2016 Minnesota Twins season

2016 Minnesota Twins
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Target Field (since 2010)
Minneapolis, Minnesota (since 1961)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jim Pohlad
Manager(s)	Paul Molitor
Local television	Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven)
Local radio	KTWN-FM (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2016 Minnesota Twins season is the 56th season for the franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their seventh season at Target Field and the 116th overall in the American League. The Twins signed Korean baseball star Byung-ho Park this offseason, in addition to acquiring John Ryan Murphy, a catcher, in a trade with the Yankees. Their encouraging 83-79 finish the previous season behind good rookie seasons from Miguel Sano, Eddie Rosario, Tyler Duffey, and Byron Buxton, along with the anticipated arrival of Minor Leaguers Jose Berrios and Max Kepler, gives Twins' fans high hopes for the 2016 season. Incidentally, the 2016 season will be the 25th anniversary of the 1991 Minnesota Twins World Series victory, and the 2016 team will wear commemorative badges.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	19	10	0.655	—	7–5	12–5
Cleveland Indians	13	12	0.520	4	6–5	7–7
Detroit Tigers	14	13	0.519	4	5–6	9–7
Kansas City Royals	14	13	0.519	4	9–5	5–8
Minnesota Twins	8	20	0.286	10½	6–8	2–12

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Chicago White Sox	19	10	0.655
Boston Red Sox	17	11	0.607
Seattle Mariners	17	11	0.607

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	16	11	0.593	+2
Cleveland Indians	13	12	0.520	—
Detroit Tigers	14	13	0.519	—
Kansas City Royals	14	13	0.519	—
Texas Rangers	15	14	0.517	—
Toronto Blue Jays	15	15	0.500	½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	13	15	0.464	1½
Tampa Bay Rays	12	14	0.462	1½
Oakland Athletics	13	16	0.448	2
New York Yankees	9	17	0.346	4½
Houston Astros	10	19	0.345	5
Minnesota Twins	8	20	0.286	6½

Record against opponents

2016 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0
Boston	1–2	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	4–3	3–1
Chicago	2–2	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–5
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	—	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–1
Houston	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–2
Kansas City	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2
Minnesota	0–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
New York	1–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0
Oakland	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	—	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	—	0–0	3–3	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	3–4	0–0
Texas	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	—	1–0	0–0
Toronto	1–2	3–4	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	—	0–0

