Rocco Baldelli has used Jhoan Duran in some interesting ways since the fireballer returned to the Twins bullpen last week. Briefly a traditional closer with non-traditional stuff, Duran is now getting looks in a former role--or perhaps a whole new version of it.
The Minnesota Twins started out their 2024 regular season with some ugly baseball, and then they went on a 13-game winning streak that helped bring them back into the thick of it.
Minnesota Twins closer Jhoan Duran was recently activated from the injured list, and with that came the return of the best entrance in baseball.
Minnesota Twins flamethrower Jhoan Duran's iconic ninth-inning entrance made its season debut Friday night at Target Field. Duran, who missed the first month of the 2024 campaign with an oblique injury, had his first opportunity to earn a save at home in the Twins' 5–2 win over the Boston Red Sox.
On Tuesday, the Minnesota Twins announced that right-hander Jhoan Duran has been reinstated from the injured list. Right-hander Matt Bowman has been designated for assignment.
Fireballer Jhoan Duran is ready to join the Twins' roster for the first time this season as Minnesota takes on the host Chicago White Sox on Tuesday. The Twins returned Duran from his rehab assignment and reinstated him from the 15-day injured list, the team announced Tuesday afternoon.
The Twins announced that right-hander Jhoan Duran has been reinstated from the injured list.
Ten days ago the Minnesota Twins were 6-12 and living in misery as one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball. Now, after sweeping the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Angels, the Twins have won seven in a row and have improved to 14-13 with three more games against the woeful White Sox Monday through Wednesday.
Jhoan Duran's second relief appearance at Triple-A St. Paul on Saturday saw his velocity back to normal levels for the flame-throwing right-hander, a good sign after his velocity was a bit down in his first rehab appearance earlier in the week.
The Minnesota Twins are not off to the start that they were hoping for the Minnesota Twins. Actually, they started off fine, to the tune of a 2-0 record.
The Minnesota Twins lost Jhoan Durán to an oblique strain near the end of spring training, and will be without their relief ace for the first month or more of the 2024 regular season.
The Twins will open their AL Central title defense without closer Jhoan Duran, who has a moderate oblique strain.
Losing him even for a short spell is painful for the Twins, given the flamethrower’s emergence as one of MLB’s premier relievers.
Jhoan Duran isn't a top-100 player in Major League Baseball? Same story for Royce Lewis and Byron Buxton? So it goes for a few Minnesota Twins who were left off ESPN's list of the top-100 players in the majors entering the 2024 season. Only two members of the Twins made the top 100: Pablo Lopez at No.
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How fun was watching the Twins bullpen late in the season and the playoffs? Rocco Baldelli and Pete Maki could turn to power arm after power arm. But there isn’t a more powerful arm in baseball than the right arm of Jhoan Duran’s.
The most electrifying entrance in Major League Baseball on the night the Minnesota Twins clinched a playoffs spot – it doesn't get much better than that.
The Minnesota Twins entered the 2023 season with one of baseball’s most talented young relievers. Jhoan Duran switched from the rotation to the bullpen to start the 2022 season and produced Pitching Ninja highlights in nearly every appearance.
The Minnesota Twins beat the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night by a score of 5-3. Michael A. Taylor helped key the victory with a two-run homer and Ryan Jeffers added a home run as well. On the mound, Sonny Gray got his first win since April by tossing 7.0 innings of two-run ball.
Jhoan Duran has, once again, reset the mark for the fastest pitch of 2023. With one out and two men on in the ninth inning of Wednesday's Twins-Mariners
After earning saves in Minnesota's first three games coming out of the All-Star break, hard-throwing closer Jhoan Duran was unavailable as the Twins opened a four-game road series against the Seattle Mariners on Monday.
With the trade deadline now less than two months away, we at MLBTR are setting our sights backward for a bit to highlight past trades of rental players
Jhoan Duran might throw even harder in 2023. The electrifying Minnesota Twins reliever led the majors in 2022 with an average four-seam fastball velocity of 100.8 mph.
The 100.8 mph "splinker" that Jhoan Duran struck out Alex Verdugo with on Monday night was the first off-speed pitch in MLB history at 100+ mph, according
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