2020 Minnesota Twins season

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2020  Minnesota Twins
American League Central champions
Minnesota Twins cap logo (2002-2022).svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Target Field
City Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record36–24 (.600)
Divisional place1st
Owners Jim Pohlad
President of baseball operations Derek Falvey
General managers Thad Levine
Managers Rocco Baldelli
Television Fox Sports North
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Justin Morneau) (Marney Gellner) (Audra Martin)
Radio WCCO, KMNB
(Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2020 Minnesota Twins season was the 60th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 11th season at Target Field and the 120th overall in the American League. It was the team's second year under manager Rocco Baldelli.

Contents

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. [1] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. [2] On June 23, Commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day. [3] On the last day of the shortened 2020 season, the Twins clinched the American League Central division title for the second year in a row thanks to a loss by the Chicago White Sox. [4] On September 29, the Twins lost Game One of the ALWCS to the Houston Astros. The game was their seventeenth consecutive postseason loss, which broke the record for the longest postseason losing streak in North American sports, passing the 1975–79 Chicago Blackhawks. [5] The Twins were ultimately swept two games to zero in the best-of-three series, extending their record-breaking losing streak to eighteen games.

Season standings

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 3624.6002471217
Cleveland Indians 3525.583118121713
Chicago White Sox 3525.583118121713
Kansas City Royals 2634.4331015151119
Detroit Tigers 2335.3971212151120
Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 4020.667
Oakland Athletics 3624.600
Minnesota Twins 3624.600
Division 2nd place
Team W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 3525.583
New York Yankees 3327.550
Houston Astros 2931.483
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 3525.583+3
Toronto Blue Jays 3228.533
Seattle Mariners 2733.4505
Los Angeles Angels 2634.4336
Kansas City Royals 2634.4336
Baltimore Orioles 2535.4177
Boston Red Sox 2436.4008
Detroit Tigers 2335.3978
Texas Rangers 2238.36710

Records vs. opponents

TeamCWSCLEDETKCMINNL
Chicago 2–89–19–15–510–10
Cleveland 8–27–35–53–712–8
Detroit 1–93–74–64–611–7
Kansas City 1–95–56–45–59–11
Minnesota 5–57–36–45–513–7

