https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/924/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-3-orioles-0-speed-speed-everywhere-speed-r4479/The Twins keep demonstrating they hope Buxton’s speed also applies to his developmental timeline. In their six spring training games, Buxton has four of the starts in center field, and the other two have been split one apiece for Danny Santana and Max Kepler. This is clearly not a competition, or...4479Tue, 08 Mar 2016 01:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-ten-best-dh-seasons-in-twins-history-r4475/And it's worth noting that in 43 seasons with the DH, only 13 times has a Twins player put up more than 1 win above replacement during a season in which he spent 50% or more of his time as the DH. I didn't have a great sense of what that means either, but the Yankees have had 21 such seasons, the...4475Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ten-to-extend-a-five-part-series-part-5-r4473/2) Trevor Plouffe, third baseman There was absolutely no way the 2016 season was going to kick off with anyone but Miguel Sano manning the hot corner, right? Right, we all assumed. Well, you know what happens when you assume. The Twins have held their hand strong and called every bet. And if you’r...4473Mon, 07 Mar 2016 18:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-2016-top-prospect-recap-r4477/Twins Daily Top 20 Prospects For 2016 20. Jake Reed, RHP 19. Randy Rosario, LHP 18. Lewin Diaz, 1B 17. Engelb Vielma, SS 16. Taylor Rogers, LHP 15. JT Chargois, RHP 14. Jermaine Palacios, SS 13. Wander Javier, SS 12. Lewis Thorpe, LHP 11. Adam Brett Walker, OF 10. Nick Burdi, RHP 9. Kohl Stewart,...4477Mon, 07 Mar 2016 01:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-5-rays-4-progress-vs-success-r4476/Progress is that which Twins officials have been wishing for their big international free agent since they signed him: not Success but Progress. They have reliably assured fans that adjustments would need to be made before Park successfully transitioned from Korean baseball to MLB, and those adjus...4476Mon, 07 Mar 2016 00:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ten-to-extend-a-five-part-series-part-4-r4472/4) Kevin Jepsen, relief pitcher Jepsen reached an agreement with the Twins to avoid arbitration. Jepsen sought $5.4 million, the Twins offered $5.05 million and the team settled at $5,312,500. While it was taking a few extra weeks to come to an agreement, it seemed there was a possibility that the...4472Sun, 06 Mar 2016 18:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ten-year-anniversary-of-kirby-puckett39s-death-r4474/March 5, 2006, was a Sunday. I was at my house surfing the internet. Early in the afternoon, news came out the Kirby Puckett had suffered a stroke. It was a shock, one of those moments where your heart misses a beat. But all along I kept thinking, “Well, it’s Kirby Puckett. He’s going to be OK. He...4474Sun, 06 Mar 2016 07:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ten-to-extend-a-five-part-series-part-3-r4471/6) Eduardo Escobar, shortstop Personally, I feel like the time to extend Escobar has passed. There are a couple of reasons for that. When he narrowly missed the Super 2 deadline after the 2014 season, the Twins could have given him an extra bump in 2015 in return for a guarantee in 2016. Even as a...4471Sat, 05 Mar 2016 15:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/veterans-or-youth-r4470/Early in the offseason, Terry Ryan spoke frequently about the need to improve the bullpen, a bullpen that really struggled, especially in the second half of last season. As we got to the Winter Meetings, the focus became left-handed pitching. Yet, as the offseason continued on and now spring train...4470Fri, 04 Mar 2016 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ten-to-extend-a-five-part-series-part-2-r4468/8) Glen Perkins, proven closer During my initial time researching this piece, Perkins didn’t jump out as a potential extension candidate. Not even a little bit. But the more I dug, the more he became a player that I had to think about including. Consider this: After his age-28 season (2011), the c...4468Thu, 03 Mar 2016 20:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-eduardo-escobar-for-real-r4465/That makes him incredibly valuable. Shortstop is the position of smooth leather and limp bats. The average American League shortstop hit .264 with a 690 OPS. Escobar matched that batting average, but exceeded the OPS by 64 points. If he would have maintained that production for 54 more plate appea...4465Thu, 03 Mar 2016 04:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-7-red-sox-4-a-bad-day-for-lightning-chasers-r4464/Unfortunately, on the sunny fields of the Red Sox’ jetBlue Park yesterday, there was no sign of lightning. Or of storm clouds. Or even of really bad static cling. Three of the Twins players, to whom the highest of hopes are attached, started in the Twins 7-4 victory, but none looked like a magical...4464Wed, 02 Mar 2016 22:14:00 +0000