https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/24/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/eduardo-escobar-plays-hero-with-homer-late-in-4-2-win-over-white-sox/For seven innings, Chicago White Sox righty Reynaldo Lopez had the Minnesota Twins completely tongue-tied.   BOX   But when he gave way to Nate Jones in the eighth inning, it breathed a little life into a listless Twins offense.   Not right away, however. Jones got the first two outs before Br...5002Tue, 05 Jun 2018 21:18:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ota-notebook-cook-progresses-carlson-impresses-zimmers-birthday/Just over eight months removed from an ACL injury that abruptly derailed his rookie season, Dalvin Cook ran plays with the offense for the first time in 11-on-11 drills during Tuesday's practice.   Cook didn't touch the ball much, but it was a positive step forward in the understandably grueling...5001Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-twins-day-two-draft-thread/The Minnesota Twins started day two of the draft without a third-round pick -- courtesy of signing Lance Lynn in free agency -- but selected Utah outfielder DaShawn Keirsey Jr. with their fourth-round pick (No. 124 overall).     Keirsey, the second Pac-12 outfielder the Twins have selected in...5000Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-twins-draft-unc-wilmington-catcher-ryan-jeffers-with-59th-pick/With the team's final pick of the opening night of the MLB Draft, the Minnesota Twins selected catcher Ryan Jeffers from UNC-Wilmington. Jeffers, a junior, has hit an insane .320/.472/.660 in his three-year career, including more than half of his hits (52.6 percent) going for extra bases.   Jeffe...4997Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-twins-sign-catcher-cameron-rupp-to-minor-league-deal/The Minnesota Twins have been in need of depth behind the plate since Jason Castro went down for the year with a torn meniscus. They addressed that need on Monday, as they reportedly signed former Phillies catcher Cameron Rupp to a minor-league deal, according to Darren Wolfson of KSTP Sports.  ...4995Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-twins-draft-oregon-state-outfielder-trevor-larnach-with-first-round-pick/With the 20th pick in the first round of the MLB Draft, the Minnesota Twins have selected Oregon State outfielder Trevor Larnach. Larnach has hit .324/.447/.637 for the Beavers so far this season.     Oddly enough, that Oregon State team is slated to face the University of Minnesota in the...4994Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-at-20-mocks-split-on-minnesotas-selection/The 2018 MLB Draft kicks off on Monday evening, and after selecting first last year, the Minnesota Twins are going to have to wait a while before making their first pick of the night at No. 20.   Very few places correctly predicted the Twins would nab Royce Lewis first overall this year, so guess...4993Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/looking-into-the-early-season-struggles-for-the-minnesota-lynx/There's no way around it, the Minnesota Lynx have struggled to start the 2018 season.   In pursuit of defending their title from a season ago, Minnesota's season has started off in a way that doesn't suggest that pursuit.   The Lynx fell to the Los Angeles Sparks 77-69 on Sunday afternoon at STA...4989Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rosario-dozier-and-lynn-spur-big-win-over-indians-on-national-tv/There’s a big difference between effectively wild and wildly effective, and Lance Lynn has been far more the former on his good days.   BOX   That won’t always be the case, but it was on Saturday afternoon as the big righty stymied the Cleveland Indians for six innings on the way to a 7-1 win a...4983Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-ride-a-pair-of-escobar-homers-to-even-series-with-indians/After being on the wrong side of back-to-back eight-run comebacks the last two nights, the Minnesota Twins decided they'd had enough.   BOX   After digging huge holes against pitchers making their first career starts on consecutive evenings, the Twins weren't going to let the Cleveland Indians m...4982Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/taurasi-overwhelms-lynx-late-as-minnesota-drops-third-straight/The Minnesota Lynx and Phoenix Mercury each entered Friday night's game at 2-3. Both teams had All-Star pedigrees, marquee matchups and needed a win badly. The Lynx had history to rely on: Phoenix had not beaten Minnesota since August 2015, and had not won in Minnesota since June 2014.   None of...4981Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/late-rally-falls-short-as-twins-unable-to-dig-out-of-early-hole/I guess the old saying is “quitters never win; winners never quit,” and its attributed to legendary Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi.   And while the Minnesota Twins didn’t win on Wednesday night, they also didn’t quit. Despite the fact that Fernando Romero dug the team an early and d...4976Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/mike-zimmer-recalls-playing-pool-with-one-of-his-sports-heroes/Most young sports fans grow up idolizing certain athletes, and if they're lucky, they get to meet them.   Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer recounted his own story of meeting a sports hero while the Vikings visited Friendly Hills Middle School in Mendota Heights for their Team Up To Give B...4974Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/alcides-escobar-pops-walk-off-homer-to-level-series/Torrential downpours were a mere minutes away. As Tuesday night's game entered its 14th inning of play, the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals needed a hero.   That hero was Alcides Escobar, who popped a 398-foot home run to left field off Twins reliever Taylor Rogers to send home a smatterin...4972Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-struggles-continue-in-close-loss-to-dream/When the Lynx began their season, starting off 2-3 was not part of their vision. But it also wasn't ever out of the realm of possibility.   Their first loss came at the last second to the Los Angeles Sparks -- a bitter rival that they've taken to a consecutive pair of intense WNBA Finals series....4971Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-blow-large-lead-fall-to-mystics/Historically, when the Minnesota Lynx grab a large lead over an opponent early on in a game, there is little doubt that they will hold onto it.   In Sunday afternoon's game in the nation's capital, the rare occurrence of the opposite took place.   Minnesota -- which led by as much as 18 points -...4958Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/moore-hits-late-three-lynx-come-back-to-beat-liberty/It may be a new season, but Maya Moore continues to hit big shots for the Minnesota Lynx.   Moore, who hit a go-ahead shot to help Minnesota win the 2017 WNBA Finals, did it again on Friday night in New York.   With 19.5 seconds left in the game and down one, Moore hit a 3 to put the Lynx up by...4950Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/remington-when-negativity-runs-wild/There isn't a whole lot of positivity built into being a Minnesota sports fan, especially a Minnesota Wild fan. Nearly two decades of failure have ground fans' happiness into a fine dust, like a mortar and pestle being operated by Dwayne Johnson.   Fans have predictably reacted by giving up hope,...4948Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-will-be-tested-with-early-road-trip/At the beginning of every year, Minnesota Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve preaches the importance of early-season practices and training camp.   Not only does Reeve typically utilize that time to get new faces acclimated into the Lynx system, but she also treasures that span so h...4947Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/fowles-dominates-lynx-top-wings-for-first-win/The main question heading into Wednesday night’s game at Target Center between the Minnesota Lynx and the Dallas Wings was how the Lynx would bounce back after their last-second loss to the Los Angeles Sparks in the season opener.   Other than getting into the win column, getting reigning MVP Syl...4942Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-tack-on-two-in-the-eighth-to-top-tigers-4-2/It was the return of Ron Gardenhire -- but not really.   BOX   He came back to Target Field with the Arizona Diamondbacks last year, though it was remarkably refreshing to see Mr. Gardenhire -- and also his doppelganger in pitching coach Chris Bosio, more on that later -- back in the manager’s p...4933Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-paul-fenton-to-be-named-new-minnesota-wild-general-manager/According to a report via Michael Russo of The Athletic, Nashville Predators assistant general manager Paul Fenton is likely to be named as the next general manager of the Minnesota Wild.   From the report: "...sources didn’t confirm until Sunday night that Fenton has been offered and accepted th...4921Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gray-sparks-spoil-opening-night-for-lynx/Whenever the Minnesota Lynx and the Los Angeles Sparks face off in what has become one of the best rivalries in WNBA history, drama and excitement ensues.   On Sunday night at Target Center, there was plenty of drama and storylines that took place to kick off the 2018 WNBA season. But considering...4919Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/jake-cave-homers-in-his-major-league-debut-but-twins-mistakes-add-up-in-5-4-loss-to-brewers/Forget, for a second, the two wild pitches Fernando Romero threw and the home run he gave up to Jesus Aguilar. Pay no mind to Logan Morrison getting picked off at second after leading off the sixth inning with a double. Don't worry about the Minnesota Twins, collectively, going 1-for-7 with runner...4913Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/joe-mauer-is-on-the-10-day-dl-with-cervical-strain-concussion-symptoms/After Friday’s loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, Joe Mauer said that he would like to be back in the lineup on Saturday, despite being removed from the game due to neck tightness. Instead the Minnesota Twins first baseman is headed to the disabled list. Jake Cave, who was acquired in a March 16 trade...4911Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000