https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/914/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/he39s-ba-ack33-r4623/Among his duties, according to the press release from the team, will be "traveling to all minor league affiliates serving as a special roving instructor and evaluator." This is a role set up for Gardenhire, and yet it isn't a new role in the Twins organization. In fact, it's a role that Tom Kelly...4623Mon, 18 Apr 2016 18:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-brewers-418-710pm-ct-r4622/1. Riverbrian's Lineupology -- I've decided that my Thought #1 is going to be my lineup from now on out. My reasoning for this is simple: first off all... I have no problem being wrong and have been wrong often enough to not think less of myself; and perhaps most importantly, I'm putting my lineup...4622Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-245-break-up-the-twins-r4620/You can listen by downloading us from iTunes, Stitcher or find it at GleemanAndTheGeek.com. Or just click the Play button below. http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/4-17-16_Gleeman_and_the_Geek_final.mp34620Mon, 18 Apr 2016 03:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/has-average-joe-returned-r4619/Through the first two weeks of the season, Mauer ranks third in the AL with a .372 average. He already has his first home run – a feat he didn't accomplish last year until May 20th. Through 53 plate appearances, he has drawn eight walks with only four strikeouts. That last piece is the most encour...4619Mon, 18 Apr 2016 02:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-almanac-for-april-17-23-r4616/April 17, 2009 Kubel Completes Cycle with Game-Winning Grand Slam Playing the LA Angels at the Metrodome, the Twins trailed 4-9 going into the bottom of the 8th. They scored 3 runs on RBI hits by Mike Redmond and Denard Span. After Brendan Harris struck out looking for the second out, the Angel...4616Sun, 17 Apr 2016 11:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/b-e-aggressive33-twins-hitters-are-letting-the-world-pass-them-by-r4614/When a team is 0-9, the list of things that are going well is obviously going to be far shorter than the list of things going wrong, but pointing fingers doesn’t do much good. Any one player’s struggles would be masked if his teammates weren’t also struggling. So the question is, absent sweeping s...4614Fri, 15 Apr 2016 18:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-angels-415-710pm-ct-r4613/1. The Gorilla in the Room -- I'm not worried about the 0-9 start. I continue to be worried about the same thing I was worried about back in December... that's the entire American League. Half the National League teams were busy shedding veteran talent for youth and immediately declaring to all th...4613Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/one-step-backward-r4611/Ryan obviously has a lot of faith in his youthful core, and with good reason. But he's been doing this long enough to recognize that things don't always play out according to plan. "Every guy that's come through here with the exception of maybe a handful in the last 20 years has had to go back. Ma...4611Fri, 15 Apr 2016 02:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-sign-veteran-of-david-murphy-to-minor-league-deal-r4610/The 34-year-old Murphy is best known for his years in Texas where he hit .275/.337/.440 (.777) over seven seasons. He spent 2014 and the first half of 2015 with Cleveland before being traded to the Angels in the second half last year. He went to spring training this year with the Red Sox. Of cours...4610Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/prospect-retrospective-of-eddie-rosario-r4609/BACKGROUND In late September of 1991, Eddie Rosario was born in the Puerto Rican community of Guayama. The city is home to approximately 45,000 people and located on the Caribbean Sea, on the southwest side of the island. Reports have indicated that he lived in some tough neighborhoods and wasn’t...4609Thu, 14 Apr 2016 07:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/draft-blog-entry-2-41416-r4607/Of course, if this season continues to tumble into the dismal place that is a return to the Top 5 of the draft, we’ll have to shed some light onto the 2017 draft. But we’re not there yet and we still have the 2016 draft to focus on. Some housekeeping first: The Twins first-round pick (15th overall...4607Thu, 14 Apr 2016 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/perkins-to-dl-rogers-called-up-r4606/In spring training, Rogers was competing for a lefty specialist role in the bullpen and he lasted deep into camp before being optioned on March 23rd. Last year in Rochester he went 11-12 with a 3.98 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 126-to-44 K/BB ratio over 174 innings. He pitched two scoreless innings in his l...4606Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:18:00 +0000