2024 Minnesota Twins season

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2024  Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins Insignia.svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Target Field
City Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record24–16 (.600)
Owners Jim Pohlad
Managers Rocco Baldelli
Television Bally Sports North
Radio WCCO
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2024 Minnesota Twins season is the 64th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 15th season at Target Field, and the 124th overall in the American League. They enter the season as the defending American League Central champions.

Contents

Offseason

In February, the Twins signed Carlos Santana to a one-year, $5.25 million contract, and signed Jay Jackson to a one–year, $1.5 million contract. [1]

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Guardians 25160.610—12–613–10
Minnesota Twins 24160.600½11–813–8
Kansas City Royals 25170.595½15–810–9
Detroit Tigers 20200.5004½9–1111–9
Chicago White Sox 12290.293138–134–16

American League Wild Card

Division leaders		 W L Pct.
Baltimore Orioles 26130.667
Cleveland Guardians 25160.610
Seattle Mariners 22190.537
Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 27150.643+2
Minnesota Twins 24160.600—
Kansas City Royals 25170.595—
Boston Red Sox 21190.5253
Texas Rangers 22200.5243
Detroit Tigers 20200.5004
Tampa Bay Rays 20210.4884½
Oakland Athletics 19230.4526
Toronto Blue Jays 18220.4506
Houston Astros 15250.3759
Los Angeles Angels 15260.3669½
Chicago White Sox 12290.29312½

Records vs. AL Opponents

2024 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2024

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore —3–00–00–00–00–04–24–23–03–11–20–00–00–00–05–4
Boston 0–3—0–02–50–00–00–04–21–20–03–02–20–00–00–07–1
Chicago 0–00–0—1–20–30–01–60–00–70–00–00–03–10–00–03–8
Cleveland 0–05–22–1—1–01–10–02–12–01–26–12–10–00–00–01–2
Detroit 0–00–03–00–1—0–02–10–04–30–31–20–02–11–30–05–3
Houston 0–00–00–01–10–0—0–30–00–00–40–01–20–04–32–13–8
Kansas City 2–40–06–10–01–23–0—0–01–20–00–00–00–01–25–22–2
Los Angeles 2–42–40–01–20–00–00–0—0–30–00–00–03–40–00–04–6
Minnesota 0–32–17–00–23–40–02–13–0—0–00–01–00–00–00–02–3
New York 1–30–00–02–13–04–00–00–00–0—2–20–02–10–03–36–3
Oakland 2–10–30–01–62–10–00–00–00–02–2—0–00–02–40–08–4
Seattle 0–02–20–01–20–02–10–00–00–10–00–0—0–02–11–211–7
Tampa Bay 0–00–01–30–01–20–00–04–30–01–20–00–0—1–22–28–4
Texas 0–00–00–00–03–13–42–10–00–00–04–21–22–1—0–06–5
Toronto 0–00–00–00–00–01–22–50–00–03–30–02–12–20–0—6–6

Updated with the results of all games through May 6, 2024.

