Minnesota Twins

After South Jersey natives Tyler Phillips and Buddy Kennedy landed spots the the Phillies, the organization signed another area product on Wednesday.

With the World Series kicking off on Friday night in Los Angeles, it's almost time for the offseason to truly begin. The Twins have already made some moves — dismissing four coaches and hiring a new lead hitting coach, Matt Borgschulte — but player movement won't start until after the World Series concludes. After a late-season collapse, this offseason should provide more intrigue than most as the Twins try to figure out how to plot their way forward. Will the Twins be sold?

The World Series officially begins Friday night, which means we are one step closer to the start of free agency. The Athletic recently ranked the top 45 free agents and the Minnesota Twins were mentioned among teams that are the "best fit" for 10 players. Manaea went 12-6 this season with a 3.47 ERA and 184 strikeouts in 181 2/3 innings. The Athletic's Jim Bowden mentions that he doesn't think there's another player who increased his free-agent value more this year than him.

New ownership could be coming the Twins' way.

The Toronto Blue Jays have hired David Popkins as the team's new hitting coach. Martínez was let go in the wake of Toronto's last-place finish in the American League East this past season. Popkins, a 34-year-old native of San Diego, Calif., spent the past three years as a hitting coach with the Minnesota Twins. “David's ability to game plan and connect with players in different ways is a really exciting addition to our coaching staff,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Monday in a release.

It was nearly impossible to tear Willi Castro off the field this year as the utilityman bounced from position to position for the Twins, playing in 158 games. The 27-year-old, who wrote his name in the record books as the only player in Major League Baseball history to play 25 or more games at five different defensive players in a season, was rewarded by being named to his first All-Star Game in July and being named a Gold Glove Award finalist on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he was announced as the Most Valuable Twin and will be honored at the 20th annual Diamond Awards that will take place on Jan. 23 at the Armory in downtown Minneapolis. While Castro was honored for his defense a day earlier, it was Carlos Santana, the Twins' other Gold Glove Award finalist, who was named the team's Defensive Player of the Year.

It will be a long, long off season for the Minnesota Twins. An almost certain post-season berth went up in smoke when the team went into a late season swoon, which produced cries of firings, finger pointing and shaming and blaming as a result. “Everything we did probably took a step down six weeks ago,” admitted Twins Manager Rocco Baldelli to reporters, including the MSR, during his last post-season meeting after his team concluded its season on a three-game losing streak. Historically, whenever a team collapses as Minnesota mightily did, it is virtually expected that somebody or a bunch of somebodies must take the fall—scapegoats must be sacrificed on the criticism altar.

St. Louis, which maintained a payroll above $170 million over the past two years, is planning to reduce payroll for the 2025 season after failing to surpass 3 million fans this year for the first time since 2003. The Twins drew 1.951 million fans to Target Field this season, which ranked ahead of only seven teams and was below their preseason estimates. They haven't drawn more than 2 million fans in a season since 2019, and they haven't drawn above 2.26 million in a decade.

A Major League Baseball team is up for sale and while billionaire Warren Buffett likely isn't buying the team, he could benefit thanks to a small stake in another team. What Happened: The sale of Major League Baseball (MLB) teams has been rare in ...

EXCLUSIVE: October is Jim “Kitty” Kaat’s time of year. Not only did the southpaw pitch in the World Series three times – winning a ring with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982 – but he became a great broadcaster, covering the MLB playoffs for ESPN, as well as serving as an announcer for the Yankees …

At long last, the Twins have a new television home. Twins games had been on Bally Sports North (previously Fox Sports North) since 2005, but starting next season, Major League Baseball will produce and distribute Twins games. It’s a move that will expand the team’s reach through the Upper Midwest and make games easier to watch for many. But what does this mean and how will this work? Here’s a ...

The Pohlad family has owned the team since 1984.

MLB is stepping in after Diamond Sports Group dropped the contracts of the Guardians, Brewers and Twins.

Tiant won 229 games with six teams in his 19-year MLB career.

The Twins may not have a television home for next season, but they now know that their radio home will continue to be WCCO after coming to an agreement to extend their partnership. The Twins and Audacy announced a multi-year extension on Monday morning that will keep the Twins on 830 WCCO with a simulcast on 102.9 The Wolf and free streaming on the Audacy app for local fans. The length of the ...

The Minnesota Twins and general manager Thad Levine announced they are parting ways after eight years.

All 12 teams were broadcast under DSG's regional sports network brand Bally Sports for this past season.

Pittsburgh’s 76-86 record included a 21-34 mark after the trade deadline that dropped the Pirates out of the playoff race.