# 2018 Minnesota Twins season

The 2018 Minnesota Twins season was the 58th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their ninth season at Target Field and the 118th overall in the American League. The Twins began the season on March 29 on the road against the Baltimore Orioles and ended the season at home against the Chicago White Sox. The Twins finished the 2018 season at 78–84, 13 games out of first place in a weak American League Central. The record led to the firing of manager Paul Molitor the day after the season ended. Also, this season would prove to be the 15th and final season for career Twin Joe Mauer, who retired following the season.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71 | .562 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 13 | 49‍–‍32 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | .395 | 27 | 38‍–‍43 | 26‍–‍55 |
| Chicago White Sox | 62 | 100 | .383 | 29 | 30‍–‍51 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | .358 | 33 | 32‍–‍49 | 26‍–‍55 |
vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Boston Red Sox | 108 | 54 | .667 |
| Houston Astros | 103 | 59 | .636 |
| Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71 | .562 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| New York Yankees | 100 | 62 | .617 | +3 |
| Oakland Athletics | 97 | 65 | .599 | — |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7 |
| Seattle Mariners | 89 | 73 | .549 | 8 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17 |
| Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 19 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | .451 | 24 |
| Texas Rangers | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30 |
| Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | .395 | 33 |
| Chicago White Sox | 62 | 100 | .383 | 35 |
| Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | .358 | 39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 47 | 115 | .290 | 50 |

### Record vs. opponents

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

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Eddie Rosario | 138 | 559 | 87 | 161 | 31 | 2 | 24 | 77 | 8 | 30 | .288 | .479 |
| Max Kepler | 156 | 532 | 80 | 119 | 30 | 4 | 20 | 58 | 4 | 71 | .224 | .408 |
| Joe Mauer | 127 | 486 | 64 | 137 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 51 | .282 | .379 |
| Brian Dozier | 104 | 410 | 65 | 93 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 52 | 8 | 46 | .227 | .405 |
| Robbie Grossman | 129 | 396 | 50 | 108 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 60 | .273 | .384 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 97 | 368 | 45 | 101 | 37 | 3 | 15 | 63 | 1 | 34 | .274 | .514 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 114 | 335 | 42 | 84 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 24 | .251 | .379 |
| Logan Morrison | 95 | 318 | 41 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 39 | 1 | 34 | .186 | .368 |
| Mitch Garver | 102 | 302 | 38 | 81 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 0 | 29 | .268 | .414 |
| Jorge Polanco | 77 | 302 | 38 | 87 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 7 | 25 | .288 | .427 |
| Jake Cave | 91 | 283 | 54 | 75 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 45 | 2 | 18 | .265 | .473 |
| Miguel Sanó | 71 | 266 | 32 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 41 | 0 | 31 | .199 | .398 |
| Logan Forsythe | 50 | 178 | 19 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 24 | .258 | .292 |
| Bobby Wilson | 47 | 135 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 | .178 | .281 |
| Tyler Austin | 35 | 123 | 18 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 11 | .236 | .488 |
| Ryan LaMarre | 43 | 99 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | .263 | .313 |
| Willians Astudillo | 29 | 93 | 9 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 2 | .355 | .516 |
| Byron Buxton | 28 | 90 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | .156 | .200 |
| Jason Castro | 19 | 63 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | .143 | .238 |
| Gregorio Petit | 26 | 61 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .246 | .279 |
| Johnny Field | 21 | 52 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .500 |
| Chris Gimenez | 13 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .276 | .517 |
| Taylor Motter | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .053 | .053 |
| Juan Graterol | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5526 | 738 | 1379 | 317 | 22 | 166 | 704 | 47 | 534 | .250 | .405 |
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 |
| Kyle Gibson | 10 | 13 | 3.62 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 196.2 | 177 | 88 | 79 | 79 | 179 |
