With postseason baseball back at Target Field for the first time in nine years, the 2019 American League Central Division Champion Minnesota Twins are proud to partner with the Star Tribune and CUB to celebrate this Bomba SZN and bring fans the return of the iconic Homer Hanky™. The 2019 Homer Hanky will be given […]

The Minnesota Twins had a lead on the New York Yankees that had dwindled to one run on this late July night, and rookie Lewis Thorpe was in a daunting situation with one out in the sixth inning. After giving up hits to three of the first four batters he faced, the Twins left-hander had […]

New nameplates greeted Yankees players in their clubhouse ahead of the Division Series against Minnesota: ”OCTOBER SAVAGES” is spelled out under each number, a reference to manager Aaron Boone’s famous tirade at an umpire in July. As players worked out at Yankee Stadium on a summer-like Wednesday, Boone maintained many roster decisions have yet to […]

Justin Verlander didn’t intend to alter his pitching strategy, not after 14 seasons as a major league ace. But then the home runs stopped making sense. A long drive by Yankees slugger Aaron Judge? The Houston Astros ace can live with that. This season, though, was full of surprises. Like when spindly utility man Ehire […]

ROYALS 5, TWINS 4 Jorge Soler locked up the AL home run crown with his 48th homer, Brett Phillips drove a game-ending sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and Kansas City beat Minnesota in manager Ned Yost’s final game.  The Twins now get ready for Friday’s opening game of the ALDS against the Yankees in […]

Two teams thinking about their futures will square off for a three-game series beginning Friday night, when the Minnesota Twins travel to Kansas City to play the Royals. The only difference is how far those future thoughts stretch. The Twins have not announced a starter for any of the games against the Royals. Kansas City […]

TWINS 10, TIGERS 4 Jonathan Schoop hit Minnesota’s record 300th home run, Willians Astudillo also went deep and the AL Central champion Twins rallied past Detroit, moving within one victory of giving the major leagues four 100-win teams for the first time. Minnesota was tied with the New York Yankees for the big league lead […]

The Minnesota Twins had to wait to party. They’ll get precious few hours to recuperate after celebrating an American League Central championship before taking the field again. The Indians’ 8-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night assured the Twins of their first division title in nine seasons. Minnesota defeated Detroit 5-1 earlier […]

TWINS 5, TIGERS 1 Luis Arraez and Eddie Rosario homered, Randy Dobnak allowed one hit in six innings and Minnesota beat Detroit, then won the AL Central title when Cleveland lost to the White Sox in Chicago. Minnesota earned its first division title since 2010 and only its second postseason appearance since then. The Twins […]

The Minnesota Twins could be celebrating an American League Central Division championship on Wednesday if everything breaks their way. The Twins reduced their magic number to two on Tuesday with a 4-2 road victory over the Detroit Tigers. They could clinch the division with another victory over the Tigers on Wednesday and a Cleveland loss […]