Twins face 5 offseason questions before '25 season
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Pohlad family announces plan to explore sale of Twins
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins franchise has only known two ownership families: the Griffiths and the Pohlads. It appears that could soon be set to change. Through Twins executive chair Joe Pohlad, the owning Pohlad family announced Thursday its intent to explore a sale of the Minnesota Twins after 40
MLB to produce, distribute local Twins games in 2025
MINNEAPOLIS -- Major League Baseball and the Twins announced Tuesday that the league will take over production and distribution of the club’s local games via both television and streaming avenues for the 2025 season, a move that will significantly improve accessibility of the club’s product across Twins Territory and beyond.
Minor Leaguer brings board game takeover to Twins' clubhouse
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Helping others instilled in Pablo López from early age
MINNEAPOLIS -- It’s not that Pablo López and his wife, Kaylee, were necessarily looking to add another dog to their little family, but when they attended an open house held by Ruff Start Rescue meant to find homes for a litter of 12 puppies from a rescued mother dog, they
On mound and in air, Jax family reunites in special 9/11 ceremony
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Brooks Lee was always meant to be a ballplayer
In another lifetime, Twins shortstop Brooks Lee wouldn't have been named for Orioles Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson. Instead, he would have been named after Cardinals basestealing legend Lou Brock. Only problem: Then he would be named Brock Lee ... you know, like the vegetable. "Both great names, but I'm
Twins injuries & roster moves
This page will be updated throughout the offseason with the latest injury and transaction news impacting the roster. As a reminder, all players on the 60-day injured list will need to be added back to the 40-man roster following the conclusion of the World Series.
Our experts rank 2024 Arizona Fall League rosters
There is a ton that goes into constructing an Arizona Fall League roster. Each AFL club receives prospects from five separate organizations, all with different needs and priorities. Some want their best prospects to spend time in the desert. Others primarily want formerly injured players to make up for lost
Keep your eyes on these AFL sleepers -- one from each MLB organization
The Arizona Fall League is often called a showcase circuit or prospect graduating school – a place where the Minors’ top talents gather for six weeks in the Valley of the Sun to compete before putting their stamps on the Majors. But the six AFL rosters aren’t loaded with Top
New hitting focus in mind as Twins eye coaching staff replacements
MINNEAPOLIS -- There are certain things the Twins can point to that indicate their offense, in aggregate, was a reasonably successful one across the last two seasons -- but they came to the point where they simply couldn’t overlook the deep lapses in consistency and approach that they felt cost
Levine, Twins' senior VP/GM, departs team after 8 seasons
MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins general manager Thad Levine will not return for the 2025 season, the club announced Friday, as he and the organization parted ways not in response to the specifics of the ‘24 campaign, but in a move that both sides characterized as having been at least a topic
Twins part ways with four coaches on Major League staff
MINNEAPOLIS -- A difficult offseason of reckoning for the Twins’ organization began with the first major reaction to the club’s season-ending collapse on Wednesday, when the team announced that all three hitting coaches -- David Popkins, Derek Shomon and Rudy Hernandez -- and assistant bench coach Tony Diaz will not
The Arizona Fall League is underway! Here's what you need to know
The month of October brings baseball fans the excitement of postseason play in the Majors and the dawn of a new Arizona Fall League campaign. The Surprise Saguaros and Mesa Solar Sox kicked off the 32nd season of AFL competition on Monday, pulling the curtain up on six weeks of
Twins' 2024 a lesson in 'what could have been'
MINNEAPOLIS -- One of the biggest letdown seasons in Twins history was punctuated at the end by one of the biggest collapses in club history. The sky-high expectations created by the snapping of an 18-game postseason losing streak by the 2023 team, coupled with the hopes of a continued breakout
Here's the freshly updated Top 100 Prospects list
The wheel never stops turning in these parts. The Minor League season may be over and the Majors might be in the midst of the postseason, but the Arizona Fall League begins with its Opening Day on Monday. So let’s give the MLB Pipeline Top 100 Prospects list a quick
Baldelli, Falvey to return for 2025 season despite missing playoffs
MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins leaders are expressing the sentiment that there will be deep, systematic reconsiderations of just about everything that goes on in their organization as part of their early offseason talks -- and understandably so, considering the magnitude and emotional toll of the team’s collapse over the last six
Here's the top prospect going to the Arizona Fall League from every team
As always, the Arizona Fall League is loaded with talent. The developmental circuit, which starts its six-week season on Monday, has sent more than 3,000 players to the big leagues, including Hall of Famers Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Derek Jeter and Mike Piazza and current stars including Mookie Betts, Bryce
Falvey, Twins' brass don't blame 2024 results on payroll cuts
MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins executive chair Joe Pohlad, the day-to-day representative of the ownership family, acknowledged that he, too, was still processing the impact of the collapse that pushed the organization out of the playoff picture altogether, a scene that he described as akin to “watching a train wreck.” Though the
Here are 3 key factors in the Twins' late-season slump
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. MINNEAPOLIS -- What on earth happened to this team? In the immediate aftermath of Friday's 7-2 loss to the Orioles that completed the Twins’
Baldelli will 'take the criticism' on disappointing 2024 finish
MINNEAPOLIS -- Yes, Rocco Baldelli hears the chants that have been directed at him from chunks of fans amid the late-innings crowds of the last several weeks -- the ones calling for his job. He’s not shying away from that reality after the shell-shock of what’s now a 12-26 collapse
Twins eliminated from contention with 5th loss in 6 games
MINNEAPOLIS -- It’s hard to believe that it was less than a year ago that the Twins were playing October baseball and exorcising their organizational demons with the long-awaited postseason success that certainly looked like it could serve as the building block for even greater heights to come. That now
Here are the 2024 Arizona Fall League rosters
It's almost time for the Arizona Fall League, which opens play on Oct. 7. Since the developmental league began play in 1992, it has spawned more than 3,000 big leaguers, including Hall of Famers Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Derek Jeter and Mike Piazza and current stars including Mookie Betts, Bryce
Execution issues have Twins' postseason hopes on the brink
MINNEAPOLIS -- Much like how the Twins’ extended collapse out of the postseason picture has seemingly happened in slow motion, what might very well have been the final act of that relentless slide down the standings was a prolonged affair. All the holding on for dear life done by the