https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/877/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/st-paul-saints-%E2%80%93-let-the-fun-begin-r5632/The first game of the series used a formulas that the Saints hope will work all year: solid pitching + longball = win. Starter Mark Hamburger pitched 8.1 strong innings allowing only two unearned runs and striking out eight. Tony Thomas and Nate Hanson both sent a pitch over the fence to provide a...5632Thu, 25 May 2017 21:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/key-twins-quarter-mark-questions-r5627/Were the 2016 Twins a fluke? Things certainly couldn't have gone much worse for the Twins in 2016. Following a 2015 seasons where Minnesota was in contention until the final weekend, the wheels came off. Young players like Byron Buxton, Miguel Sano and Jose Berrios struggled to make adjustments at...5627Thu, 25 May 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-5-most-shocking-twins-stats-so-far-r5624/1) Joe Mauer's GB/FB ratio: 1.25 Mauer has changed significantly as a hitter over the years, and there aren't many traits that have remained completely consistent over the course of his career. This one has: he has always hit the ball on the ground far, far more often than in the air. He has a lif...5624Wed, 24 May 2017 02:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trust-the-process-and-the-stats-r5623/At the end of April, Joe Mauer was hitting a career-low .225/.271/.275 with just four extra base hits. Fans panicked again. Everyone whined and complained about the $23 million man. But Mauer, true to who he is, took it in stride. With his performance so far in May, it’s easy to understand why. On...5623Tue, 23 May 2017 17:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/will-hunter-greene-haunt-the-twins-r5619/Taking A Chance There has never been a right-handed high school pitcher taken with the first overall pick. Greene could become the first but there are so many factors that come into developing a high school arm. He is a raw product whose edges would need to be refined over the next 4-5 seasons in...5619Tue, 23 May 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-orioles-522605pm-ct-r5618/1. Baltimore – Baltimore is a big city in between Washington DC and Philadelphia which are even bigger cities and this makes Baltimore the runt of the litter. You all know what happens to the runt of the litter... the runt watches vital resources go to the bigger and stronger around them, and in t...5618Mon, 22 May 2017 11:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-311-rain-rain-go-away-r5616/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_311_Rain_Rain_Go_Away.mp3?dest-id=745905616Mon, 22 May 2017 02:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/young-guns-r5615/Minnesota rotations of the last half-decade have featured a couple of impressive veteran campaigns and few other positives. For an organization with such emphatic focus on acquiring and developing young arms to receive not one convincing standout season from a youthful starter over such a span is...5615Mon, 22 May 2017 01:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jose-berrios-flashes-something-special-r5609/Over the course of his outing, he got 20 swinging strikes. To put that into context, he threw 72 strikes in total. That means 28% of the pitches he threw for strikes had Rockies batters swinging right through. Truly an incredible amount, it's not all that surprising given the movement on his pitc...5609Fri, 19 May 2017 19:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-almanac-for-may-18-19-r5608/May 18, 1969 Rod Carew Steals Second, Third, and Home With the Billy Martin-managed Twins trailing 2-0 in Detroit, Cesar Tovar led off the bottom of third with a single off of Mickey Lolich. Then, with Rod Carew at the plate, Tovar was balked to second and stole third. Perhaps distracted by Tovar,...5608Fri, 19 May 2017 14:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-royals-519-710pm-ct-r5607/1. Sioux Falls – 29% of the South Dakota state population lives in Sioux Falls. Due to weight distribution, the state is out of balance and this causes a slight tilt to the state. As a result of this tilt, everything in the state tends to roll toward the southeast. This has been proven through exp...5607Fri, 19 May 2017 11:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/backup-backstop-battle-royal-r5605/Castro has had some nice stretches, but overall his batting line heading into Thursday was .202/.304/.360. That should come as no surprise, however, as that’s nearly identical production to his 2016 campaign. Castro is who he is, the Twins knew exactly what they were getting into. He has his flaws...5605Fri, 19 May 2017 01:56:00 +0000