<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-byron-buxton-stolen-base-record-twins-mlb-history');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Byron Buxton accomplished feat never seen before vs. Tigers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Bux.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Rempel-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><h1>Twins’ Byron Buxton accomplished feat never seen before vs. Tigers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-28T12:06:06-07:00">June 28th, 12:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-28T12:06:06-07:00">June 28th, 12:06pm</time><address><a>Josh Davis</a>Josh Davis is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints with a focus on MLB. As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-byron-buxtons-case-for-making-first-mlb-all-star-game-includes-historic-feat">Byron Buxton has stamped his name</a> into the MLB record books with a milestone no player before him has achieved. The Minnesota Twins outfielder became the first in league history to steal 100 or more bases while maintaining a career success rate of 90%. The feat is a testament not just to Buxton’s elite speed, but to his exceptional timing, instincts, and base-running IQ.</p><p>The milestone was reported by The Athletic’s Aaron Gleeman, who shared the <a href="https://x.com/AaronGleeman/status/1939011477861494911" rel="noopener">achievement</a> on his X (formerly Twitter) account.</p><p>“Byron Buxton is 15-for-15 stealing bases this season, raising his career success rate to an even 90%, ” he posted, “Buxton is the only player in MLB history with at least 100 stolen bases and a career success rate of at least 90%.”</p><p>The numbers are eye-popping. Buxton has now swiped 108 bases in 120 attempts, good for an even 90.0% success rate—a mark unmatched by any player with at least 100 steals in modern MLB history. Notably, he’s a perfect 15-for-15 in 2025, showcasing his continued dominance in this aspect of the game.</p><p>For context, base-stealing success rate is a critical modern stat. Anything over 75% is considered efficient. Buxton’s 90% puts him in a category of his own. And while players like Kyle Tucker or Chase Utley have posted great numbers, none have crossed the 100-steal threshold with that level of efficiency.</p><p>Buxton’s base-running savvy has long been a strength, but this season, it’s become a calling card. Despite battling injuries earlier in his career, the Twins star remains one of the league’s most dangerous players on the base-paths.</p><p>This isn’t just a flashy stat. It’s historically significant. With caught stealing data only considered reliable post-1951, and Honus Wagner’s pre-modern totals excluded for that reason, Buxton’s feat stands uncontested in the modern era.</p><p>The MLB stolen base record conversation may still be dominated by legends like Rickey Henderson, but Byron Buxton’s name now holds its own in a different category—precision over volume. And as long as his legs stay healthy, there’s no telling how high that stolen base tally will climb.</p><p>With the All-Star break approaching, this historic accomplishment <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-byron-buxton-leaves-no-doubt-18th-dinger-tigers">puts Buxton squarely back in the national spotlight</a>—and makes him a legitimate storyline in both Twins team narratives and the broader 2025 MLB season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Byron Buxton accomplished feat never seen before vs. Tigers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-byron-buxton-leaves-no-doubt-18th-dinger-tigers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Byron Buxton leaves no doubt with 18th dinger vs. Tigers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Byron-Buxton.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Rempel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Twins’ Byron Buxton leaves no doubt with 18th dinger vs. Tigers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-27T19:35:02-07:00">June 27th, 7:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-27T19:35:02-07:00">June 27th, 7:35pm</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Byron Buxton had an impressive moment take place during Friday’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mariners-news-zach-pop-bullpen-collapse-vs-twins-2025">matchup between the Minnesota Twins</a> and Detroit Tigers.</p><p>Going into the series opener, the Twins were facing the best-performing team in their division. The Tigers have delivered strong performances throughout the first half of the season, making their case to be in playoff contention.</p><p>However, Buxton and the Twins had other plans. In the top of the fifth inning, Buxton <a href="https://x.com/MLB/status/1938758158375121254" rel="noopener">got a solo shot to left field</a>. His home run gave him his 18th of the season, helping Minnesota take a 2-0 lead.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Byron Buxton mashes his 18th homer of the year! <a href="https://t.co/euzOlk9ApI">pic.twitter.com/euzOlk9ApI</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1938758158375121254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>How Byron Buxton, Twins played against Tigers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Byron-Buxton-Carlos-Correa.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Rempel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Byron Buxton and the Twins proved they can beat the likes of the Tigers, taking a 4-1 victory on the road.</p><p>The Twins scored one run in four consecutive innings, going from the fourth frame to the seventh. They did an excellent job at preventing the Tigers from scoring until the eighth inning, which was only one run. Detroit went 6-for-33 in his at-bats, showing how Minnesota excelled on the defensive side of the ball. As for the visitors, they went 6-for-31 in their at-bats, making the most of their chances with the four scores.</p><p>The player who got the win on behalf of Minnesota’s bullpen was David Festa. He was on the mound for 5.2 innings, striking out six batters while conceding two hits. He also finished with a 5.40 ERA after the game.</p><p>As a result, the Twins won their third consecutive game, having taken their last two games against the Seattle Mariners. Minnesota improved to a 40-42 record on the season, holding the third spot of the AL Central Division standings. They are one game behind the Cleveland Guardians and 10.5 games behind the Tigers.</p><p>The Twins will prepare for Game 2 of their series against the Tigers. The contest will take place on June 28 at 1:10 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Byron Buxton leaves no doubt with 18th dinger vs. Tigers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/3-twins-trade-block-2025-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', '3 Twins who must be on trade block ahead of 2025 deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Minnesota-Twins-shortstop-Carlos-Correa-1.jpg"><figcaption>© Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>3 Twins who must be on trade block ahead of 2025 deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-21T15:45:07-07:00">June 21st, 3:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-21T15:45:38-07:00">June 21st, 3:45pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins are 37-39 after the Milwaukee Brewers shut them out 9-0 on Saturday. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-minnesota-concerning-pablo-lopez-injury-update">Minnesota is still reeling from the loss of ace pitcher Pablo Lopez’s shoulder injury</a>. The Twins are still in the conversation to secure one of the three wild card spots in the American League, but have fallen far behind the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central.</p><p>Minnesota had an excellent stretch during May, going 18-8 during the second full month of the season. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-make-target-field-history-with-walk-off-win-over-guardians">Twins set a new winning record at home</a> and were winning clutch games. Unfortunately, the team is 6-13 in June, which forces them to a crossroads at the trade deadline at the end of July.</p><p>Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli and the front office had their eyes on a playoff berth earlier in the season. However, Lopez’s injury drastically affects their chances to seriously contend. With a roster full of older players, the idea of a fire sale at the deadline should not be ignored.</p><p>While the Twins could be waiting for a boost when their injured players come back, none will provide a big enough boost. Royce Lewis is still weeks away from his return from a hamstring injury.</p><p>Here are three players that Minnesota should put on the trade block before the deadline.</p><h2>Shortstop Carlos Correa</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Twins-shortstop-Carlos-Correa.jpg"><figcaption>© Dennis Lee-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><p>The Twins play in one of the smallest markets in Major League Baseball. Because of that, it is difficult for the team to attract free agents to the team. When they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-minnesota-stuns-baseball-world-by-signing-carlos-correa">lured Carlos Correa away from the Houston Astros in 2022</a>, it was a shock. However, the former World Series champion has not been the same since leaving Houston. Injuries and inconsistency has held him back.</p><p>When he joined the Twins, Correa was coming off the best year of his career. Nothing from his 26 home run season would have had Minnesota concerned about his future production. Unfortunately, he has not been good outside of his first season with the Twins. Injury ended Correa’s season early last year, and his future is one of the most important pieces of Minnesota’s puzzle.</p><p>Despite his production being lesser than it was at the beginning of his career, Correa can bring a lot to a new team. His contract is a scary one for a contender to absorb, but there are teams willing to take it on. However, the 30-year-old’s value is tough to gauge. On one hand, the Twins could argue that his production this season is an outlier. However, his <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/32653/carlos-correa" rel="noopener">0.2 WAR</a> doesn’t lie.</p><p>If Minnesota were to trade Correa, it would mark their abandonment of this version of the team. However, the organization might need to take a step back so it can take two steps forward in the future.</p><h2>Starting Pitcher Bailey Ober</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Bailey-Ober.jpg"><figcaption>Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><p>Lopez’s injury has been felt throughout Baldelli’s starting rotation. Bailey Ober has done his best to help pick up the ace’s slack. