https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/941/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-get-crushed-in-game-2-r4194/Things started out a bit shaky for Pelfrey in the first inning. He was able to wiggle his way out of a bases-loaded, two out situation. However, in the second inning, he was not. 2nd Inning Abraham Almonte doubled to center. (6.7%) Adam Moore struck out (-4.5%) Michael Martinez singled to center,...4194Thu, 01 Oct 2015 02:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-if-r4193/Hoped for it? Sure. We all hope for it. We’ve hoped for it for the past four years, too, but show me someone who went on record in April that the Twins would have a .500 record locked down and still be pushing for a wild card berth, then I’ll believe someone actually expected this to happen. The T...4193Thu, 01 Oct 2015 01:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mauer-hunter-power-twins-to-game-1-win-r4192/Using Win Probabilty Added from Fan Graphs, the story of Game 1 is told below. As has been mentioned before, to determine these percentages, years upon years of actual game situations are used to determine how likely a team is to win from play to play. There were some big, game-changing plays in t...4192Wed, 30 Sep 2015 23:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ervin-santana-suddenly-dominates-in-september-r4191/In late August, following a stretch of starts in which Santana allowed 25 runs over 24.2 innings and a sad 11-to-11 strikeout-to-walk ratio, Minnesota Twins pitching coach Neil Allen identified Santana’s compromised release point as the source for his struggles. He used some unorthodox drills in...4191Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/resiliency-defines-2015-minnesota-twins-r4190/The Twins are enjoying their best season in half a decade and hanging with the big boys even though their roster doesn't exactly stack up to the teams they're racing against. The Astros are led by likely Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel and Rookie of the Year shoe-in Carlos Correa. They're a Top 5 A...4190Wed, 30 Sep 2015 03:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/my-twins-award-ballot-r4189/MVP Miguel Sano Brian Dozier Torii Hunter Kyle Gibson Joe Mauer I’m sure this is blasphemy for some, seeing as Sano has only played for the second half of the year. But I’m right, and you’re wrong. His raw numbers are historically good. His impact offensively in games via WPA dwarfs every ot...4189Wed, 30 Sep 2015 02:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-notes-top-ten-plays-r4188/Top of the 1st Inning #2 – Miguel Sano doubles, scoring Mauer for the Twins to take a 1-0 lead.(+10.9%) #1 – Trevor Plouffe homers, driving in Sano to give the Twins a 3-0 lead. (+17.0%) The two biggest plays of the game happened within the first five at-bats. That’s both good and bad news. It me...4188Tue, 29 Sep 2015 05:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/milone-leads-twins-to-win-number-81-r4187/Last Wednesday, Corey Kluber was making his return from a hamstring injury. He had a pitch limit in the game, but through three innings, he did not allow a run. However, the Twins were able to knock him out in the fourth inning with a four-spot against him. The Twins hitters clearly used the same...4187Tue, 29 Sep 2015 02:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-indians-928-610pm-ct-r4185/1. Cleveland -- I've done so many of these game thread openers that I'm running out of things to think about when it comes to Cleveland. I'm gonna have to think about Cleveland one more time. It's easy to make fun of Cleveland but this location was the place where Lifesavers candy was invented. Th...4185Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-217-stars-align-r4184/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_217_Stars_Align.mp34184Mon, 28 Sep 2015 03:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-critical-series-in-cleveland-r4183/State of the Indians In their third year under manager Terry Francona, the Indians have basically been as expected, pairing great pitching and defense with an occasionally suspect offense. In Kansas City on Sunday, they didn't manage to get a hit on the board until Francisco Lindor bunted for a si...4183Mon, 28 Sep 2015 02:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-up-three-down-that-was-a-tough-one-r4182/That might be an understatement. After the last four season in which the Twins lost 90 or more games each year, 2015 has been fun. And, because of that fun, and the fact that the Twins are in contention on September 25th with just nine more games to play makes such a loss even more difficult on fa...4182Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:08:00 +0000