https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/900/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trade-deadline-tidbits-r4943/4943Wed, 27 Jul 2016 03:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-rallying-around-morethanwords-r4935/The campaign is called the #MoreThanWords campaign and several Vikings blogs are participating, including Vikings Territory, Vikings Corner and the Daily Norseman. The goal of all the MinnCentric blogs has been to build a supportive community of blogs around our passions, and this campaign is a gr...4935Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/brandon-kintzler-proven-closer-r4938/Terry Ryan, the Twins recently fired GM, was no stranger to this adage. Entering the 2012 season, Glen Perkins had been dominant in relief the year before but he was hesitant to give him the closer role. "He doesn't have any experience in that role," said Ryan. "I think you're wise to ultimately s...4938Tue, 26 Jul 2016 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/parting-gifts-ryan39s-5-best-final-moves-r4937/These five low-key decisions, dating back to the end of last season, all worked out better than anyone would have suspected. Three of them involve bullpen pickups, which is somewhat ironic considering that Ryan's lack of action on that front was a primary source of offseason criticism. Let's give...4937Mon, 25 Jul 2016 05:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-266-the-rob-antony-era-r4934/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/gatg_7_24_16_final.mp34934Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/to-tank-or-not-to-tank-r4929/In MLB there is nothing but incentive to tanking a season. The worse your record is the higher up you draft and the bigger your allotted bonus pool is to divvy out to those picks. Same deal with international spending, the worse you do the more money you can spend without incurring penalties. And...4929Sat, 23 Jul 2016 05:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/rob-antony39s-audition-r4931/The Twins removed Ryan from the GM's chair just two weeks ahead of a pivotal trade deadline. In that same chair, he was amidst discussions and negotiations that had been percolating for weeks. The next 10 days could prove extremely important to the future of the franchise. Now, instead of a season...4931Fri, 22 Jul 2016 05:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota39s-defensive-dilemma-r4915/During last week's All-Star Break, SABR released their updated rankings for the SABR Defensive Index (SDI). According to SABR, the Defensive Index draws on and aggregates two types of existing defensive metrics: those derived from batted ball location-based data and those collected from play-by-pl...4915Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-red-sox-721-610pm-ct-r4928/1. Kermit the Frog – In comparison to other frogs… Kermit would have to be classified as a big, green one. The only thing Kermit wears is a pointy collar. Apparently frogs can get away with this look without judgement. The last time I was naked… wearing only a pointy collar, I was asked to leave c...4928Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/der-schlager-kepler-keeps-climbing-r4927/He became a huge prospect nationally. Now, he has too many at-bats to still be called a prospect. Through Wednesday’s game, Kepler has ten home runs in 196 major league plate appearances. He has quickly climbed the prospect ladder as he worked his way toward the big leagues. Now in the big leagues...4927Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-it-only-a-gm-search-r4925/Given that the Twins have had only three GMs over their last thirty or so years, the same number of managers over that period and numerous other front office staff and scouts who have served in the organization for dozens of years, the firing of Terry Ryan made national waves. It’s uncommon to tur...4925Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/with-tr-gone-can-we-trust-the-braintrust-r4924/The problem with removing the GM is that the Twins have lacked foresight to lay the groundwork for such an eventuality. They never surrounded Ryan with new blood, so each of the internal replacement candidates is entrenched in the organizational culture, and to some extent a student of Ryan. The l...4924Wed, 20 Jul 2016 02:58:00 +0000