https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/89/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/531-as-top-twins-7-4-sano-injured/A day after Byron Buxton was recalled from Triple-A, Miguel Sano is headed to the disabled list. The Twins slugger injured his left hamstring legging out an RBI in the third inning and was placed on the 15-day DL.   “It [hurts], because I want to help the team,” Sano, told the Star Tribune. “It’s...622Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-place-sano-on-disabled-list-recall-kepler/The Minnesota Twins announced tonight that they have placed outfielder Miguel Sano on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain, an injury he suffered running to first base in the 3rd inning in Oakland.   To replace Sano on the 25-man roster the Twins will recall outfielder Max Kepler...621Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/morethanwords-support-the-mike-zimmer-foundation/#MoreThanWords is back!   Last year, the MTW campaign raised over $5,000 for Chad's Locker program, part of Chad Greenway's Lead the Way Foundation. It was a great collaboration between many of your favorite Vikings blogs and Cold Omaha is proud to be a part of this year's campaign.   This time...620Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/530-as-top-twins-3-2-snap-four-game-win-streak/The Minnesota Twins winning streak is over. So are Miguel Sano and Joe Mauer's home run streaks. In fact, there was a bit of an offensive power outage against the Oakland Athletics on Monday afternoon.   A's starter Kendall Graveman allowed only six hits and two earned runs in 6.0 innings and Oak...616Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-place-santana-on-disabled-list-recall-buxton/The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have placed outfielder Danny Santana on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain, an injury he suffered today in Oakland.   To replace Santana on the 25-man roster the Twins will recall outfielder Byron Buxton from Triple-A Rochester.  Bu...615Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-minnesota-twins-need-to-clean-up-their-positional-logjams/We kinda stayed away from it for a while, and then we got to the point where we had to consider it as an option, just out of common sense and looking at our personnel and how it fits right now.   -- Paul Molitor on Miguel Sano playing third base, April 27, 2016   If you want an easy explanation...614Tue, 31 May 2016 08:50:26 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/529-twins-win-5-4-sweep-mariners-for-first-time-since-2007/The Seattle Mariners got things started with a first-inning home run by Robinson Cano, but the Minnesota Twins topped them with homers from Joe Mauer, Miguel Sano and Robbie Grossman en route to a 5-4 victory, the team's fourth in a row.   “The bats came through again,” starter Ricky Nolasco, who...612Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/528-twins-houdini-a-6-5-win-in-seattle-their-third-straight/The Minnesota Twins appeared to be headed towards a disappointing loss in the ninth inning, as the Seattle Mariners had the tying run on third base and the winning run on first with no outs against closer Kevin Jepsen.   But Dae-Ho Lee popped out to shallow right for the first out. Then Jepsen th...607Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/527-pat-dean-outduels-king-felix-twins-beat-mariners-7-2/A five-run third inning gave the Minnesota Twins a 6-1 lead, and rookie Pat Dean kept the game out of reach to notch a win over Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez.   Dean, 27, gave up a first-inning home run to Franklin Gutierrez, and the thought among the 40,000-plus fans at Safeco Field was t...606Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/peterson-in-rare-company-for-rushing-not-so-much-for-receiving/Photo Credit: Kyle Hansen   The Vikings head into 2016 with a three-time rushing champion in the backfield who cares a lot about his place in history. Thirty-one-year-old Adrian Peterson is gunning to someday break the league’s all-time rushing record, and if he delivers a season in line with his...604Fri, 27 May 2016 17:34:49 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-statement-regarding-pitching-coach-neil-allen/The Minnesota Twins issued the following statement on today’s arrest of Pitching Coach Neil Allen:   “The Minnesota Twins are aware of the pending DWI charge against Pitching Coach Neil Allen. Mr. Allen has been suspended, with pay, indefinitely and the matter will be handled in accordance with t...599Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/525-lynx-stay-undefeated-defeat-mercury-85-78/The Minnesota Lynx defeated the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday, 85-78.   