There was no sweep of the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday — the Twins losing badly 8-0 — but more questions and concerns likely are being raised about starter Taj Bradley, the clear surprise of the 2026 season, after he turned in a second straight sub-par performance. He didn’t exactly get lit up by the... Continue Reading »

Bailey Ober and the Twins dug themselves a very early and deep hole on Saturday, but the American League’s third-best offense rallied to tie the game at 7-7, only to give up three more runs. They never fully recovered after that and fell 10-9 to the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Twins’ fourth straight loss. It’s also... Continue Reading »

Telling the schoolyard bully to shove it with a 4-2 win seems pretty sweet to me. And that’s exactly what happened to the Twins on Saturday as the “bully” emerged in the form of the Boston Red Sox’s Wilson Contreras. Wilson knocked over Kody Clemens with a head-first slide into first base, then appeared to... Continue Reading »

I woke up Saturday morning and nearly spat out my coffee after I learned that Twins starting pitcher Taj Bradley — by far the team’s best pitcher in the early going — had landed on the 15-day injured list. All you can do is laugh is what I intended to write this evening because the... Continue Reading »

The original Washington Senators returned to their old stomping grounds on Tuesday and put it all together. They got a balanced attack from the lineup, starting pitcher Taj Bradley made another quality start and the Big Bopper, Byron Buxton, slammed a three-run homer to run away from the Washington Nationals 11-3. The Senators cranked out... Continue Reading »

If it remains unclear to the Pohlad family about what ails the team they own — the Minnesota Twins — then pull out a sheet of paper, pick out your favorite writing instrument and fire off a letter with your concerns. And make sure you underline the word “bullpen” with the darkest and blackest felt... Continue Reading »

A wasted quality start on Tuesday was followed by a wasted quality start on Wednesday, but on Thursday Bailey Ober’s quality start finally did not go wanting as the Twins poured it on late and the bullpen held the line in the team’s 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. You read that correctly: the... Continue Reading »

Once again the Twins find themselves with a three-game losing streak after they lost Game 1 to the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, following two losses to the wealthy but underachieving New York Mets. Throughout it all the Twins have shown they have the talent to win more games and that the future remains bright,... Continue Reading »

Despite the lack of clutch hitting and terrible defense, the bullpen remains the Twins’ biggest challenge, and again it wasn’t quite up to the task on Sunday as Minnesota was swept 7-4 by the Cincinnati Reds. What isn’t a problem for these Twins? Starting pitching. In the Reds series, Joe Ryan made a quality start,... Continue Reading »