https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/380/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/rule-in-breaking-down-wild-aftermath-remember-more-than-the-ending/It’s time to revise a statement in the wake of the Minnesota Wild’s first-round postseason exit, losing their series to the St. Louis Blues 4-1.   A couple weeks ago, I wrote: “The prospect of a series loss to Yeo’s Blues would just be a little bitter to swallow for Minnesota faithful.” Now that...2085Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:36:36 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-send-boshers-back-to-triple-a/The Minnesota Twins went more than two weeks into the season before making a roster move, but have now made three in the last 24 hours as the pitching churn continues. Left-handed reliever Buddy Boshers' stay with the Twins lasted just a few hours, as he's headed back to Rochester following Sunday...2079Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-vikings-mock-draft-4-0-trade-alert/I’ve run the tests and played out the scenarios over and over. All in all, I’ve run close to nearly 50 different options the Vikings could find themselves when finally put on the closet at selection 48.   After all that research, after all that work and time put in, I have be honest, the best ou...2078Tue, 25 Apr 2017 23:52:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/breaking-down-the-blues-ot-winner/After making an impressive comeback late in the third period to tie the game, Minnesota found itself locked in another overtime with the St. Louis Blues on Saturday afternoon. However, much to the chagrin of Wild fans, St. Louis was the victor of the game and the series as Magnus Paajarvi scored a...2073Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/hasan-who-crafted-the-best-big-board-in-2014/Too often we hear that “you can’t judge a draft class until three years out,” and though I disagree with the implied conclusion, it does lead us to something interesting—grading the graders.   If we can grade draft classes three years after the fact, we can certainly grade big boards.   I’ve bee...2072Sat, 22 Apr 2017 08:41:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/421-pregame-notes-santiago-vs-verlander-roster-move-potential-injury-updates/The press box windows are open and it’s shaping up to be a beautiful evening at Target Field as the Minnesota Twins are preparing to open a three-game weekend set against the Detroit Tigers. It’ll be lefty Hector Santiago going for the Twins against righty Justin Verlander for the Tigers. More on...2070Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-nhl-playoffs-love-to-hate-them/It’s the month you love to hate.   No, but seriously.   The NHL Playoffs are a great, great time of year, and a whole lot of fun. The problem with them, of course, if that your favorite team can’t always win. And what determines what causes your team to win is an inexact science at best, an amal...2069Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:29:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/can-miguel-sano-be-baseballs-next-big-slugger/Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis hit 53 home runs in 2013. It was the first 50-homer season since Toronto’s Jose Bautista belted 54 in 2010 and no other player has topped 47 round-trippers since 2008. With Major League Baseball cracking down on performance enhancing drugs and bullpens b...2067Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/420-pregame-notes-santana-vs-bauer-oldfriends-updates-and-it-is-really-cold/It’s bitterly cold and overcast as the Minnesota Twins prepare to try salvage one game of what’s now a three-game series against the Cleveland Indians at Target Field. It’s right-hander Ervin Santana going for the Twins against Trevor Bauer for the Indians. More on that in a bit.   After Wednesda...2058Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-draft-history-best-and-worst-4th-round-picks-since-2000/Despite not having any fourth round picks in 2008, 2009 and 2014, the Vikings have still compiled 20 fourth-round picks since 2000. With nearly twice the amount of selections as expected, the Vikings have hit on many more big name, high-profile players.   Let’s take a deep dive into some of the V...2057Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-draft-history-best-and-worst-third-round-picks-since-2000/Since the beginning of the century, we've seen 17 draft classes come and go. In those 17 years, the Vikings have netted only 12 third-round draft picks. In fact, in the Spielman era alone, they've had three drafts with zero third-round selections (2011, 2013, 2016), although with his reputation fo...2056Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wild-get-the-job-done-in-game-4-with-backs-against-the-wall/Traditionally, the Minnesota Wild have been known to turn it up a notch when their backs are against the wall. The evidence can be found in a few of their runs to make the postseason the past few years, or even going back to the 2003 playoffs when they came back to win two series down three games...2055Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/twins-indians-postponed-on-wednesday-night/The Minnesota Twins announced Wednesday afternoon that game three of the four-game series with the Cleveland Indians -- originally slated to air on ESPN with a 7:10 p.m. first pitch -- was postponed due to inclement weather.   