https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/854/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kc-5-min-4-what-even-is-a-swing-anyway-r6047/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) I took a quick look through the MLB official rule book, and guess what? There doesn’t appear to be an actual definition of a swing or check swing in there. How crazy is that? It’s basically all up to the individual umpires to determine what is an attempt to strike...6047Sun, 03 Sep 2017 23:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-17-kc-0-what-negative-run-differential-r6046/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) I’m sure Paul Molitor and his team heard the terms “Phythagorean win-loss record” and “negative run differential” enough to where those phrases are like nails on a chalkboard now. After tonight’s blowout win, maybe those won’t be such trigger terms for the club. As...6046Sun, 03 Sep 2017 03:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-91-slegers-park-lift-wings-as-team-eyes-playoff-berth-r6044/RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 6, Pawtucket 4 Box Score ByungHo Park hit a three-run homer and Aaron Slegers picked up his 15th win of the season for the Red Wings. Slegers, who I assume will get consideration to replace Dillon Gee in the Twins rotation, struck out 10 batters over 6.2 innings. He gave...6044Sat, 02 Sep 2017 15:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kc-7-min-6-oh-so-close-r6043/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) The Twins trailed 7-4 entering the bottom of the ninth. Fireballing closer Kelvin Herrera came in for the Royals. Things did not get off to a good start for KC, as Max Kepler reached on a fielding error, but Herrera recovered to retire the next two batters. But Zac...6043Sat, 02 Sep 2017 04:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-royals-91-710pm-ct-r6042/1. Fargo – With an estimated population of 125,000, Fargo is the largest city in North Dakota. However, since I have been a 28 year resident of Grand Forks, with Fargo being a rival in most everything, I must do whatever I can to diminish that 'largest city' accomplishment. So… congratulations, Fa...6042Fri, 01 Sep 2017 11:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/nathan-leaves-rarefied-air-r6041/A sixth-round draft pick way back in 1995, Nathan broke into the big leagues as a starting pitcher. Making it with the organization that drafted him, Joe started 29 games through his first two big league seasons. He allowed more than his fair share of runs, strikeouts were hard to come by, and the...6041Fri, 01 Sep 2017 07:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-perfect-crime-a-look-back-at-the-twins39-trade-for-joe-nathan-r6040/It’s easy to look back at the deal that brought Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano, and Boof Bonser to the Twins for A.J. Pierzynski as an obvious one to make. Joe Mauer was coming off a solid season between A and AA, and it was a foregone conclusion that he would take over behind the plate sooner rath...6040Fri, 01 Sep 2017 06:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/nathan39s-improbable-minor-league-journey-r6036/The San Francisco Giants started Joe Nathan's professional baseball career by making him a sixth-round pick in the 1995 MLB Draft. Nathan played his high school and college career as a shortstop and he became only the second player ever selected out of Stony Brook University. It was a humble begin...6036Fri, 01 Sep 2017 04:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/colon-highlights-twins-greatest-asset-r6035/In a surprising move, Minnesota ended up being the team to give Colon another chance. By July 7, Paul Molitor’s squad had already run out ten different starters. The team was competing, but there was a revolving door on the mound. Needing more than a second wave of starting depth, Derek Falvey an...6035Fri, 01 Sep 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/versatile-goodrum-gets-september-call-r6037/To entice Goodrum to stick around, the Twins offered him an invitation to major league spring training. He spent about a month with the club this spring, playing sparingly, but learning from the big league coaches and players. He fought a little shoulder issue in camp, but he hit .375 (6-16) and i...6037Thu, 31 Aug 2017 21:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-5-chw-4-twins-win-on-walk-off-hbp-r6038/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) On his second pitch on the ninth, Belisle gave up a crushing go-ahead homer to Alen Hanson. He also walked the next batter, but to his credit Belisle righted the ship and struck out three of the next four batters he faced to limit the damage. There was an intentio...6038Thu, 31 Aug 2017 20:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/whiff-of-success-gibson-making-bats-miss-r6034/In 2005, the Twins used their first-round pick to draft Matt Garza, a pitcher who has gone on to throw 1,700 major-league innings in an altogether successful career (albeit one spent mostly outside of Minnesota). Since then, the organization has used 10 first-round selections (including supplement...6034Thu, 31 Aug 2017 04:39:00 +0000