https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/886/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kintzler-has-been-twins-bullpen39s-unlikely-hero-r5762/The path that led Kintzler to the ninth inning in Minnesota might be worthy of its own biopic; a former 40th-round draft pick who spent parts of multiple seasons playing independent ball (including a stint with the St. Paul Saints), washed out in Milwaukee due to injuries, and joined the Twins as...5762Mon, 26 Jun 2017 01:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-4-cleveland-0-what-a-difference-a-week-makes-r5761/5761Sun, 25 Jun 2017 20:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-4-cleveland-2-skeleton-crew-beats-kluber-allen-r5759/Win Expectancy and Top 5 Plays (via Fangraphs) There was a lot of great stuff to get to from this one, but nothing can beat how it ended. Check out this amazing diving catch from Byron Buxton to record the final out: Per Statcast, the catch probability was 49 percent. Buxton was 0-for-4 with...5759Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-5-cleveland-0-mejia-battles-through-hildenberger-debuts-r5757/5757Sat, 24 Jun 2017 02:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/first-wins-amp-conundrums-r5756/A First Win In the first game, Gregg Wong was the official scorer and had a pretty straightforward call, awarding the win to Zach McAllister, who relieved starter Ryan Merritt in the fifth and pitched two scoreless innings. But in the night game, I had more possibilities. A rain delay in the top o...5756Fri, 23 Jun 2017 20:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/get-to-know-trevor-hildenberger-r5755/After another strong season, Trevor Hildenberger is joining some lofty company. Last year, Jose Berrios won the second of his back-to-back Minor League Pitcher of the Year awards before making his big league debut. Now Hildenberger hopes to follow the path laid by Berrios as he has been named the...5755Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twinscleveland-623610pm-ct-r5754/1. Cleveland – The modern golf ball was invented in Cleveland. In 1898 some guy named Coburn Haskell found some rubber thread at the BF Goodrich plant and wound it into a ball and started bouncing it around when another guy named Bertram Work saw him bouncing it and said that he should put a cover...5754Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/hildenberger-and-gee-gets-the-call-r5753/Last week, the Twins called up hard-throwing Alan Busenitz from Rochester. In an article on Busenitz, we mentioned that Trevor Hildenberger was also very deserving. The side-arming righty was the Twins Daily choice for Minor League Relief Pitcher of the Year in 2015 and again in 2016. In 21 games...5753Fri, 23 Jun 2017 03:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/white-sox-9-twins-0-another-gimenez-game-r5751/White Sox 9, Twins 0 Box Score Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Nik Turley was one of the feel-good stories of this season, but after Thursday’s thrashing you can’t help but feel bad for the guy. In his third career start, the 27-year-old former Indy leaguer recorded just two outs and gave up five...5751Fri, 23 Jun 2017 01:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/st-paul-saints-first-place-and-fireworks-r5750/Prior to the first game of the home stand the league announced that Saints outfielder, Anthony Gallas was awarded the Pointstreak American Association Player of the Week for June 5 – June 11. And yes, you are remembering correctly from my last article, that makes it two consecutive Player of the W...5750Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-4-white-sox-2-the-machine-set-to-attack-mode-r5749/Twins 4, White Sox 2 Box Score Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Machine is typically spelled maquina in Spanish, but it’s pretty easy to see where Berrios gets the K from. Jose was tremendous, striking out eight batters while giving up two runs on just four hits. He was aggressive all night, as he...5749Thu, 22 Jun 2017 03:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/where-are-they-now-former-twins-of-josh-rabe-r5747/Recently Twins Daily caught up with the former Twins outfielder about getting drafted out of a small college, spending many years in the minor leagues, getting called up to the big leagues, and his post-playing career. A big thank you to Josh Rabe for his thoughtful responses to our questions. L...5747Thu, 22 Jun 2017 00:39:00 +0000