2024 Minnesota Twins | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Target Field | |
City | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
Record | 82–80 (.506) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Jim Pohlad | |
Managers | Rocco Baldelli | |
Television | Bally Sports North | |
Radio | WCCO | |
Stats | ESPN.com Baseball Reference | |
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The 2024 Minnesota Twins season was 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 entered the season as the defending American League Central champions. Despite having a 95% chance of making the playoffs as late as September 2, [1] they suffered a late season collapse, which resulted in them failing to improve on their record from 2023. On September 27, they were officially eliminated from postseason contention. [2]
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. [3]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Guardians | 92 | 69 | .571 | — | 50–30 | 42–39 |
Kansas City Royals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6½ | 45–36 | 41–40 |
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6½ | 43–38 | 43–38 |
Minnesota Twins | 82 | 80 | .506 | 10½ | 43–38 | 39–42 |
Chicago White Sox | 41 | 121 | .253 | 51½ | 23–58 | 18–63 |
Team | W | L | Pct. |
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New York Yankees | 94 | 68 | .580 |
Cleveland Guardians | 92 | 69 | .571 |
Houston Astros | 88 | 73 | .547 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Baltimore Orioles | 91 | 71 | .562 | +5 |
Kansas City Royals | 86 | 76 | .531 | — |
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 76 | .531 | — |
Seattle Mariners | 85 | 77 | .525 | 1 |
Minnesota Twins | 82 | 80 | .506 | 4 |
Boston Red Sox | 81 | 81 | .500 | 5 |
Tampa Bay Rays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 6 |
Texas Rangers | 78 | 84 | .481 | 8 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 12 |
Oakland Athletics | 69 | 93 | .426 | 17 |
Los Angeles Angels | 63 | 99 | .389 | 23 |
Chicago White Sox | 41 | 121 | .253 | 45 |
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 8–5 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 9–4 | 5–2 | 7–6 | 20–26 |
Boston | 5–8 | — | 4–3 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 6–7 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 6–7 | 4–2 | 8–5 | 21–25 |
Chicago | 1–6 | 3–4 | — | 5–8 | 3–10 | 2–4 | 1–12 | 4–2 | 1–12 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 0–7 | 1–5 | 11–35 |
Cleveland | 4–3 | 5–2 | 8–5 | — | 7–6 | 1–4 | 5–8 | 5–1 | 10–3 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 24–22 |
Detroit | 4–2 | 4–3 | 10–3 | 6–7 | — | 2–4 | 6–7 | 3–4 | 6–7 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 22–24 |
Houston | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | — | 4–3 | 9–4 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 4–2 | 7–6 | 5–2 | 22–24 |
Kansas City | 2–4 | 2–4 | 12–1 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 3–4 | — | 5–2 | 6–7 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 23–23 |
Los Angeles | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 4–9 | 2–5 | — | 1–5 | 3–3 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 3–4 | 4–9 | 0–7 | 22–24 |
Minnesota | 0–6 | 3–3 | 12–1 | 3–10 | 7–6 | 4–2 | 7–6 | 5–1 | — | 0–6 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 18–28 |
New York | 5–8 | 7–6 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 6–0 | — | 5–2 | 4–3 | 7–6 | 3–3 | 7–6 | 23–23 |
Oakland | 3–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 5–8 | 2–4 | 8–5 | 1–6 | 2–5 | — | 4–9 | 3–4 | 6–7 | 3–3 | 24–22 |
Seattle | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 8–5 | 3–3 | 5–8 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 9–4 | — | 3–3 | 10–3 | 2–4 | 26–20 |
Tampa Bay | 4–9 | 7–6 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 6–7 | 4–3 | 3–3 | — | 1–5 | 9–4 | 26–20 |
Texas | 2–5 | 2–4 | 7–0 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 6–7 | 5–1 | 9–4 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 7–6 | 3–10 | 5–1 | — | 2–4 | 19–27 |
Toronto | 6–7 | 5–8 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 7–0 | 2–4 | 6–7 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–9 | 4–2 | — | 20–26 |
Updated with the results of all games through September 30, 2024.
Source: MLB Standings | ||||||||||||||||
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | LAD | MIA | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | |
Baltimore | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | |
Boston | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
Chicago | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
Cleveland | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
Detroit | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
Houston | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
Kansas City | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
Los Angeles | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
Minnesota | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
New York | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
Oakland | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
Seattle | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
Tampa Bay | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
Texas | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
Toronto | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
Updated with the results of all games through September 30, 2024.
