2017 Minnesota Twins season

2017 Minnesota Twins
2017 Minnesota Twins
American League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901) Central Division (since 1994); ;
Location
	Target Field (since 2010); Minneapolis, Minnesota (since 1961);
Results
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Jim Pohlad
President of Baseball Operations	Derek Falvey
General manager(s)	Thad Levine
Manager(s)	Paul Molitor
Local television	Fox Sports North; (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Torii Hunter)
Local radio	Go 96.3; (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The 2017 Minnesota Twins season was the 57th season for the franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their eighth season at Target Field and the 117th overall in the American League. The Twins began the season on April 3 at home against the Kansas City Royals and finished the year on October 1 at home against the Detroit Tigers.

On September 27, the Twins clinched the second wild-card berth to become the first team in Major League Baseball history to reach the postseason after losing 100 games the previous season.^[1] They lost to the New York Yankees in the Wild Card Game.

Offseason and spring training[]

The Twins recorded a 16–13 win–loss record in spring training. Three games finished tied and were therefore not included in the standings.^[2]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	102	60	0.630	—	49–32	53–28
Minnesota Twins	85	77	0.525	17	41��40	44–37
Kansas City Royals	80	82	0.494	22	43–38	37–44
Chicago White Sox	67	95	0.414	35	39–42	28–53
Detroit Tigers	64	98	0.395	38	34–47	30–51

v t Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Indians	102	60	0.630
Houston Astros	101	61	0.623
Boston Red Sox	93	69	0.574

v t Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	91	71	0.562	+6
Minnesota Twins	85	77	0.525	—
Kansas City Royals	80	82	0.494	5
Los Angeles Angels	80	82	0.494	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	5
Seattle Mariners	78	84	0.481	7
Texas Rangers	78	84	0.481	7
Toronto Blue Jays	76	86	0.469	9
Baltimore Orioles	75	87	0.463	10
Oakland Athletics	75	87	0.463	10
Chicago White Sox	67	95	0.414	18
Detroit Tigers	64	98	0.395	21

Record vs. opponents[]

2017 American League Records v t Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	10–9	4–3	1–6	3–4	1–5	3–3	2–4	2–5	7–12	4–3	4–2	8–11	6–1	12–7	8–12
Boston	9–10	—	6–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	2–4	5–2	8–11	3–4	3–3	11–8	5–1	13–6	16–4
Chicago	3–4	1–6	—	6–13	10–9	4–2	10–9	3–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	3–4	3–3	4–3	3–3	6–14
Cleveland	6–1	3–4	13–6	—	13–6	5–1	12–7	6–0	12–7	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–3	6–1	4–2	6–14
Detroit	4–3	4–3	9–10	6–13	—	3–4	8–11	3–4	8–11	3–3	1–5	1–6	2–5	1–5	3–3	8–12
Houston	5–1	4–3	2–4	1–5	4–3	—	3–4	12–7	5–1	5–2	12–7	14–5	3–4	12–7	4–3	15–5
Kansas City	3–3	4–2	9–10	7–12	11–8	4–3	—	6–1	8–11	2–5	3–3	5–2	4–3	1–6	3–3	9–11
Los Angeles	4–2	4–2	4–3	0–6	4–3	7–12	1–6	—	2–5	4–2	12–7	12–7	3–4	8–11	4–3	11–9
Minnesota	5–2	2–5	12–7	7–12	11–8	1–5	11–8	5–2	—	2–4	3–3	3–4	2–4	4–3	4–3	13–7
New York	12–7	11–8	4–3	2–5	3–3	2–5	5–2	2–4	4–2	—	2–5	5–2	12–7	3–3	9–10	15–5
Oakland	3–4	4–3	5–1	4–3	5–1	7–12	3–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	—	7–12	2–5	10–9	2–5	7–13
Seattle	2–4	3–3	4–3	2–4	6–1	5–14	2–5	7–12	4–3	2–5	12–7	—	5–1	11–8	1–6	12–8
Tampa Bay	11–8	8–11	3–3	3–4	5–2	4–3	3–4	4–3	4–2	7–12	5–2	1–5	—	2–4	9–10	11–9
Texas	1–6	1–5	3–4	1–6	5–1	7–12	6–1	11–8	3–4	3–3	9–10	8–11	4–2	—	3–4	14–6
Toronto	7–12	6–13	3–3	2–4	3–3	3–4	3–3	3–4	3–4	10–9	5–2	6–1	10–9	4–3	—	9–11

