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The shortest-tenured Twins in history

While surfing Baseball Reference’s Frivolities page for unusual uniform number facts, as I do, I came across a “Cup of Coffee” page, listing players who only made one appearance in the majors. Surprisingly, there are only two players who appeared in their sole MLB games as members of the Twins, both pitchers, and one is […]

From Twinkie Town | about 13 hours ago | 0 reads

Orioles news: Chris Bassitt throws first live BP of spring

Good Morning Birdland, Yesterday was one of those spring days where the Orioles were playing a game in one Florida town, while most of the news was happening back in Sarasota. A split squad of O’s was sent to Fort Myers for a matchup with the Twins. It went well! A six-run first inning led […]

From Camden Chat | about 16 hours ago | 0 reads

Spring Training Game Thread: Split Squad Twins vs Orioles/Rays

Game 1: Twins vs Orioles First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: NARadio: Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Camden Chat What to watch: Arcia, Gray, and Kreidler are battling it out for the backup SS/utility role. All three are in action this afternoon. Game 2: Twins vs Rays First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: NARadio: Rays – TB AudioKnow Yo’ Foe: […]

From Twinkie Town | 1 day ago | 0 reads

Spring Training Game Thread: Twins vs Tigers

First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: NARadio: Tigers – WXYT 1270Know Yo’ Foe: Bless You Boys We don’t normally include a lot of info on Spring Training games, but let’s try a new “what to watch” section since stats and results and ultimate don’t matter. I suppose today, “what to watch” would be more “what to look […]

From Twinkie Town | 2 days ago | 0 reads

Rival Roundup, Vol. 79: AlexeeEEEIIII!

Spring briefly sprang in the Twin Cities last week, with temperatures in the mid-50s and the promise of baseball on the horizon. Naturally, as the team congregated in Florida for their first workout of Grapefruit League action, so too did the nice weather congregate in a little place called “Somewhere Else.” So, it is with […]

From Twinkie Town | 3 days ago | 0 reads

Braves vs Twins Spring Training Game Thread: 2/22/26

Well today we have Atlanta’s first “home” game of 2026 Spring Training and we are treated to Chris Sale on the mound. Not only is a potential future Hall of Famer on the mound, but the Braves are rolling out what could be most of the Opening Day lineup. The only member of the likely […]

From Talking Chop | 3 days ago | 0 reads

What would a successful season look like?

The entire bullpen was traded and never really replaced. Pablo Lopez is out for the season. Trevor Larnach is still on the roster. This team has had a rough start to Spring Training.  After the Lopez injury, I wrote that the Twins success this year wasn’t going to rise or fall with Pablo, and I […]

From Twinkie Town | 4 days ago | 0 reads

Spring Training Game Thread: Red Sox at Twins

Is it on TV? Yup, this one’s on NESN again. First pitch at 1:05 PM. What’s the lineup? What should we watch out for? There’s a lot to pick from in this one. Payton Tolle will be must-watch all spring, though no one should read too much into his performance this early on. With the […]

From Over the Monster | 4 days ago | 0 reads

Why isn’t Trevor Larnach a Mariner?

I’ve been saying it all offseason. Larnach is redundant and unnecessary with the Twins’ current roster construction. Let’s get more specific this time. Larnach is a perfectly good bat with a knack for hitting with runners in scoring position. He’s very limited defensively and on the base paths which is fine for other teams to […]

From Twinkie Town | 5 days ago | 0 reads

Pablo López to have season-ending Tommy John surgery

As many suspected once the news of Pablo López’s ligament tear broke, the right-hander’s season is over. One day into the 2026 season, the Twins lost their #1 starter to an elbow injury during live batting practice. López will now spend the season recovering after doctors reconstruct his elbow. In terms of roster construction, this […]

From Twinkie Town | 5 days ago | 0 reads

Twins Flashback: 1996 (Pt. 2)

The loss of franchise cornerstone Kirby Puckett was an enormous setback to start the 1996 Minnesota Twins season. But the show must go on, as they say, and whether narrated through Dick-n-Bert on MSC or Herb-n-John over the air, the ‘96 Twins were off and running. Offense (97 team OPS+) The three guys Puckett was […]

From Twinkie Town | 6 days ago | 0 reads

Who is your least favorite MLB team?

For me, there’s a clear answer here but it’s not the one you’re thinking. There’s division rivals and the historic, heated division races the Twins have had with the Tigers through the 2000s and White Sox in the late 2010s.  There’s the Yankees, the source of Minnesota’s postseason misery for nearly two decades. The Dodgers […]

From Twinkie Town | 6 days ago | 1 read

Which Twin are you most excited to see in Spring Training games?

Spring training games start this weekend which means we’re one step closer to baseball being back! As always, regular players will be slowly ramped up (pitchers especially), meaning it will be a few weeks before we see a game that looks more like a regular season game, but we’ll also get plenty of chances to […]

From Twinkie Town | 7 days ago | 0 reads

Tigers pitching plan set for start of Grapefruit League action

Action is starting to pick up in spring camp as the beginning of Grapefruit League play looms ahead this weekend. The Tigers will kick off their 2026 spring schedule on Saturday at 1:05 p.m. ET on the road against the Yankees. Then they’ll welcome in the Orioles and the Twins on Sunday and Monday at […]

From Bless You Boys | 7 days ago | 2 reads

Twins 2026 spring training roster — numerically

A month ago, I wrote about the new jersey numbers among the Twins’ roster. Now that the team’s spring training roster is finalize, why not do it again? After all, there have been several signings, both major- and minor-league, and other roster changes. I won’t spend as many words on numbers for individual players this […]

From Twinkie Town | 8 days ago | 0 reads

Should the Twins sign a free agent SP or trust their depth?

The loss of Pablo Lopez unquestionably hurts the Twins, but in baseball as in life, time moves on whether we want it to or not. I wrote out my projected roster earlier this week where I had Taj Bradley winning the final rotation slot out of Spring Training. Now, he should essentially be locked into […]

From Twinkie Town | 8 days ago | 0 reads

Pablo Lopez tears elbow ligament, season-ending surgery “on the table”

According to Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic, Pablo Lopez tore an elbow ligament during live BP yesterday and will likely miss the 2026 season recovering from surgery. There’s no way to sugarcoat this one, folks. It’s hard to see a world where the Twins can compete for the playoffs without one of their three best […]

From Twinkie Town | 8 days ago | 1 read

Greatest Twins Moments & Performances: A Twinkie Town Definitive List (Round 17)

Results There’s a moment in every memorable Twins season where fans realize “hey, this is going to be something special”. In 1965, that happened on July 11. Trailing the rival New York Yankees 5-4 going into the bottom of the ninth, Harmon Killebrew dug in representing the winning run. NYY hurler Pete Mikkelsen didn’t stand […]

From Twinkie Town | 9 days ago | 1 read