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Minnesota Twins

Movement Among the Twins Top Prospects from 2023

The Minnesota Twins go into the offseason with an excellent combination of top prospects and serious depth throughout the organization. With plenty of young players putting up nice seasons, a recent end-of-the-year update to the Twins Daily Top 20 Prospects list shows real movement. For the Twins organization, prospect graduations took place this year in the form of rookies like Royce Lewis, Edouard Julien, Matt Wallner, and Louie Varland. It wasn’t just the guys that made it to the big lea
Twins Daily

Grab Yourself A Piece Of Twins History with FOCO’s Kirby Puckett World Series Bobblehead

FOCO is a partner with Twins Daily and support of their products helps support this site; 100% of the funds/materials received from these promotions go directly to our users in the form of prizes and gifts. Twins Nation! Although this year did not go the way we planned it to go, it was good to see the Twins win another division title and prove that they can hang with the best and have the talent moving forward to compete for a World Series title, something us Twins fans have not seen in qui
Brock Beauchamp

Brock Beauchamp in Twins Daily

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Greggory T. Masterson's Twins blog about the Minnesota Twins of the Twin Cities, Minnesota

Why Every Single Twins Hitter Is Actually Just Another Miguel Sano

We've all been there before, battling against a Pollyanna Twins fan who just doesn't get it! The guy is a bum! As they obstinately prattle on citing reason or having watched an MLB game before, the rage grows inside of you until you remember your trump card: He's just another Miguel Sano. For your reference, I've compiled a list of 2023 Twins hitters and why they're just another Miguel Sano. If you ever meet someone who just won't listen to a baseball genius like yourself, you'll always hav
Matt Canterino

Matt Canterino Interview Questions:

A few months back, I posted a Q&A I did with Matt about his injury, rehab and how things have gone since. Matt will be on my The Show About The Show Podcast in video form, and he is thrilled to answer as many Twins fans questions as possible! If you have any questions for Matt, leave them below an I will ask as many as I can. Also, be sure to subscribe to my podcast and watch recent episodes such as former Twins Matt Lawton, Marty Cordova and 1991 GM 7 hero Gene Larkin.  https://youtube
Devlin Clark

Devlin Clark in Matt Canterino

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All Time Twins Team

My All Time Twins Team

While I'm new to the community, I have been a Twins fan my entire life. I just turned 40 and so the two championship teams laid a foundation that no amount of mediocrity, contraction talk, playoff ineptitude, or geographic distance could fracture. I don't remember much about the '87 team itself, but I do remember collecting the cards in the years that followed and you better believe I remember the Berenguer Boogie. That '91 team though - talk about a perfect storm. If you wanted to dox me, you c
Baseball

Twins Starting Pitching Stats That Will Never be Surpassed

Awhile back, I was working on a post (still working on it) to identify the greatest season by a Twins starting pitcher. I still haven't entirely decided on that one, but after going through the starting pitching stats for every year since the Washington Senators became the Minnesota Twins (in other words, since 1961) there were a couple of fascinating finds - stats that I doubt will ever be surpassed. Combined Wins and Losses in a Season The Twins record for most wins in a season was J
arby58

arby58 in Baseball

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Pitching

The Other Guys

On our pitching staff we have a rock solid starting 5 or even 6 if you count Mahle.  (Lopez, Gray, Ryan, Ober, and Meada) In the pen we have Duran, Jax, Pagan, and Thielbar and then we have the other guys.  Who are the other guys?  They are the depth starters and relievers used to round out the staff.  The other guys include:  Varland, Winder, Keuchel, Headrick, Balazovic, Sands, Brock, Deleon, Ortega and Funderburk.  These guys combined to make 17 starts and pitch 283.33 innings givin
Brandon

Brandon in Pitching

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Odds & Ends

You Helped Design My Man Cave

Thanks, folks.  A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog inviting feedback for some paint schemes for the wall in a room that has transitioned from our youngest son's bedroom to our office. Alas, he got married and moved to North Carolina -- we like the married part, just wish he didn't live so far from northern Indiana. That post is here: https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23701-help-design-my-man-cave/  The goal was to combine a Fathead with some shelving to create a space to display the set
IndianaTwin