| José Berríos | 12 | 11 | 3.84 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 192.1 | 159 | 83 | 82 | 61 | 202 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 7 | 10 | 4.49 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 164.1 | 151 | 89 | 82 | 70 | 162 |
| Lance Lynn | 7 | 8 | 5.10 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 102.1 | 105 | 61 | 58 | 62 | 100 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 4 | 6 | 5.42 | 73 | 0 | 7 | 73.0 | 75 | 46 | 44 | 26 | 70 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1 | 2 | 2.63 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 68.1 | 49 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 75 |
| Matt Magill | 3 | 3 | 3.81 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 | 58 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 56 |
| Addison Reed | 1 | 6 | 4.50 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 65 | 30 | 28 | 15 | 44 |
| Fernando Romero | 3 | 3 | 4.69 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 55.2 | 60 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 45 |
| Ryan Pressly | 1 | 1 | 3.40 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 47.2 | 46 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 69 |
| Fernando Rodney | 3 | 2 | 3.09 | 46 | 0 | 25 | 43.2 | 42 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 50 |
| Zach Duke | 3 | 4 | 3.62 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 37.1 | 44 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 39 |
| Kohl Stewart | 2 | 1 | 3.68 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 36.2 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 24 |
| Gabriel Moya | 3 | 1 | 4.71 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 36.1 | 35 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 31 |
| Alan Busenitz | 4 | 1 | 7.82 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 25.1 | 37 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 26 |
| Trevor May | 4 | 1 | 3.20 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 25.1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 36 |
| Tyler Duffey | 2 | 2 | 7.20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 19 |
| Ervin Santana | 0 | 1 | 8.03 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24.2 | 31 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 16 |
| Stephen Gonsalves | 2 | 2 | 6.57 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 24.2 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 16 |
| Matt Belisle | 1 | 1 | 9.13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 40 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 21 |
| Adalberto Mejía | 2 | 0 | 2.01 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 22.1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| Zack Littell | 0 | 2 | 6.20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20.1 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
| Oliver Drake | 0 | 0 | 2.21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 20.1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| Chase De Jong | 1 | 1 | 3.57 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17.2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Aaron Slegers | 1 | 1 | 5.27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13.2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Phil Hughes | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| John Curtiss | 0 | 1 | 5.68 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Andrew Vasquez | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Tyler Kinley | 0 | 0 | 24.30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| David Hale | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Willians Astudillo | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Garver | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Gimenez | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan LaMarre | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 78 | 84 | 4.50 | 162 | 162 | 37 | 1443.1 | 1425 | 775 | 721 | 573 | 1377 |
Source:

## Game log

The Twins played two games against the Cleveland Indians on April 17 and 18 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The games were considered home games for the Twins. An island-wide power outage occurred on April 18, but the game scheduled for that day was still played.
2018 game log: 78–84 (Home: 49–32; Away: 29–52) :
March: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 29@ Orioles2–3Bleier (1–0)Rodney (0–1)—45,4690–1L1
2March 30@ Orioles6–2Gibson (1–0)Cashner (0–1)—17,7631–1W1 :
April: 8–14 (Home: 6–6; Away: 2–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
3April 1@ Orioles7–0Berríos (1–0)Gausman (0–1)—17,2122–1W2
4April 2@ Pirates4–5Taillon (1–0)Lynn (0–1)Kontos (1)30,1862–2L1
5April 4@ Pirates7–3Rogers (1–0)Nova—20,6903–2W1
6April 5Mariners4–2Duke (1–0)Altavilla (0–1)Rodney (1)39,2144–2W2
7April 7Mariners4–11Leake (2–0)Berríos (1–1)—18,4164–3L1
–April 8MarinersPostponed (snow) (Makeup date: May 14.)
