https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/931/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/running-down-the-hall-of-fame-r4360/Two other members of that Mariners team are prominently featured on this year's Hall of Fame ballot, Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez. Griffey is in his first year of eligibility and he will be enshrined this year with close to 100% of the vote. Martinez has been on multiple ballots but he doesn...4360Wed, 06 Jan 2016 01:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/top-10-why-to-buy-the-prospect-handbook-r4359/10) You need to be in the know. Can you even imagine coming to Winter Meltdown or The Touch Em All Pub Crawl and being the only person who doesn't know about Jermaine Palacios? How embarrassing would that be? Save yourself the embarrassment now. 9) Phil Miller wrote the foreword. Phil is from Uta...4359Tue, 05 Jan 2016 16:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5-reasons-to-be-excited-about-2016-r4357/1) Byung Ho Park arrives Even though the Tsuyoshi Nishioka move didn't work out, there was no denying that his arrival brought a distinct twist of added excitement. Bringing over an established star from another league across the world carries an intoxicating combination of unpredictability and in...4357Mon, 04 Jan 2016 14:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-229-birthday-boys-and-no-new-toys-r4356/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Episode_229_2016-01-03.mp34356Mon, 04 Jan 2016 01:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/prospect-handbook-changed-its-status-to-quotavailablequot-r4354/I didn't really understand how the minor league worked at that time. "How come this guy that was hitting .250 got moved up when the guy hitting .325 didn't?" "Why is the guy hitting .325 not someone I've ever heard of?!" " Why are the first-round picks not playing AAA ball?!?!" You know, those wer...4354Thu, 31 Dec 2015 21:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily39s-top-stories-in-2015-r4353/10. What’s A Realistic Timeline For Byron Buxton? (courtesy of USA TODAY) With the 2015 season still in its infancy and the Twins trying to battle their way back to .500, Byron Buxton was tearing his way through Southern League pitching, hitting .286/.353/.527 over his first 102 plate a...4353Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-top-stories-of-2015-r4351/Here is a look at five of the top stories that surrounded Minnesota in 2015. Molitor Takes the Reins The Twins don't like change when it comes to their manager. The last two managers in Minnesota, Tom Kelly and Ron Gardenhire, combined to manage from 1986-2014. Paul Molitor invigorated the Twins c...4351Thu, 31 Dec 2015 02:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/positioning-the-twins-lineup-for-success-r4349/That brings us to where we are now. Just a few months from pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training, the Twins offense shouldn't have many unexpected surprises left. Although other parts of the 25-man roster could use some tweaking, the order should begin to take shape. With that said, h...4349Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2015-the-year-in-debut-r4350/Let's start reminiscing on the 2015 debuts with the first: JR GRAHAM On April 6, the Twins were down 4-0 after 6. Graham, who was the Twins Rule 5 selection, came in to replace Phil Hughes. He went two innings. He gave up no runs on two hits. He walked one and struck out none. Five days later, Gra...4350Wed, 30 Dec 2015 02:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/power-on-deck-r4347/We have already begun to see some upward movement. After ranking at the bottom of the AL in homers in both 2011 and 2012, the Twins took a step forward in 2013, going deep 151 times to rank 11th with seven different players reaching double-digits. In 2014 they once again ranked 11th and this year...4347Mon, 28 Dec 2015 18:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/dozier39s-defensive-dilemma-r4346/His value to the organization has been clear in recent years. He's ranked in the team's top three for rWAR from 2013-2015 and he led the team in that category in 2014. Dozier has also led the team in home runs in each year during that stretch. For Twins fans, it's easy to get excited about his pla...4346Mon, 28 Dec 2015 12:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb39s-youth-movement-r4345/Based on how the trend changed following a Senate hearing, a BALCO bust and a couple of Jose Canseco tell-all books, however, I mostly assume the former. And here’s how the trend changed. The average age of starting MLB position players has dropped by three years, to 26.9. This going-to-youth tren...4345Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:22:00 +0000