https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/25/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/kyle-gibson-gives-up-five-runs-joe-mauer-leaves-with-neck-tightness-in-8-3-loss-to-brewers/The Minnesota Twins caught everyone off-guard when Logan Morrison, who was supposed to be taking a rest day, came to the plate to bat for Joe Mauer in the fifth inning. The "Junior PA Announcer" had already broadcast Mauer's name on the big screen, and with an early five-run deficit and two outs a...4910Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-minnesota-twins-are-closer-to-full-strength-with-sano-may-and-santana-on-the-mend/The Minnesota Twins are still below .500, trailing the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers in the AL Central, but with better weather has come better results. After losing 11 of 12 games at the end of April, the Twins got back on track with a 7-3 road trip -- and should add some key pieces by the...4908Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-continue-st-louis-mastery-flip-the-birds-for-third-straight-time/It really is quite strange.   No matter where the Minnesota Twins play the St. Louis Cardinals this season, they seem to have their number. That trend continued on Tuesday night, as the Twins took down the Cardinals 4-1 thanks in large part to putting up a three-spot in the seventh inning.   The...4896Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/water-logged-twins-sawed-off-by-leblanc-in-1-0-loss-to-mariners/The Minnesota Twins returned home from a successful road trip for a strange one-off game against the Seattle Mariners. The game, which was a make-up for one that was snowed out on April 8, was delayed an hour and 42 minutes before it got underway.     From that point on, it was an unlikely pit...4889Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/moore-how-legalized-sports-betting-could-make-the-timberwolves-a-contender/On Independence Day of 2016, sports lovers country-wide in route to a drunken Fourth of July barbecue or boat ride were directed to their phones when Kevin Durant announced what the next chapter of his career would entail.   That morning, Durant dropping his "decision" to join the Golden State Wa...4884Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-save-best-for-last-in-come-from-behind-win-over-white-sox/The Minnesota Twins made the most of limited chances Sunday afternoon, somehow turning only five hits and three walks into five runs in a 5-3 win over the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field.   BOX SCORE   The scored neither early nor often on Sunday, but did just enough to eke out a win,...4855Sun, 06 May 2018 23:03:08 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-newcomers-impress-with-limited-roster-spots-available/With the starting five set and a handful of role players looking like favorites to make the team, the fight to make the Minnesota Lynx will be a tough test for everyone else.   According to head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve, there have been a few specific newcomers among Minnesota’s 18-...4854Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rosario-nearly-hits-for-the-cycle-lynn-goes-six-in-twins-win-over-white-sox/Eventually one of these guys is going to hit for the cycle.   On Friday night it was Brian Dozier, who fell a double short. On Saturday it was Eddie Rosario, who needed a triple in the Minnesota Twins 8-4 win over the Chicago White Sox.   "Everybody tells me," said Rosario. "But a triple is the...4851Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lingering-knee-injury-forces-jason-castro-to-the-disabled-list/When Jason Castro signed a three-year, $24.5 million deal in November 2016, the move was considered one of the signature transactions in the new Derek Falvey-Thad Levine regime. Castro was a first-round pick out of Stanford in 2008 and an All-Star in 2013 known for his pitch framing. There was som...4850Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/escobar-hits-two-homers-dozier-falls-double-short-of-the-cycle-in-twins-win-over-white-sox/The Minnesota Twins not only avoided a hangover from Thursday night's walk-off loss to the Chicago White Sox, but they powered past the Mighty Whities -- as former manager Ron Gardenhire used to call them -- with former Sox manager Ozzie Gillen in the building, 6-4.   "He's my father," said Eduar...4846Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/morrison-and-odorizzi-say-farquhar-visit-brought-relief-perspective/Less than two weeks ago Chicago White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar suffered a brain aneurysm. A blood vessel burst in his head and flooded his brain with blood moments after finishing a game for the Sox. Two former teammates of his, Logan Morrison and Jake Odorizzi, visited him at RUSH University M...4845Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/walk-offs-will-haunt-the-twins-walk-off-count-is-up-to-five-after-loss-to-white-sox/The goofy little ghost that appeared on the Metrodome’s old black-and-white screen, and made the move to Target Field’s nicer displays when the team moved there in 2010, has a conversation bubble that says “Walks Will Haunt.”   Well, if that 8-bit phantom ever appears in another stadium this yea...4840Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/reports-jamal-crawford-to-decline-player-option-become-free-agent/According to Chris Haynes of ESPN, Jamal Crawford will decline his 2018-19 player option for $4.5 million and become a free agent this summer.   