The Twins won their final series of the 2026 season over the Texas Rangers, including a 6-4 win on Sunday. The Twins wrap things up with a 77-85 record, good enough for third place in the American League Central. Was it a good season? In many ways, yes. After the Twins traded away all of... Continue Reading »

The Twins took a 5-2 lead into the bottom of the 8th inning on Saturday, and then watched it all slip away as the bullpen struggled again in a 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in 11 innings. The Twins have been eliminated from playoff contention in the American League Central and are a... Continue Reading »

The Twins lost again on Friday, a 7-4 defeat to the Chicago White Sox at home to drop them further back in the race for either the division or wild card. The loss also acted as a reminder of just how challenging late-summer baseball has been for this team over the past three seasons. The... Continue Reading »

Despite an 11-strikeout performance from Taj Bradley, including the Twins’ first immaculate inning in team history, the Twins were largely shut down by a guy named Gage Lee Jump on Tuesday to lose 4-2 to the Oakland/West Sacramento/Las Vegas A’s. The Twins have no business losing to this team. The A’s are nearly 30 games... Continue Reading »

Despite a late-in-the-game rally, the Twins got exactly what they needed on Monday, a convincing 9-6 win over the Oakland/West Sacramento/Las Vegas A’s to snap a three-game losing streak. And every player got into the act with at least one hit. Leading the way were Byron Buxton and rookie Kaelen Culpepper. Buck had a 3-for-5... Continue Reading »

After a terrible sweep at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies, the Twins have shaken off their National League struggles with a series win over the Atlanta Braves, including Tuesday’s 4-1 win. The American League is so bunched up that with those two wins, the Twins now find themselves in second place in the AL... Continue Reading »

It’s pretty simple, really: The Twins have a winning record with Byron Buxton in the lineup and a losing one without him, which explains why the club dropped its third straight series on Sunday, losing 4-3 to the Milwaukee Brewers and flame-throwing righty Jake Misiorowski, a pitcher who regularly throws at 100 miles per hour... Continue Reading »

All the hope and joy created by Tuesday’s walk-off win over the Kansas City Royals vanished faster than you can say Royce Lewis after Byron Buxton landed on the injured list, Joe Ryan turned in another crummy start and worst of all, former Twins pitcher Randy Dobnak — the Dobber — who toiled for a... Continue Reading »

Perhaps Glen Perkins, a former Twins relief pitcher who was in the radio booth on Monday with broadcast partner Kris Atteberry, put it best as he tried to wrap his head around what was happening to the Twins in their Game 1 tilt against the Cleveland Guardians. “Make it make sense,” said Perkins on a... Continue Reading »