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Over the past 24 hours, two top-50 MLB prospects have agreed to major contract extensions before playing a game. Infielder Colt Emerson of the Seattle Mariners agreed to an eight year, $95M contract with a team option on year nine and escalators the can max the contract out at $130M. Fellow infielder Cooper Pratt is […]
After showing some good life in games two and three against the Orioles, the bats fell silent once again with left-handed Kris Bubic on the mound. For seemingly the 10th season in a row, the Twins simply can’t manage to string together any offense left-handed starting pitchers. The Twins had some early traffic with a […]
Is Royce Lewis fixed? Who knows for sure, but he at least looks the part, with two homers over the weekend against the Orioles. The Twins dropped two out of three, but looked relatively competitive in each game. The pitching is still suspect, and the bats have still been relatively quiet, but we’re at least […]
First Pitch (CT): 3:10 PMTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN/830 WCCO/102.9 The Wolf /Audacy AppKnow Yo’ Foe: Royals Review After a back-and-forth game against the Orioles, the Twins are back in action this afternoon against Bobby Witt Jr. and the Kansas City Royals. The Royals are running back largely the same squad as 2025 and banking on better […]
Despite collecting twelve hits and plating six runs, the Minnesota Twins could not finish off an Opening Series victory in Baltimore this afternoon. Battles against the robots (ABS) and a shaky appearance from Mick Abel were the primary culprits in defeat. Twins bats quickly built a second-inning rally: Matt Wallner 1B, Josh Bell HBP (Wally […]
First Chuck: 12:35 PM CDT (click here each week for a new anthem!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Camden Chat So, uh, remember the thread intro for Thursday’s Opening Day? That was here—until it wasn’t. As such, a fun fact instead of a long intro today: Recently—March 22—actor/entertainer/noted […]
The Twins only tallied four hits — fewer than in their season-opening loss — but were able to manufacture four runs against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday afternoon. Combined with a strong performance from Shelton’s Magical Arm Barn, and Minnesota was able to earn their first win of the 2026 season, a 4-1 victory that […]
First Pitch: 3:05 pm CDTTV: Twins.TV / FS1Radio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy KNOW THINE ENEMY: Camden Chat Each of the last few seasons, that pesky day off right after the season opener has felt particularly sting-worthy. In 2023 and 2025, it delayed Minnesota’s early-season chances to prove that the bad breaks of […]
OK, first things first. My predecessor at TwinkieTown, RandBall’s Stu, would occasionally do a post called a Hosken Powell Memorial Link Dump. Stu uses humor, and what made the title funny is that Hosken Powell, although not a particularly memorable Twins player, was not dead. He was alive and well. (I did a Glen Powell […]
A few positives came from 2026 Opening Day for the Minnesota Twins: the starter was sharp, they showed some aggressiveness on the base paths, and Byron Buxton collected a big hit. But the Twins simply were not able to successfully sequence enough safeties off Baltimore Orioles hurlers to plate more than one run in a […]
First Chuck: 2:05 PM CDT (click here each week for a new anthem!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Camden Chat If you weren’t around this past offseason—and no judgement here—you missed our community Back to The Future discussion. When it comes to the Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore […]
Welcome one and all to Twins Opening Day! As always, we will have our game thread up this afternoon to make predictions about the rest of the season based off a single game, but for now you can read our predictions before a single game is played. All your favorite Twinkie Town writers have pitched […]
(There’s about six minutes of intro before the poem begins… but come on, it’s Jeremy Irons.) Hit the FirstThe Standings “Just the club for a Park!” the Purseman criedWhile addressing his team as heir,Dismissing the lot who could possibly chideWith successes eventually rare. “Just the club for a Park! I repeat it once;Only once should […]
Results Our final memorable Twins moment comes to us, fittingly, from just last season. In a rough year for Twins Territory, Byron Buxton was perhaps the one-and-only shining star. Never more than on this day… Per famous philosophizer Porky Pig: “Th-th-th-that’s all, folks!” Hopefully both a fun and at least somewhat accurate-if-subjective look at this […]
Earlier this morning, the Twins announced that they optioned Ryan Kreidler, Alan Roden, and Eric Wagaman to AAA. Combined with Zebby Matthews getting options yesterday and the Twins letting Liam Hendriks and Andrew Chafin walk, and the Opening Day roster is nearly finalized. With the recent round of cuts, Minnesota appears to have set their […]
Opening Week is upon us! With the Twins finalizing their roster, we almost have a clear idea of at least who will be starting the season against the Orioles this weekend. For now, hope springs eternal. The Past Week on Twinkie Town: Elsewhere in Twins Territory: In the World of Baseball:
Here’s your link for the movie! It’s from a Strange Site, but most internet security experts consider it pretty safe (for streaming; I wouldn’t try downloading). It has no commercials, so no sync issues! Sync issues are a pain on Movie Nights! Start the show at 7:30! When I was about 25 or so, I […]
After loading up with some new talent following a disappointing, playoff-less 2005 season, the Minnesota Twins opened 2006 north of the border in Toronto and rode an early-season rollercoaster for the first few weeks. A classic Johan Santana vs Roy Halladay clash christened the new 162-game slate on April 4, and the home Jays got […]
Watching 42 on Friday’s movie night, I had forgotten that among shots of MLB players wearing 42 during the pre-credits montage, there is one at Target Field. That got me thinking about the Twins who have worn #42 outside of April 15 every year, and checking Baseball Reference, there have been just six. (Two of […]
Results In the 2001-2002 offseason, the Minnesota Twins franchise was nearly extinguished. The harebrained and somewhat nefarious contraction scheme hatched by MLB Commissioner Bud Selig—and seemingly fully endorsed by Twins owner Carl Pohlad—put MN on the brink of being baseball-less. Fortunately, Hennepin County Judge Harry Crump’s ironclad interpretation of stadium lease laws kept the team […]
The World Baseball Classic has been in full swing this past week, with the knockout round games providing exciting games. That being said, last night’s Team USA’s victory over the Dominican Republic was marred by a few egregious strike calls from behind the plate, which makes this season’s advent of the ABS challenge system a […]
Here’s your link for the movie! It’s from a Strange Site, but most internet security experts consider it pretty safe (for streaming; I wouldn’t try downloading). It has no commercials, so no sync issues! Sync issues are a pain on Movie Nights! Start the show at 7:30! The idea of doing a newer, franker movie […]
An immediate caveat to that title: I am excited for Minnesota Twins baseball to return. It is my favorite professional sport and I welcome it back into my daily routine each spring like an old friend. I can’t wait to flip on the tube each night or get out to the ballpark(s) this summer. I […]
Looking through the Twins’ active roster after yesterday’s string of cuts, an unusual trend struck me: of the 32 men on the active roster, five have a birthday in December. Now, a group of 32 people having a month with five people may not be particularly anomalous given the randomness inherent in populations, but that […]
First Pitch (CT): 12:05TV: NoneRadio: MLB App via TB AudioKnow Yo’ Foe: DRaysBay What to watch: Joe Ryan finally makes his long-awaited debut! Unfortunately this game appears to be lost to the void. Lineups