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March/April: 16–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 10–7)
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May: 16–12 (Home: 10–7; Away: 6–5)
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June: 15–12 (Home: 7–3; Away: 8–9)
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July: 12–11 (Home: 6–5; Away: 6–6)
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August: 14–14 (Home: 9–9; Away: 5–5)
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September: 9–18 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–10)
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Yellow background = Team leader in category.
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Willi Castro | 158 | 558 | 89 | 138 | 31 | 5 | 12 | 60 | 14 | 51 | .247 | .385 |
Carlos Santana | 150 | 521 | 63 | 124 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 71 | 4 | 65 | .238 | .420 |
Ryan Jeffers | 122 | 412 | 56 | 93 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 64 | 3 | 32 | .226 | .432 |
José Miranda | 121 | 401 | 44 | 114 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 2 | 18 | .284 | .441 |
Max Kepler | 105 | 368 | 43 | 93 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 22 | .253 | .380 |
Byron Buxton | 102 | 355 | 62 | 99 | 27 | 3 | 18 | 56 | 7 | 20 | .279 | .524 |
Trevor Larnach | 112 | 355 | 59 | 92 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 52 | 4 | 40 | .259 | .434 |
Carlos Correa | 86 | 319 | 55 | 99 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 54 | 0 | 40 | .310 | .517 |
Manuel Margot | 129 | 315 | 37 | 75 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 21 | .238 | .337 |
Christian Vázquez | 93 | 294 | 29 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 11 | .221 | .327 |
Royce Lewis | 82 | 292 | 40 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 47 | 0 | 28 | .233 | .452 |
Edouard Julien | 94 | 266 | 36 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 33 | .199 | .323 |
Austin Martin | 93 | 233 | 41 | 59 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | .253 | .352 |
Matt Wallner | 75 | 220 | 26 | 57 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 37 | 3 | 24 | .259 | .523 |
Kyle Farmer | 107 | 215 | 26 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 19 | .214 | .353 |
Brooks Lee | 50 | 172 | 9 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 11 | .221 | .320 |
Alex Kirilloff | 57 | 159 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 15 | .201 | .384 |
DaShawn Keirsey Jr. | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .385 |
Michael Helman | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .500 |
Diego Castillo | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .500 |
Jaír Camargo | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 |
Team totals | 162 | 5490 | 742 | 1352 | 309 | 23 | 183 | 702 | 65' | 473 | .246 | .411 |
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
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Pablo López | 15 | 10 | 4.08 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 185.1 | 180 | 90 | 84 | 41 | 198 |
Bailey Ober | 12 | 9 | 3.98 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 178.2 | 136 | 81 | 79 | 43 | 191 |
Joe Ryan | 7 | 7 | 3.60 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 135.0 | 110 | 59 | 54 | 23 | 147 |
Simeon Woods Richardson | 5 | 5 | 4.17 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 133.2 | 125 | 63 | 62 | 48 | 117 |
Chris Paddack | 5 | 3 | 4.99 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 88.1 | 102 | 50 | 49 | 21 | 79 |
Cole Sands | 9 | 1 | 3.28 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 71.1 | 59 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 85 |
Griffin Jax | 5 | 5 | 2.03 | 72 | 0 | 10 | 71.0 | 47 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 95 |
David Festa | 2 | 6 | 4.90 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 64.1 | 62 | 36 | 35 | 23 | 77 |
Jorge Alcalá | 4 | 3 | 3.24 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 58.1 | 40 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 58 |
Jhoan Durán | 6 | 9 | 3.64 | 58 | 0 | 23 | 54.1 | 48 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 66 |
Louie Varland | 0 | 6 | 7.61 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 49.2 | 68 | 44 | 42 | 16 | 49 |
Caleb Thielbar | 2 | 4 | 5.32 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 47.1 | 50 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 53 |
Zebby Matthews | 1 | 4 | 6.69 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 37.2 | 51 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 43 |
Steven Okert | 3 | 2 | 5.09 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 35.1 | 37 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 33 |
Kody Funderburk | 1 | 0 | 6.49 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 34.2 | 41 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 32 |
Jay Jackson | 1 | 2 | 7.52 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 26.1 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 29 |
Josh Staumont | 1 | 0 | 3.70 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 18 |
Scott Blewett | 1 | 1 | 1.77 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 20.1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
Ronny Henriquez | 1 | 1 | 3.26 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 19.1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
Michael Tonkin | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
Brock Stewart | 0 | 0 | 5.17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 20 |
Trevor Richards | 0 | 1 | 4.15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 13 |
Diego Castillo | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
Randy Dobnak | 0 | 0 | 5.59 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Josh Winder | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
Matt Bowman | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Kyle Farmer | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Caleb Boushley | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Daniel Duarte | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Cole Irvin | 0 | 1 | 12.27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Brent Headrick | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Justin Topa | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Matt Wallner | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Willi Castro | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team totals | 82 | 80 | 4.26 | 162 | 162 | 43 | 1440.1 | 1333 | 735 | 682 | 433 | 1500 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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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The 2021 Baltimore Orioles season was the 121st season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 68th in Baltimore, and the 30th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They significantly failed at attempting to improve on their 25–35 (.417) record from the previous year. The Orioles endured two different losing streaks of 14 or more between the middle and the end of May, as well as between August 3 and August 24. The Orioles pitching staff combined for a franchise-worst ERA of 5.84 and yielded 911 earned runs in the season, which led MLB and was the most earned runs surrendered by a pitching staff since the 2001 Texas Rangers allowed 913 earned runs. All of the team's pitchers that made a start finished the season with a losing record. The Orioles were eliminated from playoff contention on August 28 with their loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. They suffered their 3rd 100+ loss season in four years with their loss to the Boston Red Sox on September 17. With the Orioles loss in the season finale against the Blue Jays, they suffered their second 110-loss season in team history; it was also the third such season in overall franchise history, going back to their time as the St. Louis Browns.