8April 9Astros2–0Verlander (2–0)Rogers (1–1)Giles15,5214–4L2
9April 10Astros4–1Odorizzi (1–0)Keuchel (0–2)Rodney (2)15,5005–4W1
10April 11Astros9–8Rodney (1–1)Peacock (1–1)—15,4386–4W2
11April 12White Sox4–0Berríos (2–1)Giolito (0–2)—15,4747–4W3
–April 13White SoxPostponed (snow) (Makeup date: June 5)
–April 14White SoxPostponed (snow) (Makeup date: September 28)
–April 15White SoxPostponed (snow) (Makeup date: August 20)
12April 17Indians1–6Kluber (2–1)Odorizzi (1–1)—19,5197–5L1
13April 18Indians2–1 (16)Busenitz (1–0)Tomlin (0–2)—19,5378–5W1
14April 20@ Rays7–8 (10)Colomé (1–2)Duke (1–1)—9,7868–6L1
15April 21@ Rays1–10Snell (3–1)Gibson (1–1)—10,1068–7L2
16April 22@ Rays6–8Colomé (2–2)Reed (0–1)—12,5158–8L3
17April 23@ Yankees1–14Tanaka (3–2)Odorizzi (1–2)—39,2498–9L4
18April 24@ Yankees3–8Sabathia (1–0)Berríos (2–2)—39,0258–10L5
19April 25@ Yankees4–7Green (2–0)Lynn (0–2)Chapman (4)39,2438–11L6
20April 26@ Yankees3–4Betances (1–1)Rodney (1–2)—40,7588–12L7
21April 27Reds9–15Hernandez (1–0)Duffey (0–1)—25,0028–13L8
22April 28Reds3–1Odorizzi (2–2)Romano (1–3)Rodney (3)27,1159–13W1
23April 29Reds2–8Mahle (2–3)Berríos (2–3)—25,6779–14L1
24April 30Blue Jays5–7Sanchez (2–2)Lynn (0–3)Osuna (7)16,4569–15L2 :
May: 13–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
25May 1Blue Jays4–7 (10)Clippard (4–0)Curtiss (0–1)Osuna (8)16,2459–16L3
26May 2Blue Jays4–0Romero (1–0)Stroman (0–4)—16,42010–16W1
27May 3@ White Sox5–6Jones (2–0)Reed (0–2)—13,26010–17L1
28May 4@ White Sox6–4Berríos (3–3)Fulmer (2–2)Rodney (4)15,93611–17W1
29May 5@ White Sox8–4Lynn (1–3)Santiago (0–1)—23,76512–17W2
30May 6@ White Sox5–3Duke (2–1)Rondón (1–2)Rodney (5)17,42413–17W3
31May 7@ Cardinals6–0Romero (2–0)Gant (1–1)—40,18214–17W4
32May 8@ Cardinals7–1Odorizzi (3–2)Martínez (3–2)—39,25315–17W5
33May 10@ Angels4–7Álvarez (2–0)Berríos (3–4)Johnson (1)30,12715–18L1
34May 11@ Angels5–4Magill (1–0)Anderson (0–1)Rodney (6)43,52116–18W1
35May 12@ Angels5–3 (12)Hildenberger (1–0)Ramirez (1–2)Rodney (7)40,11717–18W2
36May 13@ Angels1–2Parker (1–1)Duke (2–2)—38,02917–19L1
37May 14Mariners0–1Pazos (1–0)Hildenberger (1–1)Diaz (14)16,58117–20L2
38May 15Cardinals4–1Berríos (4–4)Cecil (0–1)Rodney (8)24,25918–20W1
39May 16Cardinals5–7Hicks (2–1)Lynn (1–4)Norris (9)25,18018–21L1
40May 18Brewers3–8Suter (3–3)Gibson (1–2)—29,34918–22L2
41May 19Brewers4–5Hader (2–0)Reed (0–3)—30,18218–23L3
42May 20Brewers3–1Reed (1–3)Guerra (0–2)Rodney (9)28,57719–23W1
43May 21Tigers4–2Berríos (5–4)Stumpf (1–3)Rodney (10)17,16120–23W2
44May 22Tigers6–0Lynn (2–4)Boyd (2–4)—25,55921–23W3
45May 23Tigers1–4Fulmer (2–3)Gibson (1–3)Greene (11)23,89121–24L1
46May 25@ Mariners1–2Paxton (4–1)Romero (2–1)Díaz (18)19,92421–25L2
47May 26@ Mariners3–4 (12)Bradford (4–0)Magill (1–1)—23,98621–26L3
48May 27@ Mariners1–3Leake (5–3)Berríos (5–5)Colomé (12)31,34021–27L4
49May 28@ Royals8–5Lynn (3–4)Junis (5–4)Rodney (11)18,57222–27W1
50May 29@ Royals1–2 (10)Barlow (1–0)Rogers (1–2)—20,53322–28L1
