2018 Minnesota Twins season

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2018  Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins cap logo (2002-2022).svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Target Field
City Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Jim Pohlad
President of baseball operations Derek Falvey
General managers Thad Levine
Managers Paul Molitor
Television Fox Sports North
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Torii Hunter)
Radio WCCO
(Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2018 Minnesota Twins season was the 58th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their ninth season at Target Field and the 118th overall in the American League. The Twins began the season on March 29 on the road against the Baltimore Orioles and ended the season at home against the Chicago White Sox. [1] The Twins finished the 2018 season at 78–84, 13 games out of first place in a weak American League Central. The record led to the firing of manager Paul Molitor the day after the season ended. Also, this season would prove to be the 15th and final season for career Twin Joe Mauer, who retired following the season.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 9171.562—49‍–‍3242‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins 7884.4811349‍–‍3229‍–‍52
Detroit Tigers 6498.3952738‍–‍4326‍–‍55
Chicago White Sox 62100.3832930‍–‍5132‍–‍49
Kansas City Royals 58104.3583332‍–‍4926‍–‍55
Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Boston Red Sox 10854.667
Houston Astros 10359.636
Cleveland Indians 9171.562
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 10062.617+3
Oakland Athletics 9765.599—
Tampa Bay Rays 9072.5567
Seattle Mariners 8973.5498
Los Angeles Angels 8082.49417
Minnesota Twins 7884.48119
Toronto Blue Jays 7389.45124
Texas Rangers 6795.41430
Detroit Tigers 6498.39533
Chicago White Sox 62100.38335
Kansas City Royals 58104.35839
Baltimore Orioles 47115.29050

Record vs. opponents

2018 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore —3–163–42–52–41–62–41–51–67–121–51–68–113–45–147–13
Boston 16–3—3–43–44–23–45–16–04–310–92–44–311–86–115–416–4
Chicago 4–34–3—5–147–120–711–82–57–122–42–52–44–24–32–46–14
Cleveland 5–24–314–5—13–63–412–73–310–92–52–42–52–44–23–412–8
Detroit 4–22–412–76–13—1–58–113–47–123–40–73–42–43–44–36–14
Houston 6–14–37–04–35–1—5–113–64–22–512–79–103–412–74–213–7
Kansas City 4–21–58–117–1211–81–5—1–610–92–52–51–50–72–52–56–14
Los Angeles 5–10–65–23–34–36–136–1—4–31–510–98–111–613–64–310–10
Minnesota 6–13–412–79–1012–72–49–103–4—2–52–51–53–42–44–28–12
New York 12–79–104–25–24–35–25–25–15–2—3–35–110–94–313–611–9
Oakland 5–14–25–24–27–07–125–29–105–23–3—9–102–513–67–012–8
Seattle 6–13–44–25–24–310–95–111–85–11–510–9—6–110–93–46–14
Tampa Bay 11–88–112–44–24–24–37–06–14–39–105–21–6—5–113–67–13
Texas 4–31–63–42–44–37–125–26–134–23–46–139–101–5—3–39–11
Toronto 14–54–154–24–33–42–45–23–42–46–130–74–36–133–3—13–7

Roster

2018 Minnesota Twins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Eddie Rosario 138559871613122477830.288.479
Max Kepler 156532801193042058471.224.408
Joe Mauer 12748664137271648051.282.379
Brian Dozier 10441065932121652846.227.405
Robbie Grossman 12939650108271548060.273.384
Eduardo Escobar 97368451013731563134.274.514
Ehire Adrianza 1143354284231639524.251.379
Logan Morrison 9531841591301539134.186.368
Mitch Garver 1023023881192745029.268.414
Jorge Polanco 773023887183642725.288.427
Jake Cave 9128354751621345218.265.473
Miguel Sanó 7126632531401341031.199.398
Logan Forsythe 50178194660014124.258.292
Bobby Wilson 47135122480216012.178.281
Tyler Austin 35123182940924011.236.488
Ryan LaMarre 4399726500818.263.313
Willians Astudillo 29939334132102.355.516
Byron Buxton 2890814400453.156.200
Jason Castro 196349301309.143.238
Gregorio Petit 2661715200336.246.279
Johnny Field 2152813403700.250.500
Chris Gimenez 132968102603.276.517
Taylor Motter 91901000112.053.053
Juan Graterol 3721000001.143.143
Pitcher Totals1622022000000.100.100
Team Totals162552673813793172216670447534.250.405

