https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/93/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-the-twins-and-the-orioles-can-match-up-on-a-joe-ryan-trade-r18268/The MLB trade deadline may be nearly two months away, but unique circumstances could push teams to be active earlier, rather than later. The Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles present a tantalizing potential trade match. Flush with offensive talent in its farm system, Baltimore could use a fr...18268Fri, 09 May 2025 11:30:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-5-orioles-2-twins-complete-sweep-of-orioles-thanks-to-brooks-lees-late-inning-heroics-r18272/Box Score SP: Bailey Ober 5.0 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (91 pitches, 60 strikes (66%)) Home Runs: Trevor Larnach (5) Top 3 WPA: Brooks Lee .279, Ty France .144, Griffin Jax .105 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs):   The Twins came into Thursday’s series finale against the...18272Thu, 08 May 2025 21:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/has-time-run-out-for-these-two-twins-r18266/A pair of previously promising hitters are now settled in St. Paul, and if the parent club enjoys even moderately good health, they'll be there for the foreseeable future. Each of them struggled mightily to begin the season, after two different but similar sagas of highs and lows in 2023 and 202...18266Thu, 08 May 2025 14:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5-early-season-twins-numbers-that-could-be-cause-for-alarm-r18267/The Minnesota Twins have had a tumultuous start to the 2025 campaign, with an up-and-down performance that has made it difficult to gauge whether this team is a contender or a pretender. There have been positives, with the team’s starting pitching, Byron Buxton’s health, and various other parts...18267Thu, 08 May 2025 11:31:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-5-orioles-2-buxton-and-bader-bombs-varland-goes-rolling-all-the-way-to-a-win-r18264/Box Score SP: Simeon Woods Richardson: 4 2/3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 61 pitches, 33 strikes (54.1%) Home Runs: Byron Buxton (9), Harrison Bader (4) Top 3 WPA: Byron Buxton (.225), Harrison Bader (.145), Danny Columbe (.112) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs):  Mr. So...18264Thu, 08 May 2025 02:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pablo-lopez-11-strikeouts-fastball-kick-change-quotes/For much of the last two-plus seasons, Pablo López has been the Twins rotation's Super-Man. The bad news is, the first inning has been kryptonite. Since the start of 2023, and prior to Tuesday's tangle with the visiting Orioles, López had allowed a .270/.308/.474 batting line in the first inning...18263Wed, 07 May 2025 15:04:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-9-orioles-1-superstars-deliver-for-twins-in-series-opener-r18260/Box Score SP: Pablo López 5.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K (98 pitches, 58 strikes (59%)) Home Runs: Carlos Correa (2), Byron Buxton (8) Top 3 WPA: Lopez (.175), Buxton (.148), Correa (.131) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)    The Twins started their homestand against a familiar fa...18260Wed, 07 May 2025 02:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-offense-is-sputtering%E2%80%94so-why-is-carson-mccusker-still-in-st-paul-r18259/The Minnesota Twins’ offense continues to sputter with. Day after day, the lineup seems to churn out the same results: light contact, double plays, and missed opportunities. It’s an offense spinning its tires—and for some reason, the front office refuses to tap into a clear and present source of...18259Tue, 06 May 2025 23:16:51 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-former-bomba-squad-is-getting-blown-up-in-the-hitting-zones-r18258/The simplest and most effective hitter's credo goes: swing at strikes, lay off balls. It's the surest way to find success at any level of baseball, and nowhere is it invalid. It just becomes less helpful with each rung of the ladder of competition one climbs, because by the time you reach the ma...18258Tue, 06 May 2025 16:10:54 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/edouard-julien-and-the-very-hard-game-r18256/Nothing about Edouard Julien’s background screams “big-leaguer.” He grew up in Quebec, far from the traditional pipelines of American baseball. He arrived at Auburn University as a teenager who barely spoke English. He wasn’t a showcase star or a bonus baby. When the Twins drafted him in the 18t...18256Tue, 06 May 2025 11:33:49 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-paying-the-price-for-an-inactive-offseason-r18249/Things are going poorly for the Minnesota Twins right now—very poorly. And while there’s plenty of blame to go around (the players aren’t producing, the managing has been shaky, and ownership didn’t give the front office the resources to spend this offseason), not enough has been said about one...18249Mon, 05 May 2025 22:01:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royce-lewis-returns-trading-the-hot-corner-for-dh-duties-makes-most-sense-for-twins-slugger-r18235/Royce Lewis has been sidelined since suffering a left hamstring strain while running out a ground ball in a spring training game March 16, delaying his 2025 debut by several weeks. The Twins' lineup picture has changed since this spring, which could signal a shifting role for Lewis as he returns...18235Mon, 05 May 2025 16:34:02 +0000