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After the mostly-promising but late-season collapse of 2022 2024 1984, the Minnesota Twins sagged to 77-85 in 1985. Things got worse in ‘86: 71-91, 6th in the AL West—21 GB the West-winning California Angels. The average draw of 15,000 per Metrodome contest—2nd-worst in AL attendance coffers—presented a lot of bad baseball for Bob Kurtz & […]
From Twinkie Town | 18 days ago | 4 reads
Today at FanGraphs, Davy Andrews made a case for the Colorado Rockies signing Luis Arraez. This is, I realize, a topic we’ve explore before (here courtesy of Skyler Timmins). As teams begin to finalize their rosters, I pose the question again: Should the Rockies sign Luis Arráez? Please keep in mind our Purple Row Community Guidelines when […]
From Purple Row | 18 days ago | 5 reads
The Mets have acquired utility player Vidal Bruján from the Twins for cash considerations, and to make room for him on their 40-man roster, they’ve also designated left-handed pitcher Richard Lovelady for assignment. Entering his age-28 season, Bruján has struggled pretty mightily at the plate in his major league career despite having been a consensus […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 18 days ago | 7 reads
Almost exactly four years after trading him to the Padres, the Twins agreed to a one year contract with left-handed reliever Taylor Rogers according to Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic. The pact will pay Rogers $2M in 2026. Rogers has been bouncing around National League contenders since leaving the Twin Cities. He split 2022 between […]
From Twinkie Town | 19 days ago | 3 reads
Taylor Rogers was one of the Cubs’ deadline acquisitions last year, and, although he’s long been an effective reliever, his role always felt pretty marginal with the Cubs. Candidly, as you can see up there, I never even had a good opportunity to retrieve a Rogers-in-Cubs-uniform image during his 17-appearance tenure with the team. Kinda telling. That isn’t to say the trade, which sent outfield prospect Ivan Brethowr to the Pirates, was a dud for the Cubs. It was a fine move on paper, it w...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 19 days ago | 3 reads
Before making the signing of Ranger Suarez official earlier Wednesday morning, the Red Sox made a trade with the Twins to create a 40-man roster spot for the All-Star left-hander. In exchange for infielder Tristan Gray, who came over from the Rays for reliever Luis Guerrero in November, Boston acquired minor league catcher/first baseman Nate … Continue reading "Which prospect did Red Sox acquire from Twins for Tristan Gray?"
From Blogging the Red Sox | 19 days ago | 0 reads
The Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2026 was finalized yesterday with the election(s) of Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones. While so much has been said about the electees, I’m curious about the players who didn’t get in. Of the 11 first-time nominees who fell off the ballot yesterday, none were Twins; of returning players, […]
From Twinkie Town | 20 days ago | 4 reads
Dodgers utility man Ryan Fitzgerald cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Monday, per MLB transaction logs. This keeps Fitzgerald around as a potential depth option on the position-player side, though he is currently not on the 40-man roster. Fitzgerald was claimed by the Dodgers off waivers from the Twins on […]
From True Blue LA | 20 days ago | 0 reads
Paul Toboni and the Washington Nationals made an interesting move on the waiver wire this afternoon. They claimed utility-man Mickey Gasper from the Twins and DFA’d Andry Lara to make room for him on the 40-man roster. While Gasper is 30 and has not had success at the MLB level yet, it is easy to […]
From Federal Baseball | 20 days ago | 5 reads
José Berríos came to the Jays in a trade with the Twins at the deadline in 2021. Austin Martin and Simeon Woods Richardson went to Minnesota. The Jays signed Berrios to a seven-year, $131 million contract after the 2021 season. There is an opt-out after the 2026 season, and there are $5 million incentive bonuses […]
From Bluebird Banter | 20 days ago | 2 reads
The Twins signed their first multi-year free agent contract since Carlos Correa (yes, it’s been that long) by adding catcher Victor Caratini to their roster. Ben Jones has more on the signing. The Past Week on Twinkie Town: Elsewhere in Twins Territory: In the World of Baseball:
From Twinkie Town | 20 days ago | 2 reads
Results A strong case can be made that Johan Santana was the greatest starting pitcher to ever spin it for this franchise. He was perhaps never better than on this day… In front of 36,353 Dome faithful—including Twinkie Town’s own resident film buff & storyteller extraordinaire—Santana was indeed (in the words of Dick Bremer): “Awesome…absolutely […]
From Twinkie Town | 21 days ago | 0 reads
With Christian Vazquez’s contract finally off the books, the Twins have been searching for a new catcher behind starter Ryan Jeffers. According to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, Minnesota got their man in Caratini who agreed to a two year, $14M deal. Caratini, 32, has spent the past two season with the Astros backing up Yainer […]
