https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/875/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-phil-hughes-surprise-us-r6248/Over the past three seasons, while the condition of his shoulder has deteriorated, Hughes has tried just about everything to offset the decline of a fastball that was once his calling card. He's thrown more changeups. He's attempted adding spin to his heater. He has undergone surgery for thoracic...6248Mon, 04 Dec 2017 01:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-346-the-shohei-show-r6247/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Episode_346_The_Shohei_Show.mp36247Sun, 03 Dec 2017 22:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-making-strikeouts-a-priority-r6246/In 2017, Minnesota’s best K/9 among starters was recorded by Jose Berrios (8.6). No other starting pitcher posted better than Adalberto Mejia’s 7.8 K/9 and a combined 38 starts from Hector Santiago, Phil Hughes and Bartolo Colon saw just 6.5, 6.4, and 5.3 K/9 marks respectively. In short, the Twin...6246Fri, 01 Dec 2017 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-mailbag-extensions-2020-line-up-darvish-ohtani-r6244/Question 1 https://twitter.com/enge0280/status/934858994518241285 Here at Twins Daily, some of the writers ran through the gamut of extension options. Young players like Byron Buxton, Miguel Sano or Jose Berrios could be offered deals that buy out some of their free agent years. Veteran players li...6244Thu, 30 Nov 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/from-the-handbook-organizational-depth-chart-r6243/CATCHERS Jason Castro is signed through the 2019 season, so he’ll be around. He had his best offensive season since 2013 and his pitch framing statistics matched his reputation. Chris Gimenez didn’t have great numbers, but everyone loves having him on the roster. He’s a free agent and with Mitch...6243Wed, 29 Nov 2017 13:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-should-be-shopping-ervin-santana-r6242/First, let's acknowledge the obvious: Santana was spectacular in 2017. He had arguably the best season for a Twins starting pitcher since Johan left town. Big Erv made the All Star team, finished seventh in Cy Young voting, and buoyed an otherwise shaky rotation. But that's exactly why his value i...6242Wed, 29 Nov 2017 03:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/johan-santana%E2%80%99s-cooperstown-case-the-puckett-clause-r6239/The Puckett Clause Twins fans are well aware of the legend of Kirby Puckett. His career tragically ended too soon at the young age of 35 after 12 seasons. Puckett was a dominant player during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s as the Twins won two championships in a five year span. For 10 straight s...6239Tue, 28 Nov 2017 02:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/from-the-handbook-building-on-buxton-r6238/From afar, the narrative surrounding Buxton is that he jettisoned his leg kick and suddenly emerged as this elite hitter in the late throes of the season. The story sold was in the clickbait mold of BUXTON MADE THIS ONE SIMPLE CHANGE and, boom, he’s all fixed. While that is the most visually obvi...6238Mon, 27 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byung-ho-park-signs-with-kbo%E2%80%99s-nexen-heroes-r6237/Yonhap News reporter Jeejo Yoo was the first to report Park’s return to Korea. https://twitter.com/Jeeho_1/status/934976475744239617 Park struggled with the transition to major league baseball. In 62 big league games, he hit .191/.275/.412 with 12 home runs and nine doubles. His 80 to 21 strikeout...6237Mon, 27 Nov 2017 03:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sho-time-could-the-twins-really-land-ohtani-r6236/Flexibility By all accounts, Ohtani is adamant about carrying on his legacy as a two-way player in the United States. Given his position of leverage in negotiations, he can make that a hard-line demand if he wishes, and plenty of teams will be ready to meet it. Sure, he'd be able to bat during sta...6236Mon, 27 Nov 2017 02:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/from-the-handbook-free-agent-relievers-r6235/The Twins bullpen was an area of concern heading into the 2017 season, and occasionally a costly weakness, but overall the unit acquitted itself nicely. There are a number of hurlers who did enough to make cases for jobs next year, including Taylor Rogers, Trevor Hildenberger, Tyler Duffey, Alan B...6235Mon, 27 Nov 2017 01:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-345-protected-prospects-amp-extension-candidates-r6234/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_345_Protected_Prospects_and_Extension_Candidates.mp36234Sun, 26 Nov 2017 18:41:00 +0000