TWINS TRIVIA is hopefully a fun and informative site that will help you to better enjoy the Minnesota Twins and their wonderful history. “History never looks like history when you are living through it” – John Gardner, former Secretary of Health
What is going on with our Minnesota Twins? They are only 22 games into the 2025 season and it is already no fun to watch this team play ball. A 7-15 record after 22 games? This team is better than that, I am not saying they are one of the upper echelon teams but they are better than 7-15.
So what ails this team? This past off-season they were bragging about having one of the best bullpens in baseball and so far they look like they have one of the worst bullpens. Hopefully that will will straighten itself out soon but it had better happen soon. What about the hitting? I would rate it between dismal and pathetic, they don’t seem to have anyone that can consistently knock in runs, but then again they have not had one of those players in years. Both of these things could be blamed on the Twins front office and ownership but with the Twins for sale I don’t see the Pohlad’s jettisoning Derek Falvey at his point. So the obvious move is to fire the manager and show the remaining Twins fans that the Twins are still trying to win. Perception is reality after all.
The Minnesota Twins have named Low-A Fort Myers right-handed pitcher Jason Doktorczyk and Double-A Wichita outfielder Kyler Fedko as Twins minor league Pitcher and Player of the Week.
Jason Doktorczyk
Jason Doktorczyk, 22, started for the Mighty Mussels on Friday vs. Bradenton, allowing three unearned runs on four hits in 5.0 innings pitched, with no walks and 10 strikeouts. The Long Beach, CA native was selected by the Twins in the ninth round of the 2024 MLB Draft out of the University of Nevada, Reno.
Kyler Fedko
Kyler Fedko, 25, played in five games for the Wind Surge, hitting .333 (6-for-18) with two home runs, five RBI, four walks, a .455 on-base percentage and a 1.121 OPS. The Gibsonia, PA native was selected by the Twins in the 12th round of the 2021 MLB Draft out of the University of Connecticut.
Triple-A St. Paul outfielder Carson McCusker and High-A Cedar Rapids right-handed pitcher Charlee Soto have been named Twins minor league Player and Pitcher of the Week.
Carson McCusker
Carson McCusker, 26, played in four games for the Saints, hitting .357 (5-for-14) with one double, two home runs, three RBI, three walks, a .500 on-base percentage, a .857 slugging percentage and a 1.357 OPS. The 6-foot-8, 250-pound outfielder was signed by the organization in June of 2023.
Charlee Soto
Charlee Soto, 19, started for the Kernels on Friday vs. Beloit, pitching 5 shutout innings, with one hit allowed, no walks and six strikeouts. The Philadelphia, PA native was drafted by the Twins in the first round (34th overall) of the 2023 First-Year Player Draft out of Reborn Christian Academy in Kissimmee, FL. Soto is rated as the Twins 8th best prospect by MLB Pipeline
Triple-A St. Paul right-handed pitcher Zebby Matthews and infielder Luke Keaschall have been named Twins minor league Pitcher and Player of the Week.
Zebby Matthews
Zebby Matthews, 24, made the start on Tuesday at Columbus, pitching 5 shutout innings, with one hit allowed, no walks and four strikeouts, all on just 57 pitches. Zebby was the winner of the 2024 Jim Rantz Award for Twins minor league Pitcher of the Year.
Luke Keaschall
Luke Keaschall, 22, played in four games for the Saints this week, going 5-for-12 (.417) with one double, one RBI, two walks and a .533 on-base percentage. Luke was the winner of the 2024 Sherry Robertson Award for Twins minor league Player of the Year and is currently the club’s third-best prospect (per MLB.com).
An interesting chart showing how much revenue each MLB team generated in 2024, and how much of that is going towards their payroll in 2025. I borrowed this chart Brooksgate off of X.
Revenue data calculated by Forbes and Payroll Data comes from Spotrac.
The chart indicated that the Minnesota Twins fall right in the middle of the pack which seems to be where the Twins have stated over and over that they want to be. The Kansas City Royals rank 9th, the Detroit Tigers are 12th, The Cleveland Guardians are 25th and the Chicago White Sox are 29th.
I find it interesting that the luxury tax of $150 million paid by the Los Angeles Dodgers is more than the 2025 payroll for 10 teams or 33.33% of all the MLB teams. Not exactly an even playing field!
Xfinity/Comcast subscribers will be able to watch Twins games on channel 1261. DirecTV and DirecTV Stream customers will get games on channels 668-3 (satellite) and 668 (streaming), respectively.
Spectrum will have Twins games on channels 428 or 468, or 319 in Wisconsin.
Midco will have games on channel 638.
Other TV providers that have agreed to carry Twins games:
My buddy here has assured me that his picks this season are right on the money. After months of study, research, computer analysis and a long conversation with the Woonsocket Rocket himself, the prediction for the 2025 American League Central Division is right here.