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-bailey-ober-struggles-vs-rangers">Ober struggles have been ugly</a>; three of his four losses have come without Lopez in the rotation. However, Ober got off to a good start this season, entering June with an ERA less than 3.00.</p><p>The 29-year-old was supposed to be one of the core pieces of Minnesota’s rotation over the next few seasons. However, Lopez’s injury could have other teams try to convince the Twins to move on from their other pitchers. Off all of the team’s starters, Ober is the one that most likely to be made available.</p><p>His one-year deal at just over $3 million is a contender’s dream. Every team looking to make a run at the World Series have their sights set on rentals for the second half of the season. Ober is a player who could change teams at the deadline and build his value over the last few months of the season before seeking a long term deal this winter.</p><h2>Relief Pitcher Jhoan Duran</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1-player-Minnesota-Twins-must-trade-before-2025-deadline.jpg"><figcaption>Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Jhoan Duran is one of the few Twins pitchers who has been consistently good all season. He has a 4-2 record with 10 saves so far in 2025. He is on pace to set career-highs in wins, saves, ERA, and K/BB ratio. Despite Minnesota’s struggles recently, Duran is still one of the most feared closers in the league.</p><p>Teams looking to make a push in the postseason are always looking for an upgrade at the closer position. Duran is the premier target with one year left on his contract and one year of playoff experience under his belt. Very few players on Minnesota’s roster could net them as big a return as Duran could.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/1-player-minnesota-twins-must-trade-before-2025-deadline">Duran’s has already been thrown around ahead of the trade deadline</a>. His value is tricky to evaluate, but the Twins could make out like bandits if they send his expiring deal to the right team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 Twins who must be on trade block ahead of 2025 deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-royce-lewis-heads-il-hamstring-strain');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Royce Lewis heads to IL with hamstring strain');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Twins-Royce-Lewis-notches-a-hit.jpg"><figcaption>Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Twins’ Royce Lewis heads to IL with hamstring strain</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-14T16:22:56-07:00">June 14th, 4:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-14T16:23:12-07:00">June 14th, 4:23pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Royce Lewis emerged during the 2023 MLB playoffs, helping the Minnesota Twins end a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-breaking-down-record-mlb-playoffs-losing-streak">mind-boggling postseason losing streak</a> and advance to the American League Division Series. They ultimately fell short against the Houston Astros, but that October display was supposed to be a forerunner to a successful MLB career. Alas, the former No. 1 overall draft pick has played in just 112 games in the last two seasons. Injuries have severely halted his momentum.</p><p>And there is no sign of that stopping. The Twins third baseman is <a href="https://x.com/betsyhelfand/status/1934008460422557708" rel="noopener">headed back on the injured list</a> with a hamstring injury, according to Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. It is apparently on the milder side, but fans will hesitate to express any optimism when it comes to Lewis’ health. He missed the first six weeks of the season due to the same issue, so there is no telling how long it will take for him to revert to his top form.</p><p>The 26-year-old slugger is barely batting above the Mendoza Line and has a measly two home runs and nine RBIs through 99 at-bats this year. He managed to wield phenomenal power in a limited sample size in 2024, mashing 16 homers in 82 games, but perhaps the physical toll of enduring continuous recoveries is starting to show. Hopefully, Royce Lewis still has time to avoid becoming the latest “what could have been” story.</p><h2><b>Twins are going through it</b></h2><p>Dark clouds are circling Minnesota, as it suffers one brutal blow after another. A day after Lewis exited a 10-3 loss to the Astros, star center fielder <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-byron-buxton-exits-injury-minnesota-astros">Byron Buxton sustained an elbow contusion</a> after getting hit with a pitch. He retreated to the clubhouse, and the Twins lost again, 3-2.</p><p>This ballclub’s 13-game winning streak in May feels like a distant memory now. Minnesota (36-34) has dropped three straight and seven of its last nine, falling nine games behind the first-place Detroit Tigers in the American League Central. Fans are desperate to experience that 2023 playoffs euphoria once again, but that is difficult to envision at this present moment.</p><p>The Twins hope to avoid a sweep in Daikin Park on Sunday afternoon.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Royce Lewis heads to IL with hamstring strain

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-byron-buxton-exits-injury-minnesota-astros');   ga('set', 'title', 'Byron Buxton exits Twins-Astros game with apparent injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Byron-Buxton-during-Twins-Orioles-game.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Byron Buxton exits Twins-Astros game with apparent injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-14T15:23:08-07:00">June 14th, 3:23pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-14T15:23:08-07:00">June 14th, 3:23pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton <a href="https://x.com/betsyhelfand/status/1934006102162575647" rel="noopener">exited Saturday’s game</a> against the Houston Astros, per Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Buxton, who remained in the game after getting hit by a pitch, later <a href="https://x.com/betsyhelfand/status/1934007847907442848" rel="noopener">exited with a left elbow contusion</a>, Helfand reports.</p><p>Buxton features elite potential. He has displayed signs of stardom throughout his career. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/twins-news-minnesota-mixed-bag-byron-buxton-carlos-correa-injury-updates">Buxton has also dealt with injury trouble</a> on a consistent basis.</p><p>A 2022 All-Star, Buxton made his big league debut in 2015. However, he’s only appeared in more than 105 games once — something he accomplished in 2017 by playing in 140 contests. His 102 games played in 2024 was the second most contests he’s appeared in a single season.</p><p>Buxton has played well across 53 matchups in 2025, hitting .276/.338/.507 in his 228 plate appearance heading into Saturday’s affair. It goes without saying, but the Twins and Buxton are hopeful that his elbow contusion will not prove to be too serious. There is a chance he will miss a few games, but perhaps Buxton can avoid a trip to the injured list.</p><p>When healthy, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/twins-news-rocco-baldelli-gushes-about-mesmerizing-byron-buxton-performance">Buxton is one of the better players</a> in the sport.</p><p>As for Saturday’s game, the Twins and Astros are currently tied at 2-2. Minnesota could certainly use the victory. The Twins are in second place in the American League Central with a 36-33 record, but they trail the Detroit Tigers for the division lead by 8.5 games as of this story’s writing.</p><p>In order to have any chance of erasing the deficit, the Twins will need to stay healthy. Injuries have been a problem over the years with stars such as Carlos Correa and Royce Lewis also missing time.</p><p>The Twins will continue to closely monitor and provide updates on Byron Buxton’s injury status as they are made available. Manager Rocco Baldelli may provide an update after the game if any news about the situation surfaces.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Byron Buxton exits Twins-Astros game with apparent injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-bailey-ober-struggles-vs-rangers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Bailey Ober makes admission after struggle vs. Rangers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Bailey-Ober.jpg"><figcaption>Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><h1>Twins’ Bailey Ober makes admission after struggle vs. Rangers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-12T18:12:12-07:00">June 12th, 6:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-12T18:12:12-07:00">June 12th, 6:12pm</time><address><a>Josh Davis</a>Josh Davis is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints with a focus on MLB. As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/3-players-minnesota-twins-fans-are-already-fed-up-with-in-2025">Minnesota Twins are facing mounting concerns</a> in their starting rotation, and Bailey Ober’s latest outing only added to those worries. After surrendering seven earned runs to the Texas Rangers in fewer than five innings on Thursday, the right-hander offered a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6422293/2025/06/12/twins-lose-rangers-bailey-ober-struggles-hip-mechanics/" rel="noopener">candid reflection</a> in The New York Times’ Aaron Gleeman’s postgame report.</p><p>“I think I’ll be fine,” Ober said. “I mean, obviously if I keep pitching like this, then probably not.”</p><p>It was a revealing moment in what’s been a concerning stretch for the 6-foot-9 starter. Ober surrendered four home runs and walked six batters—both career highs—in a 16–3 blowout loss. The outing marked his third straight start with reduced fastball velocity and minimal command, troubling signs for a pitcher the Twins rotation had counted on to help weather the losses of Pablo López and Zebby Matthews to injury.</p><p>Minnesota has now dropped four of its last five series and gone 10–12 since its 13-game win streak ended on May 18th. During that span, the pitching staff owns a 5.22 ERA, and Ober’s individual ERA has ballooned from 3.41 to 4.89 following three rocky starts.</p><p>The declining velocity is particularly notable. In Thursday’s game, Ober averaged just over 90 mph on his fastball and relied heavily on off-speed pitches. Texas batters didn’t miss, hammering 10 balls with exit velocities over 100 mph. His changeup and slider were both taken deep, further highlighting pitch execution issues.</p><p>The pitching depth within the Twins organization is being tested. With López not expected back until at least mid-August and Matthews sidelined into July, Ober’s struggles could force the team to consider internal reinforcements. But options like Andrew Morris and Travis Adams come with experience concerns, and skipping Ober’s next turn could strain an already-thin staff.