2018 Minnesota Twins season

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.

2018 Minnesota Twins
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Target Field
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record	78–84 (.481)
Divisional place	2nd
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 Baseball Reference
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Regular season

Season standings

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	91	71	.562	—	49‍–‍32	42‍–‍39
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	13	49‍–‍32	29‍–‍52
Detroit Tigers	64	98	.395	27	38‍–‍43	26‍–‍55
Chicago White Sox	62	100	.383	29	30‍–‍51	32‍–‍49
Kansas City Royals	58	104	.358	33	32‍–‍49	26‍–‍55

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Boston Red Sox	108	54	.667
Houston Astros	103	59	.636
Cleveland Indians	91	71	.562

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	100	62	.617	+3
Oakland Athletics	97	65	.599	—
Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	.556	7
Seattle Mariners	89	73	.549	8
Los Angeles Angels	80	82	.494	17
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	19
Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	.451	24
Texas Rangers	67	95	.414	30
Detroit Tigers	64	98	.395	33
Chicago White Sox	62	100	.383	35
Kansas City Royals	58	104	.358	39
Baltimore Orioles	47	115	.290	50

Record vs. opponents

2018 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	3–16	3–4	2–5	2–4	1–6	2–4	1–5	1–6	7–12	1–5	1–6	8–11	3–4	5–14	7–13
Boston	16–3	—	3–4	3–4	4–2	3–4	5–1	6–0	4–3	10–9	2–4	4–3	11–8	6–1	15–4	16–4
Chicago	4–3	4–3	—	5–14	7–12	0–7	11–8	2–5	7–12	2–4	2–5	2–4	4–2	4–3	2–4	6–14
Cleveland	5–2	4–3	14–5	—	13–6	3–4	12–7	3–3	10–9	2–5	2–4	2–5	2–4	4–2	3–4	12–8
Detroit	4–2	2–4	12–7	6–13	—	1–5	8–11	3–4	7–12	3–4	0–7	3–4	2–4	3–4	4–3	6–14
Houston	6–1	4–3	7–0	4–3	5–1	—	5–1	13–6	4–2	2–5	12–7	9–10	3–4	12–7	4–2	13–7
Kansas City	4–2	1–5	8–11	7–12	11–8	1–5	—	1–6	10–9	2–5	2–5	1–5	0–7	2–5	2–5	6–14
Los Angeles	5–1	0–6	5–2	3–3	4–3	6–13	6–1	—	4–3	1–5	10–9	8–11	1–6	13–6	4–3	10–10
Minnesota	6–1	3–4	12–7	9–10	12–7	2–4	9–10	3–4	—	2–5	2–5	1–5	3–4	2–4	4–2	8–12
New York	12–7	9–10	4–2	5–2	4–3	5–2	5–2	5–1	5–2	—	3–3	5–1	10–9	4–3	13–6	11–9
Oakland	5–1	4–2	5–2	4–2	7–0	7–12	5–2	9–10	5–2	3–3	—	9–10	2–5	13–6	7–0	12–8
Seattle	6–1	3–4	4–2	5–2	4–3	10–9	5–1	11–8	5–1	1–5	10–9	—	6–1	10–9	3–4	6–14
Tampa Bay	11–8	8–11	2–4	4–2	4–2	4–3	7–0	6–1	4–3	9–10	5–2	1–6	—	5–1	13–6	7–13
Texas	4–3	1–6	3–4	2–4	4–3	7–12	5–2	6–13	4–2	3–4	6–13	9–10	1–5	—	3–3	9–11
