# 2020 Minnesota Twins season

The 2020 Minnesota Twins season was the 60th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 11th season at Target Field and the 120th overall in the American League. It was the team's second year under manager Rocco Baldelli.
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. On June 23, Commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day. On the last day of the shortened 2020 season, the Twins clinched the American League Central division title for the second year in a row thanks to a loss by the Chicago White Sox. On September 29, the Twins lost Game One of the ALWCS to the Houston Astros. The game was their seventeenth consecutive postseason loss, which broke the record for the longest postseason losing streak in North American sports, passing the 1975–79 Chicago Blackhawks. The Twins were ultimately swept two games to zero in the best-of-three series, extending their record-breaking losing streak to eighteen games.

## Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Minnesota Twins | 36 | 24 | .600 | — | 24‍–‍7 | 12‍–‍17 |
| Cleveland Indians | 35 | 25 | .583 | 1 | 18‍–‍12 | 17‍–‍13 |
| Chicago White Sox | 35 | 25 | .583 | 1 | 18‍–‍12 | 17‍–‍13 |
| Kansas City Royals | 26 | 34 | .433 | 10 | 15‍–‍15 | 11‍–‍19 |
| Detroit Tigers | 23 | 35 | .397 | 12 | 12‍–‍15 | 11‍–‍20 |
vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 40 | 20 | .667 |
| Oakland Athletics | 36 | 24 | .600 |
| Minnesota Twins | 36 | 24 | .600 |
vteDivision 2nd Place :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Cleveland Indians | 35 | 25 | .583 |
| New York Yankees | 33 | 27 | .550 |
| Houston Astros | 29 | 31 | .483 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Chicago White Sox | 35 | 25 | .583 | +3 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 32 | 28 | .533 | — |
| Seattle Mariners | 27 | 33 | .450 | 5 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 26 | 34 | .433 | 6 |
| Kansas City Royals | 26 | 34 | .433 | 6 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 25 | 35 | .417 | 7 |
| Boston Red Sox | 24 | 36 | .400 | 8 |
| Detroit Tigers | 23 | 35 | .397 | 8 |
| Texas Rangers | 22 | 38 | .367 | 10 |

## Records vs. opponents

2020 American League recordvte
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020 :
| Team | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NL |
| Chicago | — | 2–8 | 9–1 | 9–1 | 5–5 | 10–10 |
| Cleveland | 8–2 | — | 7–3 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 12–8 |
| Detroit | 1–9 | 3–7 | — | 4–6 | 4–6 | 11–7 |
| Kansas City | 1–9 | 5–5 | 6–4 | — | 5–5 | 9–11 |
| Minnesota | 5–5 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 5–5 | — | 13–7 |