Game log[]

2017 game log: 85−77 (Home: 41−40; Away: 44−37)

April: 12–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 7–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	April 3	Royals	7–1	Santana (1–0)	Strahm (0–1)	—	39,615	1–0	W1
2	April 5	Royals	9–1	Santiago (1–0)	Kennedy (0–1)	—	15,171	2–0	W2
3	April 6	Royals	5–3	Rogers (1–0)	Minor (0–1)	Kintzler (1)	16,078	3–0	W3
4	April 7	@ White Sox	3–1	Hughes (1–0)	Holland (0–1)	Kintzler (2)	14,004	4–0	W4
5	April 8	@ White Sox	2–6	Gonzalez (1–0)	Mejia (0–1)	—	23,024	4–1	L1
6	April 9	@ White Sox	4–1	Santana (2–0)	Quintana (0–2)	Kintzler (3)	24,074	5–1	W1
7	April 11	@ Tigers	1–2	Boyd (1–1)	Santiago (1–1)	Rodríguez (3)	21,237	5–2	L1
8	April 12	@ Tigers	3–5	Fulmer (1–0)	Gibson (0–1)	Wilson (1)	23,738	5–3	L2
9	April 13	@ Tigers	11–5	Hughes (2–0)	Zimmermann (1–1)	Haley (1)	22,573	6–3	W1
10	April 14	White Sox	1–2	Jennings (1–0)	Pressly (0–1)	Robertson (2)	18,466	6–4	L1
11	April 15	White Sox	6–0	Santana (3–0)	Quintana (0–3)	—	25,938	7–4	W1
12	April 16	White Sox	1–3	Jones (1–0)	Pressly (0–2)	Robertson (3)	19,511	7–5	L1
13	April 17	Indians	1–3	Salazar (1–1)	Gibson (0–2)	Allen (3)	16,961	7–6	L2
14	April 18	Indians	4–11	Tomlin (1–2)	Hughes (2–1)	—	16,553	7–7	L3
—	April 19	Indians	Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled for June 17)
15	April 20	Indians	2–6	Bauer (1–2)	Duffey (0–1)	—	17,339	7–8	L4
16	April 21	Tigers	6–3	Santiago (2–1)	Verlander (1–2)	Kintzler (4)	22,647	8–8	W1
17	April 22	Tigers	4–5	Hardy (1–0)	Tonkin (0–1)	Rodríguez (6)	25,719	8–9	L1
18	April 23	Tigers	4–13	Fulmer (2–1)	Gibson (0–3)	—	26,713	8–10	L2
19	April 24	@ Rangers	3–2	Hughes (3–1)	Perez (1–3)	Kintzler (5)	19,027	9–10	W1
20	April 25	@ Rangers	8–1	Santana (4–0)	Cashner (0–2)	—	20,568	10–10	W2
21	April 26	@ Rangers	3–14	Hamels (2–0)	Rogers (1–1)	—	22,365	10–11	L1
22	April 28	@ Royals	6–4	Breslow (1–0)	Soria (1–1)	Kintzler (6)	27,911	11–11	W1
—	April 29	@ Royals	Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled for July 1)
23	April 30	@ Royals	7–5	Hughes (4–1)	Hammel (0–3)	Kintzler (7)	32,685	12–11	W2

