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 »

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 »

First, the positives: The Twins took three of four games from the West Sacramento A’s, or whatever you want to call them, beating them 10-4, 10-3 and 6-1 before the A’s had had enough and responded with a 14-3 blowout win over the team from Minnesota on Thursday. So how much trouble does this spell... Continue Reading »

Order was restored in the universe, at least for a day, after the Twins picked up their first win of the season by beating the Chicago White Sox 8-3 on Tuesday. Early on it didn’t look good. The Twins found themselves down 3-0, but then strung together a series of singles to rally for a... Continue Reading »

After the Twins struggled with runners in scoring position on Thursday, they outdid themselves on Saturday by mustering a grand total of three hits in a 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. They will now try to avoid the sweep on Sunday with Bailey Ober on the mound. Although the offense went missing, starter... Continue Reading »

Tuesday’s 4-1 win was almost a carbon copy of Monday’s loss. The Twins took an early lead, they added to it and then once again they sent reliever Griffin Jax to the mound with two men on and one out in the bottom of the ninth inning. Jax fanned a batter, induced a slow roller... Continue Reading »

The Twins’ Byron Buxton finally rejoined the team on Friday in the opener of a three-game set against the Cincinnati Reds, and he made an immediate impact, hitting a game-tying home run in the fifth inning. The good times didn’t last long, however. The Twins took that 1-1 tie into the top of the seventh... Continue Reading »

The Twins on Monday edged the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4, the sixth straight time the two teams have won or lost by one run. Things got off to a quick start: The Twins scored first, the Rays followed suit in the first inning, then Minnesota countered with a Trevor Larnach three-run homer that appeared to... Continue Reading »