51May 30@ Royals8–11McCarthy (4–2)Romero (2–2)Herrera (12)21,34322–29L2
52May 31Indians8–9Olson (1–1)Reed (1–4)Allen (9)19,14822–30L3 :
June: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
53June 1Indians7–4Berríos (6–5)Carrasco (6–4)Rodney (12)30,17123–30W1
54June 2Indians7–1Lynn (4–4)Bauer (4–4)—23,47624–30W2
55June 3Indians7–5Rodney (2–2)Allen (2–2)—26,09625–30W3
56June 5White Sox4–2Duffey (1–1)Jones (2–2)Rodney (13)26,26126–30W4
57June 5White Sox3–6Giolito (4–6)Littell (0–1)Soria (5)26,26126–31L1
58June 6White Sox2–5Santiago (2–2)Odorizzi (3–3)Soria (6)20,39326–32L2
59June 7White Sox7–2Berríos (7–5)Shields (1–7)—21,46927–32W1
60June 8Angels2–4Ramirez (2–2)Pressly (0–1)Parker (6)28,38327–33L1
61June 9Angels1–2Skaggs (5–4)Gibson (1–4)Parker (7)24,06127–34L2
62June 10Angels7–5Romero (3–2)Tropeano (3–4)—28,65628–34W1
63June 12@ Tigers6–4Pressly (1–1)Coleman (3–1)Rodney (14)20,34029–34W2
64June 13@ Tigers2–5Jiménez (3–0)Reed (1–5)Greene (16)19,20629–35L1
65June 14@ Tigers1–3Fulmer (3–5)Lynn (4–5)Greene (17)27,57329–36L2
66June 15@ Indians6–3Gibson (2–4)Kluber (10–3)Rodney (15)32,63730–36W1
67June 16@ Indians9–3Magill (2–1)Carrasco (8–5)—30,28231–36W2
68June 17@ Indians1–4Bieber (1–0)Odorizzi (3–4)Allen (14)27,12831–37L1
69June 19Red Sox6–2Duke (3–2)Scott (0–1)—28,55032–37W1
70June 20Red Sox4–1Lynn (5–5)Price (8–5)Rodney (16)33,15333–37W2
71June 21Red Sox2–9Porcello (9–3)Gibson (2–5)—32,63133–38L1
72June 22Rangers1–8Minor (5–4)Romero (3–3)Chavez (1)28,00433–39L2
73June 23Rangers6–9Gallardo (1–0)Odorizzi (3–5)Kela (18)23,23033–40L3
74June 24Rangers2–0Berríos (8–5)Colón (4–5)Rodney (17)23,63334–40W1
75June 26@ White Sox4–8Lopez (3–5)Lynn (5–6)—16, 27634–41L1
76June 27@ White Sox1–6Shields (3–9)Gibson (2–6)—19,46634–42L3
77June 28@ White Sox2–1 (13)Busenitz (2–0)Santiago (2–3)—21,61035–42W1
78June 29@ Cubs6–10Montgomery (3–2)Berríos (8–6)Morrow (17)41,49235–43L1
79June 30@ Cubs9–14Wilson (2–2)Hildenberger (1–2)—40,95035–44L2 :
July: 14–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
80July 1@ Cubs10–11Lester (11–2)Lynn (5–7)Morrow (18)40,05135–45L3
81July 2@ Brewers5–6 (10)Knebel (2–0)Littell (0–2)—31,35335–46L4
82July 3@ Brewers0–2Guerra (5–5)Odorizzi (3–6)Knebel (9)32,37535–47L5
83July 4@ Brewers2–3Jeffress (6–1)Berríos (8–7)Knebel (10)36,70035–48L6
84July 5Orioles5–2Slegers (1–0)Cashner (2–9)Rodney (18)23,89536–48W1
85July 6Orioles6–2Lynn (6–7)Bundy (6–8)—27,57037–48W2
86July 7Orioles5–4Gibson (3–6)Castro (2–5)Rodney (19)25,97438–48W3
87July 8Orioles10–1Odorizzi (4–6)Cobb (2–11)—22,55739–48W4
88July 9Royals3–1Berríos (9–7)Hill (1–3)Rodney (20)20,19940–48W5
89July 10Royals4–9Flynn (1–1)Slegers (1–1)—27,55140–49L1
90July 11Royals8–5Lynn (7–7)Sparkman (0–1)—26,708
41–49W1
91July 12Rays5–1Gibson (4–6)Snell (12–5)Rodney (21)25,28142–49W2
92July 13Rays11–8Hildenberger (2–2)Eovaldi (3–4)—28,75643–49W3
93July 14Rays6–19Schultz (1–0)Duke (3–3)—25,09443–50L1
94July 15Rays11–7 (10)Busenitz (3–0)Andriese (2–4)—25,56144–50W1
89th All-Star Game in Washington, D.C.