Game Log

Legend
 Twins win
 Twins loss
 Postponement
BoldTwins team member
2024 Game Log: 24–16 (Home: 11–8; Away: 13–8)
March/April: 16–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
1March 28@ Royals 4–1 López (1–0) Ragans (0–1) Jax (1)38,7751–0W1
2March 30@ Royals 5–1 Jax (1–0) Smith (0–1)—19,4612–0W2
3March 31@ Royals 0–11 Singer (1–0) Ober (0–1)—13,0052–1L1
4April 2@ Brewers 2–3 Peguero (2–0) Varland (0–1) Uribe (3)41,6592–2L2
5April 3@ Brewers 7–3 Duarte (1–0) Payamps (0–1)—17,8543–2W1
6April 4 Guardians 2–4 Bibee (1–0) López (1–1) Clase (3)35,5953–3L1
7April 6 Guardians 1–3 Sandlin (2–0) Ryan (0–1) Clase (4)25,8063–4L2
—April 7 Guardians Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 9
8April 8 Dodgers 2–4 Paxton (2–0) Jackson (0–1) Phillips (4)15,1773–5L3
9April 9 Dodgers 3–6 Glasnow (3–0) Varland (0–2)—17,0243–6L4
10April 10 Dodgers 3–2 Funderburk (1–0) Vesia (0–1) Okert (1)18,6404–6W1
—April 11@ Tigers Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 13
11April 12@ Tigers 2–8 Skubal (2–0) López (1–2)—12,4344–7L1
12April 13 (1)@ Tigers 11–5 (12) Alcalá (1–0) Lange (0–1)—see 2nd game5–7W1
13April 13 (2)@ Tigers 4–1 Woods Richardson (1–0) Manning (0–1) Sands (1)22,5486–7W2
14April 14@ Tigers 3–4 Vest (1–0) Jax (1–1) Foley (4)17,3176–8L1
15April 15@ Orioles 4–7 Tate (1–0) Varland (0–3) Kimbrel (4)14,6116–9L2
16April 16@ Orioles 3–11 Rodriguez (3–0) Paddack (0–1)—18,1086–10L3
17April 17@ Orioles 2–4 Kimbrel (3–0) Jax (1–2)—15,8606–11L4
18April 19 Tigers 4–5 Chafin (2–0) Thielbar (0–1) Foley (6)13,8496–12L5
19April 20 Tigers 4–3 Ober (1–1) Olson (0–3) Jax (2)20,0647–12W1
20April 21 Tigers 1–6 Mize (1–0) Varland (0–4)—17,7577–13L1
21April 22 White Sox 7–0 Paddack (1–1) Cannon (0–1)—12,4438–13W1
22April 23 White Sox 6–5 Jackson (1–1) Wilson (1–2)—11,2239–13W2
23April 24 White Sox 6–3 Ryan (1–1) Crochet (1–4) Jax (3)12,54610–13W3
24April 25 White Sox 6–3 Sands (1–0) Banks (0–2) Jax (4)20,36311–13W4
25April 26@ Angels 5–3 Ober (2–1) Sandoval (1–4) Thielbar (1)31,08712–13W5
26April 27@ Angels 16–5 Paddack (2–1) Soriano (0–4)—44,47813–13W6
27April 28@ Angels 11–5 López (2–2) Detmers (3–2)—38,95514–13W7
28April 29@ White Sox 3–2 Jax (2–2) Brebbia (0–1) Thielbar (2)10,77215–13W8
29April 30@ White Sox 6–5 Thielbar (1–1) Kopech (0–3) Durán (1)11,60916–13W9
May: 8–3 (Home: 5–2; Away: 3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
30May 1@ White Sox 10–5 Ober (3–1) Leone (0–1)—12,21617–13W10
31May 3 Red Sox 5–2 Paddack (3–1) Houck (3–3) Durán (2)24,48818–13W11
32May 4 Red Sox 3–1 López (3–2) Booser (0–1) Sands (2)23,58719–13W12
33May 5 Red Sox 2–9 Bernardino (1–0) Ryan (1–2)—29,63819–14L1
34May 6 Mariners 3–1 Jax (3–2) Castillo (3–5) Thielbar (3)14,38420–14W1
35May 7 Mariners 6–10 Stanek (1–0) Alcalá (1–1)—14,71020–15L1
36May 8 Mariners 6–3 Paddack (4–1) Kirby (3–3) Durán (3)15,68521–15W1
37May 9 Mariners 11–1 López (4–2) Gilbert (3–1)—22,15422–15W2
38May 10@ Blue Jays 3–2 Ryan (2–2) Kikuchi (2–3) Jax (5)34,20523–15W3
39May 11@ Blue Jays 8–10 Swanson (1–2) Jackson (1–2) Romano (6)35,06923–16L1
40May 12@ Blue Jays 5–1 Ober (4–1) Manoah (0–1)—32,20024–16W1
41May 14 Yankees –—–
42May 15 Yankees –—–
43May 16 Yankees –—–
44May 17@ Guardians –—–
45May 18@ Guardians –—–
46May 19@ Guardians –—–
47May 20@ Nationals –—–
48May 21@ Nationals –—–
49May 22@ Nationals –—–
50May 24 Rangers –—–
51May 25 Rangers –—–
52May 26 Rangers –—–
53May 27 Royals –—–
54May 28 Royals –—–
55May 29 Royals –—–
56May 30 Royals –—–
57May 31@ Astros –—–
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
58June 1@ Astros –—–
59June 2@ Astros –—–
60June 4@ Yankees –—–
