https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/886/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-final-three-weeks-r6081/The Twins have just one off-day (on Monday, September 25th) remaining. Other than that, it's full-steam ahead toward the regular season's finish line. There remain high hopes among players and fans alike that the season will continue beyond the regular season's final regularly scheduled day (Sunda...6081Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-padres-912-710pm-ct-r6080/1. Hills, Minnesota – Just as San Diego is tucked into the extreme Southwestern corner of the United States, Hills is tucked into the extreme Southwestern corner of Minnesota. There are many similarities, such as, if you travel due south you enter Iowa where very few speak English. If you travel d...6080Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-bagger-heroic-hildy-golden-buck-amp-molitor39s-last-stand-r6076/* Michael Tonkin. Pat Light. J.T. Chargois. Neil Ramirez. Alex Wimmers. These are all right-handed relievers that the Twins tried to bring along last year, with little-to-no success. Minnesota's whiff rate on bullpen reinforcements (and the lack of significant offseason moves on this front) is a p...6076Mon, 11 Sep 2017 01:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kc-11-min-3-big-dud-from-big-sexy-amp-co-r6074/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) Big Sexy lasted just 1.2 innings, but lucky for the Twins they had a couple of fresh long relievers to choose from. But Colon wasn’t the only Minnesota pitcher feeling the Sunday blues right now. John Curtiss got rocked for four runs while recording just a single o...6074Sun, 10 Sep 2017 22:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-333-frontrunners-r6073/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_333_Frontrunners.mp36073Sun, 10 Sep 2017 11:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kc-5-min-2-molitor-pushes-all-the-wrong-buttons-in-loss-r6072/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) Eduardo Escobar led off the third inning with a homer, which was followed by a Jason Castro single. Robbie Grossman, who was 6-for-13 with two homers in his first four games back from the DL, laid down a sac bunt to advance Castro to second. Yes, that same Robbie G...6072Sun, 10 Sep 2017 03:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-8-kc-5-rosario-drives-in-4-hildenberger-holds-it-together-r6070/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) The Twins had built an early 5-1 lead but saw that advantage slip. Ervin Santana wasn’t in top form, giving up four runs over five innings, but Hildenberger got this game back on track. Tyler Duffey and Taylor Rogers made a bit of a mess in the seventh inning, comb...6070Sat, 09 Sep 2017 04:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-4-kc-2-comeback-complete-r6067/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) Jorge Polanco … the team’s No. 3 hitter tonight … the guy who has an OPS over 1.000 since the start of August … was asked to bunt with no outs in the eighth. The Twins would end up not scoring. The very next inning, however, Polanco was given a chance to hit and de...6067Fri, 08 Sep 2017 03:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/escobar-proving-invaluable-for-minnesota-r6065/Since coming to Minnesota, the utility player has been worth 3.8 fWAR over the past five years. While that’s hardly anything to get excited about, it’s the smaller things that he brings to the club that make all of the difference. Despite being out of position at times, he has played every positio...6065Fri, 08 Sep 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twinsroyals-97715pm-r6064/1. Kansas City – With an estimated population of 481,420, it is the largest city in Missouri with St. Louis coming in 2nd. It isn’t an accident that the two major population centers of Missouri are tucked closely to the eastern and western borders; it is because everybody needs to be able to aband...6064Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/brian-dozier-is-taking-the-lead-r6063/"Leadership" has always been an ambiguous term in pro sports. It's one of those intangible, immeasurable factors that is impossible to quantify. But no one can deny its import, especially on a team full of inexperienced players still learning how to be big-leaguers. Many in and around the organiza...6063Thu, 07 Sep 2017 04:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-10-tb-6-twins-prevail-thanks-to-big-error-r6061/Snapshot (chart via Fangraphs) Brian Dozier got things started with a leadoff home run. He now has 29 homers, which is the second-most in his career. The Rays answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning, but Ehire Adrianza put the Twins back on top with a three-run homer in the...6061Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:56:00 +0000