Game Log

2016 Game Log (8−19)[1]
April: 7–17 (Home: 6–7 ; Away: 1–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 4 @ Orioles 2–3 Britton (1–0) Jepsen (0–1) — 45,785 0–1 2 April 6 @ Orioles 2–4 Gallardo (1–0) Gibson (0–1) Britton (1) 12,622 0–2 3 April 7 @ Orioles 2–4 Jiménez (1–0) Hughes (0–1) O'Day (1) 11,142 0–3 4 April 8 @ Royals 3–4 Soria (1–0) Jepsen (0–2) Davis (2) 27,166 0–4 5 April 9 @ Royals 0–7 Kennedy (1–0) Milone (0–1) — 31,001 0–5 6 April 10 @ Royals 3–4 (10) Davis (1–0) May (0–1) — 35,317 0–6 7 April 11 White Sox 1–4 Quintana (1–0) Gibson (0–2) Robertson (3) 40,638 0–7 8 April 13 White Sox 0–3 Rodon (1–1) Hughes (0–2) Robertson (4) 21,008 0–8 9 April 14 White Sox 1–3 Latos (2–0) Santana (0–1) Robertson (5) 19,736 0–9 10 April 15 Angels 5–4 Fien (1–0) Salas (0–1) Jepsen (1) 22,461 1–9 11 April 16 Angels 6–4 Pressly (1–0) Smith (0–1) Jepsen (2) 27,464 2–9 12 April 17 Angels 3–2 (12) Tonkin (1–0) Rasmus (0–1) — 25,932 3–9 13 April 18 Brewers 7–4 (6) Hughes (1–2) Anderson (1–1) — 21,078 4–9 14 April 19 Brewers 5–6 Thornburg (2–0) Jepsen (0–3) Jeffress (5) 17,597 4–10 15 April 20 @ Brewers 5–10 Nelson (3–1) Pressly (1–1) — 21,087 4–11 16 April 21 @ Brewers 8–1 Nolasco (1–0) Jungmann (0–3) — 30,107 5–11 17 April 22 @ Nationals 4–8 González (1–0) Gibson (0–3) — 27,684 5–12 18 April 23 @ Nationals 0–2 Roark (2–2) Hughes (1–3) Papelbon (7) 35,974 5–13 19 April 24 @ Nationals 5–6 (16) Pérez (1–0) Tonkin (1–1) — 35,397 5–14 20 April 25 Indians 4–3 Jepsen (1–3) McAllister (1–1) — 17,503 6–14 21 April 26 Indians 6–5 Jepsen (2–3) Allen (0–2) — 17,493 7–14 22 April 27 Indians 5–6 Tomlin (3–0) Berríos (0–1) Allen (7) 17,746 7–15 23 April 29 Tigers 2–9 Fulmer (1–0) Hughes (1–4) — 23,049 7–16 24 April 30 Tigers 1–4 Zimmermann (5–0) Duffey (0–1) Rodríguez (6) 31,109 7–17
May: 1–2 (Home: 0–1 ; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 Tigers 5–6 Lowe (1–0) Pressly (1–2) Rodríguez (7) 24,749 7–18 26 May 2 @ Astros 6–2 Berríos (1–1) Keuchel (2–4) — 18,243 8–18 27 May 3 @ Astros 4–6 McHugh (3–3) Meyer (0–1) Gregerson (6) 21,153 8–19 28 May 4 @ Astros – — – 29 May 6 @ White Sox – — – 30 May 7 @ White Sox – — – 31 May 8 @ White Sox – — – 32 May 9 Orioles – — – 33 May 10 Orioles – — – 34 May 11 Orioles – — – 35 May 13 @ Indians – — – 36 May 14 @ Indians – — – 37 May 15 @ Indians – — – 38 May 16 @ Tigers – — – 39 May 17 @ Tigers – — – 40 May 18 @ Tigers – — – 41 May 19 Blue Jays – — – 42 May 20 Blue Jays – — – 43 May 21 Blue Jays – — – 44 May 22 Blue Jays – — – 45 May 23 Royals – — – 46 May 24 Royals – — – 47 May 25 Royals – — – 48 May 27 @ Mariners – — – 49 May 28 @ Mariners – — – 50 May 29 @ Mariners – — – 51 May 30 @ Athletics – — – 52 May 31 @ Athletics – — –
June: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 1 @ Athletics – — – 54 June 2 Rays – — – 55 June 3 Rays – — – 56 June 4 Rays – — – 57 June 5 Rays – — – 58 June 7 Marlins – — – 59 June 8 Marlins – — – 60 June 9 Marlins – — – 61 June 10 Red Sox – — – 62 June 11 Red Sox – — – 63 June 12 Red Sox – — – 64 June 13 @ Angels – — – 65 June 14 @ Angels – — – 66 June 15 @ Angels – — – 67 June 16 Yankees – — – 68 June 17 Yankees – — – 69 June 18 Yankees – — – 70 June 19 Yankees – — – 71 June 21 Phillies – — – 72 June 22 Phillies – — – 73 June 23 Phillies – — – 74 June 24 @ Yankees – — – 75 June 25 @ Yankees – — – 76 June 26 @ Yankees – — – 77 June 28 @ White Sox – — – 78 June 29 @ White Sox – — – 79 June 30 @ White Sox – — –
July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 Rangers – — – 81 July 2 Rangers – — – 82 July 3 Rangers – — – 83 July 4 Athletics – — – 84 July 5 Athletics – — – 85 July 6 Athletics – — – 86 July 7 @ Rangers – — – 87 July 8 @ Rangers – — – 88 July 9 @ Rangers – — – 89 July 10 @ Rangers – — – 90 July 15 Indians – — – 91 July 16 Indians – — – 92 July 17 Indians – — – 93 July 18 @ Tigers – — – 94 July 19 @ Tigers – — – 95 July 20 @ Tigers – — – 96 July 21 @ Red Sox – — – 97 July 22 @ Red Sox – — – 98 July 23 @ Red Sox – — – 99 July 24 @ Red Sox – — – 100 July 26 Braves – — – 101 July 27 Braves – — – 102 July 29 White Sox – — – 103 July 30 White Sox – — – 104 July 31 White Sox – — –
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 @ Indians – — – 106 August 2 @ Indians – — – 107 August 3 @ Indians – — – 108 August 4 @ Indians – — – 109 August 5 @ Rays – — – 110 August 6 @ Rays – — – 111 August 7 @ Rays – — – 112 August 8 Astros – — – 113 August 9 Astros – — – 114 August 10 Astros – — – 115 August 11 Astros – — – 116 August 12 Royals – — – 117 August 13 Royals – — – 118 August 14 Royals – — – 119 August 16 @ Braves – — – 120 August 17 @ Braves – — – 121 August 18 @ Royals – — – 122 August 19 @ Royals – — – 123 August 20 @ Royals – — – 124 August 21 @ Royals – — – 125 August 23 Tigers – — – 126 August 24 Tigers – — – 127 August 25 Tigers – — – 128 August 26 @ Blue Jays – — – 129 August 27 @ Blue Jays – — – 130 August 28 @ Blue Jays – — – 131 August 29 @ Indians – — – 132 August 30 @ Indians – — – 133 August 31 @ Indians – — –
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 White Sox – — – 135 September 2 White Sox – — – 136 September 3 White Sox – — – 137 September 4 White Sox – — – 138 September 5 Royals – — – 139 September 6 Royals – — – 140 September 7 Royals – — – 141 September 9 Indians – — – 142 September 10 Indians – — – 143 September 11 Indians – — – 144 September 12 @ Tigers – — – 145 September 13 @ Tigers – — – 146 September 14 @ Tigers – — – 147 September 15 @ Tigers – — – 148 September 16 @ Mets – — – 149 September 17 @ Mets – — – 150 September 18 @ Mets – — – 151 September 20 Tigers – — – 152 September 21 Tigers – — – 153 September 22 Tigers – — – 154 September 23 Mariners – — – 155 September 24 Mariners – — – 156 September 25 Mariners – — – 157 September 27 @ Royals – — – 158 September 28 @ Royals – — – 159 September 29 @ Royals – — – 160 September 30 @ White Sox – — –
October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 @ White Sox – — – 162 October 2 @ White Sox – — –
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Twins team member

