https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/84/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/710-twins-rout-rangers-15-5-before-all-star-break/The Minnesota Twins enter the All-Star Break having won seven of their last 10 games, including two series wins over the AL-leading Texas Rangers.   Brian Dozier, Kennys Vargas, Max Kepler and Eduardo Escobar all had home runs, Kepler's was a grand slam, and the Twins were 7-of-15 with runners in...841Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/79-tricky-ricky-and-a-plucky-offense-spur-twins-in-8-6-win-over-rangers/Ricky Nolasco (4-7) gutted it out in front of an at times shaky defense for his eighth quality start of the season -- tied for the team lead with Ervin Santana -- on the way to an 8-6 win for the Minnesota Twins at Globe Life Stadium on Saturday night.   The Twins offense pounded Rangers starter...838Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/78-bad-decisions-plague-twins-in-loss-to-rangers-buxton-leaves-with-injury/Questionable decision making in the top half of the sixth inning followed by reliever Ryan Pressly (2-5) allowing a pair of runs in the bottom half doomed the Minnesota Twins to their 56th loss of the season at Globe Life Park as they dropped game two of the four-game series by a 6-5 margin on Fri...836Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/countdown-to-kato-is-marcus-sherels-finally-a-lock-to-make-the-team/Have you missed any previous “Countdown to ‘Kato” articles? Get caught up.   Will Laquon Treadwell Start?   Can Blair Walsh Bounce Back?   Who Starts at CB?   Countdown to ‘Kato: 20 days   Starting with his rookie season as an undrafted free agent in 2010 – and each year thereafter -- Marcus...835Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/77-twins-thump-rangers-10-1/It wasn't quite 17-5, but the Twins lit up Texas Rangers starter Chi Chi Rodriguez, and this time Tyler Duffey was good enough to hang around for six innings and pick up the win, Minnesota's third in a row.   “Tyler was obviously scuffling from the get-go,” manager Paul Molitor told the Star Trib...834Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/76-twins-ride-complete-game-shutout-from-santana-to-series-win-over-as/Whether he was pitching for scouts in attendance or just to solidify his future with the Twins, Ervin Santana (3-7) was in complete control, as he stymied the Oakland A’s for a complete game shutout in a 4-0 win at Target Field on Wednesday afternoon.   Santana faced just one over the minimum in...830Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/76-after-short-rest-twins-look-to-take-series-from-as/On Twitter there's a thing called #WeirdBaseball, and what it requires is ice cream and what it entails is an MLB game going beyond midnight in the local TV market.   And to say things got weird on Tuesday night is an understatement. After a nearly three-hour rain delay, the Twins and A's got gam...829Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/countdown-to-kato-will-laquon-treadwell-start/Countdown to 'Kato: 22 days   Along with the prestige of being a first-round NFL selection comes a great deal of pressure. Over the years, many high draft picks haven’t been able to handle the weight of fame. Some are considered flameouts by the fans if they don’t make an impact in their rookie s...828Wed, 06 Jul 2016 10:57:08 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/75-after-long-delay-twins-powered-by-four-home-runs-and-solid-start-from-milone-in-11-4-win-over-as/The game almost didn’t happen, as a two-hour, 42-minute rain delay threatened to postpone the game completely. But ultimately, the Minnesota Twins and Oakland A’s got the game underway just before 10 p.m., and the home team prevailed in a wild game by an 11-4 margin in front of just 16,938 fans at...827Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/75-terry-ryan-on-nunez-all-star-selection-the-each-team-repd-asg-rule-and-sending-down-boshers/Terry Ryan addressed the media prior to Tuesday night’s rain delay before game two of the Twins-A’s series. Subjects ranged from the evolution of Eduardo Nunez, to Ryan’s thoughts on having every team represented to how difficult it was to send Buddy Boshers back to Triple-A Rochester. On Nu...826Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/75-lynx-defeat-chicago-improve-to-15-3/Tuesday's matchup between the Minnesota Lynx and Chicago Sky proved to be everything the WNBA could have hoped for as Maya Moore and Elena Delle Donne went blow-for-blow, scoring a combined 71 points.   “They’re great players," Chicago head coach Pokey Chatman said afterward.   "Maya’s an MVP. E...825Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/eduardo-nunez-named-twins-all-star-representative/Eduardo Nunez will reap the benefits of a strong first half of the season by heading to San Diego next week to represent the Minnesota Twins as their lone All Star selection for the 87th Midsummer Classic.   