Twins Daily: Ripple Effects: Cities Disconnect

The latest Minnesota Twins news from Twins Daily! td-logo-top.png Twins Daily      NEWS      FORUMS      BLOGS      VIDEOS     td-logo-bottom.png Ripple Effects: Cities Disconnect This is the second in a series of articles about the factors that contributed to the Twins' devastating collapse at the end of this season, and how they interact with and influence each other. With fan interest comes attendance. With attendance comes added payroll flexibility. Both are the... > Read More The Case for Griffin Jax as Twins' 2024 MVP Yes, making the case for any reliever as a team’s MVP is difficult. Even the great Mariano Rivera was overshadowed by players like Derek Jeter or Álex Rodríguez. And for good reason: a bullpen arm only affects a modest number of innings in any given year, typically maxing at around 70 or 75. It’s ha... > Read More Breaking: Minnesota Twins Part Ways with Hitting Coaches David Popkins, Derek Shomon In a move that signals the beginning of an anticipated shakeup, the Twins moved on from two big-league hitting coaches in a single day, per Dan Hayes of The Athletic. Popkins, who was hired after the 2021 season to replace reassigned hitting coach Edgar Varela, had previously been with the Los Angel... > Read More wfl_ameFFECTS Ripple Effects: This Team Wasn’t Built For This Payroll This is the first piece in a series of articles to kick off the offseason, here at Twins Daily. Each day, we'll tackle a different aspect or element of the team's predicament and their collapse at the end of this season--a different place where the buck might stop, and why, and what makes the assign... > Read More Pitching Pipeline Keeps Flowing: Cory Lewis, Marco Raya Sparkled in Saints Debuts Cory Lewis It’s hard to imagine a more pleasing combination of outcomes than the ‘college four’ the Twins drafted in 2022, composed of Andrew Morris, Zebby Matthews, Cory Lewis, and C.J. Culpepper. Each has had ample success early in their professional careers. Taken as a foursome, what they’ve ac... > Read More ~ ROYCELEWIS PN 4N Video: Royce Lewis And The Fastball Royce Lewis established himself as a fastball destroyer in the first two plus years of his electric young career, turning on velocity to no end while dropping jaws across the upper midwest. In the second half of 2024, Lewis stopped hitting the heater and everything broke down from there. Let's analy... > Read More Grading the 2024 Minnesota Twins: Pitchers Sixteen different pitchers threw at least 25 innings for the Twins this season. Here, I assign them all letter grades and review their seasons, in alphabetical order. (Yesterday I graded the hitters on the 2024 Twins.) Jorge Alcalá: C+ Alcalá was one of the best stories of the first half, reb... > Read More Like Twins Daily on Facebook Like Twins Daily on Twitter Talk Twins on our moderated forums Start your own blog on Twins Daily You registered on TwinsDaily.com or signed up for our subscriber list. [email protected] from this list. Our mailing address is: Twins Centric, LLC 500 East Grant St Apt 2704 Minneapolis, MN 55404 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2024 Twins Centric, LLC All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend