https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/961/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-torii-hunter-effect-and-what39s-next-r3797/Through just over the first third of the 2015 season, Hunter has posted a .268/.325/.427 slash line. He's added eight long balls and is the team leader in RBI. Through 55 games of action, Hunter is worth a 1.0 fWAR and has virtually continued along his career trends (.279/.334/.464). At the plate,...3797Wed, 17 Jun 2015 02:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-59-byron-buxton39s-debut-r3804/Here's Byron Buxton legging out a stand-up triple with Chattanooga earlier this year: https://twitter.com/ParkerHageman/status/609942007365005312 And here's Buxton beating out a routine ground out: Finally, his first career hit: https://twitter.com/ParkerHageman/status/61066594081719910...3804Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-twins-first-round-picks-part-1-31-53-r3803/Also, I am not going to rank the Twins first-round picks taken since 2010. Although several of them will likely turn into very good major leaguers, none of them has even played in Triple-A yet (though Byron Buxton now has two games with the Twins.). I’ll encourage you to think about where you woul...3803Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-contest-what-would-you-give-r3802/By now, you know that in Damn Yankees (which starts tonight at the Ordway), the protagonist offers up his soul to turn into the hero the Senators need to win the pennant. Ultimately, he battles to hang onto both and especially his marriage. That’s all crazy territory, but what if…. We’ll start sma...3802Tue, 16 Jun 2015 04:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/last-chance-for-twins-daily-date-night-tickets-r3801/3801Tue, 16 Jun 2015 03:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/brian-dozier-is-entering-elite-territory-r3799/Now, over a third of the way into the 2015 season, the contract that seemed to some to be a slam dunk has turned out to be exactly that in the early going. Despite Dozier being a fan favorite, and one of the Twins' best players, there was some initial criticism of the Twins decision. While the con...3799Tue, 16 Jun 2015 01:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-bagger-mauer39s-decline-morneau39s-woes-amp-dozier39s-pop-r3796/* Aaron Gleeman wrote a lengthy and thoughtful piece last week on the transformation that Joe Mauer has undergone as a hitter since sustaining a concussion in 2013. There's no assurance it was that brain injury, suffered on a foul tip off the bat of Ike Davis in a meaningless August game, that tur...3796Mon, 15 Jun 2015 13:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-vs-yankees-part-3-a-twin-defects-to-the-damn-yankees-r3791/The Yankees, meanwhile struggled for a decade. They returned to relevance in the late 1970s thanks to a new economic development in Major League Baseball: free agency. Fueled by free agents like Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson, they returned to the postseason under argumentative manager, Billy M...3791Mon, 15 Jun 2015 11:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twinscardinals-615-715pm-r3794/1. The Cardinals -- There's a lot to think about here. C'mon these are the Cardinals... Just think about what they have accomplished. They are senior leaders of the Catholic Church. Those Cardinals are behind the all that latin and confession and all those things you have to recite. Being a senior...3794Mon, 15 Jun 2015 02:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/reflections-on-byron-buxton39s-debut-r3793/We sat at the bar. I can't count how many times I've gone into a bar this season and had to ask the bartender to put on the Twins game. They did have the Mets-Braves game on though, and the X-Games. I wasn't too concerned about missing anything since Buxton was batting ninth and we were away. I ve...3793Mon, 15 Jun 2015 01:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-episode-198-byron-buxton-day-r3792/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/GATG_06142015_final.mp33792Mon, 15 Jun 2015 01:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/setting-expectations-for-byron-buxton39s-first-game-r3790/Understandably, there is a lot of excitement surrounding his arrival and surely produced a lot of hand-wringing prior to their debut. amount of expectation-tempering as Twins fans try to figure out what it means to have a player of Buxton's caliber on the roster While Buxton wasn't Baseball Americ...3790Sun, 14 Jun 2015 16:10:00 +0000