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Kyle Gibson 10133.6232320196.2177887979179
José Berríos 12113.8432320192.1159838261202
Jake Odorizzi 7104.4932320164.1151898270162
Lance Lynn 785.1020200102.1105615862100
Trevor Hildenberger 465.42730773.07546442670
Taylor Rogers 122.63720268.14920201675
Matt Magill 333.81400056.25824242356
Addison Reed 164.50550056.06530281544
Fernando Romero 334.691111055.26031291945
Ryan Pressly 113.40510047.24619181969
Fernando Rodney 323.094602543.24218151950
Zach Duke 343.62450037.14419151539
Kohl Stewart 213.6884036.23416151824
Gabriel Moya 314.71356036.13519191331
Alan Busenitz 417.82230025.13725221426
Trevor May 413.20241325.12199536
Tyler Duffey 227.20191025.0262220419
Ervin Santana 018.0355024.2312222916
Stephen Gonsalves 226.5774024.22822182216
Matt Belisle 119.13250023.24026241021
Adalberto Mejía 202.0154022.11755913
Zack Littell 026.2082020.12517141114
Oliver Drake 002.21190020.11265722
Chase De Jong 113.5744017.21897613
Aaron Slegers 115.2742013.2178826
Phil Hughes 006.7572012.0149958
John Curtiss 015.688006.184447
Andrew Vasquez 105.409005.054327
Tyler Kinley 0024.304003.199944
David Hale 0012.001003.044442
Willians Astudillo 0045.001001.055500
Mitch Garver 000.001001.010000
Chris Gimenez 0045.001001.065501
Ryan LaMarre 0013.501000.211100
Team Totals78844.50162162371443.114257757215731377

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Game log

The Twins played two games against the Cleveland Indians on April 17 and 18 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [2] [3] The games were considered home games for the Twins. [2] An island-wide power outage occurred on April 18, but the game scheduled for that day was still played. [4] [5]

