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2023 – The Minnesota Twins acquire outfielder Michael A. Taylor from the Kansas City Royals and send minor league pitchers Evan Sisk and Steven Cruz to the Royals.
2020 – The Minnesota Twins announced today that former Twins first baseman Justin Morneau has been elected to the club’s Hall of Fame. Morneau will become the 34th member of the Twins Hall of Fame when he is inducted during an on-field pre-game ceremony at Target Field before the Twins host the Chicago White Sox on Saturday, May 23.
Update – When the 60 game 2020 season was finally played no fans were allowed in MLB ballparks so the Twins HOF induction was put off until 2021.
Morneau played 14 seasons in the major leagues, including 11 with the Twins from 2003-13. He finished his Twins career hitting .278 (1318-for-4749) with 289 doubles, 16 triples, 221 home runs, 860 RBI, 669 runs scored and 501 walks in 1278 games. The 2006 American League Most Valuable Player hit 30-or-more home runs three times for the Twins and recorded 100 RBI-or-more in four seasons. As a member of the Twins, he was named to four-straight AL All-Star teams (2007-10) and earned two Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Awards (2006 & ’08). The New Westminster, Vancouver, Canada native was drafted by the Twins in the third round of the 1999 First-Year Player Draft and ranks second on the Twins all-time list in games played at first base (1124), third in home runs, sixth in RBI, and eighth in hits and walks. He remains with the Twins as a Special Assistant to Baseball Operations, a position he has held for the last two seasons. Additionally, 2020 will mark Morneau’s third season as an analyst for select Twins television broadcasts on FOX Sports North.
