It’s a good thing the Twins got Monday off because they are going to need all the beauty sleep they can muster to sustain themselves through at least mid-August, according to a check of the baseball season calendar. It begins Tuesday with a three-game set versus the Lovable Losers, although this Cubs team should in... Continue Reading »

There’s no two ways about it: The Twins have struggled during the second half of the season. And they officially hit rock bottom on Sunday after the Boston Red Sox swept a doubleheader from them, outscoring Minnesota 17-4 over both games. Pablo Lopez was terrible in Game 1, the bullpen was even worse in Game... Continue Reading »

As former Twins broadcaster Dick Bremer once said: “I think we’ve had enough of the Cleveland Guardians.” Boy, have they ever. The Twins played four games with the Guards, losing three of them by one run, including two incredibly painful back-to-back walk-off losses in extra innings on Wednesday and Thursday. The result is that the... Continue Reading »

Twins starter Bailey Ober doesn’t get knocked around too often, but when he does it’s pretty spectacular. Ober was rocked by the Royals to start the season, and he was taken to the woodshed again Monday by the Atlanta Braves, who scored nine runs in the first two innings before a 90-minute rain delay provided... Continue Reading »

The Twins’ Pablo Lopez, who was pegged as a possible AL Cy Young candidate this season, has been anything but that after he lost again on Sunday to the Texas Rangers, 6-2. Lopez has allowed 13 runs over his two previous starts. He’s now 4-5 with an ERA of 5.25. “It makes me mad more... Continue Reading »

If you needed another example of the haves and have nots of baseball, look no further than the Twins, who so far this offseason have announced a few minor league deals, picked up a player who had been designated for assignment by the Miami Marlins and signed Josh Staumont to a one-year agreement. Who is... Continue Reading »

The Twins on Wednesday withstood a 14-strikeout effort from Reds starting pitcher Hunter Greene and then they went to work, down 2-0 through six innings. They scored a run in the seventh inning, a run in the eighth and then three runs in the ninth, in part because the Twins put runners in scoring position... Continue Reading »

The Kansas City Royals, one of the weakest teams in all of baseball, edged the Twins 3-2 on Saturday by hanging around just long enough to finally tie the game and then took advantage of some miscues late as served up Twins’ closer Jhoan Duran. But it never should have been that close because Royals... Continue Reading »

Despite three ugly losses to the New York Yankees (and probably a fourth on Thursday) the Twins, surprisingly, are still very much in the hunt for a division title in the incredibly weak American League Central. OK, yes, the division is lame, but it’s ours, and it’s still ours for the taking. How are the... Continue Reading »