https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/937/?d=1enhttps://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 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ten-to-extend-a-five-part-series-part-1-r4461/According to MLBTR’s Extension Tracker, the Twins have signed 13 players to 15 extensions since the beginning of the 2008 calendar year. Eight of those have been signed during the month of March, including the extension of Brian Dozier in 2015 and Glen Perkins in 2014. Will there be another one in...4461Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/should-any-of-the-twins-get-a-salvador-perez-type-extension-the-first-one-r4462/Byron Buxton There’s no getting around how awful Buxton was last year in his relatively short exposure to the majors, hitting just .209/.250/.362 with six walks and 44 strikeouts in 138 plate appearances. Still, you could see flashes of the brilliance that has made him a top-2 prospect in each of...4462Wed, 02 Mar 2016 16:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/and-so-it-begins-r4459/Then there are the main courses, where you can really get your fill. The path between the players locker room and the practice fields is lined on both sides by fans every morning. It's for good reason. The players are at their most open, their most generous; it's spring for them, too. And then you...4459Wed, 02 Mar 2016 05:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5-must-watch-storylines-at-spring-training-r4457/1. Miguel Sano in right field. If you follow any Twins writers on Twitter, be prepared for a barrage of tweets every time a fly ball or liner is hit to right field this month. It only makes sense to pick apart every movement Sano makes when a ball is hit his way, because that's all the data we'll...4457Tue, 01 Mar 2016 14:46:00 +0000