https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/96/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-keeping-simeon-woods-richardson-in-the-minnesota-twins-rotation-makes-sense-r18211/In his three starts in April, David Festa carried a 3.69 FIP and a 15.5 difference between his strikeout and walk rates (K-BB%) across 13 innings. In a limited sample, opposing hitters batted .348 (with a .438 slugging percentage) against Festa’s 95-mph fastball, but his changeup was very effect...18211Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:49:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-breakthrough-and-another-bad-break-r18210/The Weekly Nutshell: The Twins won their series against the White Sox, as they needed to, but it was frankly not a stirring display. They narrowly avoided another blown lead on Tuesday, survived 13 stranded runners on Wednesday, and got shut out on Thursday. The optics were that a bad team out...18210Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:19:17 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-5-angels-0-its-so-not-joever-r18207/Box Score: Starting Pitcher: Joe Ryan: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 11 K (98 Pitches, 67 Strikes, 68.3%) Home Runs: None Top 3 WPA: Ryan (.391), Carlos Correa (.141), Ty France (.051) Win Probability Chart (Via Fangraphs): In each of the last two years, series sweeps at the hands of th...18207Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/before-the-calendar-turns-to-may-are-the-twins-playoff-hopes-dead-r18202/A few days ago, Twins Daily’s Matthew Lenz set the tone that the Twins were entering a do-or-die homestand against the White Sox and Angels. Five games (and four wins) later, one thing is clear: the Twins still face very long odds of making the playoffs. Over the course of the Wild Card era (dat...18202Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:52:10 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-ty-france-and-the-torpedo-bat-make-sense-together-r18204/If he wants it (or, perhaps, if he simply doesn't get as filthy-rich as this game still has a chance to make him), Ty France has a future in sales. He's got the flair for it. When the topic of his new torpedo bat is broached, he immediately effuses—and mostly, what he wants to tell you is that t...18204Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:52:05 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-5-angels-1-simeon-woods-richardson-and-the-twins-bullpen-silence-the-halos-r18200/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Simeon Woods Richardson 5 1/3 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K (86 pitches, 53 strikes (62%)) Home Runs: N/A Top 3 WPA: Woods Richardson (.155), Jonah Bride (.074), Ryan Jeffers (.073) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)    Something had to give Saturday a...18200Sat, 26 Apr 2025 20:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-acquire-kody-clemens-from-phillies-r18198/One of the perceived strengths of the Twins coming into spring training was their depth. They have a lot of starting pitchers. Seven have made starts already this season, and we talk about how close other prospects can be. The bullpen does have some depth and they use the full 40-man roster for...18198Sat, 26 Apr 2025 05:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-11-angels-4-offensive-explosion-backs-pablos-return-to-the-rotation-r18196/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Pablo López: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K Home Runs: Byron Buxton (6), Trevor Larnach (4) Top 3 WPA: Trevor Larnach (.202), Pablo López (.099), Byron Buxton (.090) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Fresh off (mostly) beating up on the White Sox,...18196Sat, 26 Apr 2025 02:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/scott-blewett-mlbs-dfa-problem-and-potential-solutions-r18164/A series of rapid-fire transactions involving righthander Scott Blewett have laid bare MLB’s growing roster‑management dilemma. In barely over a week, he joined three clubs, each expecting him to contribute on the mound. Beyond wins and losses, the human cost of such churn (frequent relocations,...18164Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:04:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/louis-varland-is-giving-minnesota-twins-all-kinds-of-options-r18184/Louis Varland might currently be second on the Twins' bullpen hierarchy, due in equal measure to Griffin Jax’s struggles and his own performance. Varland looks like the fire-breathing relief ace we all hoped for so far, and it’s opened a whole new world of possibilities for the Twins. On Tu...18184Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:18:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/white-sox-3-twins-0-f7-twins-drop-ugly-wet-finale-to-white-sox-r18187/Box Score SP: Chris Paddack 5.0 IP, 5H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 5 K (99 pitches, 57 strikes (58%)) Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Trevor Larnach -.122, Edouard Julien -.116, Carlos Correa -.101 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs): In a game that had all the energy of a Tuesday afte...18187Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/power-outage-why-has-ryan-jefferss-bat-speed-diminished-r18171/Twenty-four games into their season, the Minnesota Twins' catching tandem of Ryan Jeffers and Christian Vázquez ranks 26th in the major leagues. They've been exactly replacement-level. They're hitting .202/.253/.286, good for a 56 wRC+. The club's positional duo has taken a step back from last s...18171Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:10:01 +0000