https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/889/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/from-prospects-to-playoff-push-r6029/If you’re looking for a blueprint for how this is supposed to work, just look back 20 years in to Twins history. The Twins made trades, drafted well, signed appropriate free agents who could then be traded later in the season for more prospects. Starting in 1998, the Twins called up rookie after r...6029Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-white-sox-829-710pm-ct-r6028/1. Chisago City – This town of 5,000 plus was settled back in the 1850’s by Swedish immigrants. The name of the town means “I Can’t Spell” in Swedish. Einstein proposed the hypothetical possibility of wormholes with his theory of relativity and their existence has not been proven conclusively yet,...6028Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-828-rooker-homers-again-r6026/RED WINGS REPORT Rochester 3, Scranton W/B 5 Box Score Felix Jorge gave up five runs in four innings on seven hits. He struck out two. Yohan Pino (two scoreless innings) and Buddy Boshers (two outs) both struck out two in relief. Drew Rucinski recorded the last four outs. Leo Reginatto had two hit...6026Tue, 29 Aug 2017 04:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byron-buxton-from-broken-to-booming-r6024/Broken It's no secret how bad Buxton looked at the plate during the early part of this year. Through the season's first 15 games, he hit .082/.135/.122 with 24 strikeouts. Things started to get a little better in May as he was hitting .171 through May 21 while getting on base over 26% of the time....6024Tue, 29 Aug 2017 03:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/st-paul-saints-a-chip-and-a-chair-r6025/Cleburne Railroaders (Aug 18th- 20th) Kicking off the latest home stand at CHS Field was a three-game series versus the Cleburne Railroaders. While the Saints knocked their league leading 100th team home run of the season during the set with Cleburne, not much else went right for our local nine. T...6025Tue, 29 Aug 2017 01:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ticket-sales-end-at-noon-on-friday33-r6023/Wednesday Update I’ve got good news, bad news and really good news about 9/16 Touch ‘Em All Pub Crawl. The good news is that we're including two more free craft beers at our final stop. The bad news is that some folks had problems buying our early bird tickets yesterday. So the really good news is...6023Mon, 28 Aug 2017 05:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-331-byron-bleeping-buxton-r6022/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/827_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=745906022Mon, 28 Aug 2017 04:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/miguel-sano-and-negativity-bias-r6021/Sano is an easy target for errant criticism, because he is big, and he strikes out a ton. You could argue both are inhibiting factors, but they are part of who he is. Every player has his inhibiting factors, and in this case, they also contribute to what makes Sano great. And let's make no mistake...6021Sun, 27 Aug 2017 22:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-7-tor-2-buxton-hits-3-homers-twins-win-series-at-toronto-r6020/Snapshot (win expectancy chart via Fangraphs) Buxton had a pair of bunt hits in the first game of this series at Toronto that left a lot of people wondering why the heck he didn’t bunt more often. With how easy he made those hits look, it was a valid question. Well, here’s why. Byron showed it a...6020Sun, 27 Aug 2017 21:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tor-10-min-9-sloppy-8th-inning-costs-twins-in-comeback-effort-r6017/Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Escobar .331 | Kepler .080 | Dozier .046 The Twins fell behind 2-0, but managed to tie it up in the top of the fifth thanks to an Eduardo Escobar two-run homer. Unfortunately, the Blue Jays busted out in the bottom of that inning for six runs....6017Sat, 26 Aug 2017 20:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/min-6-tor-1-buxton-bartolo-get-twins-back-to-winning-ways-r6015/Win Expectancy (via Fangraphs) Top 3 Twins per WPA: Colon .219 | Polanco .209 | Buxton .092 Buxton helped the Twins bust out of their slump by playing a little small ball. He dropped down a bunt single that scored Brian Dozier from third base to get the Twins on the board in the top of the third...6015Sat, 26 Aug 2017 02:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-blue-jays-825607pm-ct-r6014/1. Canada – There is only one professional baseball team in all of Canada. I was trying to imagine what that would be like if the situation was reversed. Let’s say there was a team from New York in the Canadian Football League. You have to suspend your imagination and assume that it is possible to...6014Fri, 25 Aug 2017 14:16:00 +0000