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Each team's breakout prospect from the '24 season

@SamDykstraMiLB
6:30 PM CDT

The 2024 Minor League regular season comes to a full close this week when Triple-A play concludes Sunday. Double-A, High-A and Single-A postseasons are well underway, and the Northwest League has already crowned a champion. This is typically a time when baseball honors its standout performers from the year that

Makeshift pitching plan pays off, helping Twins keep pace in playoff picture

@dohyoungpark
September 17, 2024

CLEVELAND -- Griffin Jax has openly acknowledged that the Twins’ pitching staff has been “running on fumes,” and manager Rocco Baldelli noted before the game that the Twins simply had to go out there and “prove it” if they truly wanted to control their destiny and hold this playoff spot.

Alcala optioned for new acquistion Irvin in surprising move

@dohyoungpark
September 17, 2024

CLEVELAND -- Given the overall inconsistency in the Minnesota bullpen and with the Twins coming off another episode of heartbreak when the normally reliable Griffin Jax coughed up a lead against the Guardians on Monday, it came as a surprise when, after the game, the Twins chose to option Jorge

Injuries & Moves: Kepler (hip) receives cortisone injection

September 17, 2024

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10 stars on the hunt for first World Series ring

@williamfleitch
9:30 AM CDT

Many of our greatest baseball players never won a World Series. Ted Williams never won one. Neither did Ken Griffey Jr., Ty Cobb, Tony Gwynn, Barry Bonds, Harmon Killebrew or Ernie Banks. (Heck, while we’re here, Mike Trout hasn’t won a postseason game, much less a championship.) This is not

Jax has the stuff to thrive in October

September 17, 2024

You remember the relief heroes of last postseason, right? No, we're not talking about Craig Kimbrel or Aroldis Chapman. We are of course referring to household names Kevin Ginkel and Josh Sborz. What about the year before, when it was Nick Martinez, among others -- or in 2021, when the

Twins' margin of error shrinks in playoff chase after 'heartbreaking' defeat

@dohyoungpark
September 16, 2024

CLEVELAND -- What looked to be the magnum opus of a dizzyingly impressive season of high-leverage relief for Griffin Jax instead quickly whiplashed into another episode of devastation for the Twins. This was the game they really needed to have in this critical four-game series against the Guardians with ace

VOTE: López named Twins' nominee for Roberto Clemente Award

@ByJasonFoster and @Spokes_Murphy and @ssc627
September 15, 2024

The Roberto Clemente Award, considered baseball's most prestigious individual honor for Major Leaguers, annually recognizes the MLB player who best represents the game through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.

Twins 'play to take it' in Lee's breakout game

@dohyoungpark
September 15, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- Playing without their two best hitters in the lineup and needing a win to avoid a back-breaking sweep at home to a non-contending team, the Twins dug really deep and found the biggest game of Brooks Lee’s young career. This perhaps wasn’t the loose play and reclaiming of

Returning pair of pitchers could boost bullpen

@dohyoungpark
September 15, 2024

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Twins' depleted pitching staff highlighted in lopsided loss

@dohyoungpark
September 15, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins had to cut short the long-awaited reunion of Carlos Correa, Byron Buxton and Royce Lewis on a baseball diamond after only four innings -- and the only silver lining of another trying day at Target Field was that it at least had nothing to do with

Twins eye postseason as Correa, other stars return

@dohyoungpark
September 15, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- For only the 18th time this season, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli was able to submit a lineup card that had the names of Royce Lewis, Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa all listed in the Twins’ starting nine of Saturday's 11-1 loss to the Reds. There’s no way to

8 surging players who have turned it on for contenders

@Spokes_Murphy
September 15, 2024

The outcome of every baseball game has the same value -- it's either one win or one loss. But for teams vying for a playoff spot, each victory in September tastes a little sweeter. Each victory hurts a little deeper. The weight of each result feels a little heavier. As

Buxton goes deep in first game off IL; Correa to return tonight

@dohyoungpark
September 13, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- Byron Buxton readily acknowledges that he isn’t feeling 100 percent, and manager Rocco Baldelli is open in noting that his center fielder likely won’t be able to play every day. But with 15 games to go in the regular season, it’s all hands on deck for the stretch

On mound and in air, Jax family reunites in special 9/11 ceremony

@dohyoungpark
September 12, 2024

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Twins release Minor League catcher Derek Bender

@dohyoungpark
September 13, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins released Minor League catcher Derek Bender on Friday, a day after a report emerged on ESPN that the 21-year-old had been informing opposing hitters of the pitches being thrown during at-bats in the game that eliminated Class A Fort Myers from playoff contention. Sources confirmed the

Lewis snaps skid, Buxton set to return as Twins gain crucial momentum

@dohyoungpark
September 11, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- Not hitting is contagious, the Twins said as much throughout their extended slump -- but hitting is contagious, too, they noted all along. As the Minnesota offense tries to build on the momentum of its 10-run, sausage-fueled outburst from Tuesday, there were even more signs of the once-sputtering

Emmanuel Rodriguez placed on IL

September 17, 2024

Here is the latest on injuries and roster moves involving MLB Pipeline's Top 100 prospects:

Prospects we want to see in the AFL -- one from each team

@SamDykstraMiLB
September 11, 2024

We love the Arizona Fall League and can't wait to see several of baseball's best prospects face off against each other. The 30-game schedule begins Oct. 7, with the Fall Stars Game slated for Nov. 9 and the championship game for Nov. 16. Since the developmental circuit began play in

Return of Rally Sausage cures Twins' bats in 10-run outburst

@dohyoungpark
September 10, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- As the final batting practice group wrapped up before Tuesday’s game against the Angels, Kyle Farmer signed a few autographs and bantered with three reporters at the end of the dugout, as he often does. But then, before disappearing down the tunnel into the clubhouse, he gestured at

Despite fiery talk from Baldelli, frustrated Twins remain in funk

@dohyoungpark
September 9, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- According to several players, the message delivered by Rocco Baldelli to his clubhouse in Sunday’s fiery tirade was a welcome one that they felt was important to address the clear lack of energy and momentum in the team’s on-field results. “You don't want to play scared by trying

Energized Correa makes breakthrough: 'You might see me playing baseball again very soon'

@dohyoungpark
September 9, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS -- The mood and energy inside the Twins’ clubhouse had gotten so flat on the road trip that manager Rocco Baldelli shut the doors and laid into his team after the conclusion of their lifeless sweep at the hands of the Royals on Sunday -- something that his players