95July 20@ Royals5–6Duffy (6–8)Gibson (4–7)Maurer (1)27,71944–51L1
96July 21@ Royals2–4Flynn (2–1)Lynn (7–8)Peralta (3)22,15944–52L2
97July 22@ Royals3–4Keller (3–4)Duke (3–4)Peralta (4)18,10744–53L3
98July 23@ Blue Jays8–3Mejia (1–0)Santos (0–1)—25,40545–53W1
99July 24@ Blue Jays5–0Berríos (10–7)Borucki (0–2)—31,93346–53W2
100July 25@ Blue Jays12–6 (11)Belisle (1-0)Petricka (1-1)—32,68647–53W3
101July 26@ Red Sox2–1Gibson (5-7)Barnes (3-3)Rodney (22)37,43948–53W4
102July 27@ Red Sox3–4Thornburg (1–0)Belisle (1–1)—37,27348–54L1
103July 28@ Red Sox4–10Porcello (13–4)Odorizzi (4–7)—36,79848–55L2
104July 29@ Red Sox0–3Eovaldi (4–4)Berríos (10–8)Kimbrel (33)36,78548–56L3
105July 30Indians5–4Rodney (3-2)Ramirez (0-1)—26,25649–56W1
106July 31Indians2–6Bauer (10–6)Gibson (5–8)Allen (21)25,40749–57L1 :
August: 14–14 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
107August 1Indians0–2Carrasco (13–5)Magill (2–2)Hand (26)29,26149–58L2
108August 3Royals6–4Moya (1–0)Flynn (2-3)Rodney (23)22,23650–58W1
109August 4Royals8–2Berríos (11-8)Smith (1-3)—27,90951–58W2
110August 5Royals6–5Moya (2-0)Duffy (7-10)Rodney (24)25,39052–58W3
111August 6@ Indians0–10Bauer (11–6)Gibson (5–9)—18,62052–59L1
112August 7@ Indians3–2Mejia (2–0)Carrasco (13–6)Rodney (25)19,92153–59W1
113August 8@ Indians2–5Allen (4-4)Hildenberger (2-3)—25,47653–60L1
114August 9@ Indians4–5Miller (2-3)Reed (1-6)—25,94253–61L2
115August 10@ Tigers3–5Zimmermann (5–4)Santana (0–1)Greene (24)24,84953–62W1
116August 11@ Tigers4–3Gibson (6–9)Liriano (3–7)Hildenberger (1)26,99154–62W1
117August 12@ Tigers2–4Boyd (7–10)Stewart (0–1)Greene (25)30,10554–63L1
118August 14Pirates5–2Odorizzi (5–7)Taillon (9–9)Hildenberger (2)28,51555–63W1
119August 15Pirates6–4Moya (3–0)Santana (2–2)Hildenberger (3)26,19156–63W2
120August 16Tigers15–8May (1–0)Liriano (3–8)—25,10857–63W3
121August 17Tigers5–4Gibson (7–9)Boyd (7–11)Rogers (1)26,60558–63W4
122August 18Tigers5–7Carpenter (1–1)Duffey (1–2)Greene (26)31,90458–64L1
123August 19Tigers5–4Hildenberger (3–3)Wilson (1–4)—27,91759–64W1
124August 20White Sox5–8Giolito (9–9)Gonsalves (0–1)—23,43159–65L1
125August 21@ White Sox5–2May (2–0)Covey (4–11)Rogers (2)23,13360–65W1
126August 22@ White Sox3–7Rodón (5–3)Gibson (7–10)—15,16060–66L1
127August 23A's6–4Busenitz (4–0)Cahill (5–3)Hildenberger (4)24,17161–66W1
128August 24A's1–7Manaea (12–9)Odorizzi (5–8)—22,56861–67L1
129August 25A's2–6Fiers (10–6)Gonsalves (0–2)—28,77261–68L2
130August 26A's2–6Buchter (3–0)Berríos (11–9)—23,31861–69L3
131August 28@ Indians1–8Carrasco (16-7)Gibson (7-11)—19,19461–70L4
132August 29@ Indians4–3May (3–0)Allen (4–6)Hildenberger (5)20,39862–70W1
133August 30@ Indians3–5Clevinger (10–7)Odorizzi (5–9)Hand (30)20,24462–71L1
