https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/858/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/wherefore-art-thou-romero-r6496/For the first time in his professional career, Fernando Romero found himself on multiple national prospect rankings. Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com ranked Romero as the 68th best prospect while Baseball Prospectus saw him sneak into the top-100 at number 97. ESPN’s Keith Law has him just inside his top-...6496Tue, 13 Mar 2018 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2018-position-analysis-third-base-r6495/Projected Starter: Miguel Sano Likely Backup: Eduardo Escobar Depth: Ehire Adrianza, Erick Aybar, Taylor Featherston Prospects: Travis Blankenhorn, Andrew Bechtold, Jose Miranda THE GOOD It's all too easy to forget now, but just eight short months ago, Sano was the lone All Star rep from Minnesota...6495Mon, 12 Mar 2018 02:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-359-lance-lynn-r6494/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_359_Lance_Lynn.mp3?dest-id=745906494Sun, 11 Mar 2018 21:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/opportunity-cost-r6493/Starting Pitcher Effect Ervin Santana is going to start the year on the disabled list but there was still other arms vying for a role in the rotation. Jose Berrios and Kyle Gibson seemed like locks and both players should still be in the rotation on Opening Day. Beyond those two players, the rest...6493Sun, 11 Mar 2018 19:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-almanac-for-march-11%E2%80%9317-r6492/March 11, 1961 First Game in Twins History 1950 Winona graduate and 2x All-American Golden Gopher tailback Paul Giel starts the first game in Twins history, an exhibition against the Tigers at Tinker Field in Orlando. The Tigers won 4-1. Pedro Ramos started the first regular season game in Twin...6492Sun, 11 Mar 2018 13:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-quotbquot-player-gets-quotaquot-grade-r6491/“A” for Contract The most obvious difference between those players and this one is the contract the Twins offered. Most of the similar pitchers that the Twins signed received four-year deals, and Lynn probably expected as much for himself this year. In fact, MLBTradeRumors.com predicted a 4 year,...6491Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-the-twins-strength-of-schedule-r6489/Yesterday, I did a quick analysis of how much it is worth to the Twins to be in the AL Central, where three teams appear to be only nominally competing this year. The answer was that it was worth about 2.5 wins, so the Twins baseline would be an 83-84 win team. But the rest of the American League...6489Sun, 11 Mar 2018 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-to-sign-lance-lynn-r6490/Lynn, 30, was considered one of the four best starting pitchers on the free agent market. After missing the 2016 season due to Tommy John surgery, the right-hander bounced back strong in 2017 with the St. Louis Cardinals to post a 3.43 ERA over 186.1 IP. He is considered a reliable middle-of-the-...6490Sat, 10 Mar 2018 21:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/launch-angles-in-the-outfield-r6488/This is how baseball works: Several teams find an advantage in something different – be it infield shifts, outfield shifts, catchers with superior receiving skills, or having hitters focus on lifting the baseball – and, if that works, other teams quickly saturate that edge until it is simply the n...6488Sat, 10 Mar 2018 15:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-how-weak-is-the-al-central-r6487/“Mid to high 80s. The AL Central is just so bad. Three teams – the Royals, Tigers and White Sox – are just phoning it in this year. You play each of those teams 19 times, so you figure you go 12-7 against them each and now you’re 15 games above .500 before you start playing the rest of the Americ...6487Sat, 10 Mar 2018 04:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/off-day-stories-and-audio-mailbag-r6486/To add this podcast to your iPhone podcast app, do the following: 1. Open up this page in your iphone and copy this link: http://twinsdaily.libsyn.com/rss 2. Go into your iPhone podcast app and click on the "Library" tab at the bottom and then click on "Edit" in the upper right-hand corner: 3. Cl...6486Fri, 09 Mar 2018 18:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2018-position-analysis-second-base-r6485/Projected Starter: Brian Dozier Likely Backup: Ehire Adrianza Depth: Eduardo Escobar, Nick Gordon, Gregorio Petit Prospects: Gordon, Travis Blankenhorn, Yunior Severino THE GOOD It's one of the most obnoxious clichés in sports, but in this case it's too accurate not to acknowledge: Dozier has made...6485Fri, 09 Mar 2018 04:36:00 +0000