With temperatures in the 40s and rain moving through, it was clearly a...2053Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/schreier-the-minnesota-timberwolves-had-a-disappointing-season-but-have-a-foundation-to-build-on/When you look at it, like in every season, there is going to be some good things, some things that you didn’t do as well as you would have liked. And then you want to formulate your plan going forward.   -- Timberwolves coach and president Tom Thibodeau at his season-end press conference   The M...2049Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/418-game-notes-hughes-kepler-falter-early-in-blowout-loss-to-cleveland/The Cleveland Indians set the tone early, scoring runs in five of the game’s first six innings to thump the Minnesota Twins at Target Field on Tuesday night, 11-4. Three of the five innings resulted in crooked numbers, as Phil Hughes (2-1) couldn’t keep the Indians off the scoreboard and none of h...2048Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nfl-draft-deep-dive-wide-receivers/This is a new mini-series breaking down each positional group heading into the 2017 NFL Draft. Luke Inman has done the dirty work grinding the tape and now gives us a deep dive into some of the top prospects that could be playing for a team near you in 2017.   Plus, it is a closer look at some of...2047Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:17:06 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/418-pregame-notes-hughes-vs-tomlin-early-work-and-tales-of-a-converted-reliever/Hello from dreary Target Field as the Twins look to even their four-game series with the Indians after a tough 3-1 loss on Monday night. It’ll be right-hander Phil Hughes going for the Twins against righty Josh Tomlin for the Indians. More on that in a bit.   After a steady stream of rain all mo...2043Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/follow-up-i-watched-every-vikings-wildcat-snap/Back in November, following a Week 11 Minnesota Vikings win over the Arizona Cardinals, I laid out in this space the rationale behind why the Vikings' Wildcat formation was working and what type of results it was producing.   To jog your memory, the Vikings were generating 5.2 yards per carry usi...2042Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/terry-francona-praises-twins-cbo-derek-falvey-i-miss-everything-we-all-miss-him/We miss him. We're happy for him, but we miss him.   -- Indians manager Terry Francona on Falvey before the Tribe-Twins series this week   Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona was behind the bench with the Boston Red Sox when they won the World Series, breaking the 86-year-old Curse of the...2037Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nfl-draft-deep-dive-tight-ends/A new mini-series breaking down each positional group heading into the 2017 NFL Draft. Luke Inman has done the dirty work grinding the tape and now gives us a deep dive into some of the top prospects that could be playing for a team near you in 2017.   Plus, a closer look at some of the sleeper n...2034Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/rule-rough-start-to-game-3-puts-wild-in-elimination-game/It really should not have been surprising. The Wild have plagued themselves with slow starts to games many times before; why should Sunday’s Game 3 have been any different?   After losing the first two games of this Western Conference quarterfinal playoff series, the Wild needed a boost right awa...2032Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nfl-draft-deep-dive-running-backs/Here's a new mini-series breaking down each positional group heading into the 2017 NFL Draft. Luke Inman has done the dirty work grinding the tape and now gives us a deep dive into some of the top prospects that could be playing for a team near you in 2017.   Plus, it's a closer look at some of t...2031Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/416-game-notes-pressly-victimized-by-long-ball-again-in-extra-inning-loss/For seven innings on Easter Sunday, things couldn’t have gone much better for the Twins. The weather was perfect, their starter was dealing and the only run scored in the game came on a serendipitous inside the park home run.   The eighth innings provided some clouds -- metaphorically, of course...2030Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/415-game-notes-santana-brilliant-in-one-hitter/The Minnesota Twins found a window to get Saturday afternoon’s game in between patches of rain, and it did not disappoint as Ervin Santana (3-0) dominated the White Sox from stem to stern in a complete game shutout at Target Field in a 6-0 win.   Santana faced just two batters over the minimum o...2025Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/414-game-notes-twins-drop-nondescript-game-on-drizzly-night-to-white-sox/It was a fairly nondescript, drizzly night at Target Field, as the Minnesota Twins matched their crosstown counterparts the Minnesota Wild in taking a 2-1 loss on Friday. And while it was much less crushing than it was for their green-and-red allies, it was the first loss at home this season for t...2024Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000