CLEVELAND -- The Twins can no longer repeat as American League Central champions, though that had long already seemed a foregone conclusion. More significantly, the fight for their playoff lives has fully caught up to them, as the race for the final Wild Card spot is now tied. A second

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CLEVELAND -- Playoff Carlos Correa made an early appearance and brought a sneak peek of his towering October legacy to September on Wednesday night. It still wasn’t enough.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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