https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/885/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2017-twins-player-predictions-joe-mauer-r5456/So what’s in store for Joe Mauer in 2017? Below you will find my predictions (or guesses, if you prefer) for Joe Mauer’s 2017 season. Hopefully you will consider posting your thoughts and your predictions into the comments below. It’s always fun to take a look at the end of the season and see how...5456Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2017-twins-player-predictions-jason-castro-r5455/However, we are here to provide predictions for the offensive side of the game. Castro was the Astros first-round pick in 2008 (10th overall) out of Stanford. He was an All Star in 2013 when he set career-highs in most statistical categories. The last three years have not been great offensively, p...5455Tue, 28 Mar 2017 04:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tyler-jay-and-baseball39s-evolving-bullpen-r5453/At the end of January, I wrote about the disappearance of the 200 inning starting pitcher. Managers have pulled starters earlier in games to use team's reliable bullpen arms. Batters are forced to adjust to a new pitcher with a different pitching repertoire. This can be one of the reasons for scor...5453Tue, 28 Mar 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-decisions-and-divides-r5454/All sides say that Molitor and the new front office are getting along very well. “It’s been very comfortable,’ says Molitor. His boss agrees. “[Molitor] and I have had really candid conversations about the roster all the way through spring training,” said Falvey this weekend. “I don’t think it wil...5454Mon, 27 Mar 2017 22:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/central-intelligence-chicago-white-sox-r5452/2016 At A Glance Record: 78-84 Runs Scored: 686 Runs Allowed: 715 Pythag W/L: 78-84 Pitching WAR Leader: Chris Sale Position WAR Leader: Adam Eaton Season Recap The 2016 campaign qualified as Chicago's best in four years, but that wasn't saying much. Another sub-.500 finish spelled the end of Robi...5452Mon, 27 Mar 2017 02:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-batting-order-time33-r5451/In a recent MNSPN podcast, Roy Smalley talked a little about a time in his career when he batted cleanup. He was a team player, so he was happy to do what the team wanted, but he was never comfortable there, and he admitted it was partly because he was kind of embarrassed to be batting there. He k...5451Sun, 26 Mar 2017 23:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-ups-and-downs-r5450/Except for a couple of batters, he made things looked effortless. Whether that’s a good sign or not for the regular season remains to be seen. Gibson cautioned that he never knows what the other team is working on, and it might be that they’re working on something that gives Gibson an advantage. T...5450Sun, 26 Mar 2017 21:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-returns-and-concerns-r5449/Vargas “Hobbled” In Friday night’s game, recently returned designated hitter candidate Kennys Vargas fouled a pitch off his foot or shin. He stayed in the game, but when he hit a fly ball to the outfield, he pulled up limping halfway to first base and left the game. After the game, we were told th...5449Sun, 26 Mar 2017 03:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-berrios-gone-duffey-v-mejia-r5448/The baseball nerds swarmed this morning; just ask Twins CBO Derek Falvey, Manager Paul Molitor, Director of Baseball Research Jack Goin, scouts, players, most of the Twins Cities baseball media nerds and several Twins Daily supporters. They were almost all huddled around picnic tables behind the b...5448Sat, 25 Mar 2017 18:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-pitching-focus-r5447/A Surprise Demotion The big news of the day was that right-handed reliever JT Chargois, who most people expected to make the 25-man roster prior to camp, was optioned to the minors. Mike Berardino has Twins’ manager Paul Molitor’s quotes on the move from before tonight’s game. I hate this move to...5447Sat, 25 Mar 2017 03:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sold-out-gleeman-amp-the-geek39s-tuesday-taproom-tour-r5434/The Events Join a limited group of 100 fellow Twins fans listening to a special podcast and watching a Twins road game at one of John and Aaron’s favorite local craft beer taprooms with Gleeman and the Geek! Honestly, how many great things are in that last sentence? And it gets better - at each t...5434Fri, 24 Mar 2017 12:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-hector-santiago-elevate-and-dominate-r5445/First impressions are important, but everyone deserves a second chance. Santiago got off to an absolutely rotten start with the Twins, but he ended the season pitching well, and there’s reason to believe he could in line for a bounce-back year. Over his final seven starts of 2016, Santiago posted...5445Fri, 24 Mar 2017 02:00:00 +0000