The Twins won the finale over the Cleveland Guardians and they did it again Tuesday with a 4-1 win on the road against the Texas Rangers. Starting pitching Daniel Zebulon Matthews bounced back in a huge way after he had a terrible outing against the New York Yankees. Zebby allowed just a run, a first-inning... Continue Reading »

The Twins scored a rare 1-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Friday, then gave it all back in the form of a 9-3 loss on Saturday. The result is that the Twins are again four games under .500, which is… which is… which is what exactly? They aren’t completely terrible like the White Sox... Continue Reading »

The Twins aren’t out of this thing just yet. Check the ledger: Back to back series wins over the Rays and Cubs and a Game 1 win over the Pirates. In fact, the Twins should sweep the Bucs and the terrible Rockies on the other side of the All-Star break to make it a six-game... Continue Reading »

Someone once said that baseball success begins with the guy on the mound. Not sure that’s entirely true (or if it was ever said), but for the moment it appears to stick because after the Twins suffered their way through most of June, they suddenly find themselves with a three-game winning streak. And look how... Continue Reading »

The Twins have been outscored 46-16 over their last four games — all losses, of course — including Monday’s 11-2 defeat to the M’s in Game 1 of a four-game series. The problem begins with starting pitching. With Pablo Lopez and Daniel Zebulon Matthews sidelined by injuries, the Twins have had to rely on a... Continue Reading »

The bad news rolls on for the Twins as they lost their sixth straight game on Wednesday, a ridiculous, rain-shortened affair won by the Cincinnati Reds, 4-2. Why ridiculous? The actual time of the game was just a hair over 90 minutes, while the rain delays totaled three hours. The game was finally called in... Continue Reading »

A day after lamenting the state of the Twins rotation, particularly young hurlers Simeon Woods Richardson and David Festa, the Slim Reaper went out and proved me wrong, making a quality start against the team that bombed the Twins on Tuesday, 16-4. But on Wednesday, Festa scattered three hits against the Texas Rangers, allowing just... Continue Reading »

Twins pitching had no answer for the Texas Rangers on Tuesday, the team losing badly, 16-4, at home. Making matters worse is that ex-Twin, Tyler Mahle, who, I feel, never had any interest in playing in Minnesota, picked up the win to improve to 6-3 on the season with a 2.34 ERA. But here’s the... Continue Reading »

The Twins salvaged the finale of their three-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays, getting key contributions from their No. 6 through No. 9 hitters in the lineup for a 6-3 win on Sunday. The Twins had 12 hits and Willi Castro, Ty France, Brooks Lee and Christian Vazquez had eight of them, including back-to-back... Continue Reading »