One of the biggest free agents of the offseason was Josh Donaldson, the power-hitting third baseman who spent last season with the Atlanta Braves, but previously was known as the ultimate Twins killer during his days with the Oakland A’s and Toronto Blue Jays. Now, Donaldson is hitting home runs for the Twins. The Twins... Continue Reading »

The Twins missed out on the top free agent pitchers this winter — and I’m still puzzled that the Toronto Blue Jays snagged Hyun-Jin Ryu — but the slugging, Twins-killing third baseman known as Josh Donaldson was still available, and after reports the club was “pessimistic” about landing the “bringer of rain,” the team finally... Continue Reading »

The Twins dropped their regular-season finale to the Kansas City Royals on Sunday, but the club still finished with the second-most wins in team history at 101-61. And they also hit three more home runs in the 5-4 loss to give them 307 for the season, which is one better than the 306 hit by... Continue Reading »

As expected, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli went with a youthful lineup on Thursday, a day after the team clinched the AL Central and celebrated with a birthday cake and booze, according to team photos and videos. Baldelli turned 38 on Wednesday. Cheech and ChongAka Astudillo and Arraez pic.twitter.com/yYkTQ2yA2W — Kyle Gibson (@kgib44) September 26, 2019... Continue Reading »

The 2019 Minnesota Twins booked a ticket to the postseason on Wednesday after they rallied (again) to beat the Detroit Tigers, then watched as the Cleveland Indians fell to the Chicago White Sox. The first-place Twins now lead the second-place Indians by five games with four games left in the season. And that means only... Continue Reading »

The Twins had no business winning Tuesday night. The Chicago White Sox, perhaps trying to make good on the last gasp of summer, scored eight runs on 20 hits, including a Twins-like four home runs. But the Twins scratched together a rally in the bottom of the 12th and won the game 9-8 in walk-off... Continue Reading »

The Twins are playing extremely well. They are 33 games over .500 after coming from behind to beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Monday, they are 8-2 in their last 10 games and they have a comfortable lead over the second-place Cleveland Indians. And that lead will either be 5.5 games or 6.5 games, depending... Continue Reading »

Tendon-be-damned Nelson Cruz, who apparently is going to play through that tendon-related injury in his left wrist, unloaded on the Chicago White Sox Tuesday night with a home run and three doubles to power the Twins to a 14-4 blowout win. The South Siders took a 3-0 lead early and then the Twins went to... Continue Reading »

The Twins’ Jose Berrios had a much improved outing, the team rallied to tie the game late, but ace lefty Taylor Rogers served up a grand slam in extras and the Twins lost to the Cleveland Indians 7-3 on Sunday. It was an ugly series for Minnesota, which dropped three of four games at home... Continue Reading »