TWINS 5, TIGERS 1 Marwin Gonzalez hit his first home run and had a two-run double, and Miguel Sano hit his first homer. Randy Dobnak, in line for the fifth spot in the rotation, allowed one hit in three shutout innings. Closer Taylor Rogers struck out two in a scoreless inning. Kody Clemens, a son […]

CARDINALS 6, TWINS 1 Genesis Cabrera gave up one hit, two walks and struck out one over a one-inning start. Roel Ramirez, acquired from Tamoa Bay in the Tommy Pham trade, got six straight outs. Johan Oviedo marked his 22nd birthday with two perfect innings. Rangel Ravelo singled and doubled. Twins prospect Royce Lewis doubled, […]

For the Twins to land free agent Josh Donaldson, Miguel Sano knew what would be asked of him. He didn’t hesitate. Instead, Sano sent a video to Donaldson, lobbying the 2015 American League MVP to join the Twins. The key to Sano’s pitch: He would happily move across the infield to play first base with […]

Expecting another big season from their high-octane offense, the Minnesota Twins hope to pitch well enough to win a second straight AL Central title. Minnesota set a major-league record with 307 homers and was eighth with a 4.18 ERA last year. ”We had a pretty darn good pitching staff last year statistically speaking,” said right-hander […]

Twins right fielder Max Kepler didn’t get to watch a lot of major league baseball growing up in Germany. The games he did did see included many Boston Red Sox-New York Yankees matchups, which caused him to become a big fan of Derek Jeter. “I loved watching Jeter, even though I’m a lefty and the […]

Marwin Gonzalez became the first batter from the 2017 Houston Astros team that won the World Series to publicly apologize for his role in the sign-stealing scandal, expressing regret Tuesday after reporting to spring training with the Minnesota Twins. ”I’m remorseful for everything that happened in 2017, for everything that we did as a group, […]

The Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers have finalized their trade sending starting pitcher Kenta Maeda to the Twins and bullpen prospect Brusdar Graterol to the Dodgers. Just in time for spring training. Twins pitchers and catchers take the field Wednesday for their first official workout in Fort Myers, Florida, with the Dodgers following Friday […]

Jhoulys Chacin finalized a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins on Monday after a miserable 2019 season that saw him go from an opening day start to an August release. He would get a $1.6 million, one-year contract if added to the 40-man roster and would have the chance to earn $1.5 million in […]

After four playoff appearances, including two trips to the World Series, in four years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Rich Hill was a 39-year-old free agent coming off another elbow surgery. Unlikely to return until at least June, Hill wanted to find a team to get him back to the World Series. The Minnesota Twins […]