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log: 36–24 (Home: 24–7; Away: 12–17)
July: 5–2 (Home: 3–1; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1July 24@ White Sox 10–5 May (1–0) Giolito (0–1)1–0W1
2July 25@ White Sox 3–10 Keuchel (1–0) Dobnak (0–1)1–1L1
3July 26@ White Sox 14–2 Maeda (1–0) López (0–1)2–1W1
4July 28 Cardinals 6–3 Bailey (1–0) Martínez (0–1) Romo (1)3–1W2
5July 29 Cardinals 3–0 Hill (1–0) Ponce de Leon (0–1) Rogers (1)4–1W3
6July 30 Indians 0–2 Bieber (2–0) Berríos (0–1) Karinchak (1)4–2L1
7July 31 Indians 4–1 Dobnak (1–1) Clevinger (0–1) Rogers (2)5–2W1
August: 15–14 (Home: 9–3; Away: 6–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
8August 1 Indians 3–0 Maeda (2–0) Carrasco (1–1) Rogers (3)6–2W2
9August 2 Indians 3–1 Smeltzer (1–0) Civale (1–1) Romo (2)7–2W3
10August 3 Pirates 5–4 Rogers (1–0) Burdi (0–1)8–2W4
11August 4 Pirates 7–3 Berríos (1–1) Musgrove (0–3) May (1)9–2W5
12August 5@ Pirates 5–2 Dobnak (2–1) Williams (0–3)10–2W6
13August 6@ Pirates 5–6 Howard (1–0) Rogers (1–1)10–3L1
14August 7@ Royals 2–3 Holland (2–0) Wisler (0–1) Rosenthal (2)10–4L2
15August 8@ Royals 6–9 Zuber (1–1) Thorpe (0–1) Rosenthal (3)10–5L3
16August 9@ Royals 2–4 Singer (1–1) Berríos (1–2) Barlow (1)10–6L4
17August 10@ Brewers 4–2 Dobnak (3–1) Houser (1–1) Rogers (4)11–6W1
18August 11@ Brewers 4–6 Williams (1–1) Rogers (1–2) Hader (3)11–7L1
19August 12@ Brewers 12–2 Maeda (3–0) Lauer (0–2)12–7W1
20August 15 (1) Royals 4–2 (7) Duffey (1–0) Speier (0–1) Rogers (5)13–7W2
21August 15 (2) Royals 2–4 (7) Duffy (1–2) Berríos (1–3) Rosenthal (5)13–8L1
22August 16 Royals 4–2 Dobnak (4–1) Singer (1–2) Romo (3)14–8W1
23August 17 Royals 4–1 Smeltzer (2–0) Bubic (0–3)15–8W2
24August 18 Brewers 4–3 (12) Alcalá (1–0) Phelps (2–2)16–8W3
25August 19 Brewers 3–9 Anderson (1–2) Hill (1–1)16–9L1
26August 20 Brewers 7–1 Berríos (2–3) Woodruff (1–2)17–9W1
27August 21@ Royals 2–7 Duffy (2–2) Odorizzi (0–1)17–10L1
28August 22@ Royals 7–2 Dobnak (5–1) Singer (1–3)18–10W1
29August 23@ Royals 5–4 Clippard (1–0) Bubic (0–4) Rogers (6)19–10W2
30August 24@ Indians 3–2 Maeda (4–0) Civale (3–3) Rogers (7)20–10W3
31August 25@ Indians 2–4 Bieber (6–0) Alcalá (1–1) Hand (8)20–11L1
32August 26@ Indians 3–6 Maton (2–0) Romo (0–1) Hand (9)20–12L2
August 27@ Tigers Postponed (strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake); Rescheduled to August 28
August 28 (1)@ Tigers Postponed (rain); Rescheduled to August 29
August 28 (2)@ Tigers Postponed (rain); Rescheduled to September 4
33August 29 (1)@ Tigers 2–8 (7) Boyd (1–4) Dobnak (5–2)20–13L3
34August 29 (2)@ Tigers 2–4 (7) Skubal (1–1) Duffey (1–1) Soto (1)20–14L4
35August 30@ Tigers 2–3 Alexander (2–1) Maeda (4–1) Soto (2)20–15L5
36August 31 White Sox 5–8 Foster (4–0) Rogers (1–3) Colomé (7)20–16L6
September: 16–8 (Home: 12–3; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
37September 1 White Sox 3–2 Thielbar (1–0) Cordero (0–2) Wisler (1)21–16W1
38September 2 White Sox 8–1 Berríos (3–3) López (0–2)22–16W2
39September 4 (1) Tigers 2–0 (7) Dobnak (6–2) Boyd (1–5) Rogers (8)23–16W3
40September 4 (2) Tigers [a] 3–2 (8) Romo (1–1) Jiménez (1–3) May (2)24–16W4
41September 5 Tigers 4–3 Alcalá (2–1) Cisnero (1–2)25–16W5
42September 6 Tigers 8–10 Funkhouser (1–1) Romo (1–2) Garcia (1)25–17L1
43September 7 Tigers 6–2 Pineda (1–0) Fulmer (0–1)26–17W1
44September 8 (1)@ Cardinals 7–3 (7) Berríos (4–3) Martínez (0–2)27–17W2
45September 8 (2)@ Cardinals 4–6 (7) Cabrera (3–1) Dobnak (6–3) Gallegos (4)27–18L1
46September 11 Indians 3–1 Maeda (5–1) Bieber (7–1) Rogers (9)28–18W1
47September 12 Indians 8–4 Hill (2–1) Plesac (3–2)29–18W2
48September 13 Indians 7–5 Thielbar (2–0) McKenzie (2–1) Romo (4)30–18W3
49September 14@ White Sox 1–3 Colomé (2–0) Rogers (1–4)30–19L1
50September 15@ White Sox 2–6 Dunning (2–0) Dobnak (6–4)30–20L2
51September 16@ White Sox 5–1 Stashak (1–0) Giolito (4–3)31–20W1
52September 17@ White Sox 3–4 Heuer (3–0) Clippard (1–1) Colomé (12)31–21L1
53September 18@ Cubs 0–1 Hendricks (6–4) Hill (2–2) Jeffress (8)31–22L2
54September 19@ Cubs 8–1 Pineda (2–0) Mills (5–4)32–22W1
55September 20@ Cubs 4–0 Berríos (5–3) Darvish (7–3)33–22W2
56September 22 Tigers 5–4 (10) Rogers (2–4) Garcia (2–1)34–22W3
57September 23 Tigers 7–6 Maeda (6–1) Mize (0–3)35–22W4
58September 25 Reds 2–7 Lorenzen (3–1) Berríos (5–4)35–23L1
59September 26 Reds 7–3 Clippard (2–1) Castillo (4–6)36–23W1
60September 27 Reds 3–5 Iglesias (4–3) Thielbar (2–1)36–24L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

