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The Twins’ three trade deadline paths
Generally, there are five total paths teams take at the trade deadline. It’s not always as clean but generally, nearly every team will fall into one of the five tiers below. The Twins will almost definitely fall in the middle three of the list above. Minnesota is one of a morass of eight AL teams […]
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Wild Card Hopeful” Edition
I left for a month and the Twins slightly improved? The team is now 1.0 game away from the final wild card spot and two more series away from the one-year anniversary of the legendary Twins Trade Deadline firesale. It remains to be seen whether we’ll be saying goodbye to any fan favorites next week […]
Twins 11, Athletics 8: Cream of the Crop
In the game thread intro today, I relayed the story of Randy Poffo the baseball prospect turning into Randy “Macho Man” Savage the iconic professional wrestler. In a game this afternoon that the Minnesota Twins absolutely needed to have in the win column, they indeed proved to be “Cream of the Crop!” over the Unattributed […]
Game 107: Athletics at Twins
First Chuck: 1:10 PM (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Athletics Nation Earlier this month, Target Field hosted an All Elite Wrestling (AEW) event on the plaza following a Friday night Twins game. I didn’t stick around for the body slams or drop-kicks—my professional wrestling […]
Twins 2, A’s 0: You want hits? Well, tough spit (A’s Edition)
Much like last night, scoring in the middle innings and reliance upon great pitching led to a 2-0 victory. Except tonight, the shoe was on the other foot. And brother, the shoe fit. Minnesota evened the series with a 2-0 win over the Athletics, one night after falling victim to the same score. First, it […]
Game 106: Athletics at Twins
First Pitch: 6:10 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy It’s been a make-or-break mid-July, and after a frustratingly docile series opener, the Twins will need to bounce back at home to avoid falling more than five games back of the division and more than three back of the […]
A’s 2, Twins 0: You want hits? Well, tough spit
The A’s came into the game with the worst pitching staff (statistically) in baseball. The Twins sure couldn’t take advantage of it this time. Inning-by-inning notes: 1: A nice quick inning for Zebulon: two groundouts and a strikeout. Zebulon Pike is the soldier/explorer who named Pike’s Peak, in Colorado. The song “America the Beautiful” was […]
Game 105: A’s at Twins
Time: 7:10 Central Weather: Too warm for me but I’m sure others love it, 80° Opponent’s SB site: Athletics Nation TV: Twins TV. Radio: Sometimes my reception gets fuzzy if I turn on the light attached to the same outlet, sometimes it doesn’t, that’s the magic of it Tonight’s A’s starter is 28-year-old lefty Jacob […]
Ted Williams, James Wood, and some PA/P history
Every time I attend a Major League Baseball game with someone eclipsing my forty-and-a-half years, a similar scene plays out: the person will look up at the Target Field scoreboard—where batting averages are listed—and shake their head and/or let out some sort of derogatory phlegmatic noise. Because of ever-increasing pitcher velocities and more reliance on […]
Twins 3, Guardians 1: What is Guardsball if not ineptitude persevering?