Toronto	14–5	4–15	4–2	4–3	3–4	2–4	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–13	0–7	4–3	6–13	3–3	—	13–7

Roster

2018 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers 38 Matt Belisle 17 José Berríos 67 Alan Busenitz 27 John Curtiss 61 Chase De Jong 32 Oliver Drake 21 Tyler Duffey 32 Zach Duke 44 Kyle Gibson 59 Stephen Gonsalves 53 David Hale 39 Trevor Hildenberger 45 Phil Hughes 61 Tyler Kinley 52 Zack Littell 31 Lance Lynn 68 Matt Magill 65 Trevor May 49 Adalberto Mejía 58 Gabriel Moya 12 Jake Odorizzi 57 Ryan Pressly 43 Addison Reed 56 Fernando Rodney 55 Taylor Rogers 77 Fernando Romero 54 Ervin Santana 50 Aaron Slegers 53 Kohl Stewart 62 Andrew Vasquez		Catchers 64 Willians Astudillo 15 Jason Castro 43 Mitch Garver 46 Chris Gimenez 66 Juan Graterol 46 Bobby Wilson Infielders 16 Ehire Adrianza 31 Tyler Austin  2 Brian Dozier  5 Eduardo Escobar 24 Logan Forsythe  7 Joe Mauer 99 Logan Morrison 40 Gregorio Petit 11 Jorge Polanco 22 Miguel Sanó		Outfielders 25 Byron Buxton 60 Jake Cave 51 Johnny Field 36 Robbie Grossman 26 Max Kepler 24 Ryan LaMarre 45 Taylor Motter 20 Eddie Rosario		Manager  4 Paul Molitor Coaches 41 Garvin Alston (pitching) 75 Nate Dammann (bullpen catcher) 13 Gene Glynn (third base) 18 Eddie Guardado (bullpen) 63 Rudy Hernandez (assistant hitting) 30 Jeff Pickler (major league coach) 76 Ben Richardson (bullpen catcher) 33 James Rowson (hitting) 37 Jeff Smith (first base)  9 Derek Shelton (bench)

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Eddie Rosario	138	559	87	161	31	2	24	77	8	30	.288	.479
Max Kepler	156	532	80	119	30	4	20	58	4	71	.224	.408
Joe Mauer	127	486	64	137	27	1	6	48	0	51	.282	.379
Brian Dozier	104	410	65	93	21	2	16	52	8	46	.227	.405
Robbie Grossman	129	396	50	108	27	1	5	48	0	60	.273	.384
Eduardo Escobar	97	368	45	101	37	3	15	63	1	34	.274	.514
Ehire Adrianza	114	335	42	84	23	1	6	39	5	24	.251	.379
Logan Morrison	95	318	41	59	13	0	15	39	1	34	.186	.368
Mitch Garver	102	302	38	81	19	2	7	45	0	29	.268	.414
Jorge Polanco	77	302	38	87	18	3	6	42	7	25	.288	.427
Jake Cave	91	283	54	75	16	2	13	45	2	18	.265	.473
Miguel Sanó	71	266	32	53	14	0	13	41	0	31	.199	.398
Logan Forsythe	50	178	19	46	6	0	0	14	1	24	.258	.292
Bobby Wilson	47	135	12	24	8	0	2	16	0	12	.178	.281
Tyler Austin	35	123	18	29	4	0	9	24	0	11	.236	.488
Ryan LaMarre	43	99	7	26	5	0	0	8	1	8	.263	.313
Willians Astudillo	29	93	9	33	4	1	3	21	0	2	.355	.516
Byron Buxton	28	90	8	14	4	0	0	4	5	3	.156	.200
Jason Castro	19	63	4	9	3	0	1	3	0	9	.143	.238
Gregorio Petit	26	61	7	15	2	0	0	3	3	6	.246	.279
Johnny Field	21	52	8	13	4	0	3	7	0	0	.250	.500