Notes:

Postseason

2020 Postseason: 0–2 (Home 0–2; Away 0–0)
American League Wild Card Series: 0−2 (Home 0–2; Away 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1September 29 Astros 1–4 Valdez (1–0) Romo (0–1)0–1L1
2September 30 Astros 1–3 Javier (1–0) Stashak (0–2) Pressly (1)0–2L2

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

Roster

2020 Minnesota Twins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 572103154701342319.257.476
Jorge Polanco 55209225480419413.258.354
Miguel Sanó 5318631381201325018.204.478
Nelson Cruz 531853356601633025.303.595
Marwin González 53175153740522017.211.320
Max Kepler 48171273990923322.228.439
Byron Buxton 39130193330132722.254.577
Jake Cave 4211317253241505.221.389
Luis Arráez 3211216369001308.321.402
Ehire Adrianza 448910177003111.191.270
Josh Donaldson 2881141820611018.222.469
Mitch Garver 2372812102507.167.264
Ryan Jeffers 2655515003705.273.436
Alex Avila 2349692012011.184.286
LaMonte Wade Jr. 163939300114.231.308
Ildemaro Vargas 102235110201.227.364
Brent Rooker 71946201500.316.579
Willians Astudillo 81644101300.250.500
Travis Blankenhorn 1301100000.333.667
Aaron Whitefield 3110000000.000.000
Team Totals6019372694688139125814186.242.427

Source:

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
Kenta Maeda 612.701111066.24020201080
José Berríos 544.001212063.05728282668
Randy Dobnak 644.051010046.25021211327
Rich Hill 223.0388038.22813131731
Michael Pineda 203.3855026.2251010725
Tyler Clippard 212.77262026.01998426
Matt Wisler 011.07184125.115331435
Tyler Duffey 111.88220024.01365631
Jorge Alcalá 212.63160024.02187827
Trevor May 103.86240223.1201110738
Taylor Rogers 244.05210920.026149424
Sergio Romo 124.05240520.01699723
Caleb Thielbar 212.25170020.01465922
Lewis Thorpe 016.0671016.12412111010
Devin Smeltzer 206.7571016.0191212515
Cody Stashak 103.00110015.01155317
Jake Odorizzi 016.5944013.2161010312
Homer Bailey 103.382208.063337
Sean Poppen 004.706007.2944410
Zack Littell 009.956006.1127733
Danny Coulombe 000.002002.220033
Cory Gearrin 000.001002.000021
Ehire Adrianza 009.001001.011100
Edwar Colina 0081.001000.143320
Team Totals36243.58606017513.1448215204170535

Source:

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Toby Gardenhire
AA Pensacola Blue Wahoos Southern League Ramon Borrego
A-Advanced Fort Myers Mighty Mussels Florida State League
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Brian Dinkelmam
Rookie Elizabethton Twins Appalachian League Ray Smith
Rookie GCL Twins Gulf Coast League
Rookie DSL Twins Dominican Summer League

References

  1. Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. "Twins clinch 2nd straight AL Central title after White Sox loss to Cubs". Fox 9. September 27, 2020. Archived from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  5. "Twins' record postseason losing streak hits 18 with Minnesota swept by Astros in Wild Card Series". October 2020.
  6. "Tigers, Twins have doubleheader postponed because of weather". FoxSports.com. August 28, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.