</p><p>Despite the setback, Ober is slated to start next week in Cincinnati. Whether that happens could depend on how the team weighs his current struggles against the lack of clear alternatives. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-boston-trades-with-twins-to-boost-pitching-depth">If the Twins are going to stay</a> near the top of the AL Central standings, they’ll need answers from their rotation—and soon.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Bailey Ober makes admission after struggle vs. Rangers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-rocco-baldelli-gushes-about-mesmerizing-byron-buxton-performance');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Rocco Baldelli gushes about ‘mesmerizing’ Byron Buxton performance');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Byron-Buxton-with-MN-Twins.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Krohn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Twins’ Rocco Baldelli gushes about ‘mesmerizing’ Byron Buxton performance</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-12T02:34:34-07:00">June 12th, 2:34am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-12T02:34:34-07:00">June 12th, 2:34am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins are looking to keep in step with the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central standings to the best of their ability, and center fielder <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-byron-buxton-479-foot-home-run-vs-rangers">Byron Buxton is certainly doing his part</a>. On Wednesday, Buxton entered flow state; during the Twins’ 6-2 win over the Texas Rangers, Buxton had a tour de force of a performance, doing it all on all sides of the ball.</p><p>Not only did he go 3-3 on the night with a monster three-run shot in the third inning, he also saved a run with an epic diving catch near the warning track to keep the Twins’ deficit to two runs early on in the game. The Twins were powered by such an impressive performance from Buxton, who, when he manages to stay off the injury report, is one of the best and most dynamic outfielders in MLB.</p><p>Buxton’s masterclass of a night drew rave reviews from Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, who <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/byron-buxton-hits-479-foot-home-run-makes-great-catch" rel="noopener">had no shortage of words</a> to describe just how valuable the 31-year-old outfielder is to Minnesota.</p><p>“We saw some things from our center fielder that you probably won’t forget. Pat on the back to everyone who was at the ballpark tonight to be able to watch what he did out there. One of the more mesmerizing performances that you’ll ever see on a field,” Baldelli said, per Patrick Donnelly of MLB.com.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-minnesota-mixed-bag-byron-buxton-carlos-correa-injury-updates">Keeping Buxton healthy is going to be imperative for the Twins’</a> contending hopes. He’s played in over 100 games in just two of the nine seasons (this excludes the COVID-shortened season) he’s played, and he’s dealt with a myriad of injury woes that has prevented him from being as impactful of a player for the Twins as he could be.</p><p>However, there is no question that Buxton is an All-Star-level talent when healthy, and he showed as much on Wednesday in a Twins victory.</p><h2>Twins look to separate themselves from the AL Central logjam</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Minnesota-Twins-shortstop-Carlos-Correa.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Rempel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The AL Central has emerged as one of the most competitive divisions in all of baseball, with four of five teams having a record of .500 or better. The Chicago White Sox aren’t even as bad as they were last year, which is major progress.</p><p>Nonetheless, the Twins will want to gain some separation from the Cleveland Guardians and Kansas City Royals, inching closer instead to the Tigers. Winning the rubber match later tonight against the Rangers will go a long way towards that goal of theirs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Rocco Baldelli gushes about ‘mesmerizing’ Byron Buxton performance

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-boston-trades-with-twins-to-boost-pitching-depth');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox trade with Twins to boost pitching depth');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/unnamed-2_c62e15.jpg"><figcaption>Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Red Sox trade with Twins to boost pitching depth</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-11T20:03:47-07:00">June 11th, 8:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-11T20:19:09-07:00">June 11th, 8:19pm</time><address><a>Scotty White</a>Scotty White is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has been in the sports journalism industry since 2020. He has covered athletics at the University of Michigan and is now serving as an Associate Editor, Chicago Bulls beat writer, and Michigan football reporter at ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Red Sox</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox made several big moves during the offseason to load up for the 2025 season, but things haven’t really panned out yet as the Red Sox currently have a losing record and are in 4th place in the AL East. In order to help change that, the Red Sox made another move on Wednesday as <a href="https://x.com/byrobertmurray/status/1932993631587332558?s=46&amp;t=t0whIKQHb8OeDuFs8twM-g" rel="noopener">they acquired</a> relief pitcher <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/1-trade-boston-red-sox-must-avoid-making-before-2025-deadline">Jorge Alcala in a trade</a> with the Minnesota Twins. The Red Sox bullpen just got stronger.</p><p>“Sources: The Red Sox are acquiring pitcher Jorge Alcala in a trade with the Twins,” Robert Murray said in a post.</p><p>In exchange for Jorge Alcala, the Twins <a href="https://x.com/ChrisCotillo/status/1932994633073627560" rel="noopener">will be receiving</a> third baseman Andy Lugo.</p><p>“Source confirms Red Sox acquire righty Jorge Alcala from Twins for Andy Lugo,” Chris Cotillo said in a post.</p><p>Alcala has had some strong seasons in his career, but this year is not one of them so far. He has appeared in 22 games for the Twins this season, and he has pitched 24.1 innings. Alcala has given up 29 hits and 24 earned runs in those 24.1 innings. His record is 0-2, and he has an 8.88 ERA. He has been struggling this season, but maybe a change of scenery will help Alcala return to his best form.</p><p>Last season was a much better year for Alcala as he appeared in 54 games and finished with a 3.24 ERA. To put things in perspective, he pitched 34 more innings last year and gave up three less runs than he has given up this year. This season has been bad, but there is a much better version of Alcala out there that the Red Sox are hoping to unlock.</p><p>Jorge Alcala has been playing Major League Baseball since 2019, and he has been with the Twins for his entire career. He has had an up and down career as he doesn’t have a lot of appearances in most of the seasons that he has played, but last year was certainly a step in the right direction. If Alcala can consistently find that part of his game, he can be a great reliever. The Red Sox have been struggling this season, so they could really use Alcala’s best form for the remainder of the season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox trade with Twins to boost pitching depth

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-byron-buxton-479-foot-home-run-vs-rangers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Byron Buxton blasts 479 foot bomb vs. Rangers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Twins-Byron-Buxton.jpg"><figcaption> John Froschauer-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>Twins’ Byron Buxton blasts 479 foot bomb vs. Rangers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-11T18:25:35-07:00">June 11th, 6:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-11T18:25:35-07:00">June 11th, 6:25pm</time><address><a>Josh Davis</a>Josh Davis is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints with a focus on MLB. As the founder and creator of OutOfSightSports, Josh spearheads the development and expansion of an engaging social media platform, with a core focus on Twitter/X. A passionate sports writer, Josh is dedicated to delivering compelling content that connects fans and fuels vibrant sports conversations. His vision is to craft stories so vivid that fans feel like they’re standing at the plate or on the field.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Byron Buxton reminded fans exactly <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-rocco-baldelli-reflects-amazing-win-streak-brewers-loss">why the Minnesota Twins still believe</a> in his star power. During Wednesday night’s Texas Rangers vs. Twins clash, the Minnesota center fielder crushed a 479-foot home run, the longest of his career and one of the most jaw-dropping bombs this season.</p><p>The towering third-inning blast came off a slider from Texas rookie Jack Leiter and gave the Twins a 3-2 lead. Statcast measured the homer at 111.6 mph exit velocity and a 25-degree launch angle, proving Buxton’s elite bat speed and perfect timing. It eclipsed his previous longest shot of 477 feet, set in 2022.</p><p>MLB’s official account captured the moment on X (formerly known as Twitter), <a href="https://x.com/MLB/status/1932958226905022597" rel="noopener">emphatically sharing</a> the following caption along with a video of the three-run blast.</p><p>“479 FEET! BYRON BUXTON LAUNCHES ONE WAY OUT!”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">479 FEET!</p><p>BYRON BUXTON LAUNCHES ONE WAY OUT! <a href="https://t.co/RfVlPgFdkg">pic.twitter.com/RfVlPgFdkg</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1932958226905022597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Buxton’s bomb came at a pivotal moment. The Twins entered the second game of their series against the Rangers having suffered a 16-4 blowout the night before. At 35-31, Minnesota sits second in the AL Central, chasing a surging Detroit Tigers squad. The longest home run of Buxton’s career couldn’t have come at a better time for morale.</p><p>What makes this blast more impressive is the story behind it. Just weeks ago, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/carlos-correa-placed-on-il-after-scary-byron-buxton-collision">Buxton was sidelined with a concussion after a collision</a> with Carlos Correa. Despite constant injuries throughout his career, the 31-year-old slugger continues to deliver when healthy. With 143 career home runs and 11 this season, Buxton remains a major threat in the Minnesota lineup.