at Chicago Cubs
Jul 18 · Scheduled
Pitching matchup: Taj Bradley - 9-3, 3.59 ERA · Matthew Boyd - 5-1, 4.50 ERA
54-43 · 2nd in NL Central
MLB team
Minnesota Twins
Minnesota · American League · AL Central
Current standings, schedule, team quality, and the stories shaping the season.
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At a glance
2026 Regular season
- Record
- 49-49
- Division position
- 3rd in AL Central
- Wild Card
- WC3
- Run differential
- -11
No. 16 MLB
Standing
3rd in AL Central
Division: 3.0 GB · Wild Card: WC3
Next game
Latest team news
Approved sources only
Pirates-Guardians postponed for poor air quality
ESPN MLBJul 18, 2026National
Keaschall provides the spark as Twins stay hot to kick off 2nd half
MLB.comJul 18, 2026Official
Twins 5, Cubs 2: Jeffers bomb and some Ober luck get Minnesota to .500
Yahoo Sports MLBJul 18, 2026National
Yankees potential trade target: Joe Ryan
Pinstripe AlleyJul 17, 2026Team blog
Schedule
Recent and upcoming games
Results and the next official games, shown in your local time.
Recent games
at Chicago Cubs
Jul 18 · Final
WP: Ober · LP: Rea · SV: Gómez
Notable: Ober: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K · W
vs Los Angeles Angels
Jul 12 · Final
WP: Bradley · LP: Soriano · SV: Morris
Notable: Bradley: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 2 HR · W
vs Los Angeles Angels
Jul 11 · Final
WP: Nance · LP: Farris · SV: Gómez
Notable: Ryan: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K · ND
vs Los Angeles Angels
Jul 11 · Final
WP: Rodriguez · LP: Matthews · SV: Yates
Notable: Matthews: 6.0 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR · L
vs Cleveland Guardians
Jul 9 · Final
WP: Williams · LP: Rojas · SV: Smith
Notable: Ober: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HR · ND
Upcoming games
at Chicago Cubs
Jul 18 · Scheduled
Probable pitchers: Taj Bradley vs Matthew Boyd
54-43 · 2nd in NL Central
at Chicago Cubs
Jul 19 · Scheduled
Probable pitchers: Zebby Matthews vs Shota Imanaga
54-43 · 2nd in NL Central
Analytics
How this team has performed
Reliable team context, rankings, strengths, and weaknesses using the data available for MLB.
Team Quality
Record, run balance, and expected record from runs scored and allowed.
- Record
- 49-49
- Run differential
- -11
- Runs/game
- 4.9
- Runs allowed/game
- 5.0
- Expected record
- 48-50
- Actual vs expected
- +1.1 wins
No. 15 MLB
No. 16 MLB
No. 7 MLB
No. 24 MLB
Based on runs scored and allowed.
Offense
Team hitting rates and production from verified season totals.
- Runs/game
- 4.9
- OPS
- .736
- OBP
- .322
- SLG
- .414
- AVG
- .248
- Home runs
- 121
- BB%
- 8.8%
- K%
- 21.7%
- Hits/game
- 8.3
No. 7 MLB
No. 8 MLB
No. 9 MLB
No. 7 MLB
No. 10 MLB
No. 10 MLB
No. 18 MLB
No. 14 MLB
No. 10 MLB
Pitching and Run Prevention
Pitching staff results and opponent production.
- Runs allowed/game
- 5.0
- ERA
- 4.60
- WHIP
- 1.37
- Strikeouts
- 813
- Walks
- 353
- K/9
- 8.5
- BB/9
- 3.7
- HR allowed
- 115
- Opp AVG
- .251
- Opp OPS
- .741
No. 24 MLB
No. 24 MLB
No. 23 MLB
No. 16 MLB
No. 22 MLB
No. 19 MLB
No. 22 MLB
No. 19 MLB
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No. 24 MLB
Basic Defense
Only basic fielding totals that are available reliably.
- Errors
- 52
- Fielding %
- .985
- Double plays
- 68
No. 19 MLB
No. 17 MLB
No. 18 MLB
Only audited basic fielding totals are shown; unsupported defensive metrics are intentionally omitted.
Sources
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