All Things 2026 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

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From the article regarding his callup and his production at St. Paul -

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Fedko added to roster for Rangers series; Arcia DFA'd

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins announced after Sunday’s game that outfielder Kyler Fedko will be added to the 40-man roster and will join the team in Texas for the upcoming road trip. Fedko was the Twins’ 12th-round pick out of the University of Connecticut in the 2021 MLB Draft. A right-handed
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This season, the 26-year-old Fedko has slashed .286/.372/.578 for an OPS of .950 in 58 games with the Saints. He's hit 15 home runs, scored 44 runs and drove in 45. He’s also stolen nine bases after finishing 2025 with 38 steals, including 26 at Double-A Wichita and 12 for St. Paul.
 



howeda7 said:
Yes. He's hurt. Minnesota Sports.
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Per Hayes’ column today regarding his glute -

5. The organization is treating Culpepper’s glute injury as a day-to-day situation, rather than a condition worthy of a stint on the injured list, general manager Jeremy Zoll said. Culpepper was removed from Saturday’s game at St. Paul, which sparked speculation on social media that he might be headed to the majors.

No dice, for now.

Still, the Twins can’t help but hear Culpepper loudly knocking on the door. His defense is improving — he made a highlight-reel throw Friday — and Culpepper’s offense has been excellent of late. Over the last 28 days, Culpepper is hitting .313/.436/.554 with five homers in 101 plate appearances.

Other injury updates


Abel (right elbow inflammation) is scheduled to start for St. Paul again on Tuesday. Abel, who threw three scoreless innings against Triple-A Toledo on Wednesday, is expected to throw 65 pitches in his rehab outing, Zoll said. If Abel stays on track, he could return to the big leagues next Sunday or Monday, albeit with a pitch limit.

After participating in a live batting practice Saturday, Rojas (left elbow inflammation) is also likely to join St. Paul for a rehab outing this week.

Outfielder Alan Roden (right shoulder labrum tear), who has been rehabbing with Single-A Fort Myers, is expected to rejoin St. Paul this week.

Walker Jenkins (left shoulder sprain) might have a short stay in Fort Myers after his rehab got off to a monster start Saturday. Jenkins went 4-for-5 with a home run.

Ober (right flexor muscle strain) accompanied the big-league team to Texas and hopes to throw off a mound during the Twins’ road trip, which begins Monday
 

Gopher_In_NYC said:
Per Hayes’ column today regarding his glute -

5. The organization is treating Culpepper’s glute injury as a day-to-day situation, rather than a condition worthy of a stint on the injured list, general manager Jeremy Zoll said. Culpepper was removed from Saturday’s game at St. Paul, which sparked speculation on social media that he might be headed to the majors.

No dice, for now.

Still, the Twins can’t help but hear Culpepper loudly knocking on the door. His defense is improving — he made a highlight-reel throw Friday — and Culpepper’s offense has been excellent of late. Over the last 28 days, Culpepper is hitting .313/.436/.554 with five homers in 101 plate appearances.

Other injury updates


Abel (right elbow inflammation) is scheduled to start for St. Paul again on Tuesday. Abel, who threw three scoreless innings against Triple-A Toledo on Wednesday, is expected to throw 65 pitches in his rehab outing, Zoll said. If Abel stays on track, he could return to the big leagues next Sunday or Monday, albeit with a pitch limit.

After participating in a live batting practice Saturday, Rojas (left elbow inflammation) is also likely to join St. Paul for a rehab outing this week.

Outfielder Alan Roden (right shoulder labrum tear), who has been rehabbing with Single-A Fort Myers, is expected to rejoin St. Paul this week.

Walker Jenkins (left shoulder sprain) might have a short stay in Fort Myers after his rehab got off to a monster start Saturday. Jenkins went 4-for-5 with a home run.

Ober (right flexor muscle strain) accompanied the big-league team to Texas and hopes to throw off a mound during the Twins’ road trip, which begins Monday
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With both Roden and Jenkins coming back soon to St. Paul, it was a good time to give Fredko his shot to see if he can be a Big Leaguer, as he’s 26, been very productive in the minors, RH OFer with some pop and can play all 3 OF positions as well.
 


