Twins drop seventh straight game amid streaky season
WASHINGTON -- Rocco Baldelli knows the vibes. He’s attuned to what’s going on. Hours before first pitch Monday in the nation’s capital, he didn’t hesitate when replying, totally straight-faced, to a reporter’s question about the benefits of staying even-kneeled during a long season. “Why?” Baldelli asked, tongue planted firmly in
The deeper meaning to Friday's pitchers' duel
This story was excerpted from Do-Hyoung Park’s Twins Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CLEVELAND -- The pitching matchup in Friday’s series opener between the Twins and Guardians brought a good, crisp pitchers’ duel -- the type that
Twins move Friday's start time vs. Texas to 6 p.m. CT
The Twins announced Monday that they have shifted the start time of their Friday, May 24, home game vs. the Texas Rangers at Target Field to a 6:10 p.m. CT first pitch, rather than 7:10 p.m. as previously scheduled. The Target Field gates will now open at 4:30 p.m. on
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Paddack's gem, chaotic 9th nearly pull Twins from rough patch
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Inconsistencies on field lead to dip in roller-coaster run
CLEVELAND -- Every season comes with its ups and downs -- but boy, have the ups of this season been very, very up and the downs been very, very down. Hardly two months into the regular season, the Twins are already on their second five-game losing streak of the campaign
Off the IL, Buxton remains focused on playing CF
CLEVELAND -- Byron Buxton was reinstated off the injured list ahead of Saturday’s game against the Guardians -- and much to his relief, there’s also an expectation that the Twins won’t be using him any differently after the flare-up of inflammation in his right knee. “That’s what I’m hopeful for,
'Tough to take': Unusual (and controversial) moments haunt Twins
CLEVELAND -- Friday’s series opener between the Twins and Guardians had a good amount of the unusual and a fair amount more of the controversial toward the end of the game in the Twins’ minds, especially as it pertained to the strike zone, and that was what weighed most on
Twins don't look much like themselves in sweep
MINNEAPOLIS -- The New York Yankees very much played like the better team in this series. The results in all three of the games at Target Field this week left little doubt of that, capped by another uncompetitive 5-0 Minnesota loss on Thursday that brought a merciful end to a
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Mock draft: Big college bats stir things up at the top
With the 2024 Draft still two months away, there's not much hard intel on who's going where in the first round. That picture will become clearer as college and high school players start wrapping up their seasons in the next few weeks, and teams conduct interviews and get medical information
Surprise! One encouraging prospect-related development for each team
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López struggles to finish off two-strike counts
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins’ streak of series wins probably had to end sometime, and given the history between these two teams, it figures that it would end at the hands of the Yankees, who dealt the Twins their first series defeat since mid-April with a 4-0 Minnesota loss at Target
Paddack shaky vs. Yankees, still seeking feel for changeup
MINNEAPOLIS -- There was a clear focus for Chris Paddack this spring: slider, slider, slider. After each Grapefruit League outing, he’d talk about the maximum velocity he’d hit with the pitch that day, and where that was with respect to his 87 mph goal. And perhaps he lost some feel
Topa hopes to pitch for Twins this season despite setback
MINNEAPOLIS -- The toughest part of all this for Justin Topa is that he’d been one step away from getting onto the active roster when his troublesome left knee flared up again four outings into his rehab stint with Triple-A St. Paul. After getting so close, a healthy return couldn’t
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Here's the freshly updated Top 100 Prospects list
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