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Titles:

Top Twins Players of the Twenty Twenties

2020 - Won Division, Lost WC Houston

2023 - Won Division, Won WC Toronto, Lost ALDS Houston

Pitchers:

Joe Ryan (3.83) - 18

BallPark:

Sonny Gray (7.62) - 13

Target Field

Kenta Maeda (3.0) - 12

Jhoan Duran (4.69) - 12

Team Name:

Jose Berrios (2.59) - 10

Twins

Pablo Lopez (3.3) - 9

Michael Pineda (1.98) - 7

Owner:

Dylan Bundy (-0.24) - 6

Jim Pohlad

Taylor Rogers (-0.21) - 6

Bailey Ober (5.09) - 6

General Managers:

Randy Dobnak (-0.86) - 5

Derek Falvey (President)

Alex Colome (-0.66) - 5

Thad Levine (GM)

Caleb Thielbar (2.17) - 4

Griffin Jax (0.53) - 5

Managers:

Emilio Pagan (0.97) - 5

Rocco Baldelli

Catchers:

No Hitters:

Mitch Garver (2.08) - 6

None

Gary Sanchez (0.91) - 3

Hall of Famers:

First Basemen:

None

Miguel Sano (0.12) - 8

Jose Miranda (0.99) - 7

Rookie of the Year:

None

Second Basemen:

Jorge Polanco (7.94) - 18

MVP:

Luis Arraez (8.66) - 13

None

ShortStop:

Cy Young:

Carlos Correa (5.45) - 11

None

Andrelton Simmons (1.48) - 5

Notable Events:

Third Base:

Josh Donaldson (3.74) - 9

Gio Urshela (3.19) - 7

2020 - Minnesota continued the success of their 101 win '19 season by

winning the Division once again and finishing at 36-24.

Outfield:

It was the pitching that carried the day as the offense plummeted from

Byron Buxton (10.62) - 21

scoring a run a game more than the league average in '19 to scoring below

Max Kepler (5.32) - 13

the league average in '20. That's massive. Yet the pitching gave up a run a

Nelson Cruz (3.91) - 12

game less than the league average in '20 to save the day.

Nick Gordon (1.93) - 6

Eddie Rosario (0.85) - 3

□ The Twins have been owned by the Pohlad's, Carl and his son Jim, for the

Trevor Larnach (1.89) - 1

past thirty six years. They have had seventeen winning seasons and 19 losing

Michael Taylor (0) - 0

seasons during that tenure. '20 pushed them closer to the .500 mark for this stat.

Joey Gallo (0) - 0

Eleven post season appearances and two World Championships (altho' those came

in '87 and '91). Not too shabby for a small market team that then Commissioner

Notable Events:

Bud Selig wanted to remove from the Major Leagues in '04. Minnesota is one of

the top teams in baseball. Unfortunately for Minnesota, they have continued their

2024 - It's a weak division so the Twins have a good shot at a repeat.

insane post season losing streak to 15 straight games and 10 straight series.

Minnesota was fairly inert in the offseason other than losing a few

It's too bad because the Twins have been an excellent franchise, especially

dispensable players. They will promote mostly from within to replace them.

for a small market team, and this post season nonsense has really hurt them.

Offense:

This lineup doesn't scare anybody. Suprising they scored as well as they

□ Thad Levine has been GM since '16 and the results speak for themselves.

did last year with a bunch of replacement level types of players.

□ C Ryan Jeffers, 27, 2nd round pick in '18, 14 43 .276

□ Rocco Baldelli has been manager since '19 and has presided over two highly

□ C Christian Vazquez,32, '23 FA from Houston, 6 32 .223

successful seasons.

□ 1B Carlos Santana,37, '24 FA from Milwaukee, 11 33 .249

□ 2B Edoard Julien, 25, '19 18th round pick, 16 37 .263

2021-2022 - Minnesota nosedives to a 73-89 mark and follows that up with a

□ SS Carlos Correa, 29, '22 FA from Houston, 18 65 .230

subpar 78-84 in '22. In '21, the pitching collapsed, giving up over five runs a game.

□ 3B Royce Lewis, 25, 1st round pick in '17, 15 52 .309

Twins hurlers bounced back, big time, in '22, but Minnesota underachieved overall.

□ 3B Willi Castro, 27, '23 FA from Detroit, 9 34 .257

□ IF Kyle Farmer, 33, '23 Trade from Reds, 11 46 .256

2023 - Minnesota improves by nine games in the standings and wins the Division

□ OF Manuel Margot, 29, '24 Trade from Dodgers, 4 38 .264

with a mediocre 87-75 mark after being out of the post season the previous two years.

□ OF Matt Wallner, 26, 1st round pick in '19, 14 41 .249

They beat wild card Toronto (who had a better record) before losing to

□ OF Max Kepler, 31, '09 undrafted FA, 24 66 .260

Houston in the ALDS. The defeat of Toronto was significant in that it broke

□ DH Byron Buxton, 30, '12 draft 1st round pick, 17 42 .207

a ten post season series losing streak. Altho' the loss to Houston started

□ OF Alex Kiriloff, 26, 1st round pick in '16, 11 41 .270

the next streak. The offenive production improved a bit from '22, but the

□ OF Walter Jenkins, 20, 5th overall pick in '23, top prospect

pitching took a major leap forward improving 92 runs against the league average.

□ OF Emamanuel Rodriguez 21, IFA in '21, good prospect

The Twins run scoring indicated a 93-69 won-loss mark. A weak bullpen was the

□ SS Brooks Lee, 23, 8th overall pick in '22, well regarded prospect

main reason for the discrepancy between actual and projected W-L record as the

Twins were dropping the close ones.

Pitchers:

The pitching gave up 89 runs less than the league average,

However, the Twins lost several effective hurlers, Sonny Gary and Kenta

Maeda out of the starting rotation and Tyler Mahle and Emilio Pagan out

of the bullpen. The replacements are coming out of the organization.

Louie Varland and Chris Paddack starters and a lot of suspects out of the

bullpen. The bullpen depth was a weak point last year and appears that it

will be again this year. Don't expect Minnesota's pitching to match last season.

□ RHP Joe Ryan, 27, '21 trade from Tampa, 11-10 4.51

□ RHP Pablo Lopez , 27, 23 trade from Miami, 11-8 3.66

□ RHP Bailey Ober, 27, '17 draft 12th round pick, 8-6 3.43

□ RHP Louie Varland, 25, '19 draft 15th round pick, 4-3 4.63