https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/985/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/alex-meyer-and-aaa-walk-rates-r3358/Do all teams wait for their pitchers with good stuff to manage their walk rates? Here are some pitchers and their walks per 9 innings in AAA prior to coming to the majors. Hernandez 4.9 Price 4.6 Lester 4.3 Samardzija 4.2 Ventura 3.9 Kershaw (no AAA but AA was 3.9 in 16 starts) Kluber 3.9 Scherzer...3358Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/wild-xtra-gameday-wild-at-jets-r3367/Minnesota Wild at Winnipeg Jets (26-20-6, 58 points, 5th in Central Division) (27-18-10, 64 points, 4th in Central Division) Time: 7:00 PM TV: Fox Sports North Radio: KFAN 100.3 FM Minnesota Wild Projected Lines and Defensive Pairings (subject to change) Zach Parise-Mikael Granlund-Thomas Vanek Ni...3367Tue, 10 Feb 2015 07:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5th-starter-candidate-tim-stauffer-r3364/The Background Just before the holidays, the Twins signed 32-year-old, right-handed pitcher Tim Stauffer to a one-year contract worth $2.2 million. Though he has worked out of the San Diego Padres’ bullpen the past two seasons, he was told that he would be given an opportunity to start. Was that j...3364Tue, 10 Feb 2015 04:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-25-best-gms-in-history-5-george-weiss-r3363/After a slip to third in 1959 Weiss retooled his squad and returned to the top the following season. For this accomplishment The Sporting News named Weiss Executive the Year, the fourth time Weiss had been so honored, more than anyone else in the history of award. For Weiss it was a particularly s...3363Tue, 10 Feb 2015 04:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-42-quoti-got-somethin-al-can-pumpquot-r3365/Other topics include Al Michaels' contention that the Twins pumped fake crowd noise into the Dome during the 1987 World Series, when the appropriate time to bring a child to their first baseball game is, and how to properly plan for Valentine's Day. Listen below, on iTunes or on Stitcher: NO JUIC...3365Tue, 10 Feb 2015 03:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-reach-out-to-new-fans-with-weekend-warrior-package-r3360/However, Target Field is a different animal. “We have people that come to the game and barely watch the game but have a great time,” continues Clough. This is the super-casual fan. Baseball wasn’t on their radar five years ago, but is now because Target Field is a destination. In many ways it is t...3360Mon, 09 Feb 2015 02:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-180-pitching-fatherhood-and-drunken-rappers-r3359/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Pitching_Fatherhood_and_Drunken_Rappers.mp33359Mon, 09 Feb 2015 02:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-6-john-schuerholz-r3357/excepting the truncated 1994 strike season, and five pennants. Schuerholz displayed an uncanny knack for retooling his team, knowing which holes could be filled by integrating prospects and which needed outside solutions. A Baltimore native, Schuerholz left his junior high school teaching position...3357Sun, 08 Feb 2015 04:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pace-of-play-and-the-twins-r3342/Baseball wasn't meant to be this way. Recent years have seen an increase in the number of pitches batters are taking, pitching changes, mound visits and time between pitches. In just 10 years baseball players have added 29 minutes, 11 seconds of dead time per game while scoring 13.3 percent fewer...3342Sat, 07 Feb 2015 19:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-7-buzzie-bavasi-r3352/filled with talented men like owner Walter O’Malley, farm director Fresco Thompson, scouting director Al Campanis, manager Walter Alston, the game’s best scouts and instructors and many of its best players. But O’Malley hired Bavasi to run the Dodgers and generally left him alone to do so for 18 y...3352Fri, 06 Feb 2015 03:56:17 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/forum-friday-02062015-r3356/If you have suggestions on which threads to highlight each week, shoot me a message or email me at brock@twindaily.com by Thursday evening and I’ll add it to the following day’s article. If you’re not familiar with how MinnCentric sites operate, we use a universal login system. If you have created...3356Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sizing-up-the-competition-cleveland-indians-r3355/2014 Record: 85-77 Runs Scored/Allowed: 669 / 653 Key Additions: Gavin Floyd (SP), Brandon Moss (1B/OF) Key Departures: Asdrubal Cabrera (SS), Justin Masterson (SP) Why They'll Be Better It was a quiet offseason for general manager Chris Antonetti, but that's not such a bad thing as the Indians ke...3355Fri, 06 Feb 2015 05:42:00 +0000