https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/873/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/running-down-the-hall-of-fame-ballot-r6277/If you missed any of the series on Johan Santana’s Cooperstown Case, there were three parts to the series. The first post looked at the Kirby Puckett Clause and how it can be applied to Santana. The second article touched on the similarities in careers between Santana and the great Sandy Koufax. T...6277Tue, 19 Dec 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-gifts-for-the-holidays-r6278/Speaking of the Winter Meltdown, AME Sports, who provided the Migueal Sano-signed bat for our 2017 Winter Meltdown, has a variety of great signed memorabilia for Twins fans, including a signed Jack Morris 1991 World Series Replica Jersey. They also have locations in Rosedale and Southdale, if you...6278Tue, 19 Dec 2017 01:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-348-fernando-rodney-is-friday-night-pizza-r6276/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_348_Fernando_Rodney_Is_Friday_Night_Pizza.mp36276Mon, 18 Dec 2017 03:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/winter-meltdown-presale-is-right-now-thru-xmas-eve-r6274/Besides the pint glass and two free 612 Brew beers, we have a Twins player come join us. We're not letting the cat out of the bag yet who our special guests are this year until after the new year, but in the past they've included LaTroy Hawkins, Tim Laudner, Scott Erickson, Jacque Jones and Mike P...6274Mon, 18 Dec 2017 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-must-get-creative-to-lure-darvish-r6275/In the Offseason Handbook, we projected that Darvish would get a five-year contract worth $135 million. MLB Trade Rumors predicted six years, $160 million. So it seems there's agreement that $27 million annually sounds about right, and given the competitive market for his services, the right-hande...6275Sun, 17 Dec 2017 23:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-sending-relief-messages-r6272/Looking at what we know thus far, the Twins have been connected to relievers like Brandon Kintzler, Steve Cishek, Fernando Rodney and Matt Belisle. Of that foursome, only Rodney has landed with the Twins. In 2018, he’ll be 41 years old, and the lone leftover (Belisle) will be 38. Other names they’...6272Fri, 15 Dec 2017 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-sign-closer-rodney-to-one-year-deal-r6271/Recently, Twins GM Thad Levine explained that he’s open-minded about his future closer already being on the roster, but made clear he wasn’t keen on throwing any of the internal options directly into that role. Based on this mindset, Rodney is a very logical fit. He doesn’t require an extensive c...6271Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/johan-santana39s-cooperstown-case-the-missing-cy-young-r6268/Part 1: The Puckett Clause Part 2: The Koufax Argument Part 3: The Missing Cy Young The Cy Young Award is baseball’s highest pitching honor. Some pitchers are in the conversation for the award on a regular basis. For current baseball fans, names like Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlan...6268Thu, 14 Dec 2017 02:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-sign-rhp-michael-pineda-r6269/Pineda stands 6-7 and about 260 pounds. He is a flame-thrower, when healthy. The Twins deal with Pineda is such that he will make $2 million in 2018 and then $8 million in 2019. The move is very similar to the transaction the Cubs made earlier this week when they signed lefty Drew Smyly for two y...6269Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/interested-in-baseball-research-join-sabr33-r6264/The Halsey Hall Chapter of SABR is based in the Twin Cities and welcomes everyone interested in baseball to come to any of our events. We meet semiannually at our chapter meetings (in the fall and the spring) and have a number of research presentations as well as guest speakers. At our most recent...6264Wed, 13 Dec 2017 03:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/winter-meetings-reliever-roulette-r6266/A few popular Twins targets have come off the market this week, with Pat Neshek (Phillies), Brandon Morrow (Cubs), Bryan Shaw (Rockies) and Tommy Hunter (Phillies) all reaching agreements. And while you may be feeling bummed to miss out on some of these names – especially a hometown guy like Neshe...6266Wed, 13 Dec 2017 03:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/winter-meetings-search-for-a-starter-r6263/The Twins have two options if they would like to acquire a top-level starting pitcher. They can give up money, a lot of money, to acquire a top free agent starter. It would likely also cost a draft pick. The other option to acquire a starting pitcher is via trade which, of course, costs a number o...6263Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:02:00 +0000