2018 game log: 78–84 (Home: 49–32; Away: 29–52)
March: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 29@ Orioles 2–3 Bleier (1–0) Rodney (0–1)—45,4690–1L1
2March 30@ Orioles 6–2 Gibson (1–0) Cashner (0–1)—17,7631–1W1
April: 8–14 (Home: 6–6; Away: 2–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
3April 1@ Orioles 7–0 Berríos (1–0) Gausman (0–1)—17,2122–1W2
4April 2@ Pirates 4–5 Taillon (1–0) Lynn (0–1) Kontos (1)30,1862–2L1
5April 4@ Pirates 7–3 Rogers (1–0) Nova —20,6903–2W1
6April 5 Mariners 4–2 Duke (1–0) Altavilla (0–1) Rodney (1)39,2144–2W2
7April 7 Mariners 4–11 Leake (2–0) Berríos (1–1)—18,4164–3L1
–April 8 Mariners Postponed (snow)(Makeup date: May 14.)
8April 9 Astros 2–0 Verlander (2–0) Rogers (1–1) Giles 15,5214–4L2
9April 10 Astros 4–1 Odorizzi (1–0) Keuchel (0–2) Rodney (2)15,5005–4W1
10April 11 Astros 9–8 Rodney (1–1) Peacock (1–1)—15,4386–4W2
11April 12 White Sox 4–0 Berríos (2–1) Giolito (0–2)—15,4747–4W3
–April 13 White Sox Postponed (snow)(Makeup date: June 5)
–April 14 White Sox Postponed (snow)(Makeup date: September 28)
–April 15 White Sox Postponed (snow)(Makeup date: August 20)
12April 17 Indians 1–6 Kluber (2–1) Odorizzi (1–1)—19,5197–5L1
13April 18 Indians 2–1 (16) Busenitz (1–0) Tomlin (0–2)—19,5378–5W1
14April 20@ Rays 7–8 (10) Colomé (1–2) Duke (1–1)—9,7868–6L1
15April 21@ Rays 1–10 Snell (3–1) Gibson (1–1)—10,1068–7L2
16April 22@ Rays 6–8 Colomé (2–2) Reed (0–1)—12,5158–8L3
17April 23@ Yankees 1–14 Tanaka (3–2) Odorizzi (1–2)—39,2498–9L4
18April 24@ Yankees 3–8 Sabathia (1–0) Berríos (2–2)—39,0258–10L5
19April 25@ Yankees 4–7 Green (2–0) Lynn (0–2) Chapman (4)39,2438–11L6
20April 26@ Yankees 3–4 Betances (1–1) Rodney (1–2)—40,7588–12L7
21April 27 Reds 9–15 Hernandez (1–0) Duffey (0–1)—25,0028–13L8
22April 28 Reds 3–1 Odorizzi (2–2) Romano (1–3) Rodney (3)27,1159–13W1
23April 29 Reds 2–8 Mahle (2–3) Berríos (2–3)—25,6779–14L1
24April 30 Blue Jays 5–7 Sanchez (2–2) Lynn (0–3) Osuna (7)16,4569–15L2
May: 13–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
25May 1 Blue Jays 4–7 (10) Clippard (4–0) Curtiss (0–1) Osuna (8)16,2459–16L3
26May 2 Blue Jays 4–0 Romero (1–0) Stroman (0–4)—16,42010–16W1
27May 3@ White Sox 5–6 Jones (2–0) Reed (0–2)—13,26010–17L1
28May 4@ White Sox 6–4 Berríos (3–3) Fulmer (2–2) Rodney (4)15,93611–17W1
29May 5@ White Sox 8–4 Lynn (1–3) Santiago (0–1)—23,76512–17W2
30May 6@ White Sox 5–3 Duke (2–1) Rondón (1–2) Rodney (5)17,42413–17W3
31May 7@ Cardinals 6–0 Romero (2–0) Gant (1–1)—40,18214–17W4
32May 8@ Cardinals 7–1 Odorizzi (3–2) Martínez (3–2)—39,25315–17W5
33May 10@ Angels 4–7 Álvarez (2–0) Berríos (3–4) Johnson (1)30,12715–18L1
34May 11@ Angels 5–4 Magill (1–0) Anderson (0–1) Rodney (6)43,52116–18W1
35May 12@ Angels 5–3 (12) Hildenberger (1–0) Ramirez (1–2) Rodney (7)40,11717–18W2
36May 13@ Angels 1–2 Parker (1–1) Duke (2–2)—38,02917–19L1
37May 14 Mariners 0–1 Pazos (1–0) Hildenberger (1–1) Diaz (14)16,58117–20L2
38May 15 Cardinals 4–1 Berríos (4–4) Cecil (0–1) Rodney (8)24,25918–20W1
39May 16 Cardinals 5–7 Hicks (2–1) Lynn (1–4) Norris (9)25,18018–21L1
40May 18 Brewers 3–8 Suter (3–3) Gibson (1–2)—29,34918–22L2
41May 19 Brewers 4–5 Hader (2–0) Reed (0–3)—30,18218–23L3