Bucks got a shot to start

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First All-Star Ballot update: Ohtani, Yordan cruising; both 1B fields loaded

Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters. The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani and the Astros’ Yordan Alvarez are the leading vote-getters for the National League and American League, respectively, in our first update of the 2026...
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OUTFIELD
1. Aaron Judge, Yankees: 977,460
2. Mike Trout, Angels: 926,601
3. Cody Bellinger, Yankees: 533,842
4. Byron Buxton, Twins: 497,562
5. Riley Greene, Tigers: 422,835
6. Julio Rodríguez, Mariners: 421,205
7. Randy Arozarena, Mariners: 412,273
8. Daulton Varsho, Blue Jays, 337,581
9. Jesús Sánchez, Blue Jays: 310,970

MLB’s leading All-Star vote-getter in each of the past two years, Judge was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right rib stress fracture two days after the All-Star ballot launched, but he’s still garnering significant support in the fan voting. Trout was a fixture at the All-Star Game for a long time -- his 11 selections lead active players -- but he hasn’t appeared in the Midsummer Classic since 2019. That was also the last time Bellinger made the All-Star team. He was elected as a starter that year en route to an NL MVP Award-winning season.
Greene was part of the AL’s starting outfield a year ago alongside Judge and Tigers teammate Javier Báez, while Buxton, Rodríguez and Arozarena all made it as reserves. Buxton (2022) and Arozarena (’23) have each earned All-Star starting nods previously; J-Rod is a three-time All-Star but is still seeking his first start.
 

Ope3 said:
Brooks Lee Career WAR: -0.6

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Solid week for Brooks Lee raises his Career WAR to -0.5. Mirror image for the season.

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howeda7 said:
Except pretty sure they both had options left and Arcia doesn't. Gray has been terrible at SS.
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Look for more Kreidler at SS.

Hayes and I both agree -

Kreidler is easily the team’s best defensive shortstop. Kreidler has good range, a strong arm and looks comfortable enough at shortstop to take at-bats away from Tristan Gray even when the Twins are facing right-handed pitchers. While Kreidler’s offense would likely slip as a result (he has an .800 OPS) of not being protected in tougher matchups, his glove could be an improvement as the team looks to shore up a middle infield that makes too many misplays.

Entering Sunday, Twins shortstops combined for a league-worst minus-16 DRS (defensive runs saved), 12 worse than the next closest team.
 

What the heck is going on with Buxton. Just hit another homerun. This dude is unreal right now.
 






Buck up Buckaroos We’re Only 3 games out of last Wild Card Spot.

How good has he been, per Gleeman -

Buxton, who went homerless in his first 14 games this season from losing his rhythm after he accrued only nine plate appearances over three weeks playing for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic.

Since hitting his first homer, Buxton is batting .302/.356/.698 with 23 round-trippers and 35 RBIs in 48 games.

“It’s the best stretch I’ve ever seen,” said veteran Josh Bell, whose three-run, first-inning homer gave the Twins the lead for good. “I’ve played with some really good ballplayers, (Juan) Soto, (José) Ramírez. But what he’s doing right now, it seems like every game he’s either going to get three hits or hit a homer. Not to mention the stuff he’s doing on the base paths and in center field. He’s an MVP candidate. He’s definitely our MVP.”

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Buck also has joined these Twins greats -

Herbie
Puck
Mauer

As the only Twin to win Al player of the week Z; times in his career, after winning it last week - second time this year.

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Harm, of course has the Twins season HR record in case anyone was curious. Per Google here are the details -

The individual single-season home run record for the Minnesota Twins belongs to Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, who hit 49 home runs in a season twice—first in 1964 and again during his MVP season in 1969.
 



Twins turnstile woes.


There was an expectation the Twins would have smaller crowds at the start of the season. Fans were furious after last year’s historic trade deadline teardown where the Twins traded 38% of their major league roster. There were no significant roster additions in the winter, and they entered the season with a $96.5 million Opening Day payroll, their lowest in 12 years.

They also played 17 home games in April, when cold weather typically hampers crowds. That was two more April games than they had last year.

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Hearing the part in bold repeated over and over nauseates me. If I had $1 for every time Reusse has uttered it I would have more than enough money for a lifetime of hot dogs at Target Field.