IndianaTwin in Odds & Ends

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Twins

2024 Twins Offseason Guide

Wow, what a season. Although it didn’t end the way Twins Territory wanted it to, it was undoubtedly a success. As recent as the second half, this team was flirting with a .500 record, and at multiple times dipped below it. If in March I were to tell you that Byron Buxton AND Carlos Correa were below average hitters for the regular season, you would have thought it was a trainwreck. But with the emergence of players such as Royce Lewis, Edouard Julien, Matt Wallner, and even Spring Training non-r
cjm0926

cjm0926 in Twins

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Wild Card

Top Ten wild card moments

So much was packed into two games!  A day later, I've put together a Top Ten list of moments, with no particular metric except my own sense of drama in the moment.  Ranking is influenced by impact on the game's outcome, but there is an "Oh No He Didn't!" factor that counts for a lot.  You will argue with some choices I am sure - I would probably have ranked them slightly differently yesterday and might change my mind tomorrow.           Game 1 Inning 4: Carlos Co
ashbury

ashbury in Wild Card

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1987 All Over Again!

Pickoff Play as Turning Point

1987 - Laudner to Gaetti nabs Darrell Evans at third base.  Twins were ahead 4-3 in bottom of the 6th, 1 out, runners on 2nd and 3rd.  Our team goes on to clinch the series and bring a title back to a raucous party at the Metrodome.  Read the New York Times article about it here. 2023 - Gray to Correa leaves Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. waving for air at second base.  Twins were ahead 2-0, 2 outs in the top of the 5th, runners on 2nd and 3rd.  Now able to run off the field with their lead in
Boswell

Boswell in 1987 All Over Again!

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Starter Order for ALDS - What Would You Do?

Starter Order for ALDS - What Would You Do?

Now that we've won, time to start thinking about how we line up the starters for the ALDS. Games 1 and 2 are Saturday and Sunday in Houston, 3 and 4 are Tuesday and Wednesday in MN, and game 5 Friday in Houston. Lopez is able to go Sunday on 4 days rest, Gray not until Tuesday.  Ryan would be next man up but hasn't pitched well lately and got bombed when he started in Houston on May 30. I think Ober is a better bet on the road, so is Maeda. Here's what I would do: Saturday - Ober Sunda
Blog

Target Field being loud might actually be a factor these playoffs.

Do you remember nearly 10 years ago the "Cueto, Cuetoooo" incident in the WC game between Cincinatti and Pittsburgh. Here it is to remind you.    Why is this so memorable? It's because fans were so into this game (Pirates first playoff game in 30 years) that they mentally broke a pitcher that was seen as one of the best in the NL at that time. It's one of the best crowds to ever attend a baseball game that I've ever seen. You could tell how much Pittsburgh fans had been waiting fo
troyjuhn

troyjuhn in Blog

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Schedules and playoffs

Playoff Scenarios -- How they look Friday morning

Regretfully, a few things have come into focus.  Thankfully, that makes this shorter.  Specifically... The East is settled. The Twins are locked in to the 3 seed.  But here goes: Current standings: Baltimore (100-59), Tampa Bay (97-62), Texas (89-70), Toronto (88-71), Houston (87-72), Seattle (86-73), Minnesota (85-74) Tiebreaker procedure: If there is a three (or more)-way tie that involves the division leader and wild card position(s), the division leader
IndianaTwin

IndianaTwin in Schedules and playoffs

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Bucket O' Fun

This Is The Most Insanely Priced Item Of Twins Memorabilia I Have Ever Seen

Last night I was at the game and, of course, had to take my five-year-old souvenir shopping. We were checking out the game-used booth when this caught my eye.  That's right my friends, an empty, unsigned, completely unremarkable EMPTY bucket of gum for the low, low price of $300. How do they sell this with a straight face?! We got him a Duran jersey instead!   
Dave Overlund