The 2020 American League Wild Card Series were four best-of-three series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine participating teams in the 2020 American League Division Series. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MLB expanded the postseason from 10 to 16 teams with all teams starting in the wild card round instead of holding the regular Wild Card Game for each league. All games for each series were played at the higher seeded team's home ballpark and were a best-of-three series.
The 2021 Seattle Mariners season was the 45th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 22nd full season at T-Mobile Park, their home ballpark in Seattle, Washington. The M's entered this season with the longest active playoff drought in the four major North American professional sports leagues, attempting to make their first postseason in twenty years. Seattle is the only current Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise without a World Series appearance. Despite posting a 90–72 record, their best since the 2003 season, the Mariners were eliminated from postseason contention for the 20th consecutive season after Boston swept the Washington Nationals to clinch the wild card berth and the Yankees clinched the remaining wild card spot on the last day of the season. This season was the second time during their drought that they’d won two more regular season games than the World Series champions.
The 2021 Minnesota Twins season was the 61st season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 12th season at Target Field and the 121st overall in the American League. The Twins were favored to win the American League Central for the third straight season, and hopes were high that they would break their American sports-leading 18 straight postseason losses. However, due to injuries to players such as superstar center fielder Byron Buxton, the Twins had a poor season, falling from first place in the AL Central the previous two seasons to last in 2021 with a 73–89 record and missing the postseason for the first time since 2018.
The 2022 Minnesota Twins season was the 62nd season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 13th season at Target Field and the 122nd overall in the American League. The team finished third in the American League Central with a 78–84 record.
The 2022 San Francisco Giants season was the 140th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, their 65th year in San Francisco, and their 23rd at Oracle Park. This was the third season under manager Gabe Kapler and also the first season since 2008 without longtime catcher Buster Posey, who retired the previous November.
The 2023 Minnesota Twins season was the 63rd season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 14th season at Target Field, and the 123rd overall in the American League.
The 2023 Los Angeles Angels season was the 63rd season of the Los Angeles Angels franchise in the American League, the 58th in Anaheim, and their 58th season playing their home games at Angel Stadium. Chasing history to try and reach their first playoff appearance since 2014, the Angels started 40–32, but subsequently collapsed and, on September 16, the Angels were eliminated from postseason contention, for the ninth straight year. They repeat their record from the previous year, which was 73–89. They set a mark with their eighth consecutive losing season, eclipsing the mark previously set by the 1971–1977 teams.
The 2023 San Francisco Giants season was the 141st season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, their 66th year in San Francisco, and their 24th at Oracle Park. The team was managed by Gabe Kapler until September where with three games remaining, the Giants relieved Kapler of his duties.
The 2024 Seattle Mariners season was the 48th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 25th full season at T-Mobile Park, their home ballpark in Seattle, Washington. The season opened on March 28 at home against the Boston Red Sox and ended on September 29 at home against the Oakland Athletics.
The 2024 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 27th season in Major League Baseball and their 27th season at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West. They were managed by Torey Lovullo in his eighth season with the franchise. They entered the season as the defending National League champions and runner-ups of the 2023 World Series. The Diamondbacks also opened this season with their best opening game in franchise history with a 16–1 blowout win at home over the Colorado Rockies, with 14 of those runs coming in the third inning.