</p><p>The team continues to battle through adversity with several key players still out. Yet Buxton’s heroics highlight what this club can do when its stars shine. His resilience, power, and ability to change a game with one swing are why Minnesota is still very much in the playoff hunt.</p><p>In a critical stretch of the season, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-make-target-field-history-with-walk-off-win-over-guardians">Twins will need more moments like this</a>—moments that show why Buxton is one of the game’s most dynamic talents.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Byron Buxton blasts 479 foot bomb vs. Rangers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-receive-carlos-correa-boost-blue-jays-clash');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins receive Carlos Correa boost for Blue Jays clash');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Twins-shortstop-Carlos-Correa.jpg"><figcaption>© Dennis Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Twins receive Carlos Correa boost for Blue Jays clash</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-07T08:55:10-07:00">June 7th, 8:55am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-07T08:55:33-07:00">June 7th, 8:55am</time><address><a>Benjamin Adducchio</a>Benjamin Adducchio is a journalist and writer with more than a decade of experience in covering sports news. Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins are getting some good news. Infielder Carlos Correa is <a href="https://x.com/AaronGleeman/status/1931365340040040948" rel="noopener">back for the club</a> on Saturday, per The Athletic. He will suit up for the team in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.</p><p>Correa has been dealing with a back injury. It has <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/carlos-correa-scratched-with-back-tightness-will-miss-next-game" rel="noopener">kept him off the field</a> for the last few days.</p><p>“Every swing that I slip at the plate I feel my back compensating to stabilize me throughout the motion,” Correa said on Thursday, per MLB.com. “It’s just discomfort in my middle back and I don’t want to make it worse, where I miss months of the season [just to play] two games. We’re taking the smart option of taking these two days [off] so I can go back home and play at home. I’m not going to be slipping at the plate.”</p><p>The Twins infielder is playing shortstop against Toronto Saturday. He is also batting third in the lineup, per The Athletic.</p><p>This season, Correa is batting at a .241 average for the Twins. He has blasted five home runs and picked up 19 RBIs. In his last appearance on June 3, the infielder posted an RBI in a game against the Athletics.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/twins-make-target-field-history-with-walk-off-win-over-guardians">The Twins are currently in second place</a> in the American League Central. Minnesota is seven games behind Detroit, while holding a 34-29 overall record.</p><h2><b>Carlos Correa is a key part of the Twins lineup</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Carlos-Correa_d527ef.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mets-news-mark-vientos-joins-carlos-correa-manny-ramirez-mlb-history-game-2-feat">Correa has been a key cog in the machine for the Twins</a>. Last season, the shortstop batted .310 with 54 runs batted in. He has played for Minnesota since the 2022 season.</p><p>While the infielder has battled back tightness, it hasn’t looked too serious.</p><p>“He’s got a little bit of tightness, but I think he’s going to be fine for the return home would be my guess,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “I don’t want to speculate too much. Not likely he’s going to be in the lineup [Thursday] but, again, I’m not concerned right now with anything long-term at all.”</p><p>The Twins are trying to keep up with Detroit in their division. The Tigers have the most wins in baseball this season, and Minnesota needs Correa to keep his strong hitting going.</p><p>The Twins and Blue Jays play Saturday at 2:10 Eastern. Toronto comes in with a 34-29 record.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins receive Carlos Correa boost for Blue Jays clash

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-joe-ryan-reveals-blame-for-pablo-lopez-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Joe Ryan reveals who’s to blame for Pablo Lopez injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Minnesota-Twins-starting-pitcher-Pablo-Lopez.jpg"><figcaption>Dennis Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Twins’ Joe Ryan reveals who’s to blame for Pablo Lopez injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-06T12:45:28-07:00">June 6th, 12:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-06T14:38:00-07:00">June 6th, 2:38pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins had an excellent month in May. They won the majority of their games and have rode that momentum into June. However, the Twins will have to push forward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-minnesota-concerning-pablo-lopez-injury-update">without Pablo Lopez after their ace went onto the 15-day injured list</a>. The 29-year-old left his last start on the road in Sacramento after five innings and is now dealing with pain in his right shoulder. Joe Ryan will take his place atop Minnesota’s rotation, but he thinks the Athletics’ field is the reason why Lopez got hurt.</p><p>Both Ryan and Lopez have pitched all over the country throughout their careers. However, this season was their first time pitching at the Athletics’ new ballpark in Sacramento as the team transitions to Las Vegas. Both they and the Tampa Bay Rays are unable to play at their regular stadiums, and their opponents have felt the difference.</p><p>While talking to The Athletic’s Dan Hayes, Ryan <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6407653/2025/06/06/tampa-sacramento-ballpark-playing-conditions-rays-athletics-twins/" rel="noopener">spoke about the conditions of the fields</a>. According to him, Zack Wheeler reached out to Ryan about the substitute fields that host the Athletics’ home games.</p><p>“The first thing I thought of was Wheeler saying, ‘I was all arm when I was here,’” Ryan said. “Does that play into that? Someone was mentioning it. We’re in the big leagues, and we have these amenities for a reason. It’s to get prepared and go inside if you need to for a second. Whatever your routine is, you can’t do that here. You can’t do that in Tampa. As (Lopez’s) teammate, it makes it sting a little bit more. I don’t think Pablo is the kind of guy that’s going to say (the mound was the issue), but I’ll say it.”</p><p>The conditions of the field have become a bigger point of emphasis as the season has gone on. There is no increase in the frequency of injuries, but players across the league can tell the difference.</p><p>Lopez’s absence hurts the Twins, who have are in the middle of a tight race in the American League Central. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-rocco-baldelli-reflects-amazing-win-streak-brewers-loss">Minnesota hopes to ride their stellar play</a> in May into the summer. As for Ryan, he will do what he can without Lopez as the team’s replacement ace. Unfortunately, Minnesota will miss a key piece for at least the next two weeks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Joe Ryan reveals who’s to blame for Pablo Lopez injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-minnesota-calling-pitching-prospect-amid-pablo-lopez-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins calling up pitching prospect amid Pablo Lopez injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Minnesota-Twins-pitcher-Travis-Adams.jpg"><figcaption>Chris Tilley-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Twins calling up pitching prospect amid Pablo Lopez injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-06T05:04:29-07:00">June 6th, 5:04am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-06T05:04:29-07:00">June 6th, 5:04am</time><address><a>Yasmin Edañol</a>Yasmin D.G. Edañol is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at the University of the Philippines Diliman, with a background in scientific research and publishing. He brings a data-driven perspective to sports storytelling as an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints, with a focus on the NBA. Whether it's breaking down a clutch play or a stat line, he believes every great moment has a deeper layer waiting to be uncovered.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins were dismantled in a 14–3 blowout loss to the Athletics at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/athletics/athletics-news-equal-unthinkable-franchise-low-dreadful-1-20-stretch">After dominating the first three games of the series</a>, Minnesota fell apart in the finale. As a result, the A’s salvaged a lopsided win and avoided a sweep.</p><p>The Twins were already reeling after losing All-Star Pablo López, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-pablo-lopez-exits-athletics-game-apparent-injury">who exited Game 2 due to an apparent injury</a> and hasn’t returned. Consequently, Minnesota turned to Triple-A St. Paul right-hander David Festa to close out the series.</p><p>However, Festa struggled from the start. He pitched only 3 2/3 innings and allowed six hits, eight earned runs, and three home runs. He also issued two walks. Although he struck out six batters, he ended the game with a 5.40 ERA.</p><p>Reliever Jorge Alcala also failed to steady the pitching. He gave up three more hits, surrendered three runs, including a home run, and struck out just one batter. His ERA climbed to 7.54.</p><p>By the end of the fourth inning, the A’s had built an overwhelming 11–1 lead. The game had already slipped out of reach. With López sidelined and the bullpen underperforming, the Twins needed another solution. <a href="https://x.com/TheodoreTollef1/status/1930810176309006773" rel="noopener">They responded by calling up</a> right-hander Travis Adams.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Have confirmed with multiple sources beyond his Instagram story, but Travis Adams is indeed being called up to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MNTwins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MNTwins</a> and will join them at Target Field tomorrow. </p><p>Thank you to <a href="https://twitter.com/Theclassclown22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Theclassclown22</a> for letting me know he posted this on his Instagram story.