https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/997/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-to-do-eduardo-escobar-r3187/Background Eduardo Escobar came to the Minnesota Twins on July 28, 2012, along with Pedro Hernandez in exchange for lefty Francisco Liriano. He had been the White Sox main utility infielder that season. That is the role he played for the Twins in the first half of the 2013 season before spending p...3187Thu, 06 Nov 2014 04:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/inside-the-twins-managerial-search-r3186/The Minnesota Twins haven’t had to perform many managerial searches over the last 30 years. Back in 1987 they went through one, but settled on the interim manager who had finished out the 1986 season, Tom Kelly. He has the most managerial wins in Twins history. After 2001, they tried again, but th...3186Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/it39s-official-paul-molitor-will-manage-the-twins-r3181/He was already employed by the Minnesota Twins. He has never managed at any level of professional baseball. I get that a certain segment of the Twins fanbase flat out did not want a manager who had any prior connection whatsoever to the Twins organization. I understand that position, though I...3181Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-st-paul-save-the-twins-r3185/In an excellent column for the Star Tribune this past weekend laying out Molitor's many managerial merits, Jim Souhan included this tidbit, which I rather enjoyed: "The Twins’ only concern about Molitor throughout their relationship with him has been his occasional reticence to choose a defined ca...3185Wed, 05 Nov 2014 04:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-introduce-paul-molitor-as-new-manager-r3184/That combination is an intoxicating highball, and there were more than a few questions from local media that sounded like they were enjoying the trip…. “Do you just love working with guys one on one?” “How did you get to be so super baseball smart? Is that going to be a problem?” “Do you remember...3184Wed, 05 Nov 2014 03:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/challenges-facing-paul-molitor-r3180/He is also only the third manager in nearly three decades, following Tom Kelly (1986-2001) and Ron Gardenhire (2002-2014). Molitor takes over a Twins team that has lost 92 or more games in each of the last four seasons. Some fans will be very excited with the hiring of Molitor, the St. Paul native...3180Wed, 05 Nov 2014 02:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-28-molitor-hired-r3183/Other topics include revisiting the Dave St. Peter interview, the blueprints from the Twins Daily Offseason Handbook, Dan freaks out about a super-secret Gophers basketball scrimmage and Vanilla Ice. Listen below, on iTunes or on Stitcher: NO JUICE PODCAST, EPISODE #28: PAUL MOLITOR https...3183Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/players-speak-about-paul-molitor-r3182/Outfielder Denard Span spent over a decade in the Minnesota Twins organization before being traded to the Washington Nationals after the 2012 season. He spent a lot of time working with Molitor. "The main thing that stuck out to me about Paul was that he was always even keel. I think that's impor...3182Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-169-paul-molitor-r3178/You can listen by downloading us from iTunes, Stitcher or find it atGleemanAndTheGeek.com. Or just click the Play button below. http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_169_Paul_Molitor.mp33178Mon, 03 Nov 2014 03:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/finding-a-new-pitching-coach-r3177/Rick Anderson held that role through Ron Gardenhire's tenure, and he oversaw some very effective staffs during that time. In recent years, however, pitching has been a constant problem for the club. Anderson's "pitch to contact" mantra, though often misinterpreted and overblown, did manifest in se...3177Mon, 03 Nov 2014 03:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-to-name-paul-molitor-manager-r3175/Molitor has been widely viewed as Ron Gardenhire's likely successor ever since he was added to the Twins' coaching staff in October of 2013. He has worked with players and personnel throughout the system over the years as a roving instructor, and he spent the 2014 season working from the Twins dug...3175Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/postseason-review-bullpen-r3164/Six pitchers spent all season with the Twins and threw almost all of their innings in the bullpen: Swarzak, Burton, Fien, Duensing, Thielbar and Perkins. They all threw between 47 and 68 innings, with Swarzak again logging the most frames and Thielbar the least. With so many measures to view overa...3164Sat, 01 Nov 2014 05:38:00 +0000