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.

2020 Minnesota Twins
American League Central Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record36–24 (.600)
Divisional place1st
Other information
OwnersJim Pohlad
President of baseball operationsDerek Falvey
General managersThad Levine
ManagersRocco Baldelli
Local televisionFox Sports North
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Justin Morneau) (Marney Gellner) (Audra Martin)
Local radioWCCO, KMNB
(Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] On September 29, the Twins lost Game One of the 2020 American League Wild Card Series 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.[5] 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
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 3624 0.600 — 24–7 12–17
Cleveland Indians 3525 0.583 1 18–12 17–13
Chicago White Sox 3525 0.583 1 18–12 17–13
Kansas City Royals 2634 0.433 10 15–15 11–19
Detroit Tigers 2335 0.397 12 12–15 11–20
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 4020 0.667
Oakland Athletics 3624 0.600
Minnesota Twins 3624 0.600


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 3525 0.583
New York Yankees 3327 0.550
Houston Astros 2931 0.483


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 3525 0.583 +3
Toronto Blue Jays 3228 0.533 —
Seattle Mariners 2733 0.450 5
Los Angeles Angels 2634 0.433 6
Kansas City Royals 2634 0.433 6
Baltimore Orioles 2535 0.417 7
Boston Red Sox 2436 0.400 8
Detroit Tigers 2335 0.397 8
Texas Rangers 2238 0.367 10

Records vs. Opponents
2020 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

Team CWS CLE DET KC MIN NL
Chicago —2–89–19–15–510–10
Cleveland 8–2—7–35–53–712–8
Detroit 1–93–7—4–64–611–7
Kansas City 1–95–56–4—5–59–11
Minnesota 5–57–36–45–5—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)Tigers [a]3–2 (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.[6]

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

Roster
2020 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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 Rosario572103154701342319.257.476
Jorge Polanco55209225480419413.258.354
Miguel Sanó5318631381201325018.204.478
Nelson Cruz531853356601633025.303.595
Marwin González53175153740522017.211.320
Max Kepler48171273990923322.228.439
Byron Buxton39130193330132722.254.577
Jake Cave4211317253241505.221.389
Luis Arráez3211216369001308.321.402
Ehire Adrianza448910177003111.191.270
Josh Donaldson2881141820611018.222.469
Mitch Garver2372812102507.167.264
Ryan Jeffers2655515003705.273.436
Alex Avila2349692012011.184.286
LaMonte Wade Jr.163939300114.231.308
Ildemaro Vargas102235110201.227.364
Brent Rooker71946201500.316.579
Willians Astudillo81644101300.250.500
Travis Blankenhorn1301100000.333.667
Aaron Whitefield3110000000.000.000
Team Totals6019372694688139125814186.242.427

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 Maeda612.701111066.24020201080
José Berríos544.001212063.05728282668
Randy Dobnak644.051010046.25021211327
Rich Hill223.0388038.22813131731
Michael Pineda203.3855026.2251010725
Tyler Clippard212.77262026.01998426
Matt Wisler011.07184125.115331435
Tyler Duffey111.88220024.01365631
Jorge Alcalá212.63160024.02187827
Trevor May103.86240223.1201110738
Taylor Rogers244.05210920.026149424
Sergio Romo124.05240520.01699723
Caleb Thielbar212.25170020.01465922
Lewis Thorpe016.0671016.12412111010
Devin Smeltzer206.7571016.0191212515
Cody Stashak103.00110015.01155317
Jake Odorizzi016.5944013.2161010312
Homer Bailey103.382208.063337
Sean Poppen004.706007.2944410
Zack Littell009.956006.1127733
Danny Coulombe000.002002.220033
Cory Gearrin000.001002.000021
Ehire Adrianza009.001001.011100
Edwar Colina0081.001000.143320
Team Totals36243.58606017513.1448215204170535

Source:

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

References
  1. Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. "Twins clinch 2nd straight AL Central title after White Sox loss to Cubs". Fox 9. September 27, 2020. Archived from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  5. "Twins' record postseason losing streak hits 18 with Minnesota swept by Astros in Wild Card Series".
  6. "Tigers, Twins have doubleheader postponed because of weather". FoxSports.com. August 28, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
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