MINNEAPOLIS -- After all the talk of the Twins’ inability to go toe-to-toe with the big boys of the league this season, they took the opportunity to flip the script. The Phillies came to town with, by far, the best record in baseball, but the Twins scraped together three gritty

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Simeon Woods Richardson walked into the Twins’ clubhouse at Target Field ahead of his start on Tuesday, and that’s when he looked at the lineup card and saw that he’d be starting opposite Phillies ace Zack Wheeler. “Game recognize game,” Woods Richardson said. “Lot of respect. He's a

MLB Network has offered baseball lovers everything they could desire since it launched in 2009. And now, it has never been easier to enjoy the Emmy Award-winning network, because beginning today, MLB Network is available directly to consumers in the United States. Fans can now stream select live out-of-market games,

MINNEAPOLIS -- Carlos Correa can’t play in the Twins’ games these days as he recovers from plantar fasciitis for a second consecutive season, which leaves the shortstop -- who is sometimes jokingly referred to as the Twins’ “assistant general manager” -- plenty of time to send Trade Deadline suggestions to

MINNEAPOLIS -- Fortunately for the Twins and Royce Lewis, it turned out this likely won't be another of those prolonged absences to which they’ve grown all too accustomed over the years. That’s because Lewis is slated to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A St. Paul on Tuesday after successfully clearing

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Joe Mauer was a stoic, steady presence behind the plate for much of his 15-year career, all with the Twins. But the first sign that his Hall of Fame induction might test that came the night before his speech. As he stepped off the truck carrying him

MINNEAPOLIS -- After the normal postgame questions to Twins manager Rocco Baldelli about individual plays that played into the game’s eventual outcome, the standout performances of the afternoon and the like, his tone and demeanor changed subtly, but distinctly enough to become more intense when the topic turned to the

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 -- Pablo López’s first half was, in his own words, “very inconsistent, disappointing.” But for all that inconsistency and disappointment, he was still

MINNEAPOLIS -- Though there was some hope that the extended All-Star break would do the banged-up Twins some good, their second half started with two more injury setbacks, with both Carlos Correa (right plantar fasciitis) and Chris Paddack (right forearm strain) heading to the injured list ahead of Saturday’s 8-4

MINNEAPOLIS -- Target Field played host to the largest regular-season crowd in the building’s history on Saturday -- and the Twins and Brewers were gracious enough hosts to provide the requisite drama. The extra-innings portion of Saturday’s entertainment alone carried seemingly an entire game’s worth of emotional swings -- from

With the 2024 MLB Draft in the rear-view mirror, it’s a convenient time to look at the scope of prospects across MLB’s organizations. Who should we be looking out for in the months to come? Here’s a look at one prospect to watch for each club during the rest of

MINNEAPOLIS -- Justin Morneau laughs as he explains that the first time he figured he’d one day be traveling to Cooperstown, N.Y., to watch Joe Mauer get inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame was, in fact, the first at-bat he saw Mauer take in Spring Training. Not only

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. After the Twins began the 2024 season on a bafflingly inconsistent and streaky note -- alternating between stretches of seeming like the best team

With the All-Star break over and the second half of the 2024 season beginning Friday, overlying goals have come into focus for all 30 MLB teams. Some clubs will make major moves at the July 30 Trade Deadline, going all in and dreaming of a World Series title. Others are

The 94th MLB All-Star Game featured triple-digit heat from various pitchers, some dazzling defensive plays across the diamond and plenty of big-time power. The Midsummer Classic, held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, ended in a 5-3 final score as the American League avenged its 2023 loss and won

The Twins’ specialty in the MLB Draft has been plucking overlooked college pitchers in the later rounds and turning them into effective Major League arms. And to wrap up the 2024 Draft on Tuesday, they followed that blueprint.

The 2024 All-Star Game is behind us and the second half of the season looms. While much of the attention in the coming weeks will be about players on the move at the Trade Deadline, there are plenty of key players who will stay put and will have an outsized

The 2024 MLB Draft wrapped up on Tuesday with 615 players selected over this year’s 20-round process. Now that we know where players are going (see you next time, mock drafts!), we can dive into which clubs might have gotten steals, which added potential superstars and which took some fun

Jaime Ferrer has lived with a chronic illness since he was three years old. It’s the only life he’s known. He’s been doubted, told no, and gone through countless physical and mental hurdles on his journey to becoming a Major League Baseball player. But that Type 1 diabetes diagnosis? It’s