</p><p>— Theodore Tollefson (@TheodoreTollef1) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheodoreTollef1/status/1930810176309006773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Twins selected Adams in the 6th round of the 2021 MLB Draft. He started with the Florida Complex League Twins and quickly climbed the minor league ladder. In 2022, he pitched 69.1 innings for Single-A Fort Myers, registering a 3.50 ERA and 69 strikeouts. This performance earned him a promotion to High-A Cedar Rapids, where he posted a 4.88 ERA in seven games.</p><p>In 2023, Adams logged 109.2 innings for Double-A Wichita. He gave up 75 runs and 16 home runs but also recorded 97 strikeouts. His ERA stood at 5.66. He opened the 2024 season in Wichita but eventually moved up to Triple-A St. Paul. Across both affiliates, he made 26 appearances, recorded a 3.90 ERA, and struck out 118 batters in 127 innings.</p><p>In 2025, Adams returned to St. Paul and continued to improve. Before his MLB call-up in June, he had already compiled a 3.43 ERA over 13 games. He gave up 17 runs, allowed just two home runs, and struck out 37 hitters.</p><p>Now, with his major league debut imminent, Adams hopes to stabilize <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-pablo-lopez-timeline-return-from-injury">Minnesota’s injury-hit rotation</a>. The Twins will look to rebound as they begin a home series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Target Field.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins calling up pitching prospect amid Pablo Lopez injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-pablo-lopez-timeline-return-from-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins announce Pablo Lopez’s timeline for return from injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Pablo-Lopez_10e39d.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins announce Pablo Lopez’s timeline for return from injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-05T00:09:43-07:00">June 5th, 12:09am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-05T00:20:13-07:00">June 5th, 12:20am</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins turned their season around with a hot steak in May. On Wednesday, the Twins beat the Athletics 6-1, picking up their third straight win. However, the victory took a backseat to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-minnesota-concerning-pablo-lopez-injury-update">Pablo Lopez’s concerning injury update</a>.</p><p>The Twins now <a href="https://x.com/MillerStrib/status/1930466438768406816" rel="noopener">know the severity</a> of the starting pitcher’s ailment. The team announced that Lopez was diagnosed with a Grade 2 strain of the teres major in his right shoulder, per The Minnesota Star Tribune’s Phil Miller on X. He will miss 8-12 weeks.</p><h2><b>The Twins lose ace Pablo Lopez to IL</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Pablo-Lopez-2.jpg"><figcaption>Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The news is brutal for the Twins, as Lopez has been special this season. The All-Star righty has posted a 2.82 ERA, 1.071 WHIP, 9.0 K/9, 146 ERA+ and 1.3 bWAR in 60.2 innings.</p><p>Lopez has paired with Joe Ryan to form a very effective one-two punch in the rotation. Ryan is having an equally stellar season as the aces have helped turn things around for the Twins. Minnesota got off to a slow start this year. But an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-rocco-baldelli-reflects-amazing-win-streak-brewers-loss">incredible 13-game win streak</a> from May 3 – May 17 got the team back on track.</p><p>Although the Twins are just 7-6 since the streak ended, they’re now 34-27 on the season following a third straight win against the Athletics. That record would put the team in first place in the AL West. However, in the AL Central the Twins are six games behind the Detroit Tigers, who own the best record in baseball.</p><p>Lopez guided the Twins to victory on Tuesday, allowing just two runs on four hits and three walks with four strikeouts in five innings. Unfortunately, he was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-pablo-lopez-exits-athletics-game-apparent-injury">forced to leave the game with an injury</a> before the sixth inning. Lopez took the mound, threw one warm up pitch and immediately signaled to the Twins’ dugout, asking to come out.</p><p>Minnesota gets one more game against the Athletics before having to face competitive baseball teams. The A’s have now lost nine in a row and gone a putrid 1-20 over the last 21 games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins announce Pablo Lopez’s timeline for return from injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-minnesota-concerning-pablo-lopez-injury-update');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins get concerning Pablo Lopez injury update');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Karl-Anthony-Towns_91280f.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Blewett-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Twins get concerning Pablo Lopez injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-04T10:29:49-07:00">June 4th, 10:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-04T10:29:49-07:00">June 4th, 10:29am</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins destroyed the Athletics on Tuesday, earning an impressive 10-3 win <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-pablo-lopez-exits-athletics-game-apparent-injury">with Pablo Lopez starting on the mound</a>. However, the victory came at a cost, as Lopez exited early after experiencing discomfort in his shoulder. The following day, the club received some bad news about one of its best pitchers.</p><p>Reports indicate that the 29-year-old ace is l<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6401731/2025/06/04/twins-pablo-lopez-exits-with-shoulder-tightness/" rel="noopener">ikely to be placed on the injured list</a> after suffering a strained latissimus muscle, according to Dan Haynes of The Athletic. Pablo Lopez is expected to be put on the 15-day IL, but will undergo an MRI before the Twins make a final decision.</p><p>“Twins starting pitcher Pablo Lopez is expected to be placed on the injured list after experiencing tightness in his right shoulder, the Twins said late Tuesday night. Following a 10-3 Twins victory over the Athletics at Sutter Health Park, a contest Lopez exited after five innings, the club said it’s likely its ace pitcher is headed for another stint on the 15-day IL.”</p><p>This will be his second time being on the 15-day IL, as he spent some time nursing a hamstring injury in April. Last time he was out for just two starts, so that’s likely the best-case scenario for this new shoulder injury.</p><p>Despite the bad news, Pablo Lopez appears to be optimistic about his shoulder injury. He claims he never felt a “big pop.” The Twins star believes that had he pushed himself to pitch the sixth inning on Tuesday night, his injury could have been a lot worse.</p><p>“I never felt like a big pop or anything,” Pablo Lopez said. “I feel like that’s what could have happened had I been a little more stubborn and tried to pitch that bottom of the sixth inning. It’s obviously still not the greatest news to hear, to have to deal with. But if there’s a silver lining, it’s that it wasn’t that posterior cuff or that I didn’t feel anything blowing up.”</p><p>Before sustaining the shoulder injury, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/mlb-rumors-contenders-eyeing-73-5-million-twins-ace-for-trade">Pablo Lopez was having a fantastic season</a>. Through 60.2 innings pitched, the Twins’ ace is recording an impressive 2.82 ERA and 1.071 WHIP while totaling 61 strikeouts. He’s also 5-3 on the season through 11 starts.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins get concerning Pablo Lopez injury update

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-pablo-lopez-exits-athletics-game-apparent-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Pablo Lopez exits Athletics game with apparent injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Pablo-Lopez.jpg"><figcaption>Dennis Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Twins’ Pablo Lopez exits Athletics game with apparent injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-03T21:38:46-07:00">June 3rd, 9:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-03T21:38:46-07:00">June 3rd, 9:38pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is a Senior Editor and College Sports Lead at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/twins-news-carlos-correa-held-back-ejection-mariners-game">Minnesota Twins are caught up in a late-night affair</a> with the Athletics on Tuesday night, and they have now fallen on hard times despite holding onto 9-3 lead late in the contest.</p><p>Twins starter <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/twins-news-pablo-lopez-injury-update-twins-rotation-loss">Pablo Lopez was cruising along</a> through five innings in this one, giving up just four hits and a pair of earned runs as his Twins held a three-run lead. Lopez had walked three, but only had thrown 72 pitches, so manager Rocco Baldelli and his staff were surely banking on getting at least another inning out of him.</p><p>That would not be the case, When Lopez came out for the sixth inning, he threw just one pitch in warm-ups before signaling to the Twins dugout and asking to <a href="https://x.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1930111271904420225" rel="noopener">check out of the game</a> with an apparent injury.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Pablo Lopez pulled himself out of the game with an injury after one warmup pitch before the 6th inning <a href="https://t.co/RFV5qIPYoR">pic.twitter.com/RFV5qIPYoR</a></p><p>— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1930111271904420225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>This is obviously a major development for the Twins, who will now have to dig a little bit deeper into their bullpen than maybe they were planning on doing coming into Tuesday night. Minnesota started the post-Lopez portion of the game with Cole Sands, who gave up one run in the sixth inning to allow the Athletics to have some life.</p><p>Thankfully for Baldelli and company, that life was short-lived thanks to the Twins’ offense. Minnesota racked up four runs in the top of the seventh inning to truly blow the game open and all but secure the victory, giving the Twins the first two games of a four-game set with the A’s.</p><p>However, the focus and concern will be on the health of Lopez moving forward. The former Miami Marlin has proven to be very steady so far this season, coming into Tuesday with a 4-3 record and just a 2.75 ERA in 10 starts for the season. The right-hander has only given away 11 walks on the season to go with his 57 strikeouts.