## Game log
### Regular season

2020 game log: 36–24 (Home: 24–7; Away: 12–17) :
July: 5–2 (Home: 3–1; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1July 24@ White Sox10–5May (1–0)Giolito (0–1)—1–0W1
2July 25@ White Sox3–10Keuchel (1–0)Dobnak (0–1)—1–1L1
3July 26@ White Sox14–2Maeda (1–0)López (0–1)—2–1W1
4July 28Cardinals6–3Bailey (1–0)Martínez (0–1)Romo (1)3–1W2
5July 29Cardinals3–0Hill (1–0)Ponce de Leon (0–1)Rogers (1)4–1W3
6July 30Indians0–2Bieber (2–0)Berríos (0–1)Karinchak (1)4–2L1
7July 31Indians4–1Dobnak (1–1)Clevinger (0–1)Rogers (2)5–2W1 :
August: 15–14 (Home: 9–3; Away: 6–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
8August 1Indians3–0Maeda (2–0)Carrasco (1–1)Rogers (3)6–2W2
9August 2Indians3–1Smeltzer (1–0)Civale (1–1)Romo (2)7–2W3
10August 3Pirates5–4Rogers (1–0)Burdi (0–1)—8–2W4
11August 4Pirates7–3Berríos (1–1)Musgrove (0–3)May (1)9–2W5
12August 5@ Pirates5–2Dobnak (2–1)Williams (0–3)—10–2W6
13August 6@ Pirates5–6Howard (1–0)Rogers (1–1)—10–3L1
14August 7@ Royals2–3Holland (2–0)Wisler (0–1)Rosenthal (2)10–4L2
15August 8@ Royals6–9Zuber (1–1)Thorpe (0–1)Rosenthal (3)10–5L3
16August 9@ Royals2–4Singer (1–1)Berríos (1–2)Barlow (1)10–6L4
17August 10@ Brewers4–2Dobnak (3–1)Houser (1–1)Rogers (4)11–6W1
18August 11@ Brewers4–6Williams (1–1)Rogers (1–2)Hader (3)11–7L1
19August 12@ Brewers12–2Maeda (3–0)Lauer (0–2)—12–7W1
20August 15 (1)Royals4–2 (7)Duffey (1–0)Speier (0–1)Rogers (5)13–7W2
21August 15 (2)Royals2–4 (7)Duffy (1–2)Berríos (1–3)Rosenthal (5)13–8L1
22August 16Royals4–2Dobnak (4–1)Singer (1–2)Romo (3)14–8W1
23August 17Royals4–1Smeltzer (2–0)Bubic (0–3)—15–8W2
24August 18Brewers4–3 (12)Alcalá (1–0)Phelps (2–2)—16–8W3
25August 19Brewers3–9Anderson (1–2)Hill (1–1)—16–9L1
26August 20Brewers7–1Berríos (2–3)Woodruff (1–2)—17–9W1
27August 21@ Royals2–7Duffy (2–2)Odorizzi (0–1)—17–10L1
28August 22@ Royals7–2Dobnak (5–1)Singer (1–3)—18–10W1
29August 23@ Royals5–4Clippard (1–0)Bubic (0–4)Rogers (6)19–10W2
30August 24@ Indians3–2Maeda (4–0)Civale (3–3)Rogers (7)20–10W3
31August 25@ Indians2–4Bieber (6–0)Alcalá (1–1)Hand (8)20–11L1
32August 26@ Indians3–6Maton (2–0)Romo (0–1)Hand (9)20–12L2
—August 27@ TigersPostponed (strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake); Rescheduled to August 28
—August 28 (1)@ TigersPostponed (rain); Rescheduled to August 29
—August 28 (2)@ TigersPostponed (rain); Rescheduled to September 4
33August 29 (1)@ Tigers2–8 (7)Boyd (1–4)Dobnak (5–2)—20–13L3
34August 29 (2)@ Tigers2–4 (7)Skubal (1–1)Duffey (1–1)Soto (1)20–14L4
35August 30@ Tigers2–3Alexander (2–1)Maeda (4–1)Soto (2)20–15L5
36August 31White Sox5–8Foster (4–0)Rogers (1–3)Colomé (7)20–16L6 :
September: 16–8 (Home: 12–3; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
37September 1White Sox3–2Thielbar (1–0)Cordero (0–2)Wisler (1)21–16W1
38September 2White Sox8–1Berríos (3–3)López (0–2)—22–16W2
39September 4 (1)Tigers2–0 (7)Dobnak (6–2)Boyd (1–5)Rogers (8)23–16W3
40September 4 (2)Tigers3–2 (8)Romo (1–1)Jiménez (1–3)May (2)24–16W4
41September 5Tigers4–3Alcalá (2–1)Cisnero (1–2)—25–16W5
42September 6Tigers8–10Funkhouser (1–1)Romo (1–2)Garcia (1)25–17L1
43September 7Tigers6–2Pineda (1–0)Fulmer (0–1)—26–17W1
44September 8 (1)@ Cardinals7–3 (7)Berríos (4–3)Martínez (0–2)—27–17W2
45September 8 (2)@ Cardinals4–6 (7)Cabrera (3–1)Dobnak (6–3)Gallegos (4)27–18L1
46September 11Indians3–1Maeda (5–1)Bieber (7–1)Rogers (9)28–18W1
47September 12Indians8–4Hill (2–1)Plesac (3–2)—29–18W2
48September 13Indians7–5Thielbar (2–0)McKenzie (2–1)Romo (4)30–18W3
49September 14@ White Sox1–3Colomé (2–0)Rogers (1–4)—30–19L1
50September 15@ White Sox2–6Dunning (2–0)Dobnak (6–4)—30–20L2
51September 16@ White Sox5–1Stashak (1–0)Giolito (4–3)—31–20W1
52September 17@ White Sox3–4Heuer (3–0)Clippard (1–1)Colomé (12)31–21L1
53September 18@ Cubs0–1Hendricks (6–4)Hill (2–2)Jeffress (8)31–22L2
54September 19@ Cubs8–1Pineda (2–0)Mills (5–4)—32–22W1
55September 20@ Cubs4–0Berríos (5–3)Darvish (7–3)—33–22W2
56September 22Tigers5–4 (10)Rogers (2–4)Garcia (2–1)—34–22W3
57September 23Tigers7–6Maeda (6–1)Mize (0–3)—35–22W4
58September 25Reds2–7Lorenzen (3–1)Berríos (5–4)—35–23L1
59September 26Reds7–3Clippard (2–1)Castillo (4–6)—36–23W1
60September 27Reds3–5Iglesias (4–3)Thielbar (2–1)—36–24L1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Twins team member :
Notes:
* $^a$ The Tigers are designated the home team for the makeup game from August 28.