Chris Gimenez	13	29	6	8	1	0	2	6	0	3	.276	.517
Taylor Motter	9	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.053	.053
Juan Graterol	3	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143
Pitcher Totals	162	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100
Team Totals	162	5526	738	1379	317	22	166	704	47	534	.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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Kyle Gibson	10	13	3.62	32	32	0	196.2	177	88	79	79	179
José Berríos	12	11	3.84	32	32	0	192.1	159	83	82	61	202
Jake Odorizzi	7	10	4.49	32	32	0	164.1	151	89	82	70	162
Lance Lynn	7	8	5.10	20	20	0	102.1	105	61	58	62	100
Trevor Hildenberger	4	6	5.42	73	0	7	73.0	75	46	44	26	70
Taylor Rogers	1	2	2.63	72	0	2	68.1	49	20	20	16	75
Matt Magill	3	3	3.81	40	0	0	56.2	58	24	24	23	56
Addison Reed	1	6	4.50	55	0	0	56.0	65	30	28	15	44
Fernando Romero	3	3	4.69	11	11	0	55.2	60	31	29	19	45
Ryan Pressly	1	1	3.40	51	0	0	47.2	46	19	18	19	69
Fernando Rodney	3	2	3.09	46	0	25	43.2	42	18	15	19	50
Zach Duke	3	4	3.62	45	0	0	37.1	44	19	15	15	39
Kohl Stewart	2	1	3.68	8	4	0	36.2	34	16	15	18	24
Gabriel Moya	3	1	4.71	35	6	0	36.1	35	19	19	13	31
Alan Busenitz	4	1	7.82	23	0	0	25.1	37	25	22	14	26
Trevor May	4	1	3.20	24	1	3	25.1	21	9	9	5	36
Tyler Duffey	2	2	7.20	19	1	0	25.0	26	22	20	4	19
Ervin Santana	0	1	8.03	5	5	0	24.2	31	22	22	9	16
Stephen Gonsalves	2	2	6.57	7	4	0	24.2	28	22	18	22	16
Matt Belisle	1	1	9.13	25	0	0	23.2	40	26	24	10	21
Adalberto Mejía	2	0	2.01	5	4	0	22.1	17	5	5	9	13
Zack Littell	0	2	6.20	8	2	0	20.1	25	17	14	11	14
Oliver Drake	0	0	2.21	19	0	0	20.1	12	6	5	7	22
Chase De Jong	1	1	3.57	4	4	0	17.2	18	9	7	6	13
Aaron Slegers	1	1	5.27	4	2	0	13.2	17	8	8	2	6
Phil Hughes	0	0	6.75	7	2	0	12.0	14	9	9	5	8
John Curtiss	0	1	5.68	8	0	0	6.1	8	4	4	4	7
Andrew Vasquez	1	0	5.40	9	0	0	5.0	5	4	3	2	7
Tyler Kinley	0	0	24.30	4	0	0	3.1	9	9	9	4	4
David Hale	0	0	12.00	1	0	0	3.0	4	4	4	4	2
Willians Astudillo	0	0	45.00	1	0	0	1.0	5	5	5	0	0
Mitch Garver	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Chris Gimenez	0	0	45.00	1	0	0	1.0	6	5	5	0	1
Ryan LaMarre	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	78	84	4.50	162	162	37	1443.1	1425	775	721	573	1377

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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) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 March 29 @ Orioles 2–3 Bleier (1–0) Rodney (0–1) — 45,469 0–1 L1 2 March 30 @ Orioles 6–2 Gibson (1–0) Cashner (0–1) — 17,763 1–1 W1
