All Things 2026 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

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I did not want to start a new thread for this but it is baseball related.

I thought my friend was joking at first, but the Carleton Knights dropped the first game of a DH yesterday to St Scholastica by a score of:

42-9

Game shortened to 7 innings (10 Run Rule).

The 16 run 2nd inning by the Saints to increase their lead to 24-0 made a Knights rally rather difficult.

The Knights pitching staff had some control issues, walking 22 and adding another 8 HBPs.

Baseball vs College of St. Scholastica on 4/8/2026 - Box Score - Carleton College

The official box score of Baseball vs College of St. Scholastica on 4/8/2026
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Knights drop game one to St. Scholastica; win nightcap after resuming halted game two - Carleton College

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The Carleton College baseball team lost its first game against the College of St. Scholastica 42-9, but rallied to take a 9-3 lead into the ninth
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On the bright side, the Knights hold a 9-3 lead in the nightcap which was suspended in the Top of 9 due to darkness. Go figure.

Given the events of the G1, I don't blame St Scholastica for not giving up despite the 6 run deficit.
 


Twins sweep Tigers in four-game series, climb above .500 for first time since June​


Despite losing two out of three games in each of their first three series, the Twins have climbed above .500 at 7-6, marking their first winning record since June 15 of last season. They played exactly 100 games between holding winning records, going an AL-worst 37-63.
 



Anyone see this happening a week ago?

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TRF Guy said:
Anyone see this happening a week ago?

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Nope and that’s the beauty of it. Every once in a while the sum of the team is greater than its parts.

I did say in a post that if our starting pitching stayed relatively healthy, we’d have a lot of competitive games - but winning them, like this, nope.

That good starting pitching covers up a lot of shortcomings and energies the team, as it’s hard to be up, when you know that guy on the mound shouldn’t be starting.

I didn’t anticipate Bell and Catarina having this type of impact either.

It’s fun not to have all the answers/be wrong/underestimate and be pleasantly surprised 😃
 
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Ope3 said:
That's cool. Perhaps this Pohlad at least has a clue.
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Seems like it to me. From Gleeman’s column following the 🧹 -


New principal owner Tom Pohlad was handing out first bumps in the hallway outside the Twins’ clubhouse following the sweep-completing win. Pohlad then made his way into the clubhouse — a common occurrence during the 5-2 home stand — to personally congratulate Lee and soak in the good vibes.

Pohlad took over the lead ownership role in December and has spent the four months since then assuring disillusioned Twins fans this season will be different. It didn’t look promising after a 3-6 start, and it’s still extremely early, but in the afterglow of a four-game sweep, at least there are some good vibes again at Target Field.
 









howeda7 said:
True.

Actually the Wild owner is one of the Twins minority investors. it would be nice if he would buy the whole thing.
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Based on the thread linked below alone, why in the hell would a Minnesota sports fan wish for ANY of the current Ownership groups to double up and buy another in this market?!?

Honestly.

Twins/Vikings/Wild/Wolves Championship appearance drought tracker

With the NFL season officially over, it’s now been a combined 97 seasons since any of them went to a championship game/series. The teams are 0-7 since then in chances to go to their championship.
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Ope3 said:
Based on the thread linked below alone, why in the hell would a Minnesota sports fan wish for ANY of the current Ownership groups to double up and buy another in this market?!?

Honestly.

Twins/Vikings/Wild/Wolves Championship appearance drought tracker

With the NFL season officially over, it’s now been a combined 97 seasons since any of them went to a championship game/series. The teams are 0-7 since then in chances to go to their championship.
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Because it's likely better than the alternative.
 

howeda7 said:
Because it's likely better than the alternative.
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I disagree on the "likely" part with respect to the Twins-Wild-Vikings Owners. Their proof of concept has been demonstrated. Failure.

- Twins / 2 Playoff Series wins this century under the Pohlads.
- Vikings / 3 Playoff wins in more than 2 decades under the Wilfs.
- Wild / 2 Playoff Series wins under Leipold in nearly 2 decades.

No Championship appearances in 35 years. There is no worse alternative. They have horrendous track records.

I'm leaving the Timberwolves out, good or bad it's still too new to pass judgement.
 

Ope3 said:
I disagree on the "likely" part with respect to the Twins-Wild-Vikings Owners. Their proof of concept has been demonstrated. Failure.

- Twins / 2 Playoff Series wins this century under the Pohlads.
- Vikings / 3 Playoff wins in more than 2 decades under the Wilfs.
- Wild / 2 Playoff Series wins under Leipold in nearly 2 decades.

No Championship appearances in 35 years. There is no worse alternative. They have horrendous track records.

I'm leaving the Timberwolves out, good or bad it's still too new to pass judgement.
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There's no magical out of town owner with unlimited funds who only wants to win and doesn't care how much $$ the team loses. There are worse alternatives. Private equity buying the team and just squeezing profit out and dumping. Someone trying to move them out of the state etc. etc.

The Wilf's sin is not firing GM's often enough for your liking. I guess that's the Wild's sin too. The Pohlad's have been terrible owners for most of the last 35 years, no one disputes that. But dumping them all in the same pot is silly.
 

howeda7 said:
There's no magical out of town owner with unlimited funds who only wants to win and doesn't care how much $$ the team loses. There are worse alternatives. Private equity buying the team and just squeezing profit out and dumping. Someone trying to move them out of the state etc. etc.
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There's obviously nothing magical about the current Twins-Vikings-Wild Owners either.

That's proven.
 

howeda7 said:
The Wilf's sin is not firing GM's often enough for your liking. I guess that's the Wild's sin too. The Pohlad's have been terrible owners for most of the last 35 years, no one disputes that.
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The Wilfs & Leipold don't hire the correct people to begin with and then let them linger far too long.

Toxic combo.

howeda7 said:
But dumping them all in the same pot is silly.
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None of them have demonstrated success. Nothing silly about that. Thinking they can "improve" yet another local franchise (at the risk of tanking their other one) is beyond crazy.

They already have enough on their plates. More than they can handle.
 

Finally cracked open my MLB The Show 2026. Took me about an inning to figure out I'm much more Wallner than Jeffers and I should not be allowed to execute ABS challenges.
 



The garb that the Blue Jays are wearing tonight is hideously FUGGLY.
 



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