Current roster

Minnesota Twins roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 17 José Berríos 56 Tyler Duffey 45 Phil Hughes 33 Tommy Milone 47 Ricky Nolasco Bullpen 58 Fernando Abad 50 Casey Fien 62 J. R. Graham 65 Trevor May 61 Ryan O'Rourke 57 Ryan Pressly 59 Michael Tonkin Closer 49 Kevin Jepsen		Catchers 12 John Ryan Murphy  8 Kurt Suzuki Infielders  2 Brian Dozier  5 Eduardo Escobar  7 Joe Mauer  9 Eduardo Núñez 52 Byung-ho Park 24 Trevor Plouffe 22 Miguel Sanó 39 Danny Santana Outfielders 31 Oswaldo Arcia 20 Eddie Rosario		Pitchers 60 J. T. Chargois 71 Pat Dean 44 Kyle Gibson 81 Yorman Landa 74 Mason Melotakis 51 Alex Meyer 15 Glen Perkins 55 Taylor Rogers 76 Randy Rosario 54 Ervin Santana Infielders 11 Jorge Polanco 19 Kennys Vargas Outfielders 25 Byron Buxton 26 Max Kepler 73 Adam Brett Walker II		Manager  4 Paul Molitor Coaches 41 Neil Allen (pitching) 23 Tom Brunansky (hitting) 75 Nate Dammann (bullpen catcher) 40 Butch Davis (first base) 13 Gene Glynn (third base) 18 Eddie Guardado (bullpen) 63 Rudy Hernandez (assistant hitting) 46 Joe Vavra (bench) 25 active, 15 inactive 7- or 15-day disabled list ^† Suspended list ^# Personal leave Roster and coaches updated May 4, 2016 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Mike Quade
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Doug Mientkiewicz
A-Advanced	Fort Myers Miracle	Florida State League	Jeff Smith
A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	Jake Mauer
Rookie	Elizabethton Twins	Appalachian League	Ray Smith
Rookie	GCL Twins	Arizona League	Ramón Borrego
Rookie	DSL Twins	Dominican Summer League

References

1. "2016 Minnesota Twins Sortable Schedule". Minnesota Twins.

External links

• 2016 Minnesota Twins season at Baseball Reference