May: 14–12 (Home: 7–11; Away: 7–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
24	May 2	A's	9–1	Santana (5–0)	Gray (0–1)	—	18,930	13–11	W3
25	May 3	A's	7–4	Santiago (3–1)	Graveman (2–2)	—	18,658	14–11	W4
26	May 4	A's	5–8	Cotton (3–3)	Gibson (0–4)	Casilla (5)	19,247	14–12	L1
27	May 5	Red Sox	5–4	Kintzler (1–0)	Barnes (3–1)		28,707	15–12	W1
28	May 6	Red Sox	1–11	Porcello (2–4)	Tepesch (0–1)		30,859	15–13	L1
29	May 7	Red Sox	6–17	Sale (3–2)	Santana (5–1)	—	31,763	15–14	L2
30	May 9	@ White Sox	7–2	Santiago (4–1)	Pelfrey (0–3)	—	14,498	16–14	W1
—	May 10	@ White Sox	Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled August 21)
31	May 11	@ White Sox	7–6	Pressly (1–2)	Holland (3–3)	Kintzler (8)	16,084	17–14	W2
32	May 12	@ Indians	1–0	Santana (6–1)	Tomlin (2–4)	Kintzler (9)	24,452	18–14	W3
33	May 13	@ Indians	4–1	Berríos (1–0)	Clevinger (1–1)	Kintzler (10)	28,379	19–14	W4
34	May 14	@ Indians	3–8	Bauer (3–4)	Santiago (4–2)	—	23,099	19–15	L1
35	May 16	Rockies	3–7	Freeland (4–2)	Hughes (4–2)	Holland (17)	24,295	19–16	L2
—	May 17	Rockies	Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled May 18)
36	May 18	Rockies	1–5	Márquez (2–2)	Santana (6–2)	Holland (18)	20,603	19–17	L3
37	May 18	Rockies	2–0	Berríos (2–0)	Chatwood (3–6)	Kintzler (11)	17,140	20–17	W1
38	May 19	Royals	4–3 (10)	Kintzler (2–0)	Alburquerque (0–1)	—	23,553	21–17	W2
—	May 20	Royals	Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled May 21)
39	May 21 (1)	Royals	4–6	Minor (1–1)	Hughes (4–3)	Herrera (9)	n/a	21–18	L1
40	May 21 (2)	Royals	8–4	Mejia (1–1)	Kennedy (0–4)	—	27,852	22–18	W1
41	May 22	@ Orioles	14–7	Gibson (1–4)	Wilson (2–2)	—	12,882	23–18	W2
42	May 23	@ Orioles	2–0	Santana (7–2)	Bundy (5–3)	—	13,294	24–18	W3
43	May 24	@ Orioles	4–3	Berríos (3–0)	Tillman (1–1)	Kintzler (12)	32,267	25–18	W4
44	May 26	Rays	2–5	Archer (4–3)	Santiago (4–3)	Colomé (13)	20,949	25–19	L1
45	May 27	Rays	5–3	Rogers (2–1)	Farquhar (2–2)	Kintzler (13)	27,530	26–19	W1
46	May 28	Rays	6–8 (15)	Colomé (1–2)	Santiago (4–4)	Ramírez (1)	28,951	26–20	L1
47	May 29	Astros	8–16	Jankowski (1–0)	Breslow (0–1)	—	24,472	26–21	L2
48	May 30	Astros	2–7	Fiers (2–2)	Berríos (3–1)	—	22,616	26–22	L3
49	May 31	Astros	6–17	Feliz (2–0)	Santiago (4–5)	—	25,593	26–23	L4