42May 20 Brewers 3–1 Reed (1–3) Guerra (0–2) Rodney (9)28,57719–23W1
43May 21 Tigers 4–2 Berríos (5–4) Stumpf (1–3) Rodney (10)17,16120–23W2
44May 22 Tigers 6–0 Lynn (2–4) Boyd (2–4)—25,55921–23W3
45May 23 Tigers 1–4 Fulmer (2–3) Gibson (1–3) Greene (11)23,89121–24L1
46May 25@ Mariners 1–2 Paxton (4–1) Romero (2–1) Díaz (18)19,92421–25L2
47May 26@ Mariners 3–4 (12) Bradford (4–0) Magill (1–1)—23,98621–26L3
48May 27@ Mariners 1–3 Leake (5–3) Berríos (5–5) Colomé (12)31,34021–27L4
49May 28@ Royals 8–5 Lynn (3–4) Junis (5–4) Rodney (11)18,57222–27W1
50May 29@ Royals 1–2 (10) Barlow (1–0) Rogers (1–2)—20,53322–28L1
51May 30@ Royals 8–11 McCarthy (4–2) Romero (2–2) Herrera (12)21,34322–29L2
52May 31 Indians 8–9 Olson (1–1) Reed (1–4) Allen (9)19,14822–30L3
June: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
53June 1 Indians 7–4 Berríos (6–5) Carrasco (6–4) Rodney (12)30,17123–30W1
54June 2 Indians 7–1 Lynn (4–4) Bauer (4–4)—23,47624–30W2
55June 3 Indians 7–5 Rodney (2–2) Allen (2–2)—26,09625–30W3
56June 5 White Sox 4–2 Duffey (1–1) Jones (2–2) Rodney (13)26,26126–30W4
57June 5 White Sox 3–6 Giolito (4–6) Littell (0–1) Soria (5)26,26126–31L1
58June 6 White Sox 2–5 Santiago (2–2) Odorizzi (3–3) Soria (6)20,39326–32L2
59June 7 White Sox 7–2 Berríos (7–5) Shields (1–7)—21,46927–32W1
60June 8 Angels 2–4 Ramirez (2–2) Pressly (0–1) Parker (6)28,38327–33L1
61June 9 Angels 1–2 Skaggs (5–4) Gibson (1–4) Parker (7)24,06127–34L2
62June 10 Angels 7–5 Romero (3–2) Tropeano (3–4)—28,65628–34W1
63June 12@ Tigers 6–4 Pressly (1–1) Coleman (3–1) Rodney (14)20,34029–34W2
64June 13@ Tigers 2–5 Jiménez (3–0) Reed (1–5) Greene (16)19,20629–35L1
65June 14@ Tigers 1–3 Fulmer (3–5) Lynn (4–5) Greene (17)27,57329–36L2
66June 15@ Indians 6–3 Gibson (2–4) Kluber (10–3) Rodney (15)32,63730–36W1
67June 16@ Indians 9–3 Magill (2–1) Carrasco (8–5)—30,28231–36W2
68June 17@ Indians 1–4 Bieber (1–0) Odorizzi (3–4) Allen (14)27,12831–37L1
69June 19 Red Sox 6–2 Duke (3–2) Scott (0–1)—28,55032–37W1
70June 20 Red Sox 4–1 Lynn (5–5) Price (8–5) Rodney (16)33,15333–37W2
71June 21 Red Sox 2–9 Porcello (9–3) Gibson (2–5)—32,63133–38L1
72June 22 Rangers 1–8 Minor (5–4) Romero (3–3) Chavez (1)28,00433–39L2
73June 23 Rangers 6–9 Gallardo (1–0) Odorizzi (3–5) Kela (18)23,23033–40L3
74June 24 Rangers 2–0 Berríos (8–5) Colón (4–5) Rodney (17)23,63334–40W1
75June 26@ White Sox 4–8 Lopez (3–5) Lynn (5–6)—16, 27634–41L1
76June 27@ White Sox 1–6 Shields (3–9) Gibson (2–6)—19,46634–42L3
77June 28@ White Sox 2–1 (13) Busenitz (2–0) Santiago (2–3)—21,61035–42W1
78June 29@ Cubs 6–10 Montgomery (3–2) Berríos (8–6) Morrow (17)41,49235–43L1
79June 30@ Cubs 9–14 Wilson (2–2) Hildenberger (1–2)—40,95035–44L2
July: 14–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
80July 1@ Cubs 10–11 Lester (11–2) Lynn (5–7) Morrow (18)40,05135–45L3
81July 2@ Brewers 5–6 (10) Knebel (2–0) Littell (0–2)—31,35335–46L4
82July 3@ Brewers 0–2 Guerra (5–5) Odorizzi (3–6) Knebel (9)32,37535–47L5
83July 4@ Brewers 2–3 Jeffress (6–1) Berríos (8–7) Knebel (10)36,70035–48L6
84July 5 Orioles 5–2 Slegers (1–0) Cashner (2–9) Rodney (18)23,89536–48W1