Hopefully you all had a good day at your real jobs and didn’t watch this game because it was ROUGH. In the first 11 (THAT IS ELEVEN. TWO ONES NEXT TO EACH OTHER. IT’S TOO MANY FOR THE REST OF THIS UN-FUN FACT) innings of this game the Minnesota Twins went 1-14 with runners in […]
Five Highlights From The FCL Twins Season
The 2026 Florida Complex League season came to a close this week, and finishing with a 33-26 record, the FCL Twins rode the backs of a handful of intriguing bats to put together a solid season. To see this level of production from so many teenage hitters in their first year playing in the United […]
Game 104: Twins at Guardians
Late game thread because I forgot I was filling in for our beloved sandwiches. Apologies, everyone! Split the series Twins, split! Lineups
Twins 10, Guardians 6: Overflowing Brooks
Twins have been Erie-bound, two games past:Stumbled fast and they’d go down.Weary-facing today, but coming to play,Cleveland, we say: we’re in town. They went down two,But then look whoCame up with thunder: A Larnach bomb into the sky,A three-run blast from Lee is whyWe know we’d all walk a thousand milesTo watch the Twins beat […]
Game 103: Twins at Guardians
First Pitch: 5:40 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Covering the Corner They’re winning for a moment,An early sheen, but it’s earlyAnd we’re all dreaming,Wanting this team to reach the stars. They’re in the stew for a moment,A skid that ain’t gettin’ betterAnd we’re all tired,Makin’ our way […]
Guardians 5, Twins 2: Losing streak reaches four games
As I said in the open, the Twins have struggled lately since getting back to .500 on Friday, dropping three straight coming into today’s important contest in Cleveland. That streak unfortunately continues, as the lineup couldn’t hit Parker Messick’s fastball, and the bullpen couldn’t hold the game later into the game. The game started with […]
Game 102: Twins at Guardians
First Pitch: 5:40 PM CDT TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy App, LosTwins.com Know thine enemy: Covering the Corner After getting back to .500 for the first time since April, the Twins dropped the last two games to the Cubs and now the first of a four game set against […]
Guardians 13, Twins 4: Ace’s low
Are you a Cleveland Guardians player? If so, welcome to Twinkie Town! You probably hit a home run tonight if your name is: All of these homers came off of Minnesota Twins ace Joe Ryan, who is the 13th player in Major League Baseball history to allow six homers in a game, and put eight […]
Game 101: Twins at Guardians
FIRST PITCH: 540p CentralTELEVISION: Twins.TV, presented by ProgressiveRADIO: Washburn Crosby COmpany 830 AM, K–MiNnesota-Buzzin’ 102.9 “The Wolf”, Treasure Island Baseball Network, Audacy AppKNOW YOUR FOE: Covering the Corner After a wildly disappointing couple of losses to the Chicago Cubs in the Friendly Confines (how many times was that said on the telly or radio this […]
Cubs 10, Twins 1: Sometimes the Bear(s) get you
After a pre-All Star Break push and a nice victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night, the Minnesota Twins looked to take the series and continue their upward trajectory. Alas, that ascent was abandoned with a tough defeat on Saturday followed by this laugher loss today. The small Ursidaes made noise right away in […]
Game 100: Twins at Cubs
First Chuck: 1:20 PM (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Bleed Cubbie Blue Today is game 100 on the 2026 season. With that in mind, it got me thinking what was happening in “Twins” history exactly a century ago. A complete dart throw–but one that […]
Cubs 6, Twins 2: Kody Clemens and the Rundown Gang
The Twins climbed back to .500, but getting over the hump back to a winning record will have to wait a few more games. Minnesota falls to 49-50 after a decisive win by the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Cubs jumped on starter Taj Bradley early, tagging the Twin for five earned runs in […]
Game 99: Twins at Cubs
First Pitch: 1:20 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy I can hardly believe it myself, but the 2026 Twins have reached a point of being so decent, their record actually reflects the notion that they might be okay. For the first time in nearly three months, Minnesota […]
Twins 5, Cubs 2: Jeffers bomb and some Ober luck get Minnesota to .500
Both teams missed out on some offensive opportunities, but the Cubs’ misses ended up hurting more. Some nice defense by the Twins tonight helped Bailey Ober escape some jams, and Ryan Jeffers’s bomba proved to be enough offense. Inning-by-inning notes: 1: Colin Rea, whose name sounds Irish but who’s actually from Iowa, walks leadoff hitter […]
Game 98: Twins at Cubs
Time: 7:05 Central Weather: Slight chance of early rain, smoky/muggy, 93° Opponent’s SB site: Bleed Cubbie Blue TV: Twins TV. Radio: But they said it really loud, they said it on the air Tonight’s Cubs starter is Colin Rea, a 35-year-old who’s been around the block a few times, as they say, including two stints […]
Do the Minnesota Twins need a veteran offensive leader again?
Whether by conscious choice or roster-building happenstance, one of the stanchions of the Rocco Baldelli Minnesota Twins regime was a veteran leader on the offense. From 2019-2021, Nelson Cruz was cast in that role and about as effective as could have possibly been hoped for—headlining the ‘19 Bomba Squad and presenting a countenance on and […]
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