What is the story about?
The Vikings are undefeated, the Wolves are undefeated, Gopher football just brought Floyd back home, Gopher men’s hockey just swept the No. 3 Fighting Hawks, Olivia Miles just capped off an incredible rookie season by getting named to the All-WNBA first team, and the Wild are the top team in the Central. That has to mean that the Twins are due for some success as well, right? Well, in Minnesota, we always need one team to provide some misery, so maybe not.
The Past Week on Twinkie Town:
- Check out The Feed, where you can add your discussions about the Twins!
- Zach Koenig tries to understand the paradoxical performance of the 2026 Twins, and what lessons can be learned for 2027.
- Matt Monitto looks into the complexity of creating an MLB schedule.
- Ben Jones grades the 2026 Twins infielders.
- Zach Koenig tries to answer the big question: “Can the Twins avoid another late landslide in 2027?”
- It’s spooky week! Last week, the movie was Beetlejuice,and James Fillmore has Little Shop of Horrors lined up for this week’s Twinkie Town Movie Night!
Elsewhere in
Twins Territory:
- Dan Hayes at The Athletic looks at the future for Royce Lewis.
- Patrick Reusse at Star Tribune gives thanks to Bud Selig for starting the domino effect of the Twins getting Target Field.
- Cody Christie at Twins Daily looks at why the Twins and Joe Ryan have to approach 2027 differently.
- Theo Tollefson at Zone Coverage reviews Brian Dinkelman’s first season as the Saints manager.
- Old friend Mitch Garner announced his retirement.
In the World of Baseball:
- Game 3 of the World Series is tonight, as the Rays hope to turn the tide of the series and get their first win. Will Leitch at MLB.com provides his three pressing questions for both teams before the game.
- Francisco Lindor was named the winner of the 2026 Roberto Clemente Award, recognizing his philanthropic efforts. Anthony DiComo at MLB.com details Lindor’s achievements and what this award means to him.
- Jorge Castillo at ESPN looks at why Junior Caminero is the most important man in the Tampa Bay dugout.
- Cody Stavenhagen at The Athletic writes about how this World Series is bringing up bittersweet memories of Bob Uecker.
- Evan Drellich and Eno Sarris at The Athletic try to find the correlation between competitive balance and World Series success.
- Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman at Yahoo rank the top-50 free agents in this offseason.