</p><p>The Twins will have to shuffle the rotation around if Lopez is forced to miss significant time, which could halt some of the momentum for what has been a hot baseball team of late. While Minnesota is still <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/tigers-news-kerry-carpenter-launches-3-hrs-detroit-routs-white-sox">chasing the Detroit Tigers</a> at the top of the AL Central, they are well above the .500 mark and are firmly in the wild card race in the American League.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Pablo Lopez exits Athletics game with apparent injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/10-greatest-minnesota-twins-players-of-all-time-ranked');   ga('set', 'title', '10 greatest Minnesota Twins players of all time, ranked');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/10-greatest-Minnesota-Twins-players-of-all-time-ranked.jpg"></figure><h1>10 greatest Minnesota Twins players of all time, ranked</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-02T15:30:49-07:00">June 2nd, 3:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-02T15:30:49-07:00">June 2nd, 3:30pm</time><address><a>Russell Steinberg</a>Russell Steinberg covers Major League Baseball and the New York Liberty for ClutchPoints. A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins’ history in the City of Lakes dates back to 1961 when they relocated from Washington, DC. Since then, the franchise has won two World Series crowns and three American League pennants as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/updating-and-ranking-the-50-greatest-mlb-players-of-all-time">Hall of Famers</a>, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/mlb-mvp-complete-list-who-has-won-al-nl-mvp-the-most-history-year-by-year-results">AL MVPs</a> and franchise icons have passed through along the way.</p><p>The 10 players listed below represent the best of the best, both from a statistical standpoint and based on their impact on the franchise. You’ll find all the expected names on here, including Rod Carew, Harmon Killebrew and Bert Blyleven. But not every player is enshrined in Cooperstown and some are even forgotten when it comes to legendary Twins talk (Chuck Knoblauch, anyone?).</p><p>The list is subjective, so it’s fair to argue one player should be higher or lower than they appear here — or that they shouldn’t be listed at all. However, what is undeniable is that each player holds an important place in Twins history. Check out the gallery to see the greatest Twins players to ever take the field.</p><h2><b>1. Rod Carew (1967-85)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Rod-Carew.jpg"><figcaption>Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Rod Carew broke in with the Twins in 1967 and was an All-Star every season of his career until the last one in 1985. Yet if it’s even possible, the first-ballot Hall of Famer is still under-appreciated in the overall baseball pantheon. Twins fans know it, but it’s hard to oversell exactly how good a hitter Carew was. He won seven batting titles, including six in a seven-year span for Minnesota from 1972 to 1978. Carew also led the league in hits three times, triples twice and on-base percentage four times. In fact, he was such a good contact hitter that the <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/nl-al-batting-titles-named-after-gwynn-carew-c189449844" rel="noopener">American League batting champion</a> officially takes the title of “Rod Carew American League Batting Champion.”</p><p>The 1977 AL MVP slashed .388/.489/.570 that season, hitting more triples than home runs (16 to 14), knocking in 100 RBI and leading the league in OPS and OPS+ despite pedestrian power numbers. His .388 batting average was the highest in MLB since Ted Williams also hit .388 20 years earlier.</p><h2><b>2. Harmon Killebrew (1961-74)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Harmon-Killebrew.jpg"><figcaption>Malcolm Emmons-Imagn Images © Copyright Malcolm Emmons</figcaption></figure><p>One of the great home run hitters of all-time, Harmon Killebrew was part of the organization when it was still the Washington Senators, moving to Minnesota for his third full season in the majors. Killebrew hit 573 homers in his 22-year career and led the league in long balls six times.</p><p>His MVP season came in 1969 when he hit 49 home runs, drove in 140 RBI, walked 145 times and had a .427 on-base percentage.</p><p>14 years after his death, Killebrew is still the Twins’ all-time home run leader, 266 homers better than Kent Hrbek in second place. He’s also the franchise leader in walks, RBI, slugging percentage and OPS. Killebrew was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1984, remarkably taking him four years on the ballot to get there.</p><h2><b>3. Kirby Puckett (1984-95)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Kirby-Puckett.jpg"><figcaption>RVR Photos-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>A better contact hitter than Killebrew and with more power than Carew, Kirby Puckett had everything you could want from a Major League hitter. He made 10 All-Star games during his Hall of Fame career and was just as good with his glove as he was with his bat, winning six Gold Gloves and Silver Sluggers each. Puckett also has a batting title to his name and led the league in hits four times.</p><p>Known as one of the most popular athletes ever in Minnesota, regardless of sport, Puckett played all 12 of his Major League seasons with the Twins. He retired in 1996 at age 35 when glaucoma took the vision in one of his eyes. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2001 and died just five years later of a cerebral hemorrhage.</p><h2><b>4. Bert Blyleven (1970-76; 1985-88)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Bert-Blyleven.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Zimmer / USA TODAY NETWORK</figcaption></figure><p>Bert “Be Home” Blyleven was a Major Leaguer from 1970 to 1992, meaning he played at the same time as both Bob Gibson and Bernie Williams. Even though he didn’t spend his entire career with Minnesota, his longevity has put him near the top of a lot of the franchise’s all-time pitching lists. He ranks third in Twins history in wins, second in strikeouts and third in shutouts.</p><p>Most importantly to Twins fans, Blyleven started two games in the 1987 World Series, giving up four runs in 13 innings as Minnesota won its first-ever World Series. It took 14 ballots, but he was finally elected to the Hall of Fame in 2011.</p><h2><b>5. Joe Mauer (2004-18)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Joe-Mauer.jpg"><figcaption>Jeff Curry-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>When you think of the post-90s Twins, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-joe-mauers-proud-message-to-fans-as-he-gets-honored-with-target-field-statue">Joe Mauer is probably the first name</a> the comes to mind. One of the best hitting catchers in baseball history, Mauer won three batting titles, all while catching full-time. His MVP season came in 2009 when he lit up the American League, slashing .365/.444/.587 with 28 home runs. Sadly, concussions forced him from behind the dish to first base in 2013, where he finished out his career. He didn’t go quietly, however, hitting .285 with a 110 OPS+ in his final six seasons — a far cry from his prime, but still solid.</p><p>Unfortunately for Mauer, his heyday came at a time when the Twins were consistently good-not-great. Minnesota finished above .500 in six of his first seven seasons but won just a single playoff game in his entire career — the first one he played. From 2004 to 2022, the Twins went a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-breaking-down-record-mlb-playoffs-losing-streak">remarkable 1-18 in the postseason</a>.</p><h2><b>6. Tony Oliva (1962-76)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Tony-Oliva.jpg"><figcaption>Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Network</figcaption></figure><p>With Tony Oliva’s prime coming in the 1960s and early 70s, it’s easy for him to be overshadowed by the likes of Carew and Killebrew. But don’t sell him short. Between his Rookie of the Year award, eight All-Star nods, three batting titles and five times leading the league in doubles, he did plenty to make himself one of the greatest Twins of all-time.</p><p>Oliva also has a couple baseball firsts to his name. In 1964, he became the first player to ever win AL Rookie of the Year and the league’s batting crown in the same season. He’s also the first player to ever win back-to-back batting titles, which he did in his first two seasons in the Majors.</p><h2><b>7. Kent Hrbek (1981-94)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Kent-Hrbek.jpg"><figcaption>Nick Wosika-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>What Kent Hrbek lacked in vowels he made up for on the field. The mark of consistency during his 14-year career, Herbie never hit for an OPS below .795 in a full season while his batting average never dipped below .267 until the final years of his career.</p><p>Hrbek’s greatest contributions to Twins history, however, came on the sport’s grandest stage. In Game 6 of the 1987 World Series, he hit a grand slam off of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Ken Dayley to break the game open. Minnesota won the series in 7. Four years later in the eighth inning of a scoreless World Series Game 7 against the Atlanta Braves, he teamed up with catcher Brian Harper to turn a 3-2-3 double play to keep Atlanta off the board. The Twins won in 10 innings.</p><h2><b>8. Johan Santana (2000-07)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Johan-Santana.jpg"><figcaption>Jerry Lai-Imagn Images © Copyright 2006 Jerry Lai</figcaption></figure><p>Nearly 20 years after he left Minnesota, it’s easy to forget exactly how dominant Johan Santana was. In an era where offense ruled the landscape, Santana threw three consecutive seasons with a sub-3.00 ERA from 2004 to 2006. He led the AL in strikeouts each of those years as well, winning two Cy Young awards in that span.</p><p>Though Santana might be best known for firing the first no-hitter in New York Mets history, the Twins legend ranks sixth in Minnesota franchise history in strikeouts, fifth in WHIP and third in opponent’s batting average. The 2006 pitching triple crown winner was inducted in to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022.</p><h2><b>9. Chuck Knoblauch (1991-97)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Chuck-Knoblauch.jpg"><figcaption>RVR Photos-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>How things ended with Knoblauch in Minnesota makes it understandable if Twins fans don’t immediately think of him as a top-10 player. In seven seasons with the Twins, he hit .304 with an .807 OPS, leading the league in doubles and triples once apiece. His best season came in 1996 when he hit .341 with a .965 OPS, 14 triples and 45 stolen bases. But in the hard-hitting 1990s, that was only enough to place him 16th in MVP voting.</p><p>That 1996 season came between Knoblauch’s two Silver Slugger wins in 1995 and 1997, his final season in Minnesota. He went on to win three World Series with the New York Yankees, giving him four total rings thanks to his Rookie of the Year campaign on the Twins’ 1991 title team.</p><h2><b>10. Brad Radke (1995-06)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Brad-Radke.jpg"><figcaption>Tony Tomsic-USA TODAY NETWORK</figcaption></figure><p>I don’t blame you if you did a double-take on this one. Brad Radke’s numbers don’t exactly scream “top in franchise history,” but in context, it makes a lot more sense. Radke started an average of 34 games a season from 1995 to 2006, pitching to a 113 ERA+ in his 12-year career. Pitching through the heart of the steroid era, Radke’s 2000 season may be the best demonstration of his effectiveness, despite the numbers. That year, he had a 4.45 ERA, took 16 losses and allowed 10.4 hits per nine innings. Still, he pitched to a 116 ERA+ and had a bWAR of 6.2.</p><p>Known for his elite control, Radke walked an average of 1.6 batters per nine innings throughout his career, making his propensity to give up the home run a little more palatable.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