April: 8–14 (Home: 6–6; Away: 2–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 3 April 1 @ Orioles 7–0 Berríos (1–0) Gausman (0–1) — 17,212 2–1 W2 4 April 2 @ Pirates 4–5 Taillon (1–0) Lynn (0–1) Kontos (1) 30,186 2–2 L1 5 April 4 @ Pirates 7–3 Rogers (1–0) Nova — 20,690 3–2 W1 6 April 5 Mariners 4–2 Duke (1–0) Altavilla (0–1) Rodney (1) 39,214 4–2 W2 7 April 7 Mariners 4–11 Leake (2–0) Berríos (1–1) — 18,416 4–3 L1 – April 8 Mariners Postponed (snow) (Makeup date: May 14.) 8 April 9 Astros 2–0 Verlander (2–0) Rogers (1–1) Giles 15,521 4–4 L2 9 April 10 Astros 4–1 Odorizzi (1–0) Keuchel (0–2) Rodney (2) 15,500 5–4 W1 10 April 11 Astros 9–8 Rodney (1–1) Peacock (1–1) — 15,438 6–4 W2 11 April 12 White Sox 4–0 Berríos (2–1) Giolito (0–2) — 15,474 7–4 W3 – 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) 12 April 17 Indians 1–6 Kluber (2–1) Odorizzi (1–1) — 19,519 7–5 L1 13 April 18 Indians 2–1 (16) Busenitz (1–0) Tomlin (0–2) — 19,537 8–5 W1 14 April 20 @ Rays 7–8 (10) Colomé (1–2) Duke (1–1) — 9,786 8–6 L1 15 April 21 @ Rays 1–10 Snell (3–1) Gibson (1–1) — 10,106 8–7 L2 16 April 22 @ Rays 6–8 Colomé (2–2) Reed (0–1) — 12,515 8–8 L3 17 April 23 @ Yankees 1–14 Tanaka (3–2) Odorizzi (1–2) — 39,249 8–9 L4 18 April 24 @ Yankees 3–8 Sabathia (1–0) Berríos (2–2) — 39,025 8–10 L5 19 April 25 @ Yankees 4–7 Green (2–0) Lynn (0–2) Chapman (4) 39,243 8–11 L6 20 April 26 @ Yankees 3–4 Betances (1–1) Rodney (1–2) — 40,758 8–12 L7 21 April 27 Reds 9–15 Hernandez (1–0) Duffey (0–1) — 25,002 8–13 L8 22 April 28 Reds 3–1 Odorizzi (2–2) Romano (1–3) Rodney (3) 27,115 9–13 W1 23 April 29 Reds 2–8 Mahle (2–3) Berríos (2–3) — 25,677 9–14 L1 24 April 30 Blue Jays 5–7 Sanchez (2–2) Lynn (0–3) Osuna (7) 16,456 9–15 L2
May: 13–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 25 May 1 Blue Jays 4–7 (10) Clippard (4–0) Curtiss (0–1) Osuna (8) 16,245 9–16 L3 26 May 2 Blue Jays 4–0 Romero (1–0) Stroman (0–4) — 16,420 10–16 W1 27 May 3 @ White Sox 5–6 Jones (2–0) Reed (0–2) — 13,260 10–17 L1 28 May 4 @ White Sox 6–4 Berríos (3–3) Fulmer (2–2) Rodney (4) 15,936 11–17 W1 29 May 5 @ White Sox 8–4 Lynn (1–3) Santiago (0–1) — 23,765 12–17 W2 30 May 6 @ White Sox 5–3 Duke (2–1) Rondón (1–2) Rodney (5) 17,424 13–17 W3 31 May 7 @ Cardinals 6–0 Romero (2–0) Gant (1–1) — 40,182 14–17 W4 32 May 8 @ Cardinals 7–1 Odorizzi (3–2) Martínez (3–2) — 39,253 15–17 W5 33 May 10 @ Angels 4–7 Álvarez (2–0) Berríos (3–4) Johnson (1) 30,127 15–18 L1 34 May 11 @ Angels 5–4 Magill (1–0) Anderson (0–1) Rodney (6) 43,521 16–18 W1 35 May 12 @ Angels 5–3 (12) Hildenberger (1–0) Ramirez (1–2) Rodney (7) 