https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/860/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-mock-draft-r5702/1. Twins - I'd love to put Hunter Green here. I would absolutely love to. And I think there's still a slim chance. After all, why would they bring him to town and wine and dine him in the final days leading up to the draft? Maybe, all along, their perceived lack of interest was just a smokescreen...5702Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-mariners-612710pm-ct-r5701/1. Stillwater – With only 19,000 residents, perhaps no other Minnesota city has as much Minnesota history dripping off of it. It is referred to as the birthplace of Minnesota because the territorial convention that began the process of becoming a state was held in Stillwater. During the convention...5701Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-official-mlb-draft-day-1-r5693/As you know, there will be a lot of rumors even throughout the day. It’s obviously a moving target. The reality is that there are likely a handful of people who know who the Twins will take at 1.1. At some point on Monday, they’ll have their decision. It will be based on a number of factors. First...5693Mon, 12 Jun 2017 05:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who39s-number-1-twins-draft-primer-r5700/LAST CALL Saturday was monumental for Brendan McKay and Kyle Wright. Each collegiate hurler took the hill as starting pitcher for his team in a critical Super Regionals game. Both were televised on ESPN. And on top of all that, the draft prospects know they were making their closing arguments f...5700Mon, 12 Jun 2017 03:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-315-greene-vs-mckay-vs-wright-r5699/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/FINAL_611.mp3?dest-id=745905699Mon, 12 Jun 2017 02:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-611-playoff-push-r5697/Roster Moves RHP Nik Turley, contract purchased by Minnesota LHP Matt Tracy was moved from Chattanooga to Rochester LHP Randy Rosario was optioned from Minnesota to Chattanooga RHP Drew Rucinski, designated for assignment LHP Nick Greenwood, released RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 6, Syracuse 5 Box Sc...5697Mon, 12 Jun 2017 02:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/giants-13-twins-8-bullpen-vets-lead-twins-to-loss-r5696/Giants 13, Twins 8 Box Score Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) It would probably be an appropriate time to write a eulogy for Matt Belise’s pitching career, but nobody would take any joy in that. It’s been a good run, he’s been a big leaguer for 14 years, but after getting rocked for four runs in 0...5696Mon, 12 Jun 2017 02:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/st-paul-saints-the-long-road-home-r5694/Kansas City T-Bones (May 26-28) When playing at home, it has almost been a lock that the Saints would come away with the series victory. The Kansas City T-Bones must not have been told, with the away team taking two of three from the Saints in front of a packed house every night. The first two gam...5694Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/hunter-greene39s-trouble-with-the-curve-r5695/Believe it or not, there are good reasons for the Twins to pass on Greene (as noted recently by Nick Nelson in his excellent profile). Most seem to be concerned with his injury potential and while that may be one of them, we have to remember that almost all pitchers are a high injury risk to some...5695Sun, 11 Jun 2017 23:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-3-san-francisco-2-dozier-vargas-power-twins-behind-solid-start-from-berrios-r5690/Twins 3, Giants 2 Box Score Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) In Berrios’ turbulent 2016 season with the Twins not much went right, but one thing he struggled with in particular was getting the third out. It seemed he could never stop the bleeding. He gave up an .840 OPS with no outs, .817 OPS with...5690Sun, 11 Jun 2017 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-4-san-francisco-0-superman-santana-r5688/Twins 4, Giants 0 Box Score Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) You don’t make it through a complete game on just 91 pitches by dilly-dallying around. As one would expect, Santana was very aggressive on the first pitch. Image above via Brooks Baseball The pitching performance was great to see, but i...5688Sat, 10 Jun 2017 06:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-giants-june-9915pm-ct-r5686/1. San Francisco – 870,000 people are crammed into 7 city blocks and this makes San Francisco the 2nd most dense city in the United States… after New York City. The reason for this denseness, San Francisco is built on a peninsula which reduces the opportunity to sprawl outward from the city in all...5686Fri, 09 Jun 2017 12:07:00 +0000