https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/890/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-awards-2016-mvp-r5138/In some ways, Dozier's 2016 season was a continuation of his established career trend. In both 2014 and 2015, the second baseman delivered scalding hot production in the early months that was offset somewhat by a frigidly cold stretch in the latter portion, leading to overall numbers that were imp...5138Fri, 07 Oct 2016 02:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/early-2017-draft-prospects-r5137/Ch-ch-ch-changes Terry Ryan was in the draft room, but wasn’t making the calls. Deron Johnson had the final say and many others had their voices heard. Ryan is out, obviously, and Derek Falvey has been named Chief Baseball Officer. Johnson is still in (for now), as is the entire scouting staff. Bu...5137Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-awards-2016-pitcher-of-the-year-r5135/Ervin Santana had something to prove during the 2016 season. This came a year after being suspended for 80 games for PED use, on the heels of a big off-season free agent deal. When he returned from suspension, he allowed four runs or more in six of his first ten games (6.05 ERA) including 11 home...5135Thu, 06 Oct 2016 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-awards-2016-rookie-of-the-year-r5133/Max Kepler got a brief taste of the big leagues at the end of 2015 after a monster minor league campaign. With only seven at-bats above the Double-A level, it made sense to have Kepler start the year in Rochester. Minnesota was also experimenting with Miguel Sano, last year's Twins' Rookie of the...5133Wed, 05 Oct 2016 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/beating-vegas-winners-announced-r5129/At the beginning of the 2016 season, we asked Twins Daily members to give us their thoughts on each of the American League teams, but we asked that they do so by comparing their expectations to Vegas' over/under numbers. Below are the results, and the person from each thread who was picked at ran...5129Tue, 04 Oct 2016 09:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/picking-al-and-nl-mvps-r5131/American League MVP Race For the second time in his young career, Mike Trout has surpassed 10 WAR according to Baseball Reference. FanGraphs has Trout a tick under 10 with a 9.4 WAR. Both of these totals are a full win higher than his next closest competitor, Mookie Betts. Betts versus Trout is go...5131Tue, 04 Oct 2016 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-awards-2016-most-improved-player-r5130/“Improvement” is something that can be found and defined in several ways. It’s hard to believe that a Most Improved player can be coming off an All-Star season. Brian Dozier posted a .751 OPS in 2015 with 39 doubles and 28 home runs. In 2014, Brian Dozier hit 33 doubles, 23 homers and had an OPS o...5130Tue, 04 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/it%E2%80%99s-official-twins-announce-derek-falvey-hiring-r5128/The unofficial direction for Falvey is to make the Twins win again; however, the team's official statement says that Falvey will be responsible for establishing the vision and related strategies for the club’s baseball operation. “It’s a tremendous honor to have the opportunity to lead the Twins b...5128Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-pitchers-need-a-new-voice-r5127/I'm generally not one to buy into the oft-exaggerated impact of pitching and hitting coaches, nor one to advocate for someone's dismissal after such a short time on his position. But the Twins took a gamble when they hired Allen two years ago, giving their rookie manager a pitching coach with no m...5127Mon, 03 Oct 2016 03:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-279-the-derek-falvey-era-r5126/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_279_The_Derek_Falvey_Era.mp35126Mon, 03 Oct 2016 02:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/10333-r5124/I always like to go back and say that this team is way too talented to really be the worst team in Twins history. Brian Dozier has had an elite year. Ervin Santana was very good. Young players like Miguel Sano, Byron Buxton, Max Kepler, Jorge Polanco, Kennys Vargas, Taylor Rogers, JT Chargois, Jos...5124Sat, 01 Oct 2016 20:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-white-sox-930-710pm-ct-r5123/1. The End of the World – I was looking at the calendar and I just realized that our days are indeed numbered. 2. Thanksgiving -- Easily my favorite holiday… the entire Family gets together and just enjoys each other’s company. Every Thanksgiving about 20 of the Riverbrian clan gathers together un...5123Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:08:00 +0000