2018 Minnesota Twins season
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The 2018 Minnesota Twins season was the 58th season for the
Regular season
Season standings
W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road | |
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Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | — | 49–32 | 42–39 |
Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 13 | 49–32 | 29–52 |
Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | 0.395 | 27 | 38–43 | 26–55 |
Chicago White Sox | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 29 | 30–51 | 32–49 |
Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | 0.358 | 33 | 32–49 | 26–55 |
Division Leaders | W
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L
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Pct. |
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Boston Red Sox | 108 | 54 | 0.667 |
Houston Astros | 103 | 59 | 0.636 |
Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71 | 0.562 |
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) |
Wild Card teamsW
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L
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Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 100 | 62 | 0.617 | +3 |
Oakland Athletics | 97 | 65 | 0.599 | — |
Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | 7 |
Seattle Mariners | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 8 |
Los Angeles Angels | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 17 |
Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 19 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 24 |
Texas Rangers | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 30 |
Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | 0.395 | 33 |
Chicago White Sox | 62 | 100 | 0.383 | 35 |
Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | 0.358 | 39 |
Baltimore Orioles | 47 | 115 | 0.290 | 50 |
Record vs. opponents
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Roster
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 |
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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:[1]
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 |
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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:[2]
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.[2][3] The games were considered home games for the Twins.[2] An island-wide power outage occurred on April 18, but the game scheduled for that day was still played.[4][5]
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April: 8–14 (Home: 6–6; Away: 2–8)
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May: 13–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–8)
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June: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7)
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July: 14–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 4–10)
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August: 14–14 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–8)
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September: 15–13 (Home: 10–3; Away: 5–10)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Twins team member |
Source[6]
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Rochester Red Wings | International League | Joel Skinner |
AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern League
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Tommy Watkins |
A-Advanced
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Fort Myers Miracle
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Florida State League | Ramon Borrego |
A
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Cedar Rapids Kernels | Midwest League | Toby Gardenhire |
Rookie
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Elizabethton Twins | Appalachian League | Ray Smith |
Rookie
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GCL Twins
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Arizona League
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Dan Ramsay |
Rookie
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DSL Twins | Dominican Summer League | Robbie Robinson |
Source[7]
References
- ^ "Twins will open 2018 season against Orioles". MLB.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ a b "Indians, Twins to play in Puerto Rico in 2018". MLB.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ Wells, Adam. "Twins, Indians to Play 2-Game Series in Puerto Rico in 2018". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "Puerto Rico blackout won't impact MLB game". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Minnesota Twins Schedule | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "Twins announce 2018 Minor League staff assignments". MLB.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
External links
- 2018 Minnesota Twins season at Baseball Reference