I remain baffled by the way a lot of fans view Matt Wallner -- basically as an expendable guy on his leg with the Twins. Wallner has a career 127 OPS+ in the majors. That would rank in top 10 in Twins history. For reference: Allison 127, Hrbek 128, Oliva 131.

Today's installment in the "Road to a Rebound" series takes a look at the step back for Matt Wallner in 2025. In my opinion, a lot less concerning than most of the other down years from Twins hitters: twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

This was Trevor Larnach one year ago. It would be foolhardy for the Twins go give up on him so they can save like 3 million bucks, IMO.

In continuing our "Road to a Rebound" series at @twinsdaily.com, today I took a deep dive on Royce Lewis and his spiral, which has lined up almost exactly with that of the Twins at large. Fixing him is vital to fixing this team: twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

Today at @twinsdaily.com I kicked off a new series, "Road to a Rebound," examining what several key Twins hitters need to do in order to turn around their wayward offensive performance. First up, Brooks Lee: twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

The main problem faced by Twins: hitters throughout the roster who are too young/cheap to give up on, but have played too poorly to trust/trade. Leaves the team in a very tough spot: twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/... @twinsdaily.com

This was a good, albeit harrowing read from @nightengalejr.bsky.social: www.startribune.com/the-twins-de... The Twins were a very bad defensive team in 2025, one of the main reasons they were a complete drag to watch, and there's no clear path to significant improvement.

In the late Metrodome era, "The Twins Way" was a guiding principle. Today it's merely a street sign outside of Target Field. On field and off, team leadership is signaling an intent to return to their old identity: twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

My view: Pohlads are longing for a return to "The Twins Way." They say their (mid-pack) spending levels became unsustainable. Falvey talks about building an identity around "fundamentals" and "details." Interviewing Nick Punto for manager feels like the deadest giveaway yet.

Sounds like the Twins are viewing Ramon Vazquez as a candidate for manager. Here's a video the Red Sox put out a couple years ago introducing him as their bench coach: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQAh...

A front-runner has emerged in the Twins managerial search, @twinsdaily.com has learned 😏 twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

I need to see some sort of rationale for why Torii Hunter is a good managerial candidate for the Twins other than "vibes." Like what are his philosophies? Can he sync with this FO? Do we have any idea?

I don't wanna oversimplify things, but I'm gonna: If the Twins trade Pablo Lopez this offseason, they are not trying in 2026. If they don't trade him, they are at least somewhat trying. twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

Was feeling cheery so I wrote up a piece for TD tomorrow on what a full-scale offseason teardown would look like for the Twins — basically trading all veterans with any value and running out like a $50M payroll next year. Honestly it's not out of the question!

In honor of the arrival of Oktoberfest season, one of my all-time favorite Simpsons moments: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAla...

Joe Pohlad and the Twins are telling fans to buckle up for more "short term pain" without much promise of a future payoff. It sucks. twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

The rotation ended on a high note, for what that’s worth, as the Twins wrapped up a 92-loss season and stare ahead to an uncertain future. The season’s final Week in Review is live @twinsdaily.com

Simeon Woods Richardson has induced 15+ swinging strikes 3 times in his past 4 starts. He had done so once in his entire career prior. 19 today a new high.

What a second half for Simeon Woods Richardson. And what a finish for the Twins rotation.

Ballpark was brand new at that time. Twins easily drew 2 million in those years despite being bad. That's not happening next year. Also like, what is your point? The Twins were bad for another 5 years after that stretch you mentioned.

Really hard for me to envision a scenario where Target Field is not a desolate, bleak place next summer. And that's not a feeling I've had since it opened (sans 2020). Beyond deflating. I don't know what leadership could do now to avert this, but they probably won't try anyway.

My most diabolical take is that the Twins are going to re-sign Emilio Pagan during the offseason.

Very solid season finale from Bailey Ober today. For what it's worth, he leads all Twins pitchers in fWAR since the trade deadline.

Who will lead the Twins bullpen next year? I took a shot at laying out the most likely options, which wasn't necessarily easy. twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/... @twinsdaily.com

Carlos Correa has slashed .286/.348/.427 since being traded to the Astros at the deadline. Ranks second on the team in fWAR with 1.5, which would lead all Twins. Still hasn't been enough for Houston. They've gone 22-27 to fall out of playoff position.

Who are we seeing in a Twins uniform for the last time this week? Strong possibilities: Rocco, Ryan, Lopez, Vazquez, Jeffers, Julien, Larnach

Heading into ASB, Guardians were 46-49, 12 GB. Twins were 47-49, 11.5 GB. Guards lost their star closer to gambling scandal, but dug in their heels. Have gone 38-24 to close gap in ALC. Twins sold out, gave up. Have gone 20-40. Difference between these franchises in a nutshell.

