MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The Minnesota Twins are trading pitcher José Berríos to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays confirmed the trade on Twitter. In return, the Twins are getting Simeon Woods Richardson, a 20-year-old right-handed pitcher and Austin Martin, a 22-year-old shortstop. This season, Berríos is 7-5 with a 3.48 ERA. He was scheduled to start in Friday’s game against the St. Louis…
MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) The “Boomstick” is returning to the Minnesota Twins for at least one more season. According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, the Twins have agreed to terms on a one-year deal to bring Nelson Cruz back to Minnesota. The deal is reportedly worth $13 million. Cruz will return for his third season with the Twins as a…
MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) Kenta Maeda turned out to be the top acquisition for the Minnesota Twins other than Josh Donaldson last off-season, and now he’s a finalist for the American League Cy Young Award. His competition is Cleveland’s Shane Bieber, and Hyun-Jin Ryu of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Twins acquired Maeda in a trade that sent Brusdar Graterol…
MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) Another year in the Major League Baseball post-season, and the same frustrating result for the Minnesota Twins. They said their goodbyes Wednesday and cleaned out their clubhouse after a 3-1 loss to the Astros in Game 2 of the American League Wild Card Series. Swept out of the playoffs. That’s 18 straight post-season losses, the longest…
MINNEAPOLIS – Jorge Polanco committed just two errors at shortstop during the shortened 60-game regular season. The Minnesota Twins’ shortstop had a play in the ninth inning Tuesday he’d love to have back. With two out and two Houston Astros on base, George Springer sent a one-hopper to Polanco at short. A simple throw to second ends the inning, sending the Twins…
MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9)The Minnesota Twins announced their roster Tuesday morning for the American League Wild Card Playoffs against the Houston Astros, and third baseman Josh Donaldson is not listed. Donaldson, the team’s biggest acquisition in free agency, played just 28 of 60 games in the regular season as he battled a calf injury. Donaldson, who hit .222 with six…
FARGO, N.D. — Major League Baseball on Tuesday announced its plans for the playoffs, and they include bubbles in California and Texas due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Wild Card series will feature a best-of-three series, with all games played at the higher-seeded team. The teams that advance out of the Wild Card round will then head to their perspective…
MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) The Minnesota Twins were scheduled to face the Detroit Tigers Thursday night at Comerica Park, but the game has been postponed in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin earlier this week. According to Ken Rosenthal with The Athletic, the Twins held a vote Thursday and decided not to play. It comes a…
MINNEAPOLIS – (FOX 9) Kenta Maeda went from having a bid for a no-hitter with three outs to go to not factoring in the decision Tuesday night as the Minnesota Twins got a 4-3 walk-off win in 12 innings over the Milwaukee Brewers at Target Field. The only hit Maeda allowed was Eric Sogard’s lead-off, bloop single to short center field just over…
MINNEAPOLIS- The MLB gave something for baseball fans to be excited about by providing some optimism towards a season releasing each team’s 60-game schedule on Monday. Division foes will play 10 teams with the Minnesota Twins starting up play on the road with the Chicago White Sox on July 24. Since the league began testing, Miguel Sano and Willians Astudillo…
