https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/952/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/they-couldn%E2%80%99t-could-they%E2%80%A6-r3985/During conversations - not just with the Twins - the Padres have tried to package James Shields (and the three years and $63 million left on his contract, plus the rest of this year) into deals. It was a notion that at first I dismissed, figuring the Twins would try again as the deadline came clos...3985Wed, 29 Jul 2015 19:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-shortstops-or-lack-thereof-r3982/Right now, the Twins have allowed a grouping of Danny Santana, Eduardo Escobar and Eduardo Nunez to hold down what is arguably the most important position in the infield. Santana was the Twins Opening Day starter and he had the uphill battle of substantiating a smoke and mirrors offense in 2014. T...3982Wed, 29 Jul 2015 18:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/glen-perkins-struggles-to-start-season39s-second-half-r3984/Perkins had been as close to perfect as a closer could be in the first half of the 2015 season. While his strikeout rate was not otherworldly, Perkins managed to do the three things pitchers can control in order to reduce the numbers of runs: don’t walk anyone (5 walks in 37.1 innings), don’t allo...3984Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/don39t-just-do-something-stand-there33-r3981/On a team-by-team level, this is maddening; if everyone is a contender, then no one is. Teams that have struggled to find .500 are, at least in theory, just one or two pieces away from making the crucial leap. The Royals proved last year that once you get into the playoffs, anything can happen, l...3981Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/diamond-in-the-dugout-molitor-gets-it-r3976/In an era with reviews and replays, managerial ejections have become somewhat a thing of the past. Ron Gardenhire tallied over 70 of them in his career as the Twins skipper, and while Molitor doesn't follow in those same footsteps, he absolutely gets what it means to be on the bench. As Aaron Hick...3976Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-if-the-twins-stand-pat-r3980/I remember one July night in 2004. I had finished playing a couple of slow-pitch softball games and was at a local establishment with some of the guys when I saw that the White Sox had acquired All Star outfielder Carl Everett. I went home and wrote a scathing blog post about how the White Sox had...3980Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twins-v-pirates-728-710pm-ct-r3979/1. The Pirates -- The Twins just got done facing the Angels and Yankees who happen to be... two of the hottest teams in baseball right now. The Pirates feel like a team that fits that mold. They feel like they should be hot because they are a good team. However... they ain't that hot right now. Ju...3979Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/that39s-the-ticket-the-bucs-stop-here-r3977/Proving Grounds The Twins have a lot to prove this week. With a record that is six games above .500, they're still very much in the wild card mix, but ever since their magical run in May, they haven't shown the ability to overcome quality opponents. If you count the home-and-away with the Cardinal...3977Tue, 28 Jul 2015 01:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pitchers-hesitant-to-challenge-the-patient-sano-r3975/For some context, his 162-game paces according to BaseballReference.com are 27 home runs, 99 RBIs and 234 strikeouts. And considering the MLB record for strikeouts in a single season is 223, by Mark Reynolds in 2009, there is some cause for concern. Just six batters in MLB history have struck out...3975Tue, 28 Jul 2015 00:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/torii-hunter-continues-to-climb-list-of-all-time-great-twins-r3974/Let’s start by pointing out that there is a Big 6 atop the Minnesota Twins offensive record book due to them being on a Twins roster for many, many years and accumulating a lot of statistics. Obviously they accumulated those stats and all that playing time by being great players for a very long ti...3974Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baseball-and-the-clock-r3971/After I learned about baseball, I can remember a moment where I considered the possibility of a never-ending baseball game. Younger then, I always assumed all of the fans would stay for every pitch. Job absences would be forgiven by authority of baseball. Children and pets would move to different...3971Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/episode-206-calm-before-the-trade-storm-r3973/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/GATG_07262015_final.mp33973Mon, 27 Jul 2015 00:52:00 +0000