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This story was excerpted from Do-Hyoung Park’s Twins Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. After the Twins began the 2024 season on a bafflingly inconsistent and streaky note -- alternating between stretches of seeming like the best team

MINNEAPOLIS -- Justin Morneau always has undisguised pride in his voice as he recalls how he spent what felt like his whole career watching Joe Mauer from the on-deck circle -- from the day the onetime No. 1 overall Draft pick took his first Spring Training plate appearance after a

With the All-Star break over and the second half of the 2024 season beginning Friday, overlying goals have come into focus for all 30 MLB teams. Some clubs will make major moves at the July 30 Trade Deadline, going all in and dreaming of a World Series title. Others are

MINNEAPOLIS -- Justin Morneau laughs as he explains that the first time he figured he’d one day be traveling to Cooperstown, N.Y., to watch Joe Mauer get inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame was, in fact, the first at-bat he saw Mauer take in Spring Training. Not only

The 94th MLB All-Star Game featured triple-digit heat from various pitchers, some dazzling defensive plays across the diamond and plenty of big-time power. The Midsummer Classic, held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, ended in a 5-3 final score as the American League avenged its 2023 loss and won

The Twins’ specialty in the MLB Draft has been plucking overlooked college pitchers in the later rounds and turning them into effective Major League arms. And to wrap up the 2024 Draft on Tuesday, they followed that blueprint.

The 2024 All-Star Game is behind us and the second half of the season looms. While much of the attention in the coming weeks will be about players on the move at the Trade Deadline, there are plenty of key players who will stay put and will have an outsized

The 2024 MLB Draft wrapped up on Tuesday with 615 players selected over this year’s 20-round process. Now that we know where players are going (see you next time, mock drafts!), we can dive into which clubs might have gotten steals, which added potential superstars and which took some fun

Jaime Ferrer has lived with a chronic illness since he was three years old. It’s the only life he’s known. He’s been doubted, told no, and gone through countless physical and mental hurdles on his journey to becoming a Major League Baseball player. But that Type 1 diabetes diagnosis? It’s

PHOENIX -- You can see it jutting out on a map. Senegal, with its capital city of Dakar, reaching out from West Africa to touch the Atlantic Ocean. The country is a veritable hotbed for soccer, baseball not even a glint in its collective eye. Which is where Khadim Diaw

MINNEAPOLIS -- This all started, funny enough, when Twins manager Rocco Baldelli fielded a phone call from assistant general manager Jeremy Zoll as the skipper drove to one of his favorite offseason haunts at Tree House Brewery in Charlton, Mass., about an hour and a half from his house in

ARLINGTON -- The blend was beautiful. Power pitching that overwhelmed the opposition, and power hitting that answered back. Established superstars shining on summer’s biggest stage, and emerging superstars making their presence known in front of an ample audience.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Kaelen Culpepper felt like he was always off the radar growing up in Memphis, Tenn., away from many eyes in baseball as he wanted to pursue a future in the sport. His family didn’t have the money for the big tournaments, and he and his brother

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Ahead of the 2024 MLB Draft, Twins vice president of amateur scouting Sean Johnson had predicted a run on college hitters due to the relative lack of high school hitters in the class -- and the Twins themselves took part in that trend, selecting three college

One of the top-ranked amateur shortstops in the country, Kaelen Culpepper has built himself a legend at Kansas State and risen to the status of potential first-round pick. Here's what you need to know about the Twins No. 21 Draft selection. FAST FACTS Position: SS Ht/Wt: 6-foot-0, 185 lbs. B/T:

SAN FRANCISCO -- Even though Carlos Correa will miss Tuesday’s All-Star Game in Texas with a foot injury, he and the family are going and 2 1/2-year-old Kylo is ready to meet his favorite player. “Kylo sees Aaron Judge on TV and he goes crazy,” Correa said Sunday before the

The ground balls would keep coming off his coach’s bat. A thwack of the bat and a smack in the glove. Thwack. Smack. Thwack. Smack. Thwack. Smack. Over and over and over, until the coach’s hands would blister and bleed or until the stadium worker looking to call it a

SAN FRANCISCO -- Entering the weekend series, Twins veteran first baseman Carlos Santana had hit a home run at every active Major League park except one: Oracle Park. Santana had already gone deep against all 30 teams, a feat he achieved last Aug. 15 against the Dodgers. That alone put

The next generation took a turn in the spotlight in Saturday's All-Star Futures Game. An American League team hosted the festivities at Globe Life Field, but it was the National League that pulled out the 6-1 victory behind the big bats of the game's Most Valuable Player Cam Collier and