Crawford, who turned 38 in March, has a storied history of success as a reserve. He has three Sixth Man of the Year awards to his credit, but this year...4834Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-salvage-getaway-day-thanks-to-brilliant-debut-from-romero/After winning just one game in the last 12, the Minnesota Twins needed a shot in the arm in the worst way.   Enter Fernando Romero, the energetic 23-year-old righty who barely had time to find a place to live in Rochester before finding himself pitching on the big stage.   Before the game, Jose...4832Wed, 02 May 2018 17:44:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-twins-25-man-power-rankings-2018-version-1-o/The best ideas are often taken from somewhere else and modified to fit our needs. Power rankings aren’t new, but this concept is something I saw from a friend of mine who used to work for the Colorado Rockies named Paul Swydan, who wrote up the 25-man roster for the Boston Red Sox, ranking them ba...4831Wed, 02 May 2018 11:52:57 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-minnesota-twins-suffer-a-painful-10th-inning-loss-to-the-toronto-blue-jays/The Minnesota Twins insisted that they were "turning the calendar" and leaving their April woes behind them. But on the first day in the next chapter of this season, they suffered a slow, painful 7-4 defeat in extra innings against the Toronto Blue Jays.   "It's tough. We talk about it. It can be...4827Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/kepler-escobar-and-garver-are-making-the-most-of-their-extended-opportunities/One explanation for the Minnesota Twins’ poor start to the season is the absence of key contributors. Injuries have kept Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano off the field, and Jorge Polanco was issued an 80-game PED suspension before the year even began. Jason Castro has dealt with a lingering knee issue...4826Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-place-sano-on-disabled-list-dfa-enns-and-purchase-contract-of-petit/The Minnesota Twins made a barrage of roster moves on Tuesday afternoon, affecting both the big-league roster as well as Triple-A Rochester's. Miguel Sano was placed on the disabled list with a grade-1 strain of his left hamstring.   The Twins were playing with a short bench already -- just three...4824Tue, 01 May 2018 18:12:51 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lance-lynn-is-ready-to-put-a-dreadful-april-behind-him/Lance Lynn is done with April.   Fortunately for him, the calendar turned to May an hour and a half after his last outing -- a five-inning, seven-hit, six-run affair where he walked five Toronto Blue Jays hitters, struck four out and gave up two home runs, leaving the Minnesota Twins in a 5-0 hol...4819Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/fernando-romero-is-the-next-big-minnesota-twins-prospect-to-make-his-debut/Phil Hughes seemed to think he was getting the start on Wednesday.   Wednesday’s starter was officially listed as TBA as of Monday afternoon, but it was his turn in the rotation. And although he had struggled in his first two starts -- 7.0 innings pitched, 7.71 against the Tampa Bay Rays and Cin...4817Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-re-sign-cb-terence-newman/The Minnesota Vikings continued a busy post-draft Monday by re-signing veteran cornerback Terence Newman, who will return to the team for a fourth season. Earlier in the day, they picked up Trae Waynes' fifth-year option and announced a 17-man undrafted free agent class.   Newman turns 40 years o...4814Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-pick-up-trae-waynes-option-sign-udfa-class/The Minnesota Vikings picked up cornerback Trae Waynes' fifth-year option Monday morning, setting up the former first-round pick for a $9.069 million payday in 2019.   It would have been more surprising had the Vikings declined the option. Fifth-year options are only guaranteed due to injury, so...4813Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-select-lb-devante-downs-californai-at-pick-225/Sticking with their trend of taking linebackers in the seventh round, doing so for the seventh straight year, the Minnesota Vikings took Devante Downs out of California in their final scheduled pick of the draft.   Downs, an inside linebacker, finished his Golden Bears career with 211 tackles, ei...4798Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/vikings-select-g-colby-gossett-appalachian-state-at-pick-213/With their first of two sixth-round picks, the Minnesota Vikings took their second offensive lineman of the draft, selecting guard Colby Gossett out of Appalachian State.   Gossett started 46 straight games for the Mountaineers, primarily at right guard, after cracking the starting lineup as a re...4796Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-completely-unravel-in-blowout-loss-to-woeful-reds/It was quiet.   Quieter than I’ve ever heard in my 200-plus games covering the Minnesota Twins dating back to my first game during the final homestand of the 2010 season.   I’ve been through some very quiet clubhouses. The 96-loss team in 2013 was especially quiet. The next year was similar, th...4788Sat, 28 Apr 2018 01:54:41 +0000