2020 Minnesota Twins season

The 2020 Minnesota Twins season is 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 is the second year under new manager Rocco Baldelli.

2020 Minnesota Twins
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jim Pohlad
Manager(s)Rocco 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]

Season standings
American League Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 148 0.636 — 9–2 5–6
Cleveland Indians 139 0.591 1 6–4 7–5
Chicago White Sox 1211 0.522 2½ 4–8 8–3
Detroit Tigers 911 0.450 4 4–9 5–2
Kansas City Royals 913 0.409 5 4–4 5–9
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Oakland Athletics 166 0.727
New York Yankees 156 0.714
Minnesota Twins 148 0.636


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 149 0.609
Cleveland Indians 139 0.591
Houston Astros 1110 0.524


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Baltimore Orioles 129 0.571 +1½
Texas Rangers 1010 0.500 —
Chicago White Sox 1111 0.500 —
Detroit Tigers 910 0.474 ½
Kansas City Royals 913 0.409 2
Toronto Blue Jays 711 0.389 2
Los Angeles Angels 715 0.318 4
Seattle Mariners 716 0.304 4½
Boston Red Sox 616 0.273 5

Records vs. AL Opponents
2020 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head

Team CWS CLE DET KC MIN NL
Chicago —2–42–13–01–23–4
Cleveland 4–2—3–02–11–33–3
Detroit 1–20–3—2–20–06–3
Kansas City 0–31–22–2—4–22–4
Minnesota 2–13–10–02–4—7–2

Updated with the results of all games through August 16, 2020.

Game Log

Regular Season
2020 game log: 14–8 (Home: 9–2 ; Away: 5–6)
August: 9–6 (Home: 6–1 ; Away: 3–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
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 17Royals–—
24August 18Brewers–—
25August 19Brewers–—
26August 20Brewers–—
27August 21@ Royals–—
28August 22@ Royals–—
29August 23@ Royals–—
30August 24@ Indians–—
31August 25@ Indians–—
32August 26@ Indians–—
33August 27@ Tigers–—
34August 28@ Tigers–—
35August 29@ Tigers–—
36August 30@ Tigers–—
37August 31White Sox–—
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

Roster
Minnesota Twins roster
Active roster Player pool Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches


COVID-19 related list

Restricted list

28 active, 31 player pool

7- or 10-day injured list
Suspended list
# Personal leave
* Not on 40-man roster
Roster and coaches updated August 16, 2020
Transactions • Depth chart

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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.
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