Miguel Sano, the imposing slugger for the Twins who could crush a baseball to the deepest part of most ballparks, but who also struck out at an alarming rate, has become a free agent after the Twins declined to pick up his contract option. In addition to Sano, the Twins also declined the options for... Continue Reading »

It’s incredible. The Twins lost 3-2 to the Chicago White Sox on Monday and now can do no better than 79 wins this season, which is only six wins more than last season, and that’s after adding Carlos Correa, Sonny Gray, Gio Urshela, Gary Sanchez, Chris Archer, Tyler Mahle, Michael Fulmer, Jorge Lopez, Emilio Pagan... Continue Reading »

The statement wins the Twins needed to make against the division-leading Cleveland Guardians failed to materialize Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and now the club is 4.5 games back of the top spot with 20-some games left in the season. I’m not ready to declare the season over — Twins Territory was certainly in that kind... Continue Reading »

I’ve run out of theories as to why the Twins struggle so mightily to beat the New York Yankees, so it is what it is, folks, which means only one thing: the Twins lost again Monday by a score of 5-2. The managers occasionally change, the players a little more frequently but the results never... Continue Reading »

The Twins on Sunday got exactly what they needed before they face the New York Yankees: a 5-1 win over the Chicago White Sox and a Cleveland Guardians loss (their fifth straight), which means the Twins and Guards are tied for the AL division lead at 68-64. Once again, the Twins didn’t hit that well... Continue Reading »

The recent two-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers is looking less and less impressive these days, particularly after the Twins played, lost and were eventually swept by the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Twins certainly have enough quality pitching to beat the worst teams in baseball, but that’s clearly not the case when... Continue Reading »

So it really isn’t hopeless after all, is it? Twins pitching limited the New York Yankees to four hits and the offense did the rest, banging out 11 hits, including three doubles and two home runs, to pace the Twins to an easy 8-1 win on Wednesday. The Twins scored two runs in the fourth... Continue Reading »

Twins starting pitcher Chris Archer hasn’t exactly been terrible this season — he has an earned run average slightly above 4.00 after nine starts — but he also hasn’t been very good. And he made another underwhelming appearance on Saturday in a 7-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Archer has struggled to go deep... Continue Reading »

The Houston Astros swept a three-game series from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday, and if somebody told me that not a single Astros player broke out in a sweat during that series, or that manager Dusty Baker napped for 72 carefree hours, I’d believe them because they appeared to win with ease, like it was... Continue Reading »