https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/898/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/catching-up-in-a-stream-of-consciousness-r5227/In the last couple of weeks, Derek Falvey and Thad Levine have been busy and things are about to get even busier. As we discussed yesterday, the Twins have until Friday night to offer arbitration to five players (Hector Santiago, Kyle Gibson, Brandon Kintzler, Ryan Pressly, and Eduardo Escobar). B...5227Fri, 02 Dec 2016 14:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/as-the-defense-goes-so-goes-the-twins-r5225/Over the past 15 seasons, the Twins have ranked in the top half in team defense seven times, according to Fangraphs. They had a winning record in six of those seasons (every year but '07 when they were 79-83) and made the playoffs five times. In the eight years they've fielded a below-average defe...5225Fri, 02 Dec 2016 01:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/arbitration-decisions-looming-r5224/Before then, the Twins have one more decision to make. On Friday night (December 2), teams need to determine whether or not to offer their arbitration-eligible players a contract for 2017. The Twins have to make that decision on five more players and the decisions aren’t necessarily as easy as we...5224Thu, 01 Dec 2016 04:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/above-and-beyond-creatively-improving-run-prevention-r5223/***This is an excerpt of one of several features from the Twins Daily Offseason Handbook. To read this and more, be sure to download your FREE Twins Daily Offseason Handbook now.*** Boston's Pitching Guru At the end of the 2015 season, the Boston Red Sox added a new position for former major...5223Thu, 01 Dec 2016 04:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-new-front-office-off-to-strong-start-r5222/It has been evident that Castro was the team's top priority from the get-go. While serving as interim GM late in the summer, Rob Antony pointed to finding a starting catcher as Minnesota's primary offseason imperative, and as soon as free agency got underway the Twins were repeatedly tied to the f...5222Wed, 30 Nov 2016 02:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/bringing-back-the-band-and-that39s-just-fine-r5221/All Major League organizations bring back players in an “assistant” type of role. The Twins have done that for guys like Rod Carew, Kent Hrbek and Tony Oliva. They represent the organization at events like Twins Fest. They may show up for a while at spring training and other special events. That i...5221Tue, 29 Nov 2016 04:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/dozier-trade-talk-heating-up-r5220/Now that kitchen stoves are cooling down after a long weekend of roasting and baking, baseball's Hot Stove is about to heat up. The Winter Meetings will get underway in Washington DC next week, and this is annually the most active period of the offseason. Last year, Terry Ryan and the front office...5220Mon, 28 Nov 2016 02:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-285-jason-castro-r5219/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Episode_286_Jason_Castro_Signs.mp3?dest-id=745905219Sun, 27 Nov 2016 22:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-winter-league-report-through-1126-r5218/Here is the update on how Twins players performed during the past week in the Winter Leagues. Several US players have returned home after their predetermined stint in the Winter Leagues. Niko Goodrum and Ryan O'Rourke returned to the United States from Venezuela. Daniel Palka played a couple of ga...5218Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/to-our-readers-thank-you33-r5217/As always, we are extremely grateful for everyone who swings by Twins Daily on a regular basis to read, comment and converse. This community wouldn't be what it is without you – especially those who contribute their own blogs and help moderate our message boards. You guys rock. But we're feeling a...5217Wed, 23 Nov 2016 04:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-twins-to-sign-jason-castro-r5215/Yahoo Sport's Jeff Passan reports that the two sides have agreed upon a three-year, $24.5 million contract. As Nick Nelson detailed in the Offseason Handbook, Castro hasn't shown much with his bat over the last three seasons, posting a combined .215/.291/.369 line over that time. It would seem in...5215Tue, 22 Nov 2016 23:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/falvey-has-seen-the-value-of-patience-r5214/Through his years with Cleveland, Derek Falvey was able to witness one of the best examples out there of why being patient, particularly with pitchers with great stuff, can be very important. At the 2009 July trade deadline, Cleveland dealt veteran lefty Cliff Lee to the Phillies in exchange for f...5214Tue, 22 Nov 2016 05:17:00 +0000