June: 14–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 10–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
50	June 1	@ Angels	4–2	Rogers (3–1)	Alvarez (0–2)	—	33,426	27–23	W1
51	June 2	@ Angels	11–5	Gibson (2–4)	Ramírez (5–4)	—	39,042	28–23	W2
52	June 3	@ Angels	2–7	Shoemaker (5–3)	Santana (7–3)	—	40,236	28–24	L1
53	June 4	@ Angels	3–2	Berríos (4–1)	Nolasco (2–6)	Kintzler (15)	39,701	29–24	W1
54	June 6	@ Mariners	3–12	Paxton (5–0)	Santiago (4–6)	—	18,166	29–25	L1
55	June 7	@ Mariners	5–6	Díaz (2–2)	Kintzler (2–1)	—	15,732	29–26	L2
56	June 8	@ Mariners	2–1	Gibson (3–4)	Bergman (3–3)	Kintzler (16)	15,621	30–26	W1
57	June 9	@ Giants	4–0	Santana (8–3)	Moore (2–7)	—	41,046	31–26	W2
58	June 10	@ Giants	3–2	Berríos (5–1)	Samardzija (2–8)	Kintzler (17)	41,255	32–26	W3
59	June 11	@ Giants	8–13	Osich (1–1)	Belisle (0–1)	—	41,321	32–27	L1
60	June 12	Mariners	3–14	Gallardo (3–6)	Mejía (1–2)	—	16,996	32–28	L2
61	June 13	Mariners	20–7	Gibson (4–4)	Bergman (3–4)	—	17,922	33–28	W1
62	June 14	Mariners	4–6	Gaviglio (3–1)	Santana (8–4)	Díaz (11)	22,283	33–29	L1
63	June 15	Mariners	6–2	Berríos (6–1)	Miranda (6–3)	—	24,464	34–29	W1
64	June 16	Indians	1–8	Carrasco (7–3)	Turley (0–1)	—	30,563	34–30	L1
65	June 17	Indians	3–9	McAllister (1–0)	Wilk (0–2)	—	24,010	34–31	L2
66	June 17	Indians	2–6	Goody (1–0)	Mejía (1–3)	—	41,017	34–32	L3
67	June 18	Indians	2–5	Bauer (6–5)	Gibson (4–5)	Miller (1)	35,039	34–33	L4
68	June 20	White Sox	9–7	Santana (9–4)	Holland (5–7)	Kintzler (18)	26,095	35–33	W1
69	June 21	White Sox	4–2	Berríos (7–1)	Holmberg (1–1)	Kintzler (19)	33,316	36–33	W2
70	June 22	White Sox	0–9	Quintana (4–8)	Turley (0–2)	—	27,684	36–34	L1
71	June 23	@ Indians	5–0	Mejía (2–3)	Bauer (6–6)	—	31,725	37–34	W1
72	June 24	@ Indians	4–2	Rogers (4–1)	Allen (0–3)	Kintzler (20)	33,111	38–34	W2
73	June 25	@ Indians	4–0	Santana (10–4)	Tomlin (4–9)	—	29,672	39–34	W3
74	June 26	@ Red Sox	2–4	Sale (10–3)	Berríos (7–2)	Kimbrel (21)	37,172	39–35	L1
75	June 27	@ Red Sox	2–9	Pomeranz (7–4)	Santiago (4–7)	—	36,804	39–36	L2
76	June 28	@ Red Sox	4–1	Mejia (3–3)	Porcello (4–10)	Kintzler (21)	37,487	40–36	W1
77	June 29	@ Red Sox	3–6	Price (3–2)	Gibson (4–6)	Kimbrel (22)	37,445	40–37	L1
78	June 30	@ Royals	1–8	Vargas (12–3)	Santana (10–5)	—	34,332	40–38	L2

