OCTOBER 2 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
MINNESOTA TWINS 82-80 · 4TH IN AL CENTRAL
82-80 · 4TH IN AL CENTRAL
Minnesota Twins fire hitting coaches, infield coach The team announced four coaches won’t return for the 2025 season.
Twins fire four coaches after late-season hitting slump The Minnesota Twins parted ways with hitting coaches Rudy Hernandez and David Popkins, assistant hitting coach Derek Shomon and assistant be...
OCTOBER 2 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
End-of-season awards for the 2024 Minnesota Twins Before we dig into a lot more of what went wrong, let’s highlight who did well for the Twins.
OCTOBER 2 • THESTATE.COM
Should top Twins reliever Griffin Jax be a starter? Air Force captain Griffin Jax had one of the top seasons in Twins history pitching out of the bullpen.
SEPTEMBER 30 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Twins' 2024 a lesson in 'what could have been' MINNEAPOLIS -- One of the biggest letdown seasons in Twins history was punctuated at the end by one of the biggest collapses in club history...
SEPTEMBER 30 • MLB.COM
The Five Biggest Factors Behind the Twins' Late-Season Collapse The Twins had a 92.4% chance to make the playoffs on Aug. 17. What happened?
SEPTEMBER 30 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM
Neal: Twins' Derek Falvey and Rocco Baldelli have earned the right to one more year But the Twins’ process must yield results in 2025 after the team’s failures to finish 2024.
SEPTEMBER 30 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Bailey Ober - Loses three of final four starts Ober (12-9) was saddled with the loss Sunday, allowing three runs on five hits over five innings against the Orioles. He struck out four.
Impact Ober held the Orioles off the board through four innings but yielded a three-run blast to James McCann with one out in the fifth that spoiled a two-run lead and led to Ober's ninth loss of the season. Ober ended the season on a bit of a sour note, losing three of his last four starts while compiling a 5.32 ERA over 23.2 innings. However, Ober finished a quality 2024 with 12 wins, 191 strikeouts over 178.2 innings and was fifth in the majors with a 1.00 WHIP, making his final ERA of 3.98 feel a bit unlucky.
SEPTEMBER 30 • ROTOWIRE
Twins to bring back Rocco Baldelli as manager, Derek Falvey as president of baseball operations Minnesota ended its season on Sunday and won’t be playing playoff baseball in 2024.
SEPTEMBER 29 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
Twins swept by Orioles to put final touch on disappointing season Minnesota’s 2024 season is officially over and there will be plenty to evaluate this offseason.
SEPTEMBER 29 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
O's sweep Twins, shift attention to AL wild-card series James McCann hit a three-run home run, Jordan Westburg drove in a pair and and the Baltimore Orioles pulled away for a 6-2 win over the Minn...
SEPTEMBER 29 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
Orioles power into playoffs on HRs by McCann, Kjerstad for 6-2 win to finish sweep of Twins
James McCann hit a three-homer and Heston Kjerstad went deep to launch the Baltimore Orioles into the postseason with a 6-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins that completed a three-...SEPTEMBER 29 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Twins' DaShawn Keirsey Jr. hits 1st MLB home run Sunday’s game isn’t meaningless to everyone, regardless of what the standings say.
SEPTEMBER 29 • SACBEE.COM
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli to return in 2025 The Minnesota Twins will bring back Rocco Baldelli as their manager next year after collapsed down the stretch and missed the 2024 postseaso...
SEPTEMBER 29 • KANSASCITY.COM
Derek Falvey, Rocco Baldelli to return for 2025 season despite Twins missing playoffs Owner Joe Pohlad said the Twins’ late-season collapse will not result in a change of leadership next season.
SEPTEMBER 29 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Twins will bring back Rocco Baldelli as manager despite late-season collapse
Rocco Baldelli will return next year as manager of the Minnesota Twins despite a late-season freefall that left the defending AL Central champions out of the playoffsSEPTEMBER 29 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Byron Buxton - Out again for finale Buxton is not in Sunday's lineup against the Orioles.
Impact Buxton also sat out Saturday after the Twins' playoff hopes were dashed. He played in more games (105) this season than he has since he played a career-high 140 games in 2017. Buxton has a no-trade clause, so he'll be back to patrol center field in 2025.
SEPTEMBER 29 • ROTOWIRE
Willi Castro - Sitting Sunday Castro is not in Sunday's lineup against the Orioles.
Impact Castro hit .200 with one home run and two steals in 75 at-bats in September. Austin Martin is starting in left field and batting second.
SEPTEMBER 29 • ROTOWIRE
Carlos Correa - Resting Sunday Correa is not in Sunday's lineup against the Orioles.
Impact Correa also got Saturday's game off after the Twins were eliminated from the playoff picture. Brooks Lee will start at shortstop and bat third.
SEPTEMBER 29 • ROTOWIRE
Twins players back Rocco Baldelli after historic collapse Players don’t believe their manager should be the fall guy for missing the playoffs.
SEPTEMBER 29 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM
Randy Dobnak back with Twins, Castillo DFA'd The Twins will wrap up the season Sunday afternoon at Target Field.
SEPTEMBER 29 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM
Randy Dobnak - Back in big leagues Dobnak's contract was selected from Triple-A St. Paul on Sunday.
Impact He will take Diego Castillo's 40-man roster spot on the final day of the season after being designated for assignment less than two weeks ago. Dobnak may not hold his 40-man roster spot all offseason, as he logged a 5.87 ERA and 1.83 WHIP in 7.2 innings in the majors this season and will turn 30 in January. Dobnak had a 4.25 ERA, 1.45 WHIP and 134 strikeouts in 133.1 innings at Triple-A this season.
SEPTEMBER 29 • ROTOWIRE
Diego Castillo - Loses 40-man roster spot Castillo was designated for assignment Sunday.
Impact He loses his spot on the 40-man roster on the final day of the season and will be a free agent this offseason. Castillo walked more batters (eight) than he struck out (six) in the big leagues this season and last recorded a save in 2022 with Seattle.
SEPTEMBER 29 • ROTOWIRE
Orioles vie for sweep of Twins prior to start of playoffs The Baltimore Orioles have one more tune-up game before they head to the playoffs.Baltimore (90-71) will wrap up the regular season with a m...
SEPTEMBER 29 • KANSASCITY.COM
Orioles take on the Twins after Rivera's 4-hit game
The Baltimore Orioles play the Minnesota Twins after Emmanuel Rivera had four hits against the Twins on SaturdaySEPTEMBER 29 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
