Target Field has been open since been open since 2010 and the Minnesota Twins have played 13 seasons of baseball there and complied a .475 won/lost percentage since they started call TF as their home. The team has lost 100 more games than it has won in the Target Field era and made the playoffs four times although they were always eliminated in the first round.
I just wanted to take a look at the Twins best players over the 13 years and give you a chance to reflect on some of your memories from those players both good and bad. To do this I am using the WAR numbers from Baseball-Reference and I am looking for the best position player and best pitcher from each particular season.
| YEAR | Position Player & WAR | Pitcher & WAR |
| 2022 | Carlos Correa – 5.4 | Jhoan Duran – 2.8 |
| 2021 | Jorge Polanco – 4.9 | Jose Berrios – 1.9 |
| 2020* | Byron Buxton – 2.1 | Kenta Maeda -1.6 |
| 2019 | Jorge Polanco – 4.7 | Jake Odorizzi – 3.7 |
| 2018 | Eddie Rosario – 4.3 | Kyle Gibson – 3.6 |
| 2017 | Byron Buxton – 4.9 | Ervin Santana – 5.0 |
| 2016 | Brian Dozier – 5.8 | Ervin Santana – 3.9 |
| 2015 | Trevor Plouffe – 2.9 | Kyle Gibson – 3.2 |
| 2014 | Brian Dozier – 5.5 | Phil Hughes – 4.5 |
| 2013 | Joe Mauer – 5.5 | Glen Perkins – 2.4 |
| 2012 | Denard Span – 4.9 | Scott Diamond – 2.6 |
| 2011 | Denard Span – 2.4 | Scott Baker – 4.3 |
| 2010 | Joe Mauer – 5.9 | Francisco Liriano – 4.2 |
2010 is not that long ago but I bet that some of you have already forgotten some of the players mentioned above. Here today and gone tomorrow, but it is my thing to share these Twins players histories with you. No player on this list appears more than twice, not sure that is a good thing.
There are 19 different players on this list, ten were drafted by the Twins, Polanco was signed by the Twins as an amateur free agent, and eight players were acquired through free agency or trades. The best season by a position player was Joe Mauer in 2010 and the best pitcher was Ervin Santana in 2017.