Winning cures all
In a busy week in sports, the Twins managed to not get outshone by all the other sporting events in town, cruising to a 5-1 week at home, bringing their record to 12-16. They are still 4th in the AL Central, but now get a crucial four-game series against the Cleveland Guardians to make up some ground in the division.
The Past Week on Twinkie Town:
- Need to vent about the Twins? Or provide some reasons to calm down? Check out our Game Threads and join the conversation!
- In case you forgot what happened this past weekend, our Game Recaps are back as well!
- Because all Twins successes come with pain, Luke Keaschall was placed on the IL with a broken forearm and in a corresponding move, the Twins traded for Kody Clemens.
- John Foley examines Twins’ pitchers with updated approaches in 2025.
- Zach Koenig takes us back to the 1965 World Series, the Minnesota Twins’ first appearance in the Fall Classic.
- Brian McCann gives his evaluation of Justin Topa and his new pitch, the “kick change”.
Elsewhere in Twins Territory:
- John and Ben are a bit more positive this week, recapping the series against the White Sox and the Angels and looking at the recent offensive surge.
- Bobby Nightengale at the Star Tribune provides a few updates on Harrison Bader, Carlos Correa, and Jonah Bride.
- Betsy Helfand at the Pioneer Press reports on the update to the distribution of playing time behind the plate between Ryan Jeffers and Christian Vazquez.
- Theo Tollefson at Pitcher List breaks down the AAA performances over the weekend from the St. Paul Saints.
In the World of Baseball:
- Now that we’re almost through a full month of baseball, we can actually pretend that the standings mean something! Detroit currently leads the AL with an 18-10 record, although it’s a very close race at the top between the Tigers, Yankees, and the Mariners. The New York Mets hold the lead atop the NL, with one fewer win than the San Francisco Giants.
- The NL West continues to be the best division in baseball, with four out of five teams having records above .500. That being said, it certainly helps that the fifth team is the Colorado Rockies, who look on pace to potentially become the worst team in modern baseball history, just after the White Sox set the record for most losses in the modern era of baseball with 121.
- Atlanta shook up their roster again, bringing back old friend (and 2021 World Series hero) Eddie Rosario.
- Some teams have all the luck, like the Giants yesterday, who had a walk-off Little League homer, thanks to Heliot Ramos and some poor defensive work from the Texas Rangers.