134August 31@ Rangers10–7Magill (3–2)Moore (3–7)—22,80863–71W1 :
September: 15–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
135September 1@ Rangers4–7Gallardo (8–5)Berríos (11–10)Leclerc (8)32,17563–72L1
136September 2@ Rangers4–18Méndez (1–1)Moya (3–1)Butler (2)23,42363–73L2
137September 3@ Astros1–4Keuchel (11–10)Gibson (7–12)Peacock (3)39,55963–74L3
138September 4@ Astros2–5Verlander (14–9)May (3–1)Osuna (13)31,31563–75L4
139September 5@ Astros1–9Valdez (3–1)Odorizzi (5–10)—31,01163–76L5
140September 7Royals10–6May (4–1)Sparkman (0–3)—19,94464–76W1
141September 8Royals1–4López (2–4)Berríos (11–11)Peralta (9)25,81464–77L1
142September 9Royals3–1Hildenberger (4–3)Hammel (2–13)—20,90365–77W1
143September 10Yankees2–7Happ (16–6)Gibson (7–13)—21,56565–78L1
144September 11Yankees10–5Stewart (1–1)Gray (10–9)—20,34366–78W1
145September 12Yankees3–1Odorizzi (6–10)Severino (17–8)Hildenberger (4)24,13467–78W2
146September 13@ Royals4–6Fillmyer (3–1)Busenitz (4–1)Peralta (11)18,74567–79L1
147September 14@ Royals4–8Hammel (3–13)Hildenberger (4–4)—18,38967–80L2
148September 15@ Royals3–10Kennedy (2–8)De Jong (0–1)—19,50567–81L3
149September 16@ Royals9–6Gibson (8–13)Vasto (0–1)—20,28668–81W1
150September 17@ Tigers6–1Stewart (2–1)Zimmermann (7–8)—19,00469–81W2
151September 18@ Tigers5–3Odorizzi (7–10)Norris (0–5)Hildenberger (7)19,74070–81W3
152September 19@ Tigers8–2Gonsalves (1–2)Turnbull (0–1)—19,29671–81W4
153September 21@ A's6–7 (11)Treinen (8–2)Magill (3–3)—27,55871–82L1
154September 22@ A's2–3Treinen (9–2)Hildenberger (4–5)—36,73171–83L2
155September 23@ A's5–1Gibson (9–13)Cahill (6–4)May (1)35,75472–83W1
156September 25Tigers2–4Alcántara (1–0)Hildenberger (4–6)Greene (32)23,84972–84L1
157September 26Tigers11–4Duffey (2–2)Boyd (9–13)—21,31673–84W1
158September 27Tigers9–3Gonsalves (2–2)Liriano (5–12)—22,34274–84W2
159September 28White Sox2–1Berríos (12–11)López (7–10)May (2)20,24575–84W3
160September 28White Sox12–4Jong (1–1)Giolito (10–13)—28,19176–84W4
161September 29White Sox8–3Gibson (10–13)Rodón (6–8)—32,71777–84W5
162September 30White Sox5–4Vasquez (1–0)Covey (5–14)May (3)30,14478–84W6 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Twins team member :
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## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Joel Skinner |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern League | Tommy Watkins |
| A-Advanced | Fort Myers Miracle | Florida State League | Ramon Borrego |
| A | Cedar Rapids Kernels | Midwest League | Toby Gardenhire |
| Rookie | Elizabethton Twins | Appalachian League | Ray Smith |
| Rookie | GCL Twins | Arizona League | Dan Ramsay |
| Rookie | DSL Twins | Dominican Summer League | Robbie Robinson |
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