10 greatest Minnesota Twins players of all time, ranked

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-carlos-correa-held-back-ejection-mariners-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Carlos Correa had to be held back after ejection from Mariners game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Carlos-Correa-ejection.jpg"><figcaption>Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Twins’ Carlos Correa had to be held back after ejection from Mariners game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-06-01T08:47:17-07:00">June 1st, 8:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-06-01T08:47:17-07:00">June 1st, 8:47am</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is a Senior Editor and College Sports Lead at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/twins-kody-clemens-keeps-hot-streak-alive-with-hr-blast-vs-royals">Minnesota Twins are trying to keep pace</a> in the American League playoff race, and they had to battle through some controversy on Saturday night against the Seattle Mariners.</p><p>With the Twins leading 3-2 in the seventh inning, home plate umpire Austin Jones shockingly ejected star shortstop Carlos Correa while he was standing in the on deck circle. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli immediately stormed out of the dugout to object, but he was <a href="https://x.com/MLBONFOX/status/1928991403616633086" rel="noopener">also tossed after the heated altercation</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Carlos Correa was ejected from the on-deck circle by home plate umpire Austin Jones. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli was also tossed from the game.</p><p>📺: FOX <a href="https://t.co/yTr7HaR35Y">pic.twitter.com/yTr7HaR35Y</a></p><p>— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1928991403616633086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It’s unclear what Correa was ejected for, but it appeared the he had something to say to Jones after a questionable strike call to Brooks Lee. Whatever he said, Jones threw him out of the game quickly and had no interest in hearing a counter-argument from the former Astro.</p><p>The controversial decision by Jones was a big one that arguably swung the momentum of the game. During the bottom half of that seventh inning, JP Crawford crushed a two-run home run to give the Mariners the lead. The Twins tied the game in the ninth inning, but the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mariners-news-cal-raleigh-ties-shohei-ohtani-hr-lead-monster-blast-twins">Mariners eventually won it</a> 5-4 in 11 innings.</p><p>The series between these two playoff contenders is now tied at one game each after the Twins won an extra-innings clash of their own over the Mariners on Friday night. The two now have the same record for the season overall at 31-26 as both try to cement their place in the playoff picture as the season approaches the midway point.</p><p>Even if both teams are not able to land at the top of the standings in their respective divisions, the Twins and Mariners will both be battling it out for wild card spots in the American League, so these games are very important even early in the season.</p><p>Chris Paddack will get the ball for the Twins in the decider on Sunday afternoon, while Luis Castillo will take the mound for the Mariners. The winner will have the upper hand in the wild card picture heading into next week.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Carlos Correa had to be held back after ejection from Mariners game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/1-player-minnesota-twins-must-trade-before-2025-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', '1 player Minnesota Twins must trade before 2025 deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1-player-Minnesota-Twins-must-trade-before-2025-deadline-1.jpg"></figure><h1>1 player Minnesota Twins must trade before 2025 deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-29T04:04:42-07:00">May 29th, 4:04am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-29T04:04:42-07:00">May 29th, 4:04am</time><address><a>Garrett Kerman</a>Garrett Kerman also goes by the name of The Fight Analyst. He covers all combat sports, from MMA, to boxing, to even bare-knuckle. He is also very well-versed in all American sports when it comes to news and betting analysis. Whether you want betting advice or some breaking news, Garrett is your guy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the 2025 MLB season grinds into its summer months, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/3-players-minnesota-twins-fans-are-already-fed-up-with-in-2025">Minnesota Twins</a> find themselves at a crossroads. Despite preseason optimism and a roster brimming with both established talent and promising youth, the team has struggled to find consistency. With the American League Central tightening and the Wild Card race growing more competitive by the week, the front office faces a pivotal decision: double down on the current core or pivot toward a retooling that could set the franchise up for a longer window of contention. If the latter path is chosen, there is one player who stands out above the rest as the must-move asset before the July 31 trade deadline, flamethrowing reliever Jhoan Duran.</p><h2><b>The Case for Trading Jhoan Duran</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1-player-Minnesota-Twins-must-trade-before-2025-deadline.jpg"><figcaption>Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Jhoan Duran, the 27-year-old right-hander, has been a revelation since breaking into the majors, quickly establishing himself as one of the league’s premier late-inning arms. Armed with a fastball that still averages around 100 mph and a devastating “splinker,” Duran has the kind of electric stuff that playoff-bound teams covet for October. Through the early part of 2025, he’s posted a sparkling 1.07 ERA and 9 saves this season, striking out 30 and walking 11 in 25.1 innings while allowing just three runs. Even as his fastball velocity has dipped slightly, Duran has adjusted by mixing in more offspeed pitches, showing an ability to reinvent himself and remain effective at the highest level.</p><p>But for the Twins, Duran’s value is about more than just his on-field performance. He is under team control through 2027, making a modest $4.125 million this season, but his salary is set to rise sharply through arbitration in the coming years. For a mid-market club operating under tight payroll constraints, the prospect of paying a reliever $10 million or more by 2026 is daunting, especially when the rest of the roster has significant holes and the bullpen is already a position of strength. Trading Duran now, while he’s healthy and dominant, could net the Twins a significant return, particularly given the scarcity of elite relievers available with multiple years of control.</p><p>Nearly every contender will be searching for bullpen reinforcements at the deadline, and Duran’s combination of performance, pedigree, and contract status makes him arguably the most attractive relief arm on the market. His presence could command a bidding war, especially from teams with deep farm systems and a clear need for a late-inning weapon. While relievers rarely fetch superstar prospects in return, Duran’s unique profile, dominant stuff, playoff experience, and years of control should allow the Twins to target both near-ready talent and high-upside prospects.</p><h2>The Trade Proposal</h2><p>Given the Dodgers’ perennial contention, deep farm system, and recent bullpen struggles, they stand out as an ideal trade partner. Los Angeles has both the motivation and the prospect capital to make a deal happen, and the Twins can address multiple organizational needs in one move.</p><p><b>Proposed Trade</b></p><p><b>Minnesota Twins receive:</b></p><p><b>Los Angeles Dodgers receive:</b></p><ul><li>Jhoan Duran</li></ul><p>Josue De Paula is a 19-year-old outfielder with a patient approach and burgeoning power, widely considered a future everyday regular with All-Star upside. He would immediately become one of the Twins’ top prospects, providing a long-term solution in the outfield, especially with Byron Buxton’s health always in question and the corner spots unsettled. Nick Frasso, a hard-throwing righty with a devastating fastball-slider combo, projects as a high-leverage reliever or back-end starter. Landon Knack, meanwhile, is MLB-ready and can slot into the Twins’ rotation or bullpen immediately, providing valuable innings and flexibility.</p><p>For the Dodgers, Duran would give them a dominant weapon to pair with Evan Phillips and Brusdar Graterol, solidifying the back end of their bullpen for both the stretch run and multiple playoff runs to come. The cost is significant, but the Dodgers’ depth allows them to make such a move without mortgaging their future.</p><p>Trading Duran would be a tough pill to swallow for Twins fans, especially given his popularity and the excitement he brings every time he takes the mound. But the reality is that elite relievers are luxury items for teams not firmly in the playoff hunt, and Minnesota’s roster is at a point where adding high-upside, controllable talent is more valuable than holding onto a reliever whose price tag is about to soar.</p><p>With top prospects like Walker Jenkins and Emmanuel Rodriguez already in the system, adding someone like De Paula would give the Twins one of the most dynamic young outfields in baseball within a couple of years. Frasso and Knack would deepen the pitching pipeline, ensuring the Twins have the arms to compete as their next core matures.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