After not starting in any of the team's first nine games this season, Nunez has started 6...824Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/wild-agrees-to-terms-with-darcy-kuemper/Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has agreed to terms with restricted free-agent goaltender Darcy Kuemper (pronounced KEHM-puhr) on a one-year, $1.55 million contract. Kuemper, 26 (5/5/90), posted a 6-7-5 record, with a .915 save...823Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/75-manaea-vs-milone-iffy-weather-nunez-to-all-star-game/Greetings from cloudy, stuffy Target Field as the Minnesota Twins prepare to play game two of the series against the Oakland A’s. The Twins fell 3-1 on Independence Day, in front of a crowd of 23,100 but a local TV crowd of 0 -- a point of contention for a number of fans who wished to celebrate Ju...821Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/what-went-wrong-with-the-lynx-perimeter-defense/Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve after last Wednesday’s overtime loss to New York vehemently condemned her team’s perimeter defense, calling it the biggest disappointment of the season thus far. “It’s not registering. We’re not getting it done,” she said during her postgame presser.   “Per...819Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/countdown-to-kato-can-blair-walsh-bounce-back/Countdown to 'Kato: 23 days   Each weekday leading up to Mankato (except yesterday’s holiday), I’ll be addressing one specific Minnesota Vikings talker. In case you missed it, the first edition spotlighted the Vikings’ battles at two cornerback spots.   Today’s talker: Can Blair Walsh recover fr...817Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/si-why-pulling-the-ball-works-so-well-for-brian-dozier/A chief complaint with Brian Dozier ever since he arrived in the big leagues is that he does not use the whole field.   Chosen in the eighth round of the 2009 draft out of Southern Miss, Dozier has well exceeded expectations for him. But his reputation as a pull hitter has come back to haunt him...816Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/74-athletics-halt-twins-2-game-win-streak-with-3-1-victory/For a team that recently hanged double-digit scores on the Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers, the Minnesota Twins ran out of fireworks on the Fourth of July.   Just as the Oakland Athletics were a buzzkill in late May after the Twins had swept the AL West-leading Seattle Mariners, they once...815Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-to-return-may-from-rehab-and-reinstate-from-dl-option-boshers/The Minnesota Twins announced today that they will return right-handed pitcher Trevor May from his rehab assignment and reinstate him from the 15-day disabled list.  May appeared in four games for Triple-A Rochester allowing one run in 3.2 innings pitched, with one walk, six strikeouts and one sav...814Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/74-plouffe-escobar-buxton-banged-up-vargas-recalled/Happy 4th of July from Target Field!   It wasn't quite as crazy as yesterday, when a lineup wasn't posted until after Minnesota Twins manager Paul Molitor's media availability due to Eduardo Escobar's day-to-day status, Eddie Rosario being called up and activated, Kevin Jepsen being designated fo...813Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/fourth-of-july-breakdown-who-are-the-most-explosive-players-on-the-minnesota-vikings-roster/Happy Fourth of July! Celebrating with fireworks, hot dogs, and beer is traditional Independence Day stuff, and nothing is more American than celebrating by blowing stuff up.   But I cover the Vikings, and the first thing I think of when I hear "explosiveness" is explosion off the line of scrimma...812Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/73-strong-effort-from-gibson-helps-twins-take-series-from-al-best-rangers/Things didn’t look good for Minnesota Twins starter Kyle Gibson (2-5) at the outset. On the second pitch of the game, Texas Rangers right fielder Shin-Soo Choo took him deep to bullpen in left-center, and the next two batters reached as Ian Desmond walked and Nomar Mazara singled. But the tall rig...810Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/73-molitor-and-ryan-on-twins-recalling-rosario-dfaing-jepsen-pending-may-escobar-decisions/It was a crazy day in the clubhouse. Eduardo Escobar did not speak to the media, but he did not appear to walk with a limp while leaving the player's locker room and walking past the batting cages.   "It's tough the first day. He did come and get treatment, went on the field and did some things....809Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/72-twins-crush-rangers-17-5-kepler-sets-team-record-for-rbis-by-a-rookie/It was an odd game, to say the least. Juan Centeno chased Texas Rangers starter Chi Chi Rodriguez with a 2-RBI single with two outs in the first inning en route to a 17-5 Minnesota Twins win over the Texas Rangers, who have the most wins in baseball.   "It was a crazy game. We haven't had many of...808Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/72-terry-ryan-on-d-santana-in-lf-grossmans-splits-buxtons-progress-and-more/Minnesota Twins general manager Terry Ryan expanded on what manager Paul Molitor had to say about Danny Santana playing in left field today this morning.   "He can play just about everywhere on the diamond. You won't see him behind the plate or at first base much, but all the other spots he can pla...807Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000