Month: April 2025

What the heck ails the Twins?

Rocco Baldelli

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.

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Twins minor league players of he week

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.

Twins Minor League Report, 4-19-2025.PDF

Twins minor league players of the week

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

Twins minor league players of the week

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).

Twins Minor League Report, 4-5-2025

MLB teams revenue versus payroll

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!