As a bonus he is throwing in another sure bet and that is that the Los Angeles Bums (Dodgers) will NOT be winning the World Series in 2025. He is not going to tell you the actual winner but he has a couple clues for you on who will win, it will be an American League team but no, it will not come from the AL Central. Alright, one more clue, it won’t be from the AL East either.
Test your knowledge and memory of the wonderful and fun Minnesota Twins history going back to 1961 by answering these 20 questions. It is a multiple choice, how tough can it be for you long-time Twins fans? The tough part of being a long-time Twins fan is that you have seen a lot of Twins baseball, but can you remember it? At the end it will tell you your score and and where you stand as a Minnesota Twins trivia expert. Feel free to note your score from your first try at the quiz in the comments section. Don't waste yor time looking up the answers, there will be no prizes as this is just for fun. Don't lie, the computer knows all.
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2 responses to “2025 Minnesota Twins trivia quiz”
Paul Doyle
Good stuff as usual, John.
Are you planning to do any highlights relatively to the 60th anniversary of the Twins first appearance in the WS in
1965? Great team with Killebrew, Oliva, Jim Kaat and a great seventh game-Koufax vs. Kaat.
And I will always remember Bobby Allison’s great running, sliding catch in an earlier game. I also remember Earl Battey throwing off his mask chasing a foul ball and face planting into a stanchion behind home plate.
As a Red Sox fan, it was refreshing not to see a WS with the Yankees not representing the American League.
Just for the fun of it I thought I would post today’s Minnesota Twins Game Notes out here so that those of you that have never seen them might see what you are missing. I try to post them every day during the regular season and they always have fun and interesting facts.
One of the few remaining members, Jose Valdivielso, of the 1961 Minnesota Twins passed away on March 4, 2025 at the age of 90. José Martinez de Valdivielso Lopez was born on May 22, 1934 in Matanzas, Cuba.
Valdivielso started his professional baseball career as a shortstop with the Class C 1953 Lubbock Hubbers in the West Texas-New Mexico League. During the 1954 season Valdivielso was assigned to the Washington Nationals in an unknown transaction and was sent from Lubbock to the Class B Rock Hill Chiefs and then on to the Class A Charlotte Hornets. He started the 1955 season with Charlotte but was called up by the Washington Nationals and made his MLB debut on June 21, 1955 at Griffith Stadium against the Chicago White Sox in a 6-1 Nats loss in which Valdivielso went 0 for 3. Valdivielso split his time with the Nats and their minor league teams in 1955-1956.
Valdivielso with Minneapolis Millers in 1958
Somehow he ended up playing for the Chicago White Sox AAA Indianapolis Indians in 1957 and in 1958 he split his time with the AAA Boston Red Sox Minneapolis Millers and the AAA San Francisco Giants Phoenix Giants. He started the 1959 season with the AAA Baltimore Orioles Miami Marlins and then low and behold he showed back up with the Washington Nationals where he played in the rest of the 1959 and the 1960 season.
In 1960, the team’s sixtieth and last season in Washington, Valdivielso was the Senators’ most-used shortstop, starting in 92 games and playing a career-high 117 contests. But by late September he had lost his starting job to Zoilo Versalles, a 20-year-old fellow countryman.
Valdivielso spent the 1961 season with the Minnesota Twins but only played in 76 games mainly as a defensive replacement and had just 158 PA’s in which he hit .195 with 29 hits and 9 RBI. One of those 29 hits was his lone Twins home run a long blast to left field that took place on June 4, 1961 at Tiger Stadium off Frank Lary in a 10-4 Twins loss to the Detroit Tigers. Jose played his final major league game at Met Stadium against the Detroit Tigers and went 2 for 3 with an RBI on the 1961 season’s final game, which was called in the top of the sixth inning on account of rain.
Valdivielso never played in the major leagues again and finished his career with the Minnesota Twins AAA Vancouver Mounties in 1962, and the Chicago White Sox AAA Indianapolis Indians in 1963-1964. In total, Jose Valdivielso collected 213 hits in the majors, with 26 doubles and eight triples to go along with his nine home runs.
2 responses to “2025 Minnesota Twins trivia quiz”
Good stuff as usual, John.
Are you planning to do any highlights relatively to the 60th anniversary of the Twins first appearance in the WS in
1965? Great team with Killebrew, Oliva, Jim Kaat and a great seventh game-Koufax vs. Kaat.
And I will always remember Bobby Allison’s great running, sliding catch in an earlier game. I also remember Earl Battey throwing off his mask chasing a foul ball and face planting into a stanchion behind home plate.
As a Red Sox fan, it was refreshing not to see a WS with the Yankees not representing the American League.
Thanks for the kind words Paul. I am not sure what I am going to do about the 60th anniversary of the Twins 65 World Series.