https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/6/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/for-the-third-straight-night-the-minnesota-twins-pitching-puts-the-bombas-in-a-hole/When Jose Berrios gave up nine earned runs and couldn’t get out of the sixth inning in the second game against the Atlanta Braves, it was easy to dismiss. It was his worst outing of the year so far, Atlanta has a good team and sometimes good pitchers have bad nights.   When Martin Perez gave up s...7023Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rocco-baldelli-twins-bring-an-even-keeled-mentality-to-the-cleveland-indians-series/Rocco Baldelli’s office, newly refurbished to create a warm, cabin-like feel, was packed shoulder to shoulder with media from the local papers, online outlets and local television. Baldelli sat calmly, as though he was up in Brainerd for a lake weekend rather than managing a team about to play a s...7022Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/augustus-returns-lynx-step-up-late-to-snap-losing-streak/After three quarters of Tuesday night's game in Atlanta, the Minnesota Lynx looked to be on the verge of extended their losing streak to a season-long five games while falling to the worst team in the WNBA.   In the fourth quarter, however, Minnesota stepped up in a big way to turn the tide and e...7014Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/obersvations-as-the-twins-complete-a-sweep-of-the-royals-behind-smeltzers-gem/This isn't the first time Devin Smeltzer has been summoned to the Twin Cities to replace an ailing Michael Pineda on the Minnesota Twins' 25-man roster.   That came back in late May.   But if how the young lefty has thrown in his big-league stints has been any indication, there might not be many...7005Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/byron-buxton-and-michael-pineda-are-injured-again-but-c-j-cron-is-back/C.J. Cron was booked on two flights out of Southwest Florida International Airport on Friday following his rehab stint in Fort Myers. One was headed to Pawtucket, R.I., where the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings were playing. The other was headed to Minneapolis. If his right thumb felt okay, he would...7000Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-blow-20-point-lead-to-fever-in-fourth-straight-loss/After having 10 days off due to the WNBA All-Star Break, the Minnesota Lynx returned to action to begin the final 14-game stretch of the regular season on Saturday night.   Entering the game having lost three straight going into the break, Minnesota aimed to get out an early start against the Ind...6999Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/observations-from-minnesotas-11-9-win-over-kansas-city-on-friday-night/Every time the Minnesota Twins punched the Kansas City Royals in the mouth on Friday night at Target Field, the Royals -- 30 games under .500 when the game started -- had an answer.   At least until the last time, when the Twins -- 24 games over .500 coming into play -- managed to eke out the las...6997Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/is-rookie-of-the-year-the-next-accolade-for-napheesa-collier/Last week, Minnesota Lynx rookie forward Napheesa Collier was selected as replacement for the 2019 WNBA All-Star Game, serving as the lone rookie to take part in the annual showcase.   On Thursday, the good news continued for the rookie, with Collier being named the WNBA's Rookie of the Month for...6994Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/a-look-at-the-lynx-rotation-with-augustus-returning-soon-zandalasini-officially-out/With the Minnesota Lynx back in action and returning to practice this week following the 2019 WNBA All-Star Break, the team got an update on Wednesday regarding two players looking to return to the team for the final 14 games of the regular season.   Following practice at The Courts at Mayo Clini...6989Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/whats-at-stake-a-twins-trade-deadline-primer/There are just over 16 hours left until the trade deadline as I sit down to write this. The Minnesota Twins have made one move -- trading for Sergio Romo.   We can all agree that isn't enough.   It wasn't enough even before the Cleveland Indians went out and traded Trevor Bauer for Franmil Reyes...6984Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:13:02 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-mailbag-brunson-player-roles-and-running-for-president/With the 2019 WNBA All-Star break wrapping up over the weekend, the Minnesota Lynx will get a week off before resuming the home stretch of the regular season on Saturday.   Through the first 20 games of the year, Minnesota is 10-10 overall, currently sitting in eighth place in the league standing...6976Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-mailing-it-in-redux/My podcast cohort Ben Remington retired back in May, leaving the keys to the Zone Coverage hockey department all in my hands.   Ben did a mailbag monthly, and since we are in the dead of the NHL offseason, we are going to revive his mailbag on a weekly basis until hockey news starts flowing in. I...6966Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-drop-second-straight-in-road-loss-to-aces/After one of the more disappointing losses of the season at the hands of the Seattle Storm on Wednesday night in Minneapolis, the Minnesota Lynx looked to bounce back on on the road on Sunday in Las Vegas.   