https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/986/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-extra-calvin-griffith-r3353/.When Calvin Griffith formally took over the Washington Senators in late 1955 after the death of his uncle Clark, he became the last of the family-owners to act as his own general manager. After more than half a century, many writers have a tendency to wax nostalgic about these owner-operators. In...3353Fri, 06 Feb 2015 04:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5th-starter-candidate-alex-meyer-r3354/The Background Alex Meyer was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 20th round of the 2008 MLB Draft. He was offered $2 million but chose to go pitch at the University of Kentucky. Three years later, he received that $2 million bonus anyway. He was drafted by the Nationals with their first round pi...3354Fri, 06 Feb 2015 03:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-25-best-gms-in-history-8-harry-dalton-r3349/When Dalton went to work for the Orioles in late 1953, he was a 25-year-old Amherst grad just back from serving in Korea. He spent the next seven years working as a key lieutenant for farm director Jim McLaughlin. Though the Orioles organization made progress in the 1950s, things might have gone b...3349Thu, 05 Feb 2015 05:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5th-starter-candidate-mike-pelfrey-r3351/The Background Pelfrey is a big, 6-7, 250 pound right-hander. He was the Mets first round draft pick (ninth overall) in the 2005 draft out of Wichita State. The Scott Boras client came to the Twins before the 2013 season on a one-year contract. He had undergone Tommy John surgery in April of 2012...3351Thu, 05 Feb 2015 04:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-happened-to-joe-mauer-r3348/MOST. PRODUCTIVE. OFFSEASON. EVER*. You hear that pitchers? Print the World Series tickets now. Plan the parade route. Chisel Mauer’s bust on the MVP trophy. Start the...hold on. Apparently last year Mauer told the Pioneer Press that that winter “has been a very productive offseason” and that...3348Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-9-dave-dombrowski-r3346/Dombrowski didn’t prevaricate. He told his boss that he would deliver if allowed to take the payroll from around $31 million (in the lower third of the league) to roughly $44.5 million (near the top). Huizinga told him to go for it, and Dombrowski went to work, pulling the levers masterfully. In t...3346Tue, 03 Feb 2015 23:54:11 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sizing-up-the-competition-chicago-white-sox-r3347/2014 Record: 73-89 Runs Scored/Allowed: 660 / 758 Key Additions: Jeff Samardzija (SP), Melky Cabrera (OF), David Robertson (RP), Adam LaRoche (1B), Zach Duke (RP) Key Departures: Paul Konerko (1B), Marcus Semien (IF) Why They'll Be Better Chicago lost 89 games last year despite boasting the Rookie...3347Wed, 04 Feb 2015 05:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-41-sunday-at-jl-beers-r3345/Other topics include super hot Super Bowl Media Day takes, revisited the Manziel vs Bridgewater scenario, talked Twins first round draft struggles and the Timberwolves trolling Kevin Love. Mike Evans from JL Beers joins the show to introduce the outstanding burger and beer bar in Northeast Minneap...3345Tue, 03 Feb 2015 14:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-10-frank-cashen-r3343/Cashen spent 17 years as a sportswriter in Baltimore, earning a law degree at night. In the late 1950s he went to work for Jerry Hoffberger, a long-time minority owner of the Orioles, first running a couple of race tracks and later working as the advertising chief for Hoffberger’s brewery. When Ho...3343Tue, 03 Feb 2015 01:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-179-meltdown-recap-amp-roster-projection-r3335/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_179_Meltdown_Recap_and_Roster_Projection.mp33335Fri, 30 Jan 2015 05:55:55 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sizing-up-the-competition-detroit-tigers-r3341/2014 Record: 90-72 Runs Scored/Allowed: 757 / 705 Key Additions: Yoenis Cespedes (OF), Anthony Gose (OF), Alfredo Simon (SP), Shane Greene (SP) Key Departures: Max Scherzer (SP), Rick Porcello (SP), Torii Hunter (OF) Why They'll Be Better The Tigers have been one of the American League's best offe...3341Mon, 02 Feb 2015 03:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-players39-super-bowl-predictions-r3340/AJ Achter – 46th round pick in 2010, Achter was my choice for Twins minor league reliever of the year in 2012. He reached AAA in 2013 and debuted with the Twins in September of 2014. Patriots 28-20 Jason Adam – 23 year old righty came to the Twins in August for Josh Willingham. He had made eight a...3340Sun, 01 Feb 2015 06:19:00 +0000