https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/866/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/to-the-victor-go-the-spoils-and-special-sections-r6379/Game 7 of the 1987 World Series was Sunday, Oct. 25, and the special section was published that following Thursday. The cover was a giant picture from the parade with this box of text with the headline “Minnesota Magic.” That may be a little difficult to read, so I typed it up below. I get goose...6379Sun, 04 Feb 2018 15:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-almanac-for-february-4%E2%80%9310-r6380/February 4 Happy 37th Birthday, Ben Hendrickson It's the birthday of 1999 Bloomington Jefferson grad and former Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Ben Hendrickson, born in St. Cloud in 1981. Milwaukee chose Hendrickson in the 10th round of the ’99 draft. He was the second of three Jefferson Jaguars draf...6380Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/1961-welcome-to-the-big-leagues-r6375/I loved the Met, the big erector set in the distant community of Bloomington. This was the big leagues for both football and baseball (shortly after we added the soccer team – the Kicks) and it was in this rural suburb that we planted the seeds for this part of our community lore. Of course, they...6375Sun, 04 Feb 2018 13:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-shift-driving-market-realities-r6377/Looking at the list of the top 25 free agents for 2018 from MLB.com, only four of the top 10 players available have been inked to deals. Shohei Ohtani chose the Los Angeles Angels in a deal that was never going to reflect true market value. Wade Davis inked the largest relief contract ever with th...6377Sat, 03 Feb 2018 16:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2018-twins-super-bowl-predictions-r6376/Let’s get to the predictions you came to see, those of the Twins players and personnel from the past, the present and the future. Prospects, big leaguers and suspects, enjoy these predictions. Taylor Grzelakowski (Catcher signed in 2017, played in GCL) - 27-14 Patriots! Hector Lujan (RHP was the c...6376Sat, 03 Feb 2018 05:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-weekly-for-jan-26-feb-1-asking-questions-r6373/6373Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-central-of-historic-proportions-r6372/As Nick Nelson wrote recently, windows are currently open for the Minnesota Twins. Only the Cleveland Indians present a significant challenge within the division, and the three other teams are genuinely up a creek without a paddle. Kansas City is attempting to hang on despite no real farm, the Tig...6372Fri, 02 Feb 2018 02:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-the-twins-may-opt-for-short-term-sp-commitment-r6371/First of all, when you look at the upper tier of free agent starters beyond Darvish, there are an awful lot of question marks. Arrieta turns 32 in March and has steadily declined since his Cy Young season in 2015. Cobb has never thrown 180 innings in a campaign and had one of the league's worst sw...6371Fri, 02 Feb 2018 02:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/top-15-minnesota-twins-players-r6370/In April, Aaron Gleeman’s book The Big 50: Minnesota Twins will become available; (pre-order a copy today). In it, you’ll find stories and information on the best players in Minnesota Twins history as well as some of the great stories in the franchise’s years in Minnesota. Now, I’m looking forward...6370Thu, 01 Feb 2018 12:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/top-ten-twins-players-under-25-1-5-r6369/Here at Twins Daily, Nick recently finished off his top-20 Minnesota Twins assets. His approach was a little different as he was looking at every player in the organization. Baseball Prospectus just released their list of Top 25-and-under players but their cutoff was 4/1/1992. This allowed Miguel...6369Thu, 01 Feb 2018 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/open-windows-r6368/Mariners GM Jerry DiPoto had a pretty wild quote last week. He said that in the game right now, "You could argue there is more competition to get the No. 1 pick in the draft than to win the World Series." And well, there's a lot of truth in that statement, which surely makes MLB Commissioner Rob M...6368Wed, 31 Jan 2018 04:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-extending-relief-appearances-address-baseball%E2%80%99s-pace-of-play-concerns-r6366/Twins relief pitchers averaged 3.267 outs per appearance in 2017, which was actually slightly above league average. There seems to be a perception that the game has become more specialized of late, but even back in 1997 the average relief appearance was only 3.5 outs. That's not a huge difference,...6366Wed, 31 Jan 2018 02:30:00 +0000