The Twins held on for a 3-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, leveling the series at a game apiece and marking a milestone for starting pitcher Taj Bradley. Bradley struck out six batters across six innings to give him 205 strikeouts this season. He becomes the 10th pitcher in Twins history to... Continue Reading »

The Twins won again on Tuesday, getting a 3-1 victory at home over the never-easy-to-beat Cleveland Guardians. That’s three wins in a row for Minnesota. They also are 7-3 in their last three games, two games under .500, three games back in the AL Central division and 1.5 games back in the Wild Card hunt.... Continue Reading »

How many closers do the Minnesota Twins have? Well, they have 11 pitchers who have recorded at least one of the team’s 17 saves, and now the Twins have decided to add to that melange after they picked up another reliever who was designated for assignment. And why not? The Twins’ have the sixth highest... Continue Reading »

After the outburst of runs on display during the Twins’ home opener, the offense has gone straight into hibernation and generated a grand total of two runs on six hits over the past 48 hours, including Sunday’s 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in extra innings. The game started out promisingly enough when slugger... Continue Reading »

Twins infielder Jose Miranda… Slashed .268/.325/.426 with 119 hits, 15 home runs and 66 RBI in 2022. He hit .284/.322/.441 with 114 hits and 28 doubles in 2024, and during that same summer — really, the season’s only highlight — tied a 73-year-old major league record with 12 consecutive hits. Yes, there were injuries and... Continue Reading »

The Twins got a firsthand look at two new pitching prospects over the weekend and things did not go well, resulting in a series loss to the Chicago White Sox. On Sunday, Taj Bradley, who came to the Twins in the deal that sent reliever Griffin Jax to the Tampa Bay Rays, got the ball... Continue Reading »

The House of Horrors that is Yankee Stadium for the Minnesota Twins rolled on Monday as the Bronx Bombers hit three solo home runs, the Twins countered with two of their own and then the bullpen let it slip away for a 6-2 Yankees win. Despite being tagged with the loss, starting pitcher Daniel Zebulon... Continue Reading »

The Twins were rumored to be sellers prior to the trade deadline, and I think many expected the club to deal a handful of players. But no one saw this coming. The Twins have said goodbye to 10 players, with most of the deals happening on Thursday, including the once untradeable Carlos Correa, who the... Continue Reading »

The Twins had to wait through a 90-minute, ninth-inning rain delay in their Game 1 matchup against the Boston Red Sox on Monday, but they finally emerged in the home half of the inning to load the bases, then Brooks Lee singled home two runs for the 5-4 walk-off win. The bigger news, of course,... Continue Reading »