Dave Overlund in Bucket O' Fun

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Schedules and playoffs

Playoff scenarios — How they look Thursday morning

The snapshot has gained a smidge more focus from Wednesday morning, but not much. Here’s an updated look at things heading into Thursday’s action.  Current standings: Baltimore (99-59), Tampa Bay (97-62), Texas (89-69), Toronto (87-71), Houston (87-72), Seattle (85-73), Minnesota (85-73). Tiebreaker procedure: If there is a three (or more)-way tie that involves the division leader and wild card position(s), the division leader tiebreaker will be resolved first. Then, remaining ties wil
IndianaTwin

IndianaTwin in Schedules and playoffs

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Schedules and playoffs

Playoff scenarios -- what they look like Wednesday morning

Here's a snapshot (though perhaps a blurry 8x10) of how I think things are sitting as it relates to the playoffs and seeding in the American League:    Current standings: Baltimore (98-59), Tampa Bay (96-62), Texas (88-69), Toronto (87-70), Houston (86-72), Seattle (85-72), Minnesota (84-73). Magic numbers/seed scenarios: Baltimore and Tampa Bay will be the 1 and 4 seeds. Baltimore's magic number to win the division and be the 1 seed is three. Because Texas and Seattl
IndianaTwin

IndianaTwin in Schedules and playoffs

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Odds & Ends

Help Design My Man Cave

Alrighty, folks.  Mrs. IT thinks I spend too much time on TD, but I tell her it's a community worth trusting. I could use your help in proving me right.  Here's the deal. When Tony O got elected to the Hall of Fame last year, I took it upon myself to collect each of his baseball cards, including the All-Stars, League Leaders and other special cards, from Topps, Hostess, Kellogg and a couple more. There's a total of 38 cards, including two which are oversized.  Then I decided they
IndianaTwin

IndianaTwin in Odds & Ends

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Blogs

Balls, Bats and Bases: St. Paul Saints Style

Camargo “Catches” Williams in Season-Ender 2023 Season: Game 148 Recap – Sept. 24 By CAP’N JOHN CLINGER Jair Camargo laughed when I asked him about fellow Saints catcher Chris Williams’ special request of him last Wednesday night. “Just doubles and triples for the rest of the week,” so that Williams could keep the team’s triple-A season home run record of 21 that he had just set. Williams had just passed Brent Rooker for the most 4-baggers in St. Paul’s three-year affiliatio
John Clinger

John Clinger in Blogs

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St. Paul Game Recap

Saints Take 4 of 5 from Mud Hens, Look Forward to 2024

Saint Paul, Minnesota - The St. Paul Saints had three players on MLB Rehab Assignments in the lineup on Sunday afternoon. Byron Buxton sent a ball to the warning track in the bottom of the ninth but in the end, it was dominant Mud Hens pitching that helped Toledo get past the Saints 3-2 on Sunday afternoon in front of 6,003. The Saints finished the 2023 season with a record of 84-64.  In the second, Nick Maton walked. Next, Justice Bigbie singled, which moved Maton to second. Ryan Kreidler
St. Paul Game Recap

Mud Hens and Saints Cancelled

Saint Paul, Minnesota - Rain, rain, go away. The Toledo Mud Hens and St. Paul Saints wanted to play on Saturday night, but mother nature had other plans. The Saints and Mud Hens game was canceled due to rain. With Sunday being the last day of the season, this game will not be made up.  The Toledo Mud Hens and St. Paul Saints conclude the 2023 season on Sunday afternoon at CHS Field. First pitch is scheduled for 12:07 p.m. The Mud Hens are TBA while the Saints will send LHP Brent Headrick (4
Blogs

Balls, Bats and Bases: St. Paul Saints Style

A Trivia Question for You Saints Fans Out There 2023 Season: Game 147 Recap – Sept. 22 By CAP’N JOHN CLINGER What do the Cleveland Guardians, Albuquerque Isotopes and St. Paul Saints have in common? Hint: It’s a grand distinction. With Michael Helmon providing the muscle, the Saints joined the Guardians and Isotopes last night (Friday) as the only teams to hit 14th grand slam home runs in season in American professional baseball history since records started being kept
John Clinger

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