It never considers they played 4 games on the road in March. Taking those into account they had 15 Road Games and 17 Home Games before May 1st. A single game difference. Big whoop.

If the April 30 game against Toronto to start a 3 game series was on the road it would have been a 50/50 split. It would have needed to be against another opponent because they were already in Canada a few weeks earlier.

Also, news flash on the weather. In the Twin Cities, May also sucked.
 

Ope3 said:
Twins turnstile woes.


There was an expectation the Twins would have smaller crowds at the start of the season. Fans were furious after last year’s historic trade deadline teardown where the Twins traded 38% of their major league roster. There were no significant roster additions in the winter, and they entered the season with a $96.5 million Opening Day payroll, their lowest in 12 years.

They also played 17 home games in April, when cold weather typically hampers crowds. That was two more April games than they had last year.

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Hearing the part in bold repeated over and over nauseates me. If I had $1 for every time Reusse has uttered it I would have more than enough money for a lifetime of hot dogs at Target Field.

It never considers they played 4 games on the road in March. Taking those into account they had 15 Road Games and 17 Home Games before May 1st. A single game difference. Big whoop.

If the April 30 game against Toronto to start a 3 game series was on the road it would have been a 50/50 split. It would have needed to be against another opponent because they were already in Canada a few weeks earlier.

Also, news flash on the weather. In the Twin Cities, May also sucked.
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The April thing is dumb and Reussee can't get over it. They do have bad luck in getting the Yankees in September, the Blue Jays and Brewers in May and the Dodgers during the week. You'd like at least one of those on a summer weekend.
 


Yoendrys Gómez Love​

It can be a little confusing when seeing his stats, as his ERA was skewed with the Rays.

With the Twins -

0.8 WAR
1.53 ERA
17.2 IP
6 Saves
He’s 26.

Compared to Varland w/Jays

2.0 WAR
0.96 ERA
37.2 IP
12 Saves
He’s 28.
 
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Bell’s 44 RBI in the first inning tonight, has him tied for 10th in the AL in ribbies.

Last 15 games he’s hitting at a .320 clip with an OPS of .906 - he’s been really good. Sometimes the older guys need the warmer weather to warm up.
 

Prior to this series, the Rangers had the lowest home ERA in the AL per Provis on the radio broadcast.
 


Confidential to Gridders out there, tonight's Twins C, Alex Jackson, is a former 1st Round Draft Pick, Mariners 2014.
 


Alex Jackson with the softball swing, moving up in the box while the pitch is in the air, vs Higashioka

Gun not even registering for Higashioka, he’s throwing so slow

Fedko with his first RBI on a Sac. Still hitless
 
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Abel tosses five strong innings in second Triple-A rehab start​


Per the article. Sounds like we’ll see him against the Padres.

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Abel tosses five strong innings in second Triple-A rehab start

ARLINGTON -- While the Twins were enjoying one of their best nights of the year in a 12-2 win against the Rangers, they got some more good news from about 850 miles to the north.
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ARLINGTON -- While the Twins were enjoying one of their best nights of the year in a 12-2 win against the Rangers, they got some more good news from about 850 miles to the north.

Rehabbing right-hander Mick Abelturned in a strong outing for Triple-A St. Paul, looking an awful lot like a pitcher who might make his next start for the Major League club instead of in the Minors. Abel tossed five strong innings for St. Paul on a tidy 61 pitches, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits, striking out five with zero walks.

He was still hitting 96 mph in his final inning, and while no announcement has been made, it would not be shocking to see him start either Sunday in Phoenix or Monday at home.

Abel has been out since mid-April after suffering right elbow inflammation.

The Twins have been using rookie Mike Paredes as a bulk pitcher, sometimes starting and sometimes following an opener. Paredes started Monday, and with an off-day for the club on Wednesday, it could easily line up well for Abel to make his next start in the rotation slot that Paredes has been occupying.

Abel, acquired last summer from the Phillies in the trade that sent Jhoan Duran to Philadelphia, has a 3.98 ERA in four appearances (three starts) for the Twins this year. He was the team’s best pitcher in Spring Training and he turned in back-to-back exceptional outings before he hit the injured list.
 





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