DETROIT -- They say that nothing comes easily in baseball -- but it seems that nobody’s told that to Bailey Ober. While the chatter leading up to the Trade Deadline has been around the Twins’ desire to add to their starting rotation, Ober has continued to make his case that

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DETROIT -- Well, there was the regularly scheduled Royce Lewis return-to-the-lineup homer, as expected -- only it came a day later than usual, with Lewis waiting a day following his reinstatement from the injured list to go deep this time. Lewis’ big swing gave the Twins another early lead, this

DETROIT -- Royce Lewis didn’t even celebrate his return to the roster with his customary home run in his first game back -- but there doesn’t seem to be much pressure on Lewis as just one part of the Twins’ upward surge right now. No need to stress when a

DETROIT -- Royce Lewis will settle for just being part of a Twins victory again -- but it’s hard for him and the Twins to ignore his ever-growing track record of homering in his first game back from extended absences, too. That didn’t hold true on Friday, when Lewis was

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MINNEAPOLIS -- After all the talk of the Twins’ inability to go toe-to-toe with the big boys of the league this season, they took the opportunity to flip the script. The Phillies came to town with, by far, the best record in baseball, but the Twins scraped together three gritty

Every team in the Majors will have a strategy leading up to Tuesday’s 6 p.m. ET Trade Deadline, and whether they’re planning to buy or sell -- or, in some cases, do a little bit of each -- decision-makers around the league will surely have an area of focus. Whether

MINNEAPOLIS -- Simeon Woods Richardson walked into the Twins’ clubhouse at Target Field ahead of his start on Tuesday, and that’s when he looked at the lineup card and saw that he’d be starting opposite Phillies ace Zack Wheeler. “Game recognize game,” Woods Richardson said. “Lot of respect. He's a

MLB Network has offered baseball lovers everything they could desire since it launched in 2009. And now, it has never been easier to enjoy the Emmy Award-winning network, because beginning today, MLB Network is available directly to consumers in the United States. Fans can now stream select live out-of-market games,

MINNEAPOLIS -- Carlos Correa can’t play in the Twins’ games these days as he recovers from plantar fasciitis for a second consecutive season, which leaves the shortstop -- who is sometimes jokingly referred to as the Twins’ “assistant general manager” -- plenty of time to send Trade Deadline suggestions to

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Joe Mauer was a stoic, steady presence behind the plate for much of his 15-year career, all with the Twins. But the first sign that his Hall of Fame induction might test that came the night before his speech. As he stepped off the truck carrying him

MINNEAPOLIS -- After the normal postgame questions to Twins manager Rocco Baldelli about individual plays that played into the game’s eventual outcome, the standout performances of the afternoon and the like, his tone and demeanor changed subtly, but distinctly enough to become more intense when the topic turned to the

This story was excerpted from Do-Hyoung Park’s Twins Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. MINNEAPOLIS -- Pablo López’s first half was, in his own words, “very inconsistent, disappointing.” But for all that inconsistency and disappointment, he was still

MINNEAPOLIS -- Though there was some hope that the extended All-Star break would do the banged-up Twins some good, their second half started with two more injury setbacks, with both Carlos Correa (right plantar fasciitis) and Chris Paddack (right forearm strain) heading to the injured list ahead of Saturday’s 8-4

MINNEAPOLIS -- Target Field played host to the largest regular-season crowd in the building’s history on Saturday -- and the Twins and Brewers were gracious enough hosts to provide the requisite drama. The extra-innings portion of Saturday’s entertainment alone carried seemingly an entire game’s worth of emotional swings -- from

With the 2024 MLB Draft in the rear-view mirror, it’s a convenient time to look at the scope of prospects across MLB’s organizations. Who should we be looking out for in the months to come? Here’s a look at one prospect to watch for each club during the rest of

MINNEAPOLIS -- Justin Morneau laughs as he explains that the first time he figured he’d one day be traveling to Cooperstown, N.Y., to watch Joe Mauer get inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame was, in fact, the first at-bat he saw Mauer take in Spring Training. Not only

This story was excerpted from Do-Hyoung Park’s Twins Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. After the Twins began the 2024 season on a bafflingly inconsistent and streaky note -- alternating between stretches of seeming like the best team

With the All-Star break over and the second half of the 2024 season beginning Friday, overlying goals have come into focus for all 30 MLB teams. Some clubs will make major moves at the July 30 Trade Deadline, going all in and dreaming of a World Series title. Others are