As usual, the Twins submitted meekly to the Yankees and Guardians, closing out their home schedule with two more series losses. Have we seen Rocco manage at Target Field for the last time? Penultimate edition of the Week in Review is live @twinsdaily.com

The Twins are very unlikely to be competitive next year, but it's not impossible. Today at @twinsdaily.com I wrote about 7 developments that could thrust the club back to relevance. None of them involve flashy outside additions, because those aren't coming. twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

When Pablo Lopez first got injured in June, the Twins were red hot and he was pitching at a Cy Young caliber level. They unraveled in his absence. He returned to the husk of a roster. Tonight he got injured making a diving play for a team that long ago stopped caring. Just sad.

In Ron Gardenhire's first season as manager (2002), Twins improved by 9 wins, reached ALCS In Paul Molitor's first year (2015), 13-win improvement, nearly made playoffs In Rocco Baldelli's first year (2019), 23-win improvement, playoffs. New manager effect is real? 🤷

Simeon Woods Richardson: 3.26 ERA in his past 12 starts, coming off career-best outing vs NYY Austin Martin: Slashing .289/.386/.388 since joining team in August, including .314 avg and .417 OBP in September. Berrios trade package finally rounding into form?

I'm feeling quite checked out on the Twins and finding it difficult to even follow along at the obligatory level I must. What's getting yall excited or keeping you interested as the season winds down?

No @twinsdaily.com Week in Review today because I was on vacation. Will be back next week!

Flying into San Francisco tonight. Staying with my buddy in Oakland. Tomorrow morning we're gonna drive out to Sacramento and catch A's vs Red Sox, then it's off to Lake Tahoe for the weekend with the boys. Should be a good time. 🌄✌️

Second-half dropoffs under Rocco 2022: 50-44 at ASB, in contention. 28-40 in 2nd half. 2024: 54-42 at ASB, in contention. 28-38 in 2nd half. 2025: 47-49 at ASB, in contention. 16-31 in 2nd half (so far). There just CANNOT be any way a manager survives this 3x in 4 years.

Walker Jenkins was off to a 1-20 start in Triple-A when I wrote this article suggesting Twins should give him a long-term contract and have him in their Opening Day lineup next year. In 6 games since: 13-for-25 (.520) with two doubles, a triple and a HR. twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

It was a horrible week of Twins baseball. twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/... @twinsdaily.com

Since returning from Triple-A at the start of August, Edouard Julien has played in 20 games, but only seven from start to finish. He's slashing .196/.281/.314 in 58 PA with 1 HR, 6 BB, 19 K. Looking like he is not gonna rule again 😔

The Twins have played the White Sox 11 times this year and this will be their third time getting beaten by 8+ runs. Let that sink in. The White Sox

Took a shot at mapping out Twins 2026 roster. Few things stick out: - Lopez is getting traded. Correa likely to be 2nd-highest paid player. - I’m just throwing darts in terms of SP/RP. Is that what they’ll do? - Bad lineup. Brutal bench. This team's gonna be horrible 😭

Today at @twinsdaily.com I wrote about how the Twins can put their future in motion and get fans energized around a new franchise centerpiece: twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

In a lost season, you look for silver linings. Twins fans found some last week: Mickey's magic, Martin the OBP machine, Funderburk's revenge. And of course, the glory of Byron Buxton. New Week in Review is LIVE at @twinsdaily.com

Injuries robbed us of a Hall of Fame path for Buxton, but I'm becoming more confident he could have a very strong second-half career chapter in store with multiple more All-Star nods. So awesome to see him this healthy and happy out there. Takes away a lot of this season's sting.

No one should take for granted how amazing it is that Buxton is 21-for-21 on steals, with a 90% career success rate. He's the most effective base-stealer in MLB history, and it's definitely not his best skill.

In my opinion, the idea of a low-budget "rebuild" in MLB is a farce. (See: White Sox.) The idea that fans should have faith in the same unaccountable, untrustworthy Twins leadership to orchestrate this one, even more so. New from me @twinsdaily.com: twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/...

Top Twins hitters since the trade deadline (by wOBA): 1. Wallner - .384 2. Keaschall - .381 3. Jeffers - .349 4. Larnach - .347 5. Lewis - .287 The offense has been pretty horrible overall but within that, most of the bats they'd be counting on for next year have been solid.

A bad week of baseball for your Minnesota Twins. Week in Review is live at @twinsdaily.com Article: twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/... Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/jm/podcast/w...

Thinking about Joe Ryan's last start, and realizing the inevitability of him asking out this offseason. Here's why:

The Athletics, who openly were not trying to win this year and have one of the worst owners in the history of baseball, are a markedly better team than the Twins. Something is rotten to the core with this franchise.