MN for the Win - A Minnesota Twins Podcast

Send us Fan Mail With the baseball season opener just over three weeks away, the Twins' starting rotation couldn't look much better, even as the lineup starts to show some cracks created by minor(?) injuries. David and Dan take a look at who is healthy and who is not on their third spring training episode of the 2023 season. They also follow up on the two big rule changes limiting the sh...

Send us Fan Mail Major League Baseball has instituted a series of rules for this season, and because they love rules so much, David, Dan and Hoges have devoted a whole episode to discussing them. The extra-innings ghost runner is now permanent, and for the most part the guys have resigned themselves to it. The pitch timer is perhaps the most notable change and one that will likely have the most im...

Send us Fan Mail After a busy, surprising offseason, the Minnesota Twins are back in Fort Myers (or at least the pitchers and catchers are) to open Spring Training 2023. They made plenty of transactions, including the signing of Joey Gallo and Christian Vasquez, the trading of Luis Arraez  for starting pitcher Pablo Lopez -- and, of course, the resigning of Carlos Correa, whose ankle had the Giant...

Send us Fan Mail The Minnesota Twins season has officially come to a close and David and Dan welcome Andrew "Hoges" Hoganson in studio for their annual season wrap show. The boys revisit their preseason predictions and take solace in the fact that they weren't the only ones in the sports world to be a little off with their guesses. The guys discuss the Puckett's Picks results f...

Send us Fan Mail The Minnesota Twins' season is officially in the books, and David and Dan are back for their final series recap of the season (with a season recap coming soon). They discuss the achievement of Luis Arraez winning the AL batting title and ask what Rocco Baldelli needs to do (if he can do anything) to influence the decision Carlos Correa will need to make this offseason about w...

Send us Fan Mail The Minnesota Twins lose 2 of 3 to the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. The boys discuss seeing Miguel Cabrera for the final time and how his retirement has been overshadowed by Albert Pujols. The guys give their thoughts on Carlos Correa's recent statement regarding staying with the team moving forward, and Dan wants to know if it's ethical to sit Arraez to keep his ave...

Send us Fan Mail The Minnesota Twins lose two of three against the Los Angeles Angels but manage to snap their five-game losing streak by winning game two of the series. Dan laments having to listen to poor broadcasters, and the Puckett's Picks race is heating up with David up one with three series left to play. The boys wonder how 3rd base will be handled next season as both Urshela and Mira...

Send us Fan Mail All but mathematically eliminated from the playoffs even heading into this series against the Kansas City Royals, the Minnesota Twins looked worn out and unmotivated in a three-game sweep at the hands of their division rivals. David and Dan discuss the few bright spots in the performances of Carlos Correa and Matt Wallner, and they wonder whether either of them will start next sea...

Send us Fan Mail It appears that the end has finally come for the Minnesota Twins, who lose four of five in a series against the Cleveland Guardians where they really needed the opposite result to keep their postseason hopes alive. But now seven games back with just five series left, the Twins are all but eliminated and now are striving to get back to above .500.  Matt Wallner's MLB debut --...

Send us Fan Mail Another blunder from Tommy Watkins did nothing to throw off the Minnesota Twins, who swept the Kansas City Royals for the third time this season, and it couldn't have been more crucial for the Twins' playoff hopes. David and Dan discuss the third base coach's gaffe and much more, including Joe Ryan's seven no-hit innings and Carlos Correa's series of big h...

Send us Fan Mail The Minnesota Twins are swept at home by the visiting Cleveland Guardians. Andrew "Hoges" Hoganson fills in for Dan and the boys do everything in their power to avoid talking about this series. The boys breakdown the areas where the Twins struggled in the series, as well as some odd happenings involving an ump giving an aggressive head massage to a Cleveland pitcher. Hog...

Send us Fan Mail It was oh so close to a series split for the Minnesota Twins in New York, but missed opportunities in Game 2 haunt them, and so they settle for a single victory in a four-game set against the Yankees. Still, the Twins enter a series with Cleveland just 1.5 games back and very much in the race, so long as they can actually stay healthy enough to field a team. As he has said before,...