85July 6 Orioles 6–2 Lynn (6–7) Bundy (6–8)—27,57037–48W2
86July 7 Orioles 5–4 Gibson (3–6) Castro (2–5) Rodney (19)25,97438–48W3
87July 8 Orioles 10–1 Odorizzi (4–6) Cobb (2–11)—22,55739–48W4
88July 9 Royals 3–1 Berríos (9–7) Hill (1–3) Rodney (20)20,19940–48W5
89July 10 Royals 4–9 Flynn (1–1) Slegers (1–1)—27,55140–49L1
90July 11 Royals 8–5 Lynn (7–7) Sparkman (0–1)—26,70841–49W1
91July 12 Rays 5–1 Gibson (4–6) Snell (12–5) Rodney (21)25,28142–49W2
92July 13 Rays 11–8 Hildenberger (2–2) Eovaldi (3–4)—28,75643–49W3
93July 14 Rays 6–19 Schultz (1–0) Duke (3–3)—25,09443–50L1
94July 15 Rays 11–7 (10) Busenitz (3–0) Andriese (2–4)—25,56144–50W1
89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C.
95July 20@ Royals 5–6 Duffy (6–8) Gibson (4–7) Maurer (1)27,71944–51L1
96July 21@ Royals 2–4 Flynn (2–1) Lynn (7–8) Peralta (3)22,15944–52L2
97July 22@ Royals 3–4 Keller (3–4) Duke (3–4) Peralta (4)18,10744–53L3
98July 23@ Blue Jays 8–3 Mejia (1–0) Santos (0–1)—25,40545–53W1
99July 24@ Blue Jays 5–0 Berríos (10–7) Borucki (0–2)—31,93346–53W2
100July 25@ Blue Jays 12–6 (11) Belisle (1-0) Petricka (1-1)—32,68647–53W3
101July 26@ Red Sox 2–1 Gibson (5-7) Barnes (3-3) Rodney (22)37,43948–53W4
102July 27@ Red Sox 3–4 Thornburg (1–0) Belisle (1–1)—37,27348–54L1
103July 28@ Red Sox 4–10 Porcello (13–4) Odorizzi (4–7)—36,79848–55L2
104July 29@ Red Sox 0–3 Eovaldi (4–4) Berríos (10–8) Kimbrel (33)36,78548–56L3
105July 30 Indians 5–4 Rodney (3-2) Ramirez (0-1)—26,25649–56W1
106July 31 Indians 2–6 Bauer (10–6) Gibson (5–8) Allen (21)25,40749–57L1
August: 14–14 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
107August 1 Indians 0–2 Carrasco (13–5) Magill (2–2) Hand (26)29,26149–58L2
108August 3 Royals 6–4 Moya (1–0) Flynn (2-3) Rodney (23)22,23650–58W1
109August 4 Royals 8–2 Berríos (11-8) Smith (1-3)—27,90951–58W2
110August 5 Royals 6–5 Moya (2-0) Duffy (7-10) Rodney (24)25,39052–58W3
111August 6@ Indians 0–10 Bauer (11–6) Gibson (5–9)—18,62052–59L1
112August 7@ Indians 3–2 Mejia (2–0) Carrasco (13–6) Rodney (25)19,92153–59W1
113August 8@ Indians 2–5 Allen (4-4) Hildenberger (2-3)—25,47653–60L1
114August 9@ Indians 4–5 Miller (2-3) Reed (1-6)—25,94253–61L2
115August 10@ Tigers 3–5 Zimmermann (5–4) Santana (0–1) Greene (24)24,84953–62W1
116August 11@ Tigers 4–3 Gibson (6–9) Liriano (3–7) Hildenberger (1)26,99154–62W1
117August 12@ Tigers 2–4 Boyd (7–10) Stewart (0–1) Greene (25)30,10554–63L1
118August 14 Pirates 5–2 Odorizzi (5–7) Taillon (9–9) Hildenberger (2)28,51555–63W1
119August 15 Pirates 6–4 Moya (3–0) Santana (2–2) Hildenberger (3)26,19156–63W2
120August 16 Tigers 15–8 May (1–0) Liriano (3–8)—25,10857–63W3
121August 17 Tigers 5–4 Gibson (7–9) Boyd (7–11) Rogers (1)26,60558–63W4
122August 18 Tigers 5–7 Carpenter (1–1) Duffey (1–2) Greene (26)31,90458–64L1
123August 19 Tigers 5–4 Hildenberger (3–3) Wilson (1–4)—27,91759–64W1
124August 20 White Sox 5–8 Giolito (9–9) Gonsalves (0–1)—23,43159–65L1
125August 21@ White Sox 5–2 May (2–0) Covey (4–11) Rogers (2)23,13360–65W1
126August 22@ White Sox 3–7 Rodón (5–3) Gibson (7–10)—15,16060–66L1
127August 23 A's 6–4 Busenitz (4–0) Cahill (5–3) Hildenberger (4)24,17161–66W1
128August 24 A's 1–7 Manaea (12–9) Odorizzi (5–8)—22,56861–67L1
