https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/917/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-1987-gladden-trade-r4565/One of the appeals of Gladden was his game-changing speed. One newspaper headline the morning after the deal read “Popularity Sacrificed for Steals,” a motivation confirmed by Twins executive vice president, Andy MacPhail, who said that “the reason we got him is he gives us speed. He can steal bas...4565Fri, 01 Apr 2016 03:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/beating-vegas-the-kansas-city-royals-r4564/Vegas’ Line: 85.5 wins What The Line Is Saying “You weren’t as good as you looked last year.” They’ll Beat Vegas If… … they really are as good as they looked last year. Those 95 wins last year were not a fluke. They outscored their opponents by 84 runs, which should be good for about 91 wins in...4564Fri, 01 Apr 2016 03:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trending-331-setting-the-roster-r4563/Ricky Nolasco, Fifth Starter It’s probably unfair that we turned Monday into a Nolasco vs Duffey competition for the fifth spot in the rotation considering that Duffey was facing major league competition and Nolasco was facing a group of high-A minor leaguers. But that’s essentially what happened....4563Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/beating-vegas-the-cleveland-indians-r4562/Vegas’ Line: 84.5 wins What The Line Is Saying "We believe what we saw the second half of last year.” They’ll Beat Vegas If… They find some offense. Lindor should help, provided he doesn’t take a step backward in his sophomore season. The Tribe hopes new first baseman Mike Napoli, who Cleveland si...4562Thu, 31 Mar 2016 05:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/player-predictions-dh-byung-ho-park-r4561/Parks’ Nexen teammate in 2014, Jung Ho Kang signed with Pittsburgh and spent his rookie season with the Pirates. After a slow start, he played quite well and if not for a late-season injury, he was giving Kris Bryant a run for NL rookie of the year. Let’s take a look at Kang’s transition last year...4561Thu, 31 Mar 2016 05:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/making-sense-of-the-final-roster-decisions-r4560/When Paul Molitor stated early in spring he expected to have Tyler Duffey in the rotation, it signaled that he was considering pushing Nolasco to the bullpen. Presented with that possibility, the veteran made it clear that he would raise a stink. Alas, Nolasco ends up getting his rotation spot and...4560Thu, 31 Mar 2016 02:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/danny-do-it-all-santana-the-utility-man-r4558/In 2015, Santana produced an ugly .215/.241/.291 slash line for the Twins over 91 games at the big league level. His .405 BABIP from 2014 came crashing back to earth, and even swung heavily the other way, ending at .290 for the 2015 season. Given the starting shortstop role out of the gates, he wa...4558Wed, 30 Mar 2016 15:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/beating-vegas-the-detroit-tigers-r4557/Vegas’ Line: 81.5 wins What The Line Is Saying "This team is old and getting older. We’ll stick with you one more year, but we’re tempering expectations.” They’ll Beat Vegas If… Everybody remains healthy and productive. The names in this lineup are impressive: Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, and...4557Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/player-predictions-rf-miguel-sano-r4556/Word of Warning: I fear that Sano’s debut performance, along with the prospect status bestowed upon him for almost a decade now, may have set the bar unfairly high for the slugger. As you’ll see below, I am as guilty as anyone in that category. I think it’s important to remember that he will not t...4556Wed, 30 Mar 2016 03:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/opening-day-roster-nearly-set-r4555/In dropping four players and getting the spring training roster to 25, the Twins most likely have their Opening Day roster. That said, with five days until Opening Day, anything can happen. LH RP Fernando Abad has not yet been added to the Twins 40-man roster. The Twins theoretically could still t...4555Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/player-predictions-cf-byron-buxton-r4554/Last year, Buxton started in center field 35 times for the Twins. Jordan Schafer was the center fielder to start the season, but that didn’t go well and then he got hurt. Aaron Hicks had the majority of starts in center with 87. Twins center fielders were 25th in baseball with a .243 batting avera...4554Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/beating-vegas-the-chicago-white-sox-r4553/Vegas’ Line: 80.5 wins What The Line Is Saying "Why does this team keep underperforming? They can’t keep underperforming, right?” They’ll Beat Vegas If… They score some freaking runs. Jose Abreu sits in the middle of this lineup, scaring the snot out of opposing pitchers, but he can only do so muc...4553Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:21:00 +0000