https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/973/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-royalstwins-413-310pm-r3547/Things to Think About: 1. Home Openers -- Home Openers are always exciting... Even if the team arrives at the ball park with a record of 1-5 after 6 games on the road. It's a sell out because Home Openers are special and obviously not because the team has been special thus far. Anything can happen...3547Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-189-opening-week-blues-r3544/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_189_The_Opening_Week_Blues.mp33544Mon, 13 Apr 2015 03:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/that39s-the-ticket-home-opener-r3543/Last year, we watched May come up and walk the ballpark in his first game, but he ratcheted up his control after that, walking 15 guys in 43.2 IP – versus 44 strikeouts. He also looked pretty good in limited time in spring training. But what you’ll really want to watch is how he pitches with runne...3543Mon, 13 Apr 2015 03:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/first-week-trends-r3541/Danny Santana is lacking discipline. Anyone would acknowledge that Santana was not likely to repeat last year's .400-plus batting average on balls in play, but it was hoped he could offset some of that inevitable regression by taking a few more walks and reducing his strikeouts. With his speed and...3541Mon, 13 Apr 2015 03:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/things-to-think-about-r3538/1. Mathematical Elimination -- I'm sure you were all just like me... Waking up this morning to discover that the Twins have been mathematically eliminated from any possibility of winning the AL Central title in 2015. 159 games to go and three games behind the Tigers and Royals... It's clearly over...3538Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2009-bill-smith39s-lasting-legacy-r3534/Hunter would head to southern California on a big contract. Santana was dealt for what amounted to be a bag of balls. Deolis Guerra, Carlos Gomez, Philip Humber, and Kevin Mulvey were sent from New York to Minnesota. None of these players made a significant impact on the Twins big league roster ev...3534Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/words-and-numbers-r3518/In that regard, there's very little that separates blog readers from the Twins front office. But in the last few weeks a fount of frustration has welled up, particularly as regards recent roster decisions. I am no kind of astute baseball analyst (I mean, a large number of my posts turn in to abstr...3518Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-to-look-for-from-nolasco-r3533/Nolasco's struggles in 2014 were magnified by the fact that he was in the first of four years on a free agent contract that was, at the time, the largest in franchise history. A rebound was already going to be imperative to a turnaround for Minnesota's embattled starting corps, and with the fate t...3533Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/you39re-being-very-un-dude-r3503/Well it's that time of year when the Twins opening day roster becomes finalized and many, including myself, are screaming what The Dude was screaming in the car. I mean it all seems ridiculous. Maybe not each individual move taken separately, but when looking at the totality--Milone, Pelfrey, Boye...3503Tue, 07 Apr 2015 19:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/older-and-wiser-torii-hunter-continues-to-hit-r3526/As he nears the end of his second decade in baseball, what has allowed him to continue to be a viable contributor has been his unquenchable and relentless work ethic. “Me hitting is just a lot of heel pain,” Hunter explains as the reason that at his age he is able to keep pace and evolve in an yo...3526Tue, 07 Apr 2015 01:47:32 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-50-2015-twins-season-preview-r3529/Other topics include Wisconsin sports success, a new Indoor Football League team in Minnesota and more. Listen below, on iTunes or on Stitcher: NO JUICE PODCAST, EPISODE #50: 2015 TWINS SEASON PREVIEW3529Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-2015-season-preview-r3524/Here's the thing about the Santana suspension: he'll be gone for the first half of the season, but it is the second half he's returning for that figures to be most compelling for the Twins. By then, players like Trevor May, Alex Meyer and Aaron Hicks will have likely entered the fold. Fast-rising...3524Mon, 06 Apr 2015 12:59:00 +0000