40,117 17–18 W2 36 May 13 @ Angels 1–2 Parker (1–1) Duke (2–2) — 38,029 17–19 L1 37 May 14 Mariners 0–1 Pazos (1–0) Hildenberger (1–1) Diaz (14) 16,581 17–20 L2 38 May 15 Cardinals 4–1 Berríos (4–4) Cecil (0–1) Rodney (8) 24,259 18–20 W1 39 May 16 Cardinals 5–7 Hicks (2–1) Lynn (1–4) Norris (9) 25,180 18–21 L1 40 May 18 Brewers 3–8 Suter (3–3) Gibson (1–2) — 29,349 18–22 L2 41 May 19 Brewers 4–5 Hader (2–0) Reed (0–3) — 30,182 18–23 L3 42 May 20 Brewers 3–1 Reed (1–3) Guerra (0–2) Rodney (9) 28,577 19–23 W1 43 May 21 Tigers 4–2 Berríos (5–4) Stumpf (1–3) Rodney (10) 17,161 20–23 W2 44 May 22 Tigers 6–0 Lynn (2–4) Boyd (2–4) — 25,559 21–23 W3 45 May 23 Tigers 1–4 Fulmer (2–3) Gibson (1–3) Greene (11) 23,891 21–24 L1 46 May 25 @ Mariners 1–2 Paxton (4–1) Romero (2–1) Díaz (18) 19,924 21–25 L2 47 May 26 @ Mariners 3–4 (12) Bradford (4–0) Magill (1–1) — 23,986 21–26 L3 48 May 27 @ Mariners 1–3 Leake (5–3) Berríos (5–5) Colomé (12) 31,340 21–27 L4 49 May 28 @ Royals 8–5 Lynn (3–4) Junis (5–4) Rodney (11) 18,572 22–27 W1 50 May 29 @ Royals 1–2 (10) Barlow (1–0) Rogers (1–2) — 20,533 22–28 L1 51 May 30 @ Royals 8–11 McCarthy (4–2) Romero (2–2) Herrera (12) 21,343 22–29 L2 52 May 31 Indians 8–9 Olson (1–1) Reed (1–4) Allen (9) 19,148 22–30 L3
June: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 53 June 1 Indians 7–4 Berríos (6–5) Carrasco (6–4) Rodney (12) 30,171 23–30 W1 54 June 2 Indians 7–1 Lynn (4–4) Bauer (4–4) — 23,476 24–30 W2 55 June 3 Indians 7–5 Rodney (2–2) Allen (2–2) — 26,096 25–30 W3 56 June 5 White Sox 4–2 Duffey (1–1) Jones (2–2) Rodney (13) 26,261 26–30 W4 57 June 5 White Sox 3–6 Giolito (4–6) Littell (0–1) Soria (5) 26,261 26–31 L1 58 June 6 White Sox 2–5 Santiago (2–2) Odorizzi (3–3) Soria (6) 20,393 26–32 L2 59 June 7 White Sox 7–2 Berríos (7–5) Shields (1–7) — 21,469 27–32 W1 60 June 8 Angels 2–4 Ramirez (2–2) Pressly (0–1) Parker (6) 28,383 27–33 L1 61 June 9 Angels 1–2 Skaggs (5–4) Gibson (1–4) Parker (7) 24,061 27–34 L2 62 June 10 Angels 7–5 Romero (3–2) Tropeano (3–4) — 28,656 28–34 W1 63 June 12 @ Tigers 6–4 Pressly (1–1) Coleman (3–1) Rodney (14) 20,340 29–34 W2 64 June 13 @ Tigers 2–5 Jiménez (3–0) Reed (1–5) Greene (16) 19,206 29–35 L1 65 June 14 @ Tigers 1–3 Fulmer (3–5) Lynn (4–5) Greene (17) 27,573 29–36 L2 66 June 15 @ Indians 6–3 Gibson (2–4) Kluber (10–3) Rodney (15) 32,637 30–36 W1 67 June 16 @ Indians 9–3 Magill (2–1) Carrasco (8–5) — 30,282 31–36 W2 68 June 17 @ Indians 1–4 Bieber (1–0) Odorizzi (3–4) Allen (14) 27,128 31–37 L1 69 June 19 Red Sox 6–2 Duke (3–2) Scott (0–1) — 28,550 32–37 W1 70 June 20 Red Sox 4–1 Lynn (5–5) Price (8–5) Rodney (16) 33,153 33–37 W2 71 June 21 Red Sox 2–9 Porcello (9–3) Gibson (2–5) — 32,631 33–38 L1 72 June 22 Rangers 1–8 Minor (5–4) Romero (3–3) Chavez (1) 28,004 33–39 L2 73 June 23 Rangers 6–9 Gallardo (1–0) Odorizzi (3–5) Kela (18) 23,230 33–40 L3 74 June 24 Rangers 2–0 Berríos (8–5) Colón (4–5) Rodney (17) 23,633 34–40 W1 75 June 26 @ White Sox 4–8 Lopez (3–5) Lynn (5–6) — 16, 276 34–41 L1 76 June 27 @ White Sox 1–6 Shields (3–9) Gibson (2–6) — 19,466 34–42 L3 77 June 28 @ White Sox 2–1 (13) Busenitz (2–0) Santiago (2–3) — 21,610 35–42 W1 78 June 29 @ Cubs 6–10 Montgomery (3–2) Berríos (8–6) Morrow (17) 41,492 35–43 L1 79 June 30 @ Cubs 9–14 Wilson (2–2) Hildenberger (1–2) — 40,950 35–44 L2
July: 14–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 80 July 1 @ Cubs 10–11 Lester (11–2) Lynn (5–7) Morrow (18) 40,051 35–45 L3 81 July 2 @ Brewers 5–6 (10) Knebel (2–0) Littell (0–2) — 31,353 35–46 L4 82 July 3 @ Brewers 0–2 Guerra (5–5) Odorizzi (3–6) Knebel (9) 32,375 35–47 L5 83 July 4 @ Brewers 2–3 Jeffress (6–1) Berríos (8–7) Knebel (10) 36,700 35–48 L6 84 July 5 Orioles 5–2 Slegers (1–0) Cashner (2–9) Rodney (18) 23,895 36–48 W1 85 July 6 Orioles 6–2 Lynn (6–7) Bundy (6–8) — 27,570 37–48 W2 86 July 7 Orioles 5–4 Gibson (3–6) Castro (2–5) Rodney (19) 25,974 38–48 W3 87 July 8 Orioles 10–1 Odorizzi (4–6) Cobb (2–11) — 22,557 39–48 W4 88 July 9 Royals 3–1 Berríos (9–7) Hill (1–3) Rodney (20) 20,199 40–48 W5 89 July 10 Royals 4–9 Flynn (1–1) Slegers (1–1) — 27,551 40–49 L1 90 July 11 Royals 8–5 Lynn (7–7) Sparkman (0–1) — 26,708 41–49 W1 91 July 12 Rays 5–1 Gibson (4–6) Snell (12–5) Rodney (21) 25,281 42–49 W2 92 July 13 Rays 11–8 Hildenberger (2–2) Eovaldi (3–4) — 28,756 43–49 W3 93 July 14 Rays 6–19 Schultz (1–0) Duke (3–3) — 25,094 43–50 L1 94 July 15 Rays 11–7 (10) Busenitz (3–0) Andriese (2–4) — 25,561 44–50 W1 89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C. 95 July 20 @ Royals 5–6 Duffy (6–8) Gibson (4–7) Maurer (1) 27,719 44–51 L1 96 July 21 @ Royals 2–4 Flynn (2–1) Lynn (7–8) Peralta (3) 22,159 44–52 L2 97 July 22 @ Royals 3–4 Keller (3–4) Duke (3–4) Peralta (4) 18,107 44–53 L3 98 July 23 @ Blue Jays 8–3 Mejia (1–0) Santos (0–1) — 25,405 45–53 W1 99 July 24 @ Blue Jays 5–0 Berríos (10–7) Borucki (0–2) — 31,933 46–53 W2 100 July 25 @ Blue Jays 12–6 (11) Belisle (1-0) Petricka (1-1) — 32,686 47–53 W3 101 July 26 @ Red Sox 2–1 Gibson (5-7) Barnes (3-3) Rodney (22) 37,439 48–53 W4 102 July 27 @ Red Sox 3–4 Thornburg (1–0) Belisle (1–1) — 37,273 48–54 L1 103 July 28 @ Red Sox 4–10 Porcello (13–4) Odorizzi (4–7) — 36,798 48–55 L2 104 July 29 @ Red Sox 0–3 Eovaldi (4–4) Berríos (10–8) Kimbrel (33) 36,785 48–56 L3 105 July 30 Indians 5–4 Rodney (3-2) Ramirez (0-1) — 26,256 49–56 W1 106 July 31 Indians 2–6 Bauer (10–6) Gibson (5–8) Allen (21) 25,407 49–57 L1
