https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/962/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who39s-on-first-and-what39s-to-come-r3784/Whether it's the lingering effects from a concussion, or the wrong side of 30 catching up to him, Twins fans are left wondering what happened to the hometown kid? With Vargas playing first base today, it will be interesting to see what the Twins do with their veteran player. Through the first 58 g...3784Sun, 14 Jun 2015 02:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-promote-byron-buxton33-r3788/Buxton was the consensus #1 rated prospect in all of baseball entering the 2014 season, but suffered wrist injuries and a concussion that cost him almost all of the 2014 season. Maybe more impressively, he was still ranked one of the top prospects in all of baseball entering the 2015 season. Even...3788Sat, 13 Jun 2015 22:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-are-regressing-where-is-the-mean-r3786/The team downplayed the importance of the Royals series, saying that it was June and nobody is securing anything right now. “I’ve had that approach where I need a World Series ring on April 1,” said Torii Hunter on June 7, “and that never happens.” “You gotta be a little careful. You’re in June, a...3786Sat, 13 Jun 2015 18:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/starting-rotation-remains-an-important-bright-spot-r3782/Lost in the offensive ineptitude of the past two series has been the enduring effectiveness of the starting rotation. While the Twins have lost five of their last six contests, their starting pitchers have combined for a 3.26 ERA during that span, and have completed six or more innings in every ga...3782Fri, 12 Jun 2015 02:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/stauffer-dfa39d-tonkin-recalled-we-don39t-know-what-we-don39t-know-r3781/The Twins announced they had designated Stauffer for assignment after Wednesday night's loss to the Royals. The move was inevitable due to his struggles in the bullpen throughout the year. Stauffer was rocked in his first spring training outing and never really regained any credibility or velocity...3781Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-i39m-not-buying-the-twins-for-now-r3772/Baseball is truly a weird game. The Twins are 32-17 since a 1-6 start. They’re 31-16 against teams that aren’t from Detroit. They’re getting contributions from unlikely sources, winning games they have no business winning and having post-win dance parties which seem to have made baseball in Minnes...3772Thu, 11 Jun 2015 00:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-lack-punch-from-middle-of-the-order-r3778/For Plouffe, April and May were extremely successful months in the batter's’ box. In the season’s first two months he helped buoy the middle of the order -- one that was vacated by Torii Hunter early in the season. At the end of May, he was holding the second-highest OPS on the team as well as a...3778Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/official-twins-daily-day-3-draft-thread-r3777/DAY 1 PICKS Round 1 (6th overall): Tyler Jay, LHP, University of Illinois Round 2 competitive balance pick (73rd overall): Kyle Cody, University of Kentucky DAY 2 PICKS Here is a quick reminder of the Day 2 picks. For more on each player, click here. Round 3 (80th overall): Travis Blankenhorn, 3B,...3777Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-draft-gems-rounds-11-40-r3776/Continue on to read some of the Twins top picks from rounds 11 through 40. 11th Round 1967 – Al Hrabosky – LHP – High School in California – WAR 10-6 Hrabosky didn’t sign after he was drafted by the Twins. He went to Cal State-Fullerton. Two years later, he was a first-round pick by the Cardinals...3776Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what39s-the-best-plan-for-tyler-jay-r3775/Jay still needs to sign, but once that formality is taken care of, his future role becomes the hot topic. He worked almost exclusively as a reliever during his career at the University of Illinois, and while he was perhaps the most dominant collegiate closer in the nation this year, he has no expe...3775Wed, 10 Jun 2015 04:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-197-midweek-draft-spectacular-r3773/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_197_Midweek_Draft_Spectacular.mp33773Wed, 10 Jun 2015 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-58-stew-thornley-r3771/Some topics: Are errors a worthwhile statistic? Can the Twins keep it up? St. Paul Saints* and Minneapolis Millers history. Can a gynecologist be a good scorekeeper? Listen below, on iTunes or on Stitcher: NO JUICE PODCAST, EPISODE #58: STEW THORNLEY *PLUG: You should order Stew’s latest book,...3771Tue, 09 Jun 2015 13:55:00 +0000