In the final road game prior to the All-Star break, the disappointment continued for the...6946Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/in-expanded-role-sylvia-fowles-enjoying-another-dominant-season-in-2019/The 2019 season has already been a unique one for Sylvia Fowles in her 12th WNBA year.   The regular season started off with Fowles being the only returning player to the Minnesota Lynx starting lineup in her fifth year with the team.   With the absence of Lindsay Whalen (retired), Maya Moore (t...6940Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/howard-storm-light-up-lynx-for-road-win/For the most part so far in the 2019 WNBA regular season, the Minnesota Lynx have been one of the top defensive teams in the league, coming into the game with the second-best defensive rating behind only the Las Vegas Aces.   But on Wednesday night at Target Center, the Seattle Storm had their wa...6935Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-twins-have-lost-three-straight-for-the-first-time-all-season-and-the-last-one-got-ugly/When Trevor May gave up a home run to Carlos Santana, which ended up being the deciding run in the Minnesota Twins’ loss to the Cleveland Indians on Sunday, the issue was that the Twins couldn’t complete the sweep of the Tribe, and Cleveland would be 6.5 games back instead of 7.5 following the thr...6934Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-midseason-report-cards-hitters/We’re just on the other side of the All-Star break, and after grading pitchers before the Midsummer Classic, it's time to take a look at the hitters. As one might expect, the hitter grades were more favorable than those handed out to the pitchers, of course.   Don't miss the earlier version, wher...6930Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-mailbag-minnesota-rolling-player-contracts-and-fowles/The Minnesota Lynx have reached the midway point in the 2019 WNBA regular season as one of the hottest teams in the league over the last 10 games to sit near the top of the WNBA standings.   The Lynx enter Monday at 10-7 overall and are tied with the Washington Mystics (9-7) for third place in th...6921Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-lynx-add-post-depth-with-return-of-temi-fagbenle/After starting the year off with a good amount of players from the 2018 roster absent, the Minnesota Lynx are starting to see some of those players return at the midway point of the regular season.   On Saturday afternoon, the Lynx officially announced that the team has activated center Temi Fagb...6918Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/offensive-struggles-haunt-lynx-in-loss-to-dream/Typically, when the Minnesota Lynx have been able to hold a team to shooting under 40 percent and less than 75 points in a game, they have been awfully tough to beat.   Entering Friday night, Minnesota held a record of 7-0 this season and had been 112-3 since 2011 when holding its opponent under...6915Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2019-minnesota-wild-year-end-review-bruce-boudreau/It was a season of turmoil for Bruce Boudreau. It was also a season that came with some uncertainty as he now had a new boss, general manager Paul Fenton.   However, Wild owner Craig Leipold remained in Boudreau's corner, which has allowed the coach to keep his job after the general manager chang...6912Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:00:02 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/fowles-sims-to-represent-the-lynx-in-2019-wnba-all-star-game/The Minnesota Lynx will once again be well-represented at the annual WNBA All-Star Game later this month.   The WNBA announced Monday that center Sylvia Fowles and guard Odyssey Sims have been selected as reserve players to take part in the 2019 All-Star Game on July 27 at Mandalay Bay Events Cen...6911Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/2019-minnesota-wild-year-end-player-review-ryan-donato-kevin-fiala-victor-rask/Ryan Donato     Acquired on Feb. 20 from Boston in the trade for Charlie Coyle, Donato was immediately thrust into the Minnesota lineup. After spending parts of the season up and down between Boston and their AHL affiliate in Providence, there was no AHL assignment during the remainder of the N...6910Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/ferrell-how-the-wild-stack-up-in-the-central-division/With the NHL getting their main business done for the offseason, all eyes begin to look ahead to the new season with training camp in September.   Being in the ultra-competitive Central Division, the Minnesota Wild tried to bolster their stagnant offense by bringing Mats Zuccarello and Ryan Hartm...6907Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/what-will-the-wild-roster-look-like-a-year-from-now/Now that the Minnesota Wild roster is pretty much set in stone for 2019-20 -- barring a major trade before training camp -- it is now into that time of the offseason where we can gander out and project some things. Like for instance, what would the Wild roster look like one year from now?   Yeah,...6902Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000