61June 5@ Yankees –—–
62June 6@ Yankees –—–
63June 7@ Pirates –—–
64June 8@ Pirates –—–
65June 9@ Pirates –—–
66June 10 Rockies –—–
67June 11 Rockies –—–
68June 12 Rockies –—–
69June 13 Athletics –—–
70June 14 Athletics –—–
71June 15 Athletics –—–
72June 16 Athletics –—–
73June 18 Rays –—–
74June 19 Rays –—–
75June 20 Rays –—–
76June 21@ Athletics –—–
77June 22@ Athletics –—–
78June 23@ Athletics –—–
79June 25@ Diamondbacks –—–
80June 26@ Diamondbacks –—–
81June 27@ Diamondbacks –—–
82June 28@ Mariners –—–
83June 29@ Mariners –—–
84June 30@ Mariners –—–
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
85July 2 Tigers –—–
86July 3 Tigers –—–
87July 4 Tigers –—–
88July 5 Astros –—–
89July 6 Astros –—–
90July 7 Astros –—–
91July 8@ White Sox –—–
92July 9@ White Sox –—–
93July 10@ White Sox –—–
94July 12@ Giants –—–
95July 13@ Giants –—–
96July 14@ Giants –—–
ASG July 16 NL @ AL –—N/A
97July 20 Brewers –—–
98July 21 Brewers –—–
99July 22 Phillies –—–
100July 23 Phillies –—–
101July 24 Phillies –—–
102July 26@ Tigers –—–
103July 27@ Tigers –—–
104July 28@ Tigers –—–
105July 29@ Mets –—–
106July 30@ Mets –—–
107July 31@ Mets –—–
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
108August 2 White Sox –—–
109August 3 White Sox –—–
110August 4 White Sox –—–
111August 5@ Cubs –—–
112August 6@ Cubs –—–
113August 7@ Cubs –—–
114August 9 (1) Guardians –—–
115August 9 (2) Guardians –—–
116August 10 Guardians –—–
117August 11 Guardians –—–
118August 12 Royals –—–
119August 13 Royals –—–
120August 14 Royals –—–
121August 15@ Rangers –—–
122August 16@ Rangers –—–
123August 17@ Rangers –—–
124August 18@ Rangers –—–
125August 19@ Padres –—–
126August 20@ Padres –—–
127August 21@ Padres –—–
128August 23 Cardinals –—–
129August 24 Cardinals –—–
130August 25 Cardinals –—–
131August 26 Braves –—–
132August 27 Braves –—–
133August 28 Braves –—–
134August 30 Blue Jays –—–
135August 31 Blue Jays –—–
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox/Streak
136September 1 Blue Jays –—–
137September 2@ Rays –—–
138September 3@ Rays –—–
139September 4@ Rays –—–
140September 5@ Rays –—–
141September 6@ Royals –—–
142September 7@ Royals –—–
143September 8@ Royals –—–
144September 9 Angels –—–
145September 10 Angels –—–
146September 11 Angels –—–
147September 13 Reds –—–
148September 14 Reds –—–
149September 15 Reds –—–
150September 16@ Guardians –—–
151September 17@ Guardians –—–
152September 18@ Guardians –—–
153September 19@ Guardians –—–
154September 20@ Red Sox –—–
155September 21@ Red Sox –—–
156September 22@ Red Sox –—–
157September 24 Marlins –—–
158September 25 Marlins –—–
159September 26 Marlins –—–
160September 27 Orioles –—–
161September 28 Orioles –—–
162September 29 Orioles –—–

Roster

Minnesota Twins roster
Active rosterInactive rosterCoaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer(s)


Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Manager

Coaches

60-day injured list


Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA St. Paul Saints International League Toby Gardenhire
AA Wichita Wind Surge Texas League Ramon Borrego
A-Advanced Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Brian Dinkleman
A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels Florida State League Brian Meyer
Rookie FCL Twins Florida Complex League Robbie Robinson
Rookie DSL Twins Dominican Summer League Jimmy Alvarez

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  1. ↑ "Twins reach one-year deals with Carlos Santana, Jay Jackson". mlb.com. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
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