All Things 2026 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

[GophersInIowa]

 

[Unregistered User]

Wallner with 5 Ks

 

[howeda7]

Tristan Gray with a grand slam.

Guy who I didn't know existed two week ago leads team in RBI's...

 

[howeda7]

 

[Slim Tubby]

Guy who I didn't know existed two week ago leads team in RBI's...

I honestly thought he played for TB so I assumed we lost.

 

[howeda7]

I honestly thought he played for TB so I assumed we lost.

Well he did at one point.

 

[howeda7]

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Would have been 25,000 if Ope showed up.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Abel looks awful again

 

[Ope3]

Wow. Must have been a Ryder Cup atmosphere at Target Field.

Options are Budweiser, Bud Light & Summit Twins Pilsner. I can work with that.

 

[Ope3]

Would have been 25,000 if Ope showed up.

I think more like 24,003. The 3rd would have been due to extending the HH through the 2nd inning.

 

[TNGophfan]

Abel looks awful again

Humans are not meant to pitch in 35 degree weather. Yes, struggling. Will wait to warmer weather to pass judgements. We need him to be at least adequate.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Buxton is DH today. Looks like they got lucky there.

 

[JimmyJamesMD]

Guy who I didn't know existed two week ago leads team in RBI's...

My thoughts exactly

 

[TNGophfan]

You can't embrace the running game unless you get on base. Brutal hitting.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Culpepper with 2 HR today. Lee’s time is almost up.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Right in the Easter basket

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Right in the Easter basket

Hopefully no eggs were destroyed

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Culpepper with 2 HR today. Lee’s time is almost up.

Brooks is looking more and more like a utility player if he sticks in the Bigs

 

[Slim Tubby]

Right in the Easter basket

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

You can't embrace the running game unless you get on base. Brutal hitting.

So you’re not impressed with the Team Mendoza approach of a .192 average?

 

[coolhandgopher]

So you’re not impressed with the Team Mendoza approach of a .192 average?

Mario Mendoza (lifetime average of .215) takes umbrage at this comment. He thinks you should speak with the likes of Mickey Gasper or DaShawn Keirsey.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Mario Mendoza (lifetime average of .215) takes umbrage at this comment. He thinks you should speak with the likes of Mickey Gasper or DaShawn Keirsey.

Team futility is much more impressive in the committee’s opinion

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

You can't embrace the running game unless you get on base. Brutal hitting.

Here’s at least some ((most?) of the answer to your lament - Southpaws per Gleeman’s article in the Athletic today.

Why can’t the Minnesota Twins hit lefties? As a new season begins, a familiar problem persists

Year after year, the Twins' lineup struggles versus lefties. And the early numbers this season are uglier than ever.

www.nytimes.com

Twins' OPs production versus lefties

2019	.872	1
2020	.658	27
2021	.725	22
2022	.701	21
2023	.726	19
2024	.732	11
2025	.705	14
2026	.530	27
2020-26	.711	21

Unfortunately, 8 of the next 16 starters we’re scheduled to see are Mr. Driesell’s progeny and this if the what we offer in futile resistance -

Production versus lefties since 2023

Ryan Jeffers	144
Byron Buxton	125
Austin Martin	115
Royce Lewis	103
Victor Caratini	99
Josh Bell	99
Matt Wallner	87
Brooks Lee	80
James Outman	66
Trevor Larnach	60
Kody Clemens	50

(Note: wRC+ is scaled so 100 represents league-average production.)

Gray and Keaschell not listed as they don’t have enough ABs for statistically relevant data.

 

[Ope3]

Byron Buxton hits 10 Years of MLB Service with Minnesota as 1st or only franchise, becoming the 14 to do it with the Twins. Those that started with Washington counted.

Twins honor Buxton for reaching 10 years of MLB service time

MINNEAPOLIS – Talking about himself doesn’t come naturally to Byron Buxton. That’s why it’s so meaningful when he does. The Twins recognized Buxton on Sunday morning for reaching 10 years of Major League service time, a milestone that players greatly treasure. In a clubhouse ceremony attended by...

www.mlb.com

Really cool how much this meant to him. Here's the list Byron joins:

Harmon Killebrew
Kirby Puckett
Kent Hrbek
Rod Carew
Joe Mauer
Gary Gaetti
Tony Oliva
Bob Allison
Eddie Guardado
Randy Bush
Jim Kaat
Glen Perkins
Brad Radke

The only 2 that surprised me were Gaetti and Guardado. The G-Man got credit though for his cup of coffee in 1981 starting at the Met and he played through the 1990 campaign as a Twin.

I would have guessed Tim Laudner made it, but he was 1 season short (1981 - 1989).

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

Culpepper with 2 HR today. Lee’s time is almost up.

Hopefully Culpepper and Keaschall change this, but has any organization been worse at getting their top hitting prospects to pan out than the Twins? Just 3 years ago Lee was ranked ahead of Royce Lewis as the Twins best prospect.

 

[Ope3]

Joe Ryan is undermining his trade value.

 

[Roland Brooks]

With help from Brooks Lee

 

[From the Parkinglot]

The twins challenges were amazing tonight.

Non critical pitch by Larnach in the first and Bell in a 0-0 count in the third.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Silly Me

I’m excited by 5 runs