https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/930/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-cases-against-signing-antonio-bastardo-long-term-r4377/Per Doogie Wolfson in his most recent episode of The Scoops on 1500 ESPN’s podcast network, the Twins are certainly monitoring the Bastardo situation. Wolfson said he has been told by those in the know that the Twins are interested in Bastardo at one year and $3-4 million. As a Twins fan who also...4377Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2016-roster-projections-the-third-basemen-r4375/MAJOR LEAGUES Trevor Plouffe enters his thirteenth season in the Minnesota Twins organization. Originally drafted in the first round of the 2004 draft, Plouffe debuted with the Twins in 2010. He became the regular third baseman in mid-2012, and he has remained there since. Despite the presence of...4375Thu, 14 Jan 2016 11:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins39-next-hall-of-famer-r4371/For the Twins, the ballot was void of any Minnesota presence. In upcoming years, the most closely tied name will be that of Jim Thome. While he won't go in as a member of the Twins, he provided plenty a bright spot in Twins Territory as he rounded out his career. It's not Thome though who is the n...4371Thu, 14 Jan 2016 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/max-power-assessing-kepler39s-timeline-r4374/Kepler is, of course, coming off a huge breakout season in which he was named the organization's Minor League Player of the Year after hitting .322/.416/.531 with 54 extra-base hits, 19 steals and a phenomenal 63-to-67 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 112 games at Class-AA Chattanooga. His campaign ende...4374Wed, 13 Jan 2016 06:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/state-of-the-union-minnesota-twins-r4370/We are over a decade and a half into this new century. Sixteen years ago the Twins were wallowing after years of futility in the AL Central. Things looked bleak and it was hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. At that time, a young core of players was on the horizon and a new manager too...4370Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2016-roster-projections-the-middle-infielders-r4373/MAJOR LEAGUES Brian Dozier enters his fourth full season as the Twins starting second baseman. He made his first All-Star Game. However, for the second straight season, he struggled mightily after the All-Star break. However, despite those struggles, he ended the season with 39 doubles and 28 home...4373Tue, 12 Jan 2016 06:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/arbitration-figures-exchanged-this-week-r4372/This week, however, there guarantees to be news* with the team and its six arbitration-eligible players. There are two deadlines this week: Tuesday is the deadline for these players to file for arbitration and Friday is the deadline to exchange figures. As has been the case over the past handful o...4372Tue, 12 Jan 2016 03:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-230-chicken-soup-for-the-vikings-fan-soul-r4369/Just click below! http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_230_-_Chicken_Soup_for_Vikings_Fan_Soul.mp34369Tue, 12 Jan 2016 03:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/charting-the-competition-kansas-city-royals-r4368/The Royals made a huge move to keep their core intact last week by re-signing free agent Alex Gordon on a four-year, $72 million deal. It comes as a surprise weeks after it was reported that the team had "no chance" of retaining him. Gordon's solid offense and premium defense have been critical to...4368Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/where-are-we-now-r4367/Today, I’m going to go through the options, and very briefly (less than a tweet - which for now is still just 140 characters!) give their status on the Twins roster. Let’s start with the Hitters and then get to the Pitchers: HITTERS Catcher (2) - Kurt Suzuki/John Ryan Murphy - Suzuki has an option...4367Mon, 11 Jan 2016 06:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-latest-on-miguel-sano39s-outfield-transition-r4366/At the Winter Meetings Molitor said that the Twins would be working hard to convert the infielder into a corner outfielder. “We have to develop a little urgency here,” Molitor told MLB.com’s Rhett Bollinger, “not just ‘Let’s see how this thing goes.’” Molitor also added that Sano’s conditioning wo...4366Sat, 09 Jan 2016 23:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what39s-left-on-the-market-r4361/Where Things Stand We still won't know for a few more weeks what the exact salary figures will look like for Minnesota's arbitration-eligible players, but based on our estimates the current projected payroll stands at around $108 million. If you add the entirety of Byung Ho Park's posting fee,...4361Wed, 06 Jan 2016 03:31:00 +0000