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  1. teej

    The Twins (Kind of) did Something not Bad!

    By teej,


    Silly Stats That Don't Matter
    Last night, Rawlings handed out this year’s Gold Gloves. No current Twins took home the hardware, but very recent Twin Ty France won for his work at first base. Congrats to him! Starting the spring with a non-guaranteed contract and finishing with a Gold Glove and a trip to the World Series is a hell of a turnaround! 
    France’s win means the Twins have made history (in a positive way for once). The Twins become the first team in MLB history to have different first basemen win Gold Gloves in back-to-back seasons. They are only the seventh team to do so for any infield position. 
     
    Teams with different consecutive Gold Glove infielders
    Team
    Position
    1st Gold Glover
    Season
    2nd Gold Glover
    Season
    Pirates
    P
    Harvey Haddix
    1960
    Bobby Shantz
    1961
    Phillies
    SS
    Bobby Wine
    1963
    Ruben Amaro Sr.
    1964
    Reds
    2B
    Bret Boone
    1998
    Pokey Reese
    1999
    Braves
    P
    Greg Maddux
    2002
    Mike Hampton
    2003
    Cardinals
    2B
    Kolten Wong
    2020
    Tommy Edman
    2021
    Astros
    SS
    Carlos Correa
    2021
    Jeremy Peña
    2022
    Twins
    1B
    Carlos Santana
    2024
    Ty France
    2025
    Hopefully, free agent first basemen are begging their agents to get them to Minnesota for their free Gold Glove then, immediately depart for a playoff-bound team the next season. Hell, that may be the only thing Falvey can offer a free agent this winter!
     
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    How Bad was the Twins' 2nd Half?

    By teej,


    Stats
    Would it be exaggerating to call 2025 the most frustrating finish to a season in Twins history? I am a bit too young to remember those terrible late 90s seasons. But I do remember 2011 and the death of that competitive window was devastating especially with how horrible the team was in the season’s final days. That team went 22-51 after the all-star break, a win percentage of .301, and was the worst second half since the Senators moved to Minnesota. 
     
    The 2025 team went 23-43, a .348 win percentage, the second worst post all-star break record of that period. To make it even more frustrating it was also the third largest drop in win percentage compared to the first half. The 2011 team had a .461 win percentage in the first half that fell .159 points in the second while the 2001 team saw a .632 first half percentage collapse by .232 points to a .400 second half win percentage. 
     
    Judging only by wins and losses this year’s team has been worse than only one of the worst teams in team history and that’s before factoring in the Pohlad penny pinching, prospect stagnation, trade deadline annihilation, or attendance declines. 
     
    Also in a horrible preview for next year, the Twins 6 worst post all-star break records have all come since the Pohlad failsons took over from Carl. 
     
    SELL THE TEAM
     
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