July: 10–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
79	July 1 (1)	@ Royals	6–11	Minor (4–1)	Duffey (0–2)	—	25,571	40–39	L3
80	July 1 (2)	@ Royals	10–5	Jorge (1–0)	Hammel (4–7)	—	32,448	41–39	W1
81	July 2	@ Royals	2–6	Alexander (1–2)	Santiago (4–8)	—	28,775	41–40	L1
82	July 3	Angels	6–2	Mejía (4–3)	Meyer (3–5)	—	36,182	42–40	W1
83	July 4	Angels	5–4	Gibson (5–6)	Ramirez (7–7)	Kintzler (22)	25,013	43–40	W2
84	July 5	Angels	1–2	Bridwell (3–1)	Santana (10–6)	Norris (12)	19,106	43–41	L1
85	July 6	Orioles	6–4	Berríos (8-2)	Bundy (8–8)	Kintzler (23)	19,706	44–41	W1
86	July 7	Orioles	9–6	Hildenberger (1–0)	Castro (1–1)	Kintzler (24)	28,668	45–41	W2
87	July 8	Orioles	1–5	Miley (4–7)	Mejía (4–4)	—	26,323	45–42	L1
88	July 9	Orioles	5–11	Jiménez (4–4)	Gibson (5–7)	—	25,848	45–43	L2
88th All-Star Game in Miami, Florida
89	July 14	@ Astros	5–10	Morton (7–3)	Berríos (8–3)	—	38,006	45–44	L3
90	July 15	@ Astros	4–2	Santana (11–6)	Musgrove (4–8)	Kintzler (25)	41,038	46–44	W1
91	July 16	@ Astros	2–5	Fiers (6–4)	Gibson (5–8)	Giles (20)	38,253	46–45	L1
92	July 17	Yankees	4–2	Rogers (5–1)	Smith (0–1)	Kintzler (26)	27,566	47–45	W1
93	July 18	Yankees	3–6	Shreve (3–1)	Colón (2–9)	Chapman (10)	33,114	47–46	L1
94	July 19	Yankees	6–1	Berríos (9–3)	Montgomery (6–5)	—	33,380	48–46	W1
95	July 21	Tigers	3–6	Sánchez (2–0)	Santana (11–7)	J. Wilson (11)	22,369	48–47	L1
96	July 22	Tigers	6–5	Gibson (6–8)	Zimmermann (6–8)	Kintzler (27)	33,700	49–47	W1
97	July 23	Tigers	6–9	Boyd (4–5)	Hildenberger (1–1)	J. Wilson (12)	28,373	49–48	L1
98	July 24	@ Dodgers	4–6	Paredes (1–0)	Rogers (5–2)	Jansen (25)	47,754	49–49	L2
99	July 25	@ Dodgers	2–6	Maeda (9–4)	Berríos (9–4)	Ravin (1)	44,403	49–50	L3
100	July 26	@ Dodgers	5–6	Jansen (5–0)	Kintzler (2–2)	—	50,941	49–51	L4
101	July 28	@ A's	6–3	García (5–7)	Gossett (2–6)	Kintzler (28)	17,727	50–51	W1
102	July 29	@ A's	4–5	Coulombe (2–1)	Rogers (5–3)	—	27,047	50–52	L1
103	July 30	@ A's	5–6	Smith (1–0)	Duffey (0–3)	—	16,790	50–53	L2

August: 20–10 (Home: 11–4 ; Away: 9–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
104	August 1	@ Padres	0–3	Chacín (11–7)	Berríos (9–5)	Hand (7)	24,491	50–54	L3
105	August 2	@ Padres	5–2	Santana (12–7)	Perdomo (5–6)	—	23,806	51–54	W1
106	August 3	Rangers	1–4	Griffin (5–2)	Mejía (4–5)	Claudio (5)	22,903	51–55	L1
107	August 4	Rangers	8–4	Colón (3–9)	Perez (5–10)	—	22,272	52–55	W1
108	August 5	Rangers	1–4	Hamels (6–1)	Gibson (6–9)	—	27,415	52–56	L1
109	August 6	Rangers	6–5	Berríos (10–5)	Bibens-Dirkx (3–2)	Belisle (1)	29,056	53–56	W1
110	August 7	Brewers	5–4	Boshers (1–0)	Drake (3–4)	Belisle (2)	31,339	54–56	W2
111	August 8	Brewers	11–4	Duffey (1–3)	Garza (5–6)	Gee (1)	34,185	55–56	W3
112	August 9	@ Brewers	4–0	Colón (4–9)	Woodruff (1–1)	—	30,174	56–56	W4
113	August 10	@ Brewers	7–2	Busenitz (1–0)	Davies (13–6)	—	33,904	57–56	W5
114	August 11	@ Tigers	9–4	Pressly (2–2)	Sánchez (3–3)	—	29,733	58–56	W6
115	August 12	@ Tigers	11–12	Greene (3–2)	Belisle (0–2)	—	33,006	58–57	L1
116	August 13	@ Tigers	6–4	Duffey (2–3)	Rondón (1–3)	Hildenberger (1)	30,582	59–57	W1
117	August 15	Indians	1–8	Salazar (5–5)	Colón (2–2)	—	29,626	59–58	L1
—	August 16	Indians	Postponed (rain) (Resceduled for August 17)
118	August 17	Indians	3–9	Carrasco (12–5)	Gibson (6–10)	—	29,579	59–59	L2
119	August 17	Indians	4–2	Hildenberger (2–1)	Clevinger (6–5)	Belisle (3)	22,857	60–59	W1
120	August 18	D-backs	10–3	Santana (13–7)	Godley (6–7)	—	25,830	61–59	W2
121	August 19	D-backs	5–0	Berríos (11–5)	Greinke (14–6)	—	29,456	62–59	W3
122	August 20	D-backs	12–5	Colón (5–10)	McFarland (4–5)	—	27,367	63–59	W4
123	August 21	@ White Sox	6–7	Rodon (2–4)	Melville (0–1)	Minaya (3)		63–60	L1
124	August 21	@ White Sox	10–2	Gee (1–0)	Fulmer (0–1)	Duffey (1)	14,493	64–60	W1
125	August 22	@ White Sox	4–1	Gibson (7–10)	Giolito (0–1)	Belisle (4)	14,053	65–60	W2
126	August 23	@ White Sox	3–4	Farquhar (3–2)	Hildenberger (2–2)	—	15,605	65–61	L1
127	August 24	@ White Sox	1–5	Holland (7–13)	Berríos (11–6)	—	34,032	65–62	L2
128	August 25	@ Blue Jays	6–1	Colón (6–10)	Happ (6–10)	—	37,525	66–62	W1
129	August 26	@ Blue Jays	9–10	Estrada (6–8)	Gee (1–1)	Osuna (34)	45,591	66–63	L1
130	August 27	@ Blue Jays	7–2	Gibson (8–10)	Biagini (3–9)	—	42,478	67–63	W1
131	August 29	White Sox	6–4	Santana (14–7)	Shields (2–5)	Belisle (5)	20,530	68–63	W2
132	August 30	White Sox	11–1	Berríos (12–6)	Holland (7–14)	—	21,172	69–63	W3
133	August 31	White Sox	5–4	Belisle (1–2)	Minaya (2–2)	—	21,288	70–63	W4