The Lynx after falling behind 6-2 went on an 11-0 run and held a lead throughout the better part of four quarters. But Phoenix managed to keep within striking distance, and made things interesting late when they embarked on a...594Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/timberwolves-statement-regarding-the-passing-of-ricky-rubios-mother-tona-vives/The following statement was released today by the Minnesota Timberwolves organization on the passing of Tona Vives, Ricky Rubio's mother:   "The Timberwolves organization is deeply saddened to learn of the passing today of Tona Vives, Ricky Rubio’s mother. The Timberwolves send our condolences to...593Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/several-players-held-out-of-vikings-otas/The Minnesota Vikings held their second day of OTAs on Wednesday, and while virtually everyone was present, not all were active. Left tackle Matt Kalil and defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd were in uniform but did not participate in team drills, while linebacker Anthony Barr observed from the sidelin...592Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/525-twins-lead-trail-and-finally-lead-again-in-first-win-over-the-royals-in-2016/The Minnesota Twins found win No. 12 of the season to be a difficult one, as they raced out to a quick lead, surrendered it and then chipped away to take it back on a day where their starter really only faltered in one inning. Tyler Duffey (2-3) lasted 6.2 innings, and allowed five earned runs --...591Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/525-molitor-on-doziers-struggles-boshers-call-up-and-more/Good afternoon from rainy Target Field. The game should be played at 12:30 pm, so not much delay. As always, it's raining because I'm covering -- I'm certain of it.   There was some chaos this morning. At the time they posted the lineup, many people pointed out on Twitter that Darin Mastroianni w...590Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-select-boshers-mastroianni-placed-on-disabled-list/The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have selected the contract of left-handed pitcher Buddy Boshers from Triple-A Rochester. Boshers, who was signed by the Twins as a minor league free agent December 14, 2015, is 1-0 with a 1.42 ERA (19.0 IP, 3 ER), five walks and 21 strikeouts in 15 rel...589Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/524-ugly-fourth-inning-dooms-twins-in-7-4-loss-to-the-royals/A disastrous fourth inning and a wobbly lead up to it doomed the Minnesota Twins, as they dropped their 11th series of the season by falling to the Kansas City Royals 7-4 on Tuesday night at Target Field.   The Twins now have as many series losses as wins (11) on the season. They’ll need a win W...588Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/524-ervin-faces-some-old-friends-molitor-on-sanos-outfield-play-kepler-to-aaa-dl/It’s bright, sunny and warm at Target Field as the Minnesota Twins are preparing for game two of a three-game series against the visiting Kansas City Royals. The Twins need a win to keep from dropping yet another series, and will have to get past veteran right-hander Edinson Volquez to do so.  ...583Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/523-twins-give-up-17-hits-lose-to-royals-10-4/The Minnesota Twins had 12 hits against the Kansas City Royals on Monday night, but K.C. topped them with 17 and Minnesota fell 10-4, dropping their record to 11-32.   Ricky Nolasco only went 2.2 innings, giving up eight hits and six earned runs. Kansas City starter Ian Kennedy didn't fare much b...580Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/523-tom-brunansky-on-the-twins-hitting-woes/Tom Brunansky, the Minnesota Twins hitting coach and former player, addressed the media before Monday's game against the Kansas City Royals. Aside from a few players, notably Eduardo Nunez and recently-acquired Robbie Grossman, most of the lineup has been floundering lately.   "It's not just seri...579Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/523-terry-ryan-on-molitor-why-polanco-went-down-more/Give Terry Ryan this, the man stands and takes the heat every day. He has job security, certainly, but his team is 11-32 and he continues to be accountable for it.   "We're having a tough go, but it starts right at the top, and I'm sitting in that chair," he said before Monday's game against Kans...578Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/523-twins-try-and-get-the-bats-going-escobar-is-back-more-notes/The common theme in the clubhouse today was getting the bats going, especially after the team only produced three hits against the Toronto Blue Jays yesterday.   Brian Dozier is hitting below the Mendoza line (.199/.284/.318) and is sitting today. Eduardo Nunez is replacing him at second base and...577Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/twins-reinstate-escobar-option-polanco/The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have returned from rehab assignment and reinstated infielder Eduardo Escobar from the 15-day disabled list.   Escobar missed 14 games with a left groin strain, an injury he suffered May 6 at Chicago-AL. Escobar played in three rehab assignment games w...575Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-stay-undefeated-defeat-seattle-78-71/In a matchup that featured six No. 1 overall picks, as well as six members of the US Olympic team, the Minnesota Lynx defeated the Seattle Storm 78-71 on Sunday night.   All five starters finished in double figures for the Lynx led by Maya Moore, who scored 17 points (7-of-15 FG, 2-of-4 3PM-A, 1-...573Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000