1 player Minnesota Twins must trade before 2025 deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/kansas-city-royals/royals-option-struggling-infielder-after-twins-series');   ga('set', 'title', 'Royals option struggling infielder after Twins series');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Cavan-Biggio-cover.jpg"></figure><h1>Royals option struggling infielder after Twins series</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-25T19:59:34-07:00">May 25th, 7:59pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-25T19:59:34-07:00">May 25th, 7:59pm</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He's a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic. In addition to sports writing, he works for Arizona Football in the Player Personnel and Recruiting department and formerly served as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Kansas City Royals</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/3-players-kansas-city-royals-fans-are-already-fed-up-with-in-2025">Kansas City Royals have optioned infielder</a> Cavan Biggio to Triple-A Omaha following Sunday’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/twins-fans-react-to-minnesotas-second-straight-walk-off-vs-royals">2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins</a>, according to Anne Rogers of MLB.com. However, Biggio’s status <a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/05/royals-reportedly-option-cavan-biggio.html" rel="noopener">remains somewhat uncertain</a>, as the veteran has over five years of MLB service time, <a href="https://x.com/anne__rogers/status/1926786274393767993" rel="noopener">granting him the right to refuse the option</a> and instead elect free agency.</p><p>Per Rogers, Biggio has not yet made a decision, and he’ll have the next couple of days to determine whether he’ll report to Omaha or test the open market.</p><p>Biggio, 30, was once part of the Toronto Blue Jays’ highly anticipated young core alongside Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette. After an impressive start to his career, including a .368 on-base percentage and 118 wRC+ over his first two seasons, the son of Hall of Famer Craig Biggio has struggled to regain that early success. His offensive production has steadily declined since 2021, leading to stints with multiple teams in 2024 and now uncertainty about his future in Kansas City.</p><p>After joining the Royals on a minor league deal in January, Biggio earned a spot on the Opening Day roster thanks to a strong showing in Spring Training. But once the regular season began, his offensive woes returned. Over 69 at-bats in 37 games, he’s slashed just .174/.300/.250 with a 61 wRC+, one home run, four RBIs, and one stolen base. Among MLB hitters with at least 80 plate appearances, his wRC+ ranks in the bottom 35 league-wide.</p><h2><b>Royals option Cavan Biggio to AAA</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Cavan-Biggio.jpg"><figcaption>Robert Edwards-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Biggio appeared as a pinch-hitter on Sunday, striking out in place of Mark Canha in the ninth inning. It could mark his final appearance in a Royals uniform.</p><p>Manager Matt Quatraro and the Royals’ front office now have decisions to make regarding his replacement on the 26-man roster. Several internal candidates could be called up, including MJ Melendez, Joey Wiemer, Tyler Tolbert, or Tyler Gentry—all of whom are already on the 40-man roster. The team also has the flexibility to select a new contract, with space available on the 40-man.</p><p>One potential option is outfielder John Rave, who was notably absent from the lineup at Triple-A Omaha on Sunday. That absence may suggest a promotion is imminent, although nothing official has been announced. Other names in the mix include non-roster players like Nelson Velazquez, Nick Pratto, or Jordan Groshans, each of whom brings prior big league experience.</p><p>Biggio’s decision looms. Accepting the option would keep him in the Royals’ system and on the 40-man roster, offering a quicker path back to the majors. Electing free agency could give him a fresh start elsewhere, though likely on a minor league deal.</p><p>Whichever path he chooses, it’s another twist in what’s been a tough stretch for a player once seen as a cornerstone of a contending team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Royals option struggling infielder after Twins series

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/minnesota-twins/3-players-minnesota-twins-fans-are-already-fed-up-with-in-2025');   ga('set', 'title', '3 players Minnesota Twins fans are already fed up with in 2025');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Minnesota-Twins-second-baseman-Willi-Castro.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Krohn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>3 players Minnesota Twins fans are already fed up with in 2025</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-24T19:53:45-07:00">May 24th, 7:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-24T19:53:45-07:00">May 24th, 7:53pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Minnesota Twins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins got off to a tough start this season. At the end of April, the team was below .500 and was out of the conversation in the American League Central. However, Rocco Baldelli’s team has turned things around in May. The team has won 16 of their 20 games so far this month, including <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-fans-react-to-minnesotas-second-straight-walk-off-vs-royals">two straight walk-off wins over the Kansas City Royals in Minnesota</a>.</p><p>While Byron Buxton is out with injury and Carlos Correa playing in limited capacity for the Twins, Baldelli’s squad has thrived. Kody Clemens, Brooks Lee, and Ty France have stepped up in their absence. The latter two provided the walk-off hits that won games against the Royals. However, the team’s success has not completely excused particular players and the slow starts to the 2025 season.</p><p>The Twins are notorious for fighting injuries across the team every season. This year, though, most of the team has been healthy. Minnesota Twins fans have enjoyed seeing the majority of their talent on the field at the same time, but there are still a few names that they expect more from. Success makes up for a lot, but fans still want to see all of their players at their best.</p><p>Here are three players that are on the hot seat for the Twins when it comes to fan scrutiny.</p><h2>Third Baseman Jose Miranda</h2><p>On a team where the role players have become just as important as the stars, Jose Miranda’s absence is felt. After a slow start, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-jose-miranda-injured-triple-a-demotion">Miranda made headlines for a bizarre injury in the minor leagues</a> instead of his play. The 26-year-old’s batting average is a career-low by a significant margin. However, his health is the biggest knock against him.</p><p>With Miranda out of the lineup, players like Lee and Clemens have received more playing time. They have taken full advantage, leaving fans wondering if they even need Miranda any more. The fourth year player will be under pressure to deliver when it makes his return to Baldelli’s lineup. If he can’t hold his own, he could be back in the minors before realizing what happened.</p><p>Miranda’s trade value is an interesting thought experiment. Now that Minnesota knows what they have in their other players, he becomes expendable. Most of their success this season has come without him, and he could be used to fill other holes on the team. Miranda went from one of the team’s future stars to a player who could play himself right off the Twins’ roster.</p><h2>Second Baseman Willi Castro</h2><p>Both Lee and Clemens are behind Castro on Baldelli’s depth chart. However, both are playing better than the 28-year-old, especially recently. His .239 average is serviceable, but his power doesn’t match up. Both players behind him have done almost as much as power hitters as he has with fewer at-bats. In a league where production is paramount and power is becoming more important, Castro needs to be better.</p><p>Similarly to Miranda, Castro used to be one of the future faces for Minnesota. After an All-Star appearance last year, it looked as though his spot on the team was his for the next few years, barring injury. Now, the players behind him have made things interesting. Correa’s spot in the infield is secure, as is Ty France’s. Second and third base appear to be a revolving door, with Baldelli riding the hot hand in each spot. As of recently, Castro is the odd man out.</p><p>Castro’s development has been much slower than the players around him and at 28, he has been in the league for seven seasons. As a slightly under average fielder and an underwhelming batter, Castro could be on the move in the coming months. Other teams banking on him needing a change of scenery could try to buy low on him while they can. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/minnesota-twins/twins-news-willi-castro-all-star-honor-jose-altuve-injury">The former Twins All-Star</a> could be one of the biggest chips moved this summer. The Twins could get help in another area while clearing out a defined role for Lee and Clemens without Castro in front of them.</p><h2>Relief Pitcher Griffin Jax</h2><p>If one were to look solely at Griffin Jax’s statistics as a setup man, they would be pleased. The 30-year-old has pitched 23.2 innings and has 13 holds so far in 2025 to go along with a 1-2 record. However, a deeper dive reveals concerning trends. Jax has already <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/stats/_/id/42604/griffin-jax" rel="noopener">allowed 12 earned runs on the season and 25 hits</a>, the most of any Twins reliever.</p><p>It hasn’t come back to haunt his team too much, but Jax’s inconsistencies have manifested into a 4.56 ERA. A number that high is concerning for any pitcher on the team, but Jax’s role is too important for him to be playing at the level he is currently at. The Twins has one of the better closers in the league in Jhoan Duran. If the pitchers coming out of the bullpen aren’t up to snuff, he could lose out on save opportunities.</p><p>There are plenty of relievers expected to be available at this year’s trade deadline. Anthony Bender is one of many names that have been thrown around in rumors. Minnesota needs an effective bullpen that can come in and maintain the leads their starters give them in order to seriously contend. If Jax can’t do that now, the odds of him being able to do so in the postseason are unlikely.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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