FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Twins third baseman Royce Lewis was scratched from the team’s Thursday game against the Pirates due to what the team is calling “tightness on his right side.” Lewis made the trip from Fort Myers to Bradenton and went through some of his pregame routine, but felt

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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- There was good news and bad news on the injury front for the Twins on Thursday, as Pablo López’s surgery turned out better than expected but David Festa will be shut down for about two weeks due to a shoulder injury. Additionally, Joe Ryan continues to

A year ago, we conducted an exercise to identify the Ultimate Bandwagon Team for 2025 – a team for those without a specific rooting interest to coalesce behind for the season. What does it take to be an Ultimate Bandwagon Team? As I put it then, you want a team

It’s exactly one month until Opening Day, and MLB.com’s beat writers have been in camp for a couple of weeks now. So we decided to go around the division and ask some questions of the five American League Central beat writers about what they’ve seen in camp to this point.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- And finally we come to the end of Around the Horn 2026, with a unit that actually may still not be finished.

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Twins injury news and transactions.

Power wins games. As MLB Network insider Tom Verducci has noted, the last six World Series champions have ranked first, third, fourth, third, third and second in regular-season home runs.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Twins right-hander Taj Bradley has elected to withdraw from the World Baseball Classic, choosing instead to focus on preparing for his first full season with the team. Bradley had been slated to pitch for Mexico in the upcoming event.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Hard as it is to believe, it’s been 14 years since Johan Santana pitched in a Major League game, and 19 years since he pitched for the Twins. Long enough ago that he never got to share clubhouse time with his son, Johan Jr., who is

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Twins ace Joe Ryan played catch on Tuesday morning, an encouraging step forward as he looks to return to the mound quickly after dealing with lower back inflammation. Ryan was scratched from a scheduled start on Saturday shortly before first pitch due to what the club

Can you feel it? Baseball is in the air! Spring Training games are in full swing, the calendar is about to flip to March and a pair of MLB Pipeline's Top 100 prospects are already grabbing headlines -- Konnor Griffin (No. 1) and Travis Bazzana (No. 20) -- for launching

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Not all Spring Training assignments are created equal, especially in February. Mick Abel pitched with the difficulty sliders turned up on Monday, and it didn’t faze him in the slightest. Facing something looking an awful lot like an Opening Day lineup from the Tigers, Abel was brilliant

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Royce Lewis' offseason work is already paying off. Lewis homered in his first at-bat of 2026 on Saturday, pummeling a 2-2 pitch over the berm and onto the outfield concourse at Lee Health Sports Complex in the first inning of Minnesota's 7-2 loss in the Grapefruit

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Twins breathed a little sigh of relief Sunday morning after receiving encouraging news regarding right-hander Joe Ryan. The team’s expected Opening Day starter was scratched 15 minutes before his scheduled start Saturday due to back tightness, but an MRI revealed inflammation in Ryan’s back but

Spring Training is not just a time for players to get back into game shape. It's also a time of opportunity. Though teams already have a good idea about their Opening Day lineups, the full rosters usually aren't completely set when players report to camp in Florida or Arizona. That

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Following a second opinion, Twins ace Pablo López has decided to undergo Tommy John reconstructive surgery on his right elbow. Further examination by Dr. Keith Meister confirmed the initial diagnosis of significant tearing in López’s ulnar collateral ligament (UCL). Meister will perform the operation on Wednesday

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The competition for the Twins’ starting rotation gets underway Friday, and you can watch.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- A baseball lifer, LaTroy Hawkins had already held a wide range of roles over his more than 30 years in professional baseball -- player, front-office adviser and broadcaster foremost among them. He’s taking on a new one this year, though, as the Twins’ bullpen coach. He’s

FORT MYERS, Fla. – So … what now? The Twins received just about the worst injury-related news they could get on Tuesday, when it was announced that Pablo López would almost certainly undergo right elbow surgery and miss the entire 2026 season. It was a gut punch before the first

Spring Training games are slated to start Friday, meaning MLB’s biggest stars will be back in action. But with so many great talents in the game today, who will be every team’s top player in 2026? To determine that, it’s time to examine the projections from FanGraphs Depth Charts (a

Back around this time two years ago, we made bold predictions about who would be the No. 1 prospect for each organization today. Now it’s time to review our prognosticating skills. A couple of disclaimers: A baker’s dozen of our current No. 1 prospects had yet to enter pro ball,

Farm systems are huge. In addition to Rookie-level leagues at complexes in the Dominican Republic and the grounds where big league Spring Training camps are held, there are four under-the-lights, ticket-selling affiliates for every single Major League Baseball organization, amounting to 120 Minor League Baseball teams. Many of these teams