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 improved (if one can say that) to 3-6 against the AL Central on Sunday after they topped the Detroit Tigers before 15,000 fans at Target Field. That’s an underwhelming attendance figure for a sunny Sunday, but with Hall of Famer Joe Mauer in the house and a new statue of him outside the... Continue Reading »

A youthful lineup of Twins prospects and newcomers on Sunday went to work on the Boston Red Sox and blasted Beantown with 19 hits for an easy 9-3 win. Mickey Gasper, who made the big-league club, hit a home run, while six other other players — Jeferson Morales, Kyler Fedko, Jake Rucker, Austin Martin, DaShawn... Continue Reading »

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli rolled out a regular season lineup on Saturday, featuring all the names we have come to expect: Wallner, Correa, Buxton, Larnach, Jeffers, Miranda, Julien, France and Bader. And I imagine we will see this lineup throughout the season. Let’s hope they play better than they did on Saturday, which was an... Continue Reading »

Twins starter Pablo Lopez, who I’m sure the Twins expect big things of this season (don’t we all?), fell to 0-3 with a 9.35 ERA after a 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday. I know it’s spring training, but this is cause for concern because Lopez again labored to get through three innings,... Continue Reading »

The Twins saw split squad action on Friday, getting a 7-1 win over the Atlanta Braves and a 9-9 tie against those always pesky Tampa Bay Rays. Although Bailey Ober made a solid start against the Braves, it’s the tilt against Tampa that reminds us about the wonderful world of baseball statistics. The Rays scored... Continue Reading »

The Atlanta Braves held up their end of the bargain on Friday with a 3-0 win over the Kansas City Royals, giving the Twins a sliver of hope that they might live another day in their effort to reach the postseason. Instead, their hopes were dashed pretty quickly by the Baltimore Orioles. Pablo Lopez coughed... Continue Reading »

This time the Texas Rangers edged the Twins by one run in 10 innings on Sunday, denying Minnesota a four-game sweep of the series. Still, the Twins won three of four games and they remain two games back of the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Central because the Guards were swept by the Milwaukee Brewers.... Continue Reading »

Another disappointing day for the Twins. After they were blown out by the New York Mets on Monday, the Twins returned to the scene of the crime on Tuesday and struck out 13 times as a team and were shut out on two hits to lose 2-0. The heart of the order was especially victimized... Continue Reading »