https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/903/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-mejia-makes-his-case-r5428/Mejia came to the Twins last July from the Giants in exchange for Eduardo Nunez. He made one relief appearance for the Twins in 2016. He came to spring training as a long shot to make the Twins Opening Day roster, rarely mentioned when fifth-starter options were mentioned. Coming into Wednesday, h...5428Wed, 15 Mar 2017 20:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/risk-management-backing-up-buck-r5425/The CBO and skipper exhaled as the young outfielder sprung up and lobbed the ball back into the infield, but it was a play that highlights both Buxton's dynamic capabilities and his nerve-racking tendency to put his body in harm's way. Buxton has no plans to change. His credo is akin Popeye's: I y...5425Wed, 15 Mar 2017 02:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/leadoff-candidate-conundrum-r5423/Byron Buxton, CF Minnesota's speedy outfielder has many of the tools to be a weapon out of the leadoff spot. Buxton is one of the fastest players in baseball. As recently as the 2013 season, Buxton stole 55 bases while primarily being used as a leadoff hitter. It's an interesting situation because...5423Tue, 14 Mar 2017 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-twins-run-over-rays-r5424/With Trevor May likely out for the 2017 season, the Twins gave Rule 5 pick Justin Haley an opportunity to start for them on Monday afternoon against the Rays. He was going on two-days rest, so it was planned that he wouldn’t go more than two innings. What he was able to do was work on all of his p...5424Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byungho-park-tries-to-catch-up-by-slowing-down-r5421/*** I'll be handling this week's Write of Spring newsletter, a special in-depth report breaking down a particular topic from Twins camp, along with a notebook dump of quotes and rumblings. The only way to get it is by making sure you're on the mailing list. It's free! *** Park went from hitting...5421Mon, 13 Mar 2017 06:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/did-you-know-that-jason-castro-is-good-at-framing-r5420/His first point, however, is that he doesn’t consider it framing. To Castro, “framing” sounds intentionally misleading -- like an act on a little league field where a youth catcher tries to yank a ball that crosses over the empty batter’s box back over the plate, hoping the high school-aged umpir...5420Mon, 13 Mar 2017 05:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-300-trevor-may-amp-al-east-over-unders-r5419/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Episode_300_Trevor_May_and_AL_East_Over-Under.mp3?dest-id=745905419Mon, 13 Mar 2017 02:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-home-run-derby-r5417/* Home runs have been a problem for Phil Hughes frequently throughout his career, and certainly over the past couple of underwhelming seasons. He led the league with 29 allowed in 2015 and coughed up 11 in just 59 innings last year. Today, Baltimore’s lineup took him deep three times en route to t...5417Sun, 12 Mar 2017 21:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-beantown-beatdown-r5415/* The events of the day were overshadowed by this morning’s news that right-hander Trevor May, who had positioned himself to claim Minnesota’s fifth starter job, suffered a tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. You can get the whole story in our report, which includes thoughts...5415Sat, 11 Mar 2017 21:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mri-reveals-torn-ucl-for-trevor-may-r5414/In a decade of playing professional ball, May has amazingly been able to avoid any kind of significant elbow or shoulder issues. “I’ve literally never missed a day of baseball activity because my arm hurt,” he said. So it isn’t too surprising that when he felt a “grab” on an 0-2 pitch against Andr...5414Sat, 11 Mar 2017 15:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/press-start-may-changes-his-game-again-r5413/There was some consternation over Minnesota's lack of offseason action on the starting pitching front, given the horrendous results that unit put forth last year. However, the rotation can potentially receive a huge boost simply by getting May back following his 2016 foray into the bullpen. It’s...5413Fri, 10 Mar 2017 02:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/breaking-down-the-twins-spring-ballpark-pass-r5410/I was as excited as anybody for Target Field to open, but I only got to one game that first season, and sat literally in the last row of the upper deck. Ticket prices have been on the decline in recent years, but the Twins are breaking new ground (in the Target Field era, at least) with their newe...5410Fri, 10 Mar 2017 01:38:00 +0000