Send us Fan Mail The Minnesota Twins lose 2 of 3 against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. The boys are upset that the Twins didn't take this golden opportunity to put the White Sox out of contention and to take sole possession of first place in the AL Central as the Guardians struggled against the Mariners. The boys breakdown the bizarre events at the end of game one, and the m...

Send us Fan Mail Largely behind the bat of Nick Gordon, the Twins win two of three at home against the Boston Red Sox, and they stay close to the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians as we head into September. Back from vacation, David waxes about memories of his grandmother and the rich family history of Twins' fandom. As to this series, they praise and criticize the play of Gordon, and th...

Send us Fan Mail The Minnesota Twins ended a six-game losing streak emphatically with a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants, who previously had only visited Minnesota for one series since the Giants moved out West. Filling in for a vacationing David, Hoges praises the play of baseball superstar Carlos Correa, who had perhaps his best series with the Twins, and Dan jumps on the Jake Cave b...

Send us Fan Mail The Houston Astros finished off a season sweep of the Minnesota Twins by winning all three in Houston this week, extending the Twins' overall losing streak to six games. They are now four back in the Central with just over a month to go, yet David and Dan are not entirely down on this injury-depleted team. They discuss the few highlights of Carlos Correa's return to his...

Send us Fan Mail This series did not go as David and Dan assumed and certainly not as hoped for the Twins, who lose three of four to the Texas Rangers, a team that is 10 games under .500 and far from the playoff picture. The Twins find themselves two games behind the Cleveland Guardians. Minnesota scores just six runs in the four-game series, wasting four very good outings from its starting pitche...

Send us Fan Mail The Minnesota Twins sweep the Kansas City Royals in a three-game series at Target Field. David and Dan are reunited and discuss the great pitching performances by Joe Ryan and Sonny Gray, as well as the scoreless innings put together by the bullpen. The boys discuss Miranda's continued great play and Caleb Thielbar's effort in high leverage positions in games 1 and 2. Da...

Send us Fan Mail Dan is away and so Andrew "Hoges" Hoganson fills in with David as the boys discuss the Twins three game series against the LA Angels. The boys discuss if it's time to put Kepler back on the IL after extending his hitless streak to 28 at-bats. Hoges wants to know why Rocco insists on using Pagan so much and David wants to know why Barcher's starts aren't be...

Send us Fan Mail The Minnesota Twins were overmatched in a two-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and it is perhaps comforting for David and Dan that they no longer need to play a team that looks an awful lot like the New York Yankees in stature and mystique. Back together after being apart the last three series, David and Dan find the Twins in second place for the first time in a long whil...

Send us Fan Mail Against a playoff-caliber team, the Minnesota Twins earn a four-game split at Target Field with the Toronto Blue Jays. But it felt like a series the Twins could have won if not for an overturned call in the 10th inning of Game 4. Hoges -- filling in again for David -- was at the game for it and has lots to say about the way that replay was handled by the MLB crew in New York City....

Send us Fan Mail Amid a flurry of trade deadline deals, the Twins find themselves flush with pitchers and short on healthy outfielders. This led to the long-awaited call-up of Jake Cave, who will arguably play more games for the Twins the rest of the way than Miguel Sano will. Go figure. Dan and Hoges -- filling in for David -- discuss the Twins' additions of Tyler Mahle, Jorge Lopez and Mich...

Send us Fan Mail Dan is away and so Andrew "Hoges" Hoganson fills in with David as the boys discuss the Twins three game series against the San Diego Padres. Hoges is upset that Rocco didn't let Sonny Gray go deeper in his start and David is upset that Rocco waited one batter too long to pull Dylan Bundy from his. The guys both praise Buxton who looks to be at 100% and carried the t...

Send us Fan Mail While Byron Buxton started the series with a leadoff home run, there wasn't much else for the Twins to cheer for, as, for the first time since May, they play a series and fail to win a game. The Brewers had little trouble against troubled Twins starters Dylan Bundy and Chris Archer, leading David and Dan to wonder: Who exactly is going to start for this team the rest of the s...

Send us Fan Mail The boys return from their brief respite during the All-Star break and are in high spirits as the Minnesota Twins sweep the Tigers in their two-game series in Detroit. Meanwhile the White Sox and Guardians split a four-game series giving the Twins a 3-game lead in the AL Central. The guys discuss the HR Derby and All-Star game results and Dan concedes that if players are going to...