From Twinkie Town | 24 days ago | 4 reads
Hey, good for Willi Castro! According to multiple reports, the 28-year-old utility man, acquired by the Cubs at the 2025 MLB Trade Deadline, is heading to the Colorado Rockies on a very healthy two-year, $12.8 million deal. Willi Castro to the Rockies Willi Castro is heading to Colorado, per multiple reports pic.twitter.com/4Aw8QNmnro — FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) January 15, 2026 Castro was an All-Star with the Twins in 2024 and had a nice start to the 2025 seaso...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 25 days ago | 5 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Earlier this week, former San Francisco Giants outfielder Jaylin Davis announced via a social media post that he will be retiring. Davis was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 24th round of the 2015 draft, and made his MLB debut with the Giants back in 2019 after being traded in […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 26 days ago | 3 reads
Former Atlanta Braves infielder Vidal Bruján was claimed off waivers today by the Minnesota Twins. He had been designated for assignment by the Braves on January 8, 2026. Atlanta claimed Bruján, 27, off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles on August 8, 2025, just days after he’d been claimed off waivers from the Chicago Cubs. He […]
From Talking Chop | 26 days ago | 13 reads
Roster construction is far from complete, but the Twins have made several changes to their 40-man roster. They may not be high-prominence changes, but they are changes, and with those changes come new jersey numbers. Even the numerical assignations are not yet complete: four new members of the 40-man roster (Gabriel Gonzalez, Ryan Kreidler, Hendry […]
From Twinkie Town | 27 days ago | 2 reads
Results It should probably come as little surprise that when an extremely unlikely big fly from a late-season pickup is followed by the hometown hero homering in a must-win World Series game, that moment immediately grabs the brass ring when entered in this poll series. That ‘87 team, man. The more I study and ask […]
From Twinkie Town | 28 days ago | 2 reads
The only major Twins news from this past week was the team agreeing to 2026 arbitration terms for all players except Joe Ryan. Ben Jones has more on what this means for the 2026 payroll along with the outlook for Ryan’s status. The Past Week on Twinkie Town: Elsewhere in Twins Territory: In the World […]
From Twinkie Town | 28 days ago | 3 reads
It’s a busy Friday for the Dodgers adding infielders who can play multiple positions. In addition to claiming Ryan Fitzgerald off waivers from the Twins, the team has also signed Andy Ibáñez. The signing of Ibáñez was first reported by Francys Romero and also reported by Kiley McDaniel of ESPN and other Dodgers beat writers. […]
From True Blue LA | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The Dodgers added some infield depth on Friday by claiming Ryan Fitzgerald from the Minnesota Twins. He was designated for assignment by the Twins on January 2 when Minnesota traded for first baseman Eric Wagaman. Fitzgerald after seven seasons in the minors made his major league debut for the Twins, playing in 24 games, including […]
From True Blue LA | about 1 month ago | 11 reads
Today is the deadline for players and teams to file arbitration salary figures for the 2026 season, meaning players will often come to terms with teams rather than heading to court. However, teams and players can still negotiate right up until the hearing date, typically in mid-February. Once the hearing happens, an independent arbiter will […]
From Twinkie Town | about 1 month ago | 4 reads
If you turned the ballgame on TV in 1976 Twins Territory, you’d get the dulcet tones of Joe Boyle & recently-retired Harmon Killebrew. If you flipped on the radio: Herb Carneal—as always—and Frank Quilici at the mics. Though no playoff berth was achieved—and you certainly wouldn’t guess it from the 715,394 home fans (an AL-low […]
From Twinkie Town | about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Earlier this week, the Twins continued their trend of putting in minimal effort at signing free agents, adding veteran shortstop Orlando Arcia on a minor league deal. That got me thinking about other sets of brothers who have spent time with the Twins, and while many recent fans (including me) still wish Minnesota had signed […]
From Twinkie Town | about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Results Starting with Game 2 of the 2004 ALDS and continuing through the 2020 Wild Card sweep by the Houston Astros, the Minnesota Twins lost 18 consecutive postseason contests—the longest such drought in North American professional sporting league history. The franchise had nearly become synonymous with the very concept of “playoff losing”. But then, 2023 […]
From Twinkie Town | about 1 month ago | 5 reads