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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[News: Minnesota Twins News & Analysis]]></title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/980/?d=1</link><description><![CDATA[News: Minnesota Twins News & Analysis]]></description><language>en</language><item><title>Clutch Joe Mauer Is Suddenly An RBI Machine</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/clutch-joe-mauer-is-suddenly-an-rbi-machine-r3686/</link><description>The home run off of Bastardo ended a 286 at-bat homerless drought for Mauer. Statistically speaking, the corner infield spots are traditionally held down by hulking home run hitters who drive the ball to all fields. Power has generally not been part of Mauer's game (just 37 HR since 2010), and sti...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">3686</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2015 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Cereal and Statistics</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cereal-and-statistics-r3682/</link><description>But I'm also happy to balance the Twins in one corner of my mind and world events (like Greek debt defaults and Indian corruption trials) are squarely in another.
So it's a little startling when those two worlds actually do collide.
At the start of this month The Economist published an article ent...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">3682</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2015 10:46:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Player Development Is Key To Establishing Fans' Trust</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/player-development-is-key-to-establishing-fans39-trust-r3679/</link><description>2) That the team is fine with five strong and no ace (&#x201C;I&#x2019;m not sure you need a true No. 1 to get to the postseason. We have not had a true No. 1 in many of those years that we got there, so if you&#x2019;ve got the five solid, you&#x2019;ve got a pretty good chance to get there, and then let the playoffs dictat...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">3679</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2015 00:09:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Twins' Best Kept Secret</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins39-best-kept-secret-r3683/</link><description>Signed as a free agent after a decent year in San Diego, Blaine Boyer has come into the Twins pen and been nothing short of lights out. His story has been well documented, and his journey has taken him on the path less traveled. After being out of baseball for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, he resurfa...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">3683</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2015 10:22:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Twins Minor League Report (5/20): Wins For Everyone</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-520-wins-for-everyone-r3684/</link><description>RED WINGS REPORT
Rochester 8, Durham 7 (10 innings)
Box Score
The Red Wings came from down five, to going up two, to blowing the lead&#x2026; before finally walking off the Durham Bulls in the 10th inning, but not before things got interesting.
Jason Wheeler gave up six runs in six innings on nine hits....</description><guid isPermaLink="false">3684</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2015 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Draft Prep: Twins Corner Infield Depth</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/draft-prep-twins-corner-infield-depth-r3680/</link><description>Today, we continue this series by reviewing the corner infielders in the organization:
Minnesota Twins: Joe Mauer (1B), Trevor Plouffe (3B), Eduardo Escobar (UT), Eduardo Nunez (UT)
Joe Mauer was moved to first base after a decade of catching in the big leagues. Though his offensive game is not th...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">3680</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 16:25:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>No Juice Podcast #56: Driving A Bus Off A Cliff</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-56-driving-a-bus-off-a-cliff-r3681/</link><description>Other topics include bringing your infant to a Twins game, Mad Men and TV show finales in general, beer league baseball talk and fielding Twitter questions.
Listen below, on iTunes or on Stitcher:

NO JUICE PODCAST, EPISODE #56: DRIVING A BUS OFF A CLIFF





	


Swim is a good glove, high contact...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">3681</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 13:31:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Trevor Plouffe's Glovely Season At Third</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trevor-plouffe39s-glovely-season-at-third-r3677/</link><description>Plouffe executed the play like he had came out of the womb making backhanded, cross-diamond throws. The next day Twins general manager Terry Ryan reflected on Plouffe&#x2019;s defensive performance and simply offered &#x201C;I don&#x2019;t know if he would have made that the previous year.&#x201D;
http://i.imgur.com/ZWIQKGO...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">3677</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 05:54:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Game Thread Twins@Pirates 5/19 6:05PM</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-thread-twinspirates-519-605pm-r3674/</link><description>1. MLB Standings -- If this was 2012 or 2013 or 2014 or umm... 1981 or 1644 for that matter, it would be silly to be thinking about the MLB Standings. However, it's 2015 so let's think about it. The Twins are just 3 games out of the AL Central lead and if the season ended today&#x2026; the Twins would be...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">3674</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2015 13:58:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Trevor Plouffe Has Given The Twins A Great Problem</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trevor-plouffe-has-given-the-twins-a-great-problem-r3670/</link><description>Trevor Plouffe grabbed the role from Danny Valencia, and he hasn't looked back.
Of course knowing Plouffe's track record, there's little reason to suggest there haven't been bumps in the road. The 2012 season saw Plouffe play his first games at third for the Twins. In 95 games at third, Plouffe co...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">3670</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2015 00:34:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Hot Bat Earns Miguel Sano Twins' Player Of The Week Honors</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/hot-bat-earns-miguel-sano-twins39-player-of-the-week-honors-r3669/</link><description>&#x201C;He&#x2019;s doing better,&#x201D; Ryan said. &#x201C;As you see, the progression is going in this direction and that&#x2019;s good. He&#x2019;s got work to do as does every guy down there at the Double-A level. But they&#x2019;ve got a good club. There are guys that carried that team when Sano and Buxton were struggling. Neither one of t...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">3669</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>What To Make Of Eddie Rosario?</title><link>https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-to-make-of-eddie-rosario-r3668/</link><description>Rosario's quick wrists and exceptional hand-eye coordination enable him to reach out and get tough pitches, making him a dangerous two-strike hitter. Molitor commented on that trait many times in Ft. Myers, where Rosario clearly made an impression, because he was first in line for a call-up when O...</description><guid isPermaLink="false">3668</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 04:13:00 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
