2018 Minnesota Twins | ||
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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 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.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
Team | W | L | Pct. |
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Boston Red Sox | 108 | 54 | .667 |
Houston Astros | 103 | 59 | .636 |
Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71 | .562 |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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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
[edit]Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]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 |
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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 |
Source:[1]
Pitching
[edit]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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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 |
Source:[2]
Game log
[edit]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]
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April: 8–14 (Home: 6–6; Away: 2–8)
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May: 13–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–8)
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June: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7)
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July: 14–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 4–10)
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August: 14–14 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–8)
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September: 15–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–10)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Twins team member |
Source[6]
Farm system
[edit]Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Twins will open 2018 season against Orioles". MLB.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ a b "Indians, Twins to play in Puerto Rico in 2018". MLB.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ Wells, Adam. "Twins, Indians to Play 2-Game Series in Puerto Rico in 2018". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ Bonesteel, Matt (April 18, 2018). "Massive Puerto Rico power outage won't stop Indians-Twins MLB game in San Juan". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "Puerto Rico blackout won't impact MLB game". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Minnesota Twins Schedule | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "Twins announce 2018 Minor League staff assignments". MLB.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
External links
[edit]- 2018 Minnesota Twins season at Baseball Reference