September/October: 15–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
134	September 1	Royals	6–7	Hammel (7–10)	Gee (1–2)	Alexander (2)	24,068	70–64	L1
135	September 2	Royals	17–0	Gibson (9–10)	Garcia (0–1)	—	33,413	71–64	W1
136	September 3	Royals	4–5	Alexander (4–3)	Busenitz (1–1)	Maurer (21)	32,234	71–65	L1
137	September 4	@ Rays	4–11	Cobb (10–9)	Berríos (12–7)	—	12,108	71–66	L2
138	September 5	@ Rays	1–2	Odorizzi (8–7)	Colón (6–11)	Colomé (42)	6,509	71–67	L3
139	September 6	@ Rays	10–6	Rogers (6–3)	Cishek (3–2)	—	7,185	72–67	W1
140	September 7	@ Royals	4–2	Hildenberger (3–2)	Herrera (3–3)	Belisle (6)	26,485	73–67	W2
141	September 8	@ Royals	8–5	Santana (8–5)	Kennedy (4–11)	Belisle (7)	31,879	74–67	W3
142	September 9	@ Royals	2–5	Minor (6–6)	Pressly (2–3)	Maurer (2)	29,991	74–68	L1
143	September 10	@ Royals	3–11	Vargas (15–10)	Colón (6–12)	—	35,003	74–69	L2
144	September 12	Padres	16–0	Gibson (10–10)	Wood (3–6)	—	28,852	75–69	W1
145	September 13	Padres	3–1 (10)	Belisle (2–2)	Maton (3–1)	—	20,018	76–69	W2
146	September 14	Blue Jays	3–2 (10)	Gee (2–2)	Santos (0–1)	—	22,664	77–69	W3
147	September 15	Blue Jays	3–4	Happ (9–10)	Colón (6–13)	Osuna (36)	27,902	77–70	L1
148	September 16	Blue Jays	2–7	Estrada (9–8)	Mejía (4–6)	—	29,917	77–71	L2
149	September 17	Blue Jays	13–7	Gibson (11–10)	Biagini (3–11)	—	27,572	78–71	W1
150	September 18	@ Yankees	1–2	Robertson (9–2)	Santana (15–8)	Chapman (19)	30,425	78–72	L1
151	September 19	@ Yankees	2–5	Sabathia (12–5)	Berríos (12–8)	Chapman (20)	30,218	78–73	L2
152	September 20	@ Yankees	3–11	Shreve (4–1)	Colón (6–14)	—	30,099	78–74	L3
153	September 21	@ Tigers	12–1	Gee (3–2)	Zimmerman (8–13)	—	25,437	79–74	W1
154	September 22	@ Tigers	7–3	Gibson (12–10)	Norris (4–8)	—	25,390	80–74	W2
155	September 23	@ Tigers	10–4	Santana (16–8)	Stumpf (0–1)	—	26,800	81–74	W3
156	September 24	@ Tigers	10–4	Berríos (13–8)	Farmer (4–5)	—	23,882	82–74	W4
157	September 26	@ Indians	8–6	Rogers (7–3)	Shaw (4–6)	Belisle (8)	21,268	83–74	W5
158	September 27	@ Indians	2–4	Clevinger (12–5)	Mejia (4–7)	—	19,682	83–75	L1
159	September 28	@ Indians	2–5	Carrasco (18–6)	Hildenberger (3–3)	—	21,810	83–76	L2
160	September 29	Tigers	6–3	Berríos (14–8)	Boyd (6–11)	Belisle (9)	34,580	84–76	W1
161	September 30	Tigers	2–3	Farmer (5–5)	Slegers (0–1)	Greene (9)	35,515	84–77	L1
162	October 1	Tigers	5–1	Colón (7–14)	Sánchez (3–7)	Moya (1)	28,148	85–77	W1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

