Twinkie Town

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Only one crack at October has been crushing for C-4’s skill/leadership set I’m going to state the obvious right from the jump: strictly by the numbers, the signing of Carlos Correa in 2022—followed by the 6-year, $200 million deal before 2023—has been disappointing for the Minnesota Twins. In 2015-2021 with the Houston … [Read more...] about The Carlos Correa contract has been poor by the numbers—but even worse by the postseason non-opportunities

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Minnesota looks to take the series! First Pitch: 3:10 PMTV: Twins.TV, MLB NetworkRadio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM, Audacy, LosTwins.comKnow Yo’ Foe: True Blue LA There’s a hundred and two games this time in the seasonWith months ‘til the year will be ending,And the upcoming deadline should give us a reasonTo judge how the … [Read more...] about Game 102: Twins at Dodgers

Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images A ninth-inning two-out rally crushes Minnesota. Barely,You know they had the game in hand,We had a celebration planned,A joyous feat that we've done before, But barely,They scored a couple off the pen,But couldn't find relief againAnd ended on the other side of the score. Oh, barely.He checked his swing? Nah, spare me.The bases full? Beware … [Read more...] about Dodgers 4, Twins 3: Two (outs) out of three is bad

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Twins are primed to be sellers at the trade deadline. Who is most likely to be off the team when August 1 rolls around? After the Byron Buxton cycle game last week, I mentioned that Buxton might single-handedly keep the Twins from being sellers. Despite his best efforts, the Twins have lost four of five out of the break including … [Read more...] about Twins Trade Candidate Tiers

Our coverage remains the same but with a new look In just a couple of weeks, Twinkie Town is switching to a new platform as part of SB Nation’s network-wide move to a new publishing platform. This will change the look of the site and also make it faster and more reliable on any device you use. This is an upgrade. When you land on the site, it will look cleaner – less clunky, … [Read more...] about A new look coming for Twinkie Town in August