### Postseason

2020 Postseason: 0–2 (Home 0–2; Away 0–0) :
American League Wild Card Series: 0−2 (Home 0–2; Away 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1September 29Astros1–4Valdez (1–0)Romo (0–1)—0–1L1
2September 30Astros1–3Javier (1–0)Stashak (0–2)Pressly (1)0–2L2 :

## Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters :
American League Wild Card Series
Pitchers: 12 Jake Odorizzi 17 José Berríos 18 Kenta Maeda 21 Tyler Duffey 35 Michael Pineda 36 Tyler Clippard 37 Matt Wisler 54 Sergio Romo 55 Taylor Rogers 61 Cody Stashak 65 Trevor May 68 Randy Dobnak 72 Caleb Thielbar
Catchers: 8 Mitch Garver 16 Alex Avila 39 Ryan Jeffers 64 Willians Astudillo
Infielders: 2 Luis Arráez 9 Marwin González 11 Jorge Polanco 13 Ehire Adrianza 22 Miguel Sanó
Outfielders: 20 Eddie Rosario 25 Byron Buxton 26 Max Kepler 76 Alex Kirilloff
Designated hitters: 23 Nelson Cruz :

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Eddie Rosario | 57 | 210 | 31 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 42 | 3 | 19 | .257 | .476 |
| Jorge Polanco | 55 | 209 | 22 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 13 | .258 | .354 |
| Miguel Sanó | 53 | 186 | 31 | 38 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 18 | .204 | .478 |
| Nelson Cruz | 53 | 185 | 33 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 33 | 0 | 25 | .303 | .595 |
| Marwin González | 53 | 175 | 15 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 17 | .211 | .320 |
| Max Kepler | 48 | 171 | 27 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 22 | .228 | .439 |
| Byron Buxton | 39 | 130 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .254 | .577 |
| Jake Cave | 42 | 113 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 5 | .221 | .389 |
| Luis Arráez | 32 | 112 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8 | .321 | .402 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 44 | 89 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | .191 | .270 |
| Josh Donaldson | 28 | 81 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 18 | .222 | .469 |
| Mitch Garver | 23 | 72 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .167 | .264 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 26 | 55 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | .273 | .436 |
| Alex Avila | 23 | 49 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | .184 | .286 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | 16 | 39 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .231 | .308 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 10 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .227 | .364 |
| Brent Rooker | 7 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .579 |
| Willians Astudillo | 8 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .500 |
| Travis Blankenhorn | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .667 |
| Aaron Whitefield | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1937 | 269 | 468 | 81 | 3 | 91 | 258 | 14 | 186 | .242 | .427 |
Source:

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Kenta Maeda | 6 | 1 | 2.70 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 66.2 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 80 |
| José Berríos | 5 | 4 | 4.00 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 63.0 | 57 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 68 |
| Randy Dobnak | 6 | 4 | 4.05 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 46.2 | 50 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 27 |
| Rich Hill | 2 | 2 | 3.03 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 38.2 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 31 |
| Michael Pineda | 2 | 0 | 3.38 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 26.2 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| Tyler Clippard | 2 | 1 | 2.77 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 26.0 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| Matt Wisler | 0 | 1 | 1.07 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 25.1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 35 |
| Tyler Duffey | 1 | 1 | 1.88 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 31 |
| Jorge Alcalá | 2 | 1 | 2.63 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| Trevor May | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 23.1 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| Taylor Rogers | 2 | 4 | 4.05 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 20.0 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| Sergio Romo | 1 | 2 | 4.05 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 2 | 1 | 2.25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| Lewis Thorpe | 0 | 1 | 6.06 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16.1 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Devin Smeltzer | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 15 |
| Cody Stashak | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 0 | 1 | 6.59 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13.2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 12 |
| Homer Bailey | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Sean Poppen | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Zack Littell | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Danny Coulombe | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Cory Gearrin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Edwar Colina | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 24 | 3.58 | 60 | 60 | 17 | 513.1 | 448 | 215 | 204 | 170 | 535 |
Source:

## Farm system

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