Roster[]

2017 Minnesota Twins

Roster

Pitchers

9 Matt Belisle
17 José Berríos
62 Buddy Boshers
47 Craig Breslow
67 Alan Busenitz
40 Bartolo Colón
27 John Curtiss
56 Tyler Duffey
47 Dietrich Enns
24 Jaime García
35 Dillon Gee
44 Kyle Gibson
58 Justin Haley
50 Chris Heston
39 Trevor Hildenberger
45 Phil Hughes
76 Félix Jorge
27 Brandon Kintzler
49 Adalberto Mejía
58 Tim Melville
58 Gabriel Moya
15 Glen Perkins
57 Ryan Pressly
55 Taylor Rogers
64 Randy Rosario
32 Drew Rucinski
54 Ervin Santana
53 Hector Santiago
50 Aaron Slegers
23 Nick Tepesch
59 Michael Tonkin
66 Nik Turley
50 Jason Wheeler
39 Adam Wilk
51 Alex Wimmers

Catchers

21 Jason Castro
43 Mitch Garver
38 Chris Gimenez

Infielders

16 Ehire Adrianza
2 Brian Dozier
5 Eduardo Escobar
23 Niko Goodrum
7 Joe Mauer
11 Jorge Polanco
22 Miguel Sanó
19 Kennys Vargas

Outfielders

25 Byron Buxton
8 Zack Granite
36 Robbie Grossman
26 Max Kepler
20 Eddie Rosario
39 Danny Santana

Manager

4 Paul Molitor

Coaches

41 Neil Allen (pitching)
75 (bullpen catcher)
13 Gene Glynn (third base)
18 Eddie Guardado (bullpen)
63 Rudy Hernandez (assistant hitting)
31 Jeff Pickler (major league coach)
33 James Rowson (hitting)
37 Jeff Smith (first base)
46 Joe Vavra (bench)

Postseason[]

Game log[]

2017 Postseason: 0−1 (Home 0−0; Away 0−1)

AL Wild Card Game: 0−1

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	October 3	@ Yankees	4–8	Robertson (1–0)	Berríos (0–1)	—	49,280	0–1

Farm system[]

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

References[]

^ FOX. "Twins clinch playoff spot, continue historic turnaround". KMSP. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
^ "Spring Training Standings". MLB. Retrieved September 29, 2017.

External links[]

2017 Minnesota Twins season at Baseball Reference

[1] FOX. "Twins clinch playoff spot, continue historic turnaround". KMSP. Retrieved September 28, 2017.

[2] "Spring Training Standings". MLB. Retrieved September 29, 2017.

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2017 Minnesota Twins
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Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Target Field (since 2010) Minneapolis, Minnesota (since 1961)
Results
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Jim Pohlad
President of Baseball Operations	Derek Falvey
General manager(s)	Thad Levine
Manager(s)	Paul Molitor
Local television	Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Torii Hunter)
Local radio	Go 96.3 (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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