ICYMI: A Very Twins Daily Christmas

Merry Christmas to true baseball fans and happy Science to #ANALytics wonks

Picturing what a player development black eye it would be for the whole sport if there was a "starting pitcher crisis" where there seemed to be no good young starters, only for Zack Greinke to come out of retirement and throw a shutout after a couple warmup starts

With Woke returning, I have been rehired by Twins Daily, this time to keep users from saying exactly why Munetaka Murakami reminds them of Byung-ho Park

ICYMI: A Very Twins Daily Christmas

Yall would have loved the version that included a disembodied bear paw writing baseball scores on the wall

Jim Pohlad Bob Pohlad Bill Pohlad Tom Pohlad Joe Pohlad Chuck Pohlad cheap pohlad Paul Pohlad Matt Pohlad Mark Pohlad Luke Pohlad John Pohlad Acts Pohlad Gregg Pohlad Scott Pohlad Ed Pohlad Girl Pohlad Pig Pohlad Juan Pohlad Derek Falvey Donkey Pohlad Steve Pohlad Lee Pohlad Revelation Pohlad

I’m good at predictions

Congratulations to 3x @twinsoffdaily.bsky.social guest @tftwins.bsky.social on his call up to the big leagues.

Twins Daily will publish one of the oddest pieces in site history if Matthew Trueblood has the courage

Alright yeah I feel like the Twins need to make a reliever move this week. Too many dudes are falling off the board right now

He’s a three-time batting champ. He’s beloved across Twins Territory. He might be in their price range. So why would it be a bad idea? #twins #minnesota #mntwins

Wait…I know that image from somewhere

I’m nervously sweating over a satire article I’m writing and made the mistake of asking ChatGPT for feedback. It led by saying my writing was “a mix of Coen Brothers, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, David Foster Wallace, and Kafka” I fucking hate the scourge of positivity bots.

Why the Twins didn’t sign Luis Arraez

None of this would have happened if I still had my job

If the Twins were going to add a primary 1B/DH who’s better against righties, I think my preference would have been 1. O’Hearn 2a. Lowe 2b. Bell Solid hitter. Immediately 4/5 spot. His being a switch hitter doesn’t *mandate* they also add a righty, but it would sure be nice.

Should the Twins purchase the rights to Miguel Sanó???

The Twins want to add thump. Here are 15 names that qualify (even technically)

Posting Safario every day until cheap pohlad acquires a player making more than 5M

Obviously I enjoy the dopamine hit of getting a bunch of clicks on what I write, but there’s much more satisfaction in something that doesn’t get a ton of views filled with positive reactions. Something like this isn’t for everyone, and it’s not supposed to be.

Don't go around tonight Well, it's bound to take your life There's a bad moon on the rise

This, no joke, happened to me at men’s league last night.

Just referenced Willians Astudillo and Thomas Aquinas in the same TD article. That can’t have happened anywhere ever right?

Excuse me while I wax poetic about Carson McCusker, our sweet prince, for 700 words

You can draw a direct line from Kirby Puckett going blind and both Simeon Woods Richardson and Austin Martin making the Twins Opening Day roster in 2026

It doesn’t taste factually good it tastes morally good. I don’t know how else to explain it

I sold my hulking slugger to Japan and all I got was this child catching prospect

I would totally get a Daniel Susac bootleg jersey but it breaks one of my jersey rules, so I won’t.

Alex Jackson as the Twins backup catcher today:

SORT OF

GREGGSTRADAMUS

I learned today that apparently Louis CK claims to have accidentally driven into George Bush’s motorcade, making me fear that when I’ve told people that my portly, ginger, bald father once drove into George Bush’s motorcade, they think I’m lying, or worse, that Louis CK is my father

Romo could have been a decent waiver pickup for the Twins. He’s looked horrible at the plate, but he’s very good defensively. He has 2 options left, and you could absolutely make a case that he’s a better C3 option than Gasper and Pareda

It’s true but is this really a way to spend my day, with this as my sparring partner?

I just wasted hours of my life arguing with angry Brittons about whether their traffic is bad

Everyone is reacting to today’s Ryan/Lopez/Buxton trade rumors with “sell the team,” but why would anyone want to sell a team with the best farm system in baseball??? Eating’s about to get real good!

Putting on my tinfoil hat, Falvey is leaking to the media that the (very wise decision to sell high on 30 year-old starting pitchers) would be a financial decision—instead of a baseball decision—pushing the blame and scorn onto cheap pohlad

Join this today dammit

I think one thing Twins fans need to come to grips with is that spending on the bullpen to fix it is a losing effort. You can probably get a couple setup-ish guys for a fair money, but the backend is going to need to be internal—Festa, Raya, Prielipp, Klein. Someone has to get big

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I am thankful for you, even the haters and losers. Also if you don’t like turkey or pumpkin pie, please grow the hell up, do your duties as an American, and swallow

I laid out the 20…er, 18 now, internal outfield options for the Twins in 2026. How would you sort this mess out? @twinsdaily.com

The most fascinating free agent of the winter isn't Pete Alonso or Bo Bichette. It's Luis Arraez. We finally get to see how teams really value batting average. On what he brings, and the one very obvious team that should sign him ... --> www.mlb.com/news/underst...

I have dozens of people over on Twitter telling me that I’m stupid for a very good take (there’s no value in frozen pizza when you can just drive down the road to Dominos or Little Caesars)

If we’re operating under the assumption that the Twins need to acquire this offseason: 3 relievers 1 catcher 1 1B/DH They’ve now traded for 2 of those players, and by raw salary their projected payroll sits at 88M with 3 more players to go.

Basically any nontender candidate player the Twins traded for today, my first reaction is “couldn’t they have gotten to them via waivers at the 4 spot?” I don’t hate the trade for an all-glove backup catcher, but I’d prefer it wasn’t Eeles. And it saves what, 2M on a backup C?

If the Twins want to try to fill the backup catcher spot in the Rule 5, I think Daniel Susac is a name to target. 11th ranked A’s prospect per MLB 24 years old Solid defender .275/.349/.483 at AAA last season Good rep handling pitchers 18 HR but 109 Ks in 407 PAs

🎶Royce Says the Darnedest Things 🎶

You cannot tell me the NBA puts on a better show than MLB