August: 14–14 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 107 August 1 Indians 0–2 Carrasco (13–5) Magill (2–2) Hand (26) 29,261 49–58 L2 108 August 3 Royals 6–4 Moya (1–0) Flynn (2-3) Rodney (23) 22,236 50–58 W1 109 August 4 Royals 8–2 Berríos (11-8) Smith (1-3) — 27,909 51–58 W2 110 August 5 Royals 6–5 Moya (2-0) Duffy (7-10) Rodney (24) 25,390 52–58 W3 111 August 6 @ Indians 0–10 Bauer (11–6) Gibson (5–9) — 18,620 52–59 L1 112 August 7 @ Indians 3–2 Mejia (2–0) Carrasco (13–6) Rodney (25) 19,921 53–59 W1 113 August 8 @ Indians 2–5 Allen (4-4) Hildenberger (2-3) — 25,476 53–60 L1 114 August 9 @ Indians 4–5 Miller (2-3) Reed (1-6) — 25,942 53–61 L2 115 August 10 @ Tigers 3–5 Zimmermann (5–4) Santana (0–1) Greene (24) 24,849 53–62 W1 116 August 11 @ Tigers 4–3 Gibson (6–9) Liriano (3–7) Hildenberger (1) 26,991 54–62 W1 117 August 12 @ Tigers 2–4 Boyd (7–10) Stewart (0–1) Greene (25) 30,105 54–63 L1 118 August 14 Pirates 5–2 Odorizzi (5–7) Taillon (9–9) Hildenberger (2) 28,515 55–63 W1 119 August 15 Pirates 6–4 Moya (3–0) Santana (2–2) Hildenberger (3) 26,191 56–63 W2 120 August 16 Tigers 15–8 May (1–0) Liriano (3–8) — 25,108 57–63 W3 121 August 17 Tigers 5–4 Gibson (7–9) Boyd (7–11) Rogers (1) 26,605 58–63 W4 122 August 18 Tigers 5–7 Carpenter (1–1) Duffey (1–2) Greene (26) 31,904 58–64 L1 123 August 19 Tigers 5–4 Hildenberger (3–3) Wilson (1–4) — 27,917 59–64 W1 124 August 20 White Sox 5–8 Giolito (9–9) Gonsalves (0–1) — 23,431 59–65 L1 125 August 21 @ White Sox 5–2 May (2–0) Covey (4–11) Rogers (2) 23,133 60–65 W1 126 August 22 @ White Sox 3–7 Rodón (5–3) Gibson (7–10) — 15,160 60–66 L1 127 August 23 A's 6–4 Busenitz (4–0) Cahill (5–3) Hildenberger (4) 24,171 61–66 W1 128 August 24 A's 1–7 Manaea (12–9) Odorizzi (5–8) — 22,568 61–67 L1 129 August 25 A's 2–6 Fiers (10–6) Gonsalves (0–2) — 28,772 61–68 L2 130 August 26 A's 2–6 Buchter (3–0) Berríos (11–9) — 23,318 61–69 L3 131 August 28 @ Indians 1–8 Carrasco (16-7) Gibson (7-11) — 19,194 61–70 L4 132 August 29 @ Indians 4–3 May (3–0) Allen (4–6) Hildenberger (5) 20,398 62–70 W1 133 August 30 @ Indians 3–5 Clevinger (10–7) Odorizzi (5–9) Hand (30) 20,244 62–71 L1 134 August 31 @ Rangers 10–7 Magill (3–2) Moore (3–7) — 22,808 63–71 W1
September: 15–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 135 September 1 @ Rangers 4–7 Gallardo (8–5) Berríos (11–10) Leclerc (8) 32,175 63–72 L1 136 September 2 @ Rangers 4–18 Méndez (1–1) Moya (3–1) Butler (2) 23,423 63–73 L2 137 September 3 @ Astros 1–4 Keuchel (11–10) Gibson (7–12) Peacock (3) 39,559 63–74 L3 138 September 4 @ Astros 2–5 Verlander (14–9) May (3–1) Osuna (13) 31,315 63–75 L4 139 September 5 @ Astros 1–9 Valdez (3–1) Odorizzi (5–10) — 31,011 63–76 L5 140 September 7 Royals 10–6 May (4–1) Sparkman (0–3) — 19,944 64–76 W1 141 September 8 Royals 1–4 López (2–4) Berríos (11–11) Peralta (9) 25,814 64–77 L1 142 September 9 Royals 3–1 Hildenberger (4–3) Hammel (2–13) — 20,903 65–77 W1 143 September 10 Yankees 2–7 Happ (16–6) Gibson (7–13) — 21,565 65–78 L1 144 September 11 Yankees 10–5 Stewart (1–1) Gray (10–9) — 20,343 66–78 W1 145 September 12 Yankees 3–1 Odorizzi (6–10) Severino (17–8) Hildenberger (4) 24,134 67–78 W2 146 September 13 @ Royals 4–6 Fillmyer (3–1) Busenitz (4–1) Peralta (11) 18,745 67–79 L1 147 September 14 @ Royals 4–8 Hammel (3–13) Hildenberger (4–4) — 18,389 67–80 L2 148 September 15 @ Royals 3–10 Kennedy (2–8) De Jong (0–1) — 19,505 67–81 L3 149 September 16 @ Royals 9–6 Gibson (8–13) Vasto (0–1) — 20,286 68–81 W1 150 September 17 @ Tigers 6–1 Stewart (2–1) Zimmermann (7–8) — 19,004 69–81 W2 151 September 18 @ Tigers 5–3 Odorizzi (7–10) Norris (0–5) Hildenberger (7) 19,740 70–81 W3 152 September 19 @ Tigers 8–2 Gonsalves (1–2) Turnbull (0–1) — 19,296 71–81 W4 153 September 21 @ A's 6–7 (11) Treinen (8–2) Magill (3–3) — 27,558 71–82 L1 154 September 22 @ A's 2–3 Treinen (9–2) Hildenberger (4–5) — 36,731 71–83 L2 155 September 23 @ A's 5–1 Gibson (9–13) Cahill (6–4) May (1) 35,754 72–83 W1 156 September 25 Tigers 2–4 Alcántara (1–0) Hildenberger (4–6) Greene (32) 23,849 72–84 L1 157 September 26 Tigers 11–4 Duffey (2–2) Boyd (9–13) — 21,316 73–84 W1 158 September 27 Tigers 9–3 Gonsalves (2–2) Liriano (5–12) — 22,342 74–84 W2 159 September 28 White Sox 2–1 Berríos (12–11) López (7–10) May (2) 20,245 75–84 W3 160 September 28 White Sox 12–4 Jong (1–1) Giolito (10–13) — 28,191 76–84 W4 161 September 29 White Sox 8–3 Gibson (10–13) Rodón (6–8) — 32,717 77–84 W5 162 September 30 White Sox 5–4 Vasquez (1–0) Covey (5–14) May (3) 30,144 78–84 W6
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Twins team member

Source^[6]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

Source^[7]