What is the story about?
The Silver Slugger nominees were announced last week, with Kody Clemens representing the organization at second base, and the team getting nominated for Offensive Team of the Year. Clemens actually has a decent shot at winning, as he led all AL second basemen with 27 homers, although his competition, Chase Meidroth, did have a higher OPS. Ironically, Luke Keaschall led all AL second basemen in OPS and wRC+, but probably didn’t have enough extra-base hits to be considered a “slugger”. As a team, the Twins
have just an outside chance at winning; the challenge is that they don’t lead the league in any category.
The Past Week on Twinkie Town:
- Check out The Feed, where you can add your discussions about the Twins!
- James Fillmore watched Bad Day at Black Rock for Twinkie Town Movie Night last Friday. We have another baseball-themed movie this week, with 61*.
- Zach Koenig breaks down the lessons the Pohlads could learn from the Brew Crew’s run to the World Series.
- Matt Monitto has an update for his Alphaball Twins league.
Elsewhere in Twins Territory:
- Matthew Leach at MLB.com evaluates the “good” problem that the Twins will need to face next season – too many outfielders.
- Bobby Nightengale at the Star Tribune looks at how the looming MLB lockout might affect the Twins beyond just delaying the 2027 season.
- Matthew Taylor at Twins Daily identifies three free agents that the Twins should avoid this offseason.
- Jackson Kruse at Puckett’s Pond ranks the Twins’ top four realistic targets this offseason.
In the World of Baseball:
- The owners added another wrinkle into CBA negotiations as they proposed postponing the implementation of a salary cap until the 2028 season. However, their current offer still includes a cap and floor. Jeff Passan at ESPN reports on the details of the newest offer.
- Bradford Doolittle at ESPN gives his predictions for the BBWAA awards this week.
- Jesse Borek and Tim Crowley recap the AFL Fall Stars Game.
- Jordan Shusterman provides a scouting report on one of the notable NPB free agents getting posted this year: Teruaki Sato. One quirk this year is that, with the CBA expiring on December 1, teams must read a deal with the posting team prior to that date, rather than within the 45-day posting window.
- Dayn Perry at CBS Sports recaps the offseason rumors, especially with General Managers Meetings starting tomorrow in Las Vegas.
