sep 2017 03:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-yankees-918605pm-ct-r6095/1. Neighborhoods – New York City is made up of collections of neighborhoods. You don’t simply get an apartment in New York, or even in Manhattan or Queens, you get a place in a specific neighborhood, like Flatbush or Hell’s Kitchen. I think this is a fantastic idea and since I live in Grand Forks,...6095Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-playoff-push-a-truly-cohesive-effort-r6094/Going from 100 losses to 80-plus wins requires an all-hands-on-deck kind of effort, and that's exactly what the Twins have gotten. As you look up and down the roster, outside of rookie cups of coffee and spare bullpen parts, nearly every player has contributed in some type of positive way. Let's r...6094Mon, 18 Sep 2017 03:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-13-tor-7-mauer-grand-slam-among-4-twins-homers-in-comeback-victory-r6093/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) Gibson entered this game on quite the roll, having pitched to a 1.38 ERA over his previous five starts. Matt Trueblood of Baseball Prospectus did an excellent overview of Gibby’s turnaround, and among the reasons for it he cited the fact that Gibby has been doing a...6093Sun, 17 Sep 2017 21:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tor-7-min-2-pub-crawlers-have-best-night-ever-despite-twins-loss-r6092/6092Sun, 17 Sep 2017 06:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tor-4-min-3-pressley-fails-to-pounce-is-victim-of-a-bad-bounce-r6091/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) With the game tied at 3-3 with two outs in the seventh inning, Josh Donaldson sent a comebacker right toward Ryan Pressly. The ball ricocheted off Pressly’s leg and shot toward the hole between shortstop and third base. Jorge Polanco, who had broken toward where th...6091Sat, 16 Sep 2017 03:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-3-tor-2-buxton-blasts-walk-off-hr-r6090/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) Might as well get right to it, here’s video of the walk-off homer: https://twitter.com/TwinsHighlights/status/908541786573881345 I think these guys are going to need some more Dubble Bubble. What a moment for Buxton. This is exactly the kind of stuff that makes bei...6090Fri, 15 Sep 2017 04:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-core-seven-r6088/Let’s start by saying that The Core Four is still the core. At the time of the July article, Byron Buxton was in the middle of a mini-slump. However, with his defense, he was still very valuable. He figured some things out in August and had a huge month. A hand injury likely has stolen some pop fr...6088Thu, 14 Sep 2017 11:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-vs-blue-jays-914-710pm-ct-r6087/1. International Falls – With an estimated population of 6,068, the town that calls itself the "Icebox Of The Nation" is in sharp decline. Back in 1990 the paper mill was going strong and International Falls was bursting at the seams with a population of 87 million plus. That was the apex of the p...6087Thu, 14 Sep 2017 11:33:00 +0000