129August 25 A's 2–6 Fiers (10–6) Gonsalves (0–2)—28,77261–68L2
130August 26 A's 2–6 Buchter (3–0) Berríos (11–9)—23,31861–69L3
131August 28@ Indians 1–8 Carrasco (16-7) Gibson (7-11)—19,19461–70L4
132August 29@ Indians 4–3 May (3–0) Allen (4–6) Hildenberger (5)20,39862–70W1
133August 30@ Indians 3–5 Clevinger (10–7) Odorizzi (5–9) Hand (30)20,24462–71L1
134August 31@ Rangers 10–7 Magill (3–2) Moore (3–7)—22,80863–71W1
September: 15–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
135September 1@ Rangers 4–7 Gallardo (8–5) Berríos (11–10) Leclerc (8)32,17563–72L1
136September 2@ Rangers 4–18 Méndez (1–1) Moya (3–1) Butler (2)23,42363–73L2
137September 3@ Astros 1–4 Keuchel (11–10) Gibson (7–12) Peacock (3)39,55963–74L3
138September 4@ Astros 2–5 Verlander (14–9) May (3–1) Osuna (13)31,31563–75L4
139September 5@ Astros 1–9 Valdez (3–1) Odorizzi (5–10)—31,01163–76L5
140September 7 Royals 10–6 May (4–1) Sparkman (0–3)—19,94464–76W1
141September 8 Royals 1–4 López (2–4) Berríos (11–11) Peralta (9)25,81464–77L1
142September 9 Royals 3–1 Hildenberger (4–3) Hammel (2–13)—20,90365–77W1
143September 10 Yankees 2–7 Happ (16–6) Gibson (7–13)—21,56565–78L1
144September 11 Yankees 10–5 Stewart (1–1) Gray (10–9)—20,34366–78W1
145September 12 Yankees 3–1 Odorizzi (6–10) Severino (17–8) Hildenberger (4)24,13467–78W2
146September 13@ Royals 4–6 Fillmyer (3–1) Busenitz (4–1) Peralta (11)18,74567–79L1
147September 14@ Royals 4–8 Hammel (3–13) Hildenberger (4–4)—18,38967–80L2
148September 15@ Royals 3–10 Kennedy (2–8) De Jong (0–1)—19,50567–81L3
149September 16@ Royals 9–6 Gibson (8–13) Vasto (0–1)—20,28668–81W1
150September 17@ Tigers 6–1 Stewart (2–1) Zimmermann (7–8)—19,00469–81W2
151September 18@ Tigers 5–3 Odorizzi (7–10) Norris (0–5) Hildenberger (7)19,74070–81W3
152September 19@ Tigers 8–2 Gonsalves (1–2) Turnbull (0–1)—19,29671–81W4
153September 21@ A's 6–7 (11) Treinen (8–2) Magill (3–3)—27,55871–82L1
154September 22@ A's 2–3 Treinen (9–2) Hildenberger (4–5)—36,73171–83L2
155September 23@ A's 5–1 Gibson (9–13) Cahill (6–4) May (1)35,75472–83W1
156September 25 Tigers 2–4 Alcántara (1–0) Hildenberger (4–6) Greene (32)23,84972–84L1
157September 26 Tigers 11–4 Duffey (2–2) Boyd (9–13)—21,31673–84W1
158September 27 Tigers 9–3 Gonsalves (2–2) Liriano (5–12)—22,34274–84W2
159September 28 White Sox 2–1 Berríos (12–11) López (7–10) May (2)20,24575–84W3
160September 28 White Sox 12–4 Jong (1–1) Giolito (10–13)—28,19176–84W4
161September 29 White Sox 8–3 Gibson (10–13) Rodón (6–8)—32,71777–84W5
162September 30 White Sox 5–4 Vasquez (1–0) Covey (5–14) May (3)30,14478–84W6
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

Source [6]

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Joel Skinner
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Tommy Watkins
A-Advanced Fort Myers Miracle Florida State League Ramon Borrego
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Toby Gardenhire
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith
Rookie GCL Twins Arizona League Dan Ramsay
Rookie DSL Twins Dominican Summer League Robbie Robinson

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