2018 Minnesota Twins season

The 2018 Minnesota Twins season was the 58th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their ninth season at Target Field and the 118th overall in the American League. The Twins began the season on March 29 on the road against the Baltimore Orioles and ended the season at home against the Chicago White Sox. The Twins finished the 2018 season at 78–84, 13 games out of first place in a weak American League Central. The record led to the firing of manager Paul Molitor the day after the season ended. Also, this season would prove to be the 15th and final season for career Twin Joe Mauer, who retired following the season.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 2018 Minnesota Twins Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLGEddie Rosario138559871613122477830.288.479Max Kepler156532801193042058471.224.408Joe Mauer12748664137271648051.282.379Brian Dozier10441065932121652846.227.405Robbie Grossman12939650108271548060.273.384Eduardo Escobar97368451013731563134.274.514Ehire Adrianza1143354284231639524.251.379Logan Morrison9531841591301539134.186.368Mitch Garver1023023881192745029.268.414Jorge Polanco773023887183642725.288.427Jake Cave9128354751621345218.265.473Miguel Sanó7126632531401341031.199.398Logan Forsythe50178194660014124.258.292Bobby Wilson47135122480216012.178.281Tyler Austin35123182940924011.236.488Ryan LaMarre4399726500818.263.313Willians Astudillo29939334132102.355.516Byron Buxton2890814400453.156.200Jason Castro196349301309.143.238Gregorio Petit2661715200336.246.279Johnny Field2152813403700.250.500Chris Gimenez132968102603.276.517Taylor Motter91901000112.053.053Juan Graterol3721000001.143.143Pitcher totals1622022000000.100.100Team totals162552673813793172216670447534.250.405 Source:

Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSOKyle Gibson10133.6232320196.2177887979179José Berríos12113.8432320192.1159838261202Jake Odorizzi7104.4932320164.1151898270162Lance Lynn785.1020200102.1105615862100Trevor Hildenberger465.42730773.07546442670Taylor Rogers122.63720268.14920201675Matt Magill333.81400056.25824242356Addison Reed164.50550056.06530281544Fernando Romero334.691111055.26031291945Ryan Pressly113.40510047.24619181969Fernando Rodney323.094602543.24218151950Zach Duke343.62450037.14419151539Kohl Stewart213.6884036.23416151824Gabriel Moya314.71356036.13519191331Alan Busenitz417.82230025.13725221426Trevor May413.20241325.12199536Tyler Duffey227.20191025.0262220419Ervin Santana018.0355024.2312222916Stephen Gonsalves226.5774024.22822182216Matt Belisle119.13250023.24026241021Adalberto Mejía202.0154022.11755913Zack Littell026.2082020.12517141114Oliver Drake002.21190020.11265722Chase De Jong113.5744017.21897613Aaron Slegers115.2742013.2178826Phil Hughes006.7572012.0149958John Curtiss015.688006.184447Andrew Vasquez105.409005.054327Tyler Kinley0024.304003.199944David Hale0012.001003.044442Willians Astudillo0045.001001.055500Mitch Garver000.001001.010000Chris Gimenez0045.001001.065501Ryan LaMarre0013.501000.211100Team totals78844.50162162371443.114257757215731377 Source:

Game log The Twins played two games against the Cleveland Indians on April 17 and 18 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The games were considered home games for the Twins. An island-wide power outage occurred on April 18, but the game scheduled for that day was still played.

|-style=background:#fbb |1||March 29||@ Orioles || 2–3 || Bleier (1–0) || Rodney (0–1) ||—|| 45,469 || 0–1 || L1 |-style=background:#bfb |2||March 30||@ Orioles || 6–2 || Gibson (1–0) || Cashner (0–1) ||—|| 17,763 || 1–1 || W1

|-style=background:#bfb |3||April 1||@ Orioles || 7–0 || Berríos (1–0) || Gausman (0–1) ||—|| 17,212 || 2–1 || W2 |-style=background:#fbb |4||April 2||@ Pirates || 4–5 || Taillon (1–0) || Lynn (0–1) || Kontos (1)|| 30,186 || 2–2 || L1 |-style=background:#bfb |5||April 4||@ Pirates || 7–3 || Rogers (1–0) || Nova ||—|| 20,690 || 3–2 || W1 |-style=background:#bfb |6||April 5|| Mariners || 4–2 || Duke (1–0) || Altavilla (0–1) || Rodney (1) || 39,214 || 4–2 || W2 |-style=background:#fbb |7||April 7|| Mariners || 4–11 || Leake (2–0) || Berríos (1–1) ||—|| 18,416 || 4–3 || L1 |-style=background:#bbb | – ||April 8|| Mariners || Colspan=7| Postponed (snow) (Makeup date: May 14.) |-style=background:#fbb |8||April 9|| Astros || 2–0 || Verlander (2–0) || Rogers (1–1) || Giles || 15,521 || 4–4 || L2 |-style=background:#bfb |9||April 10|| Astros || 4–1 || Odorizzi (1–0) || Keuchel (0–2) || Rodney (2) || 15,500 || 5–4 || W1 |-style=background:#bfb |10||April 11|| Astros ||9–8|| Rodney (1–1) || Peacock (1–1) ||—||15,438||6–4||W2 |-style=background:#bfb |11||April 12|| White Sox || 4–0 || Berríos (2–1) || Giolito (0–2) ||—|| 15,474 || 7–4 || W3 |-style=background:#bbb | – ||April 13|| White Sox || Colspan=7| Postponed (snow) (Makeup date: June 5) |-style=background:#bbb | – ||April 14|| White Sox || Colspan=7| Postponed (snow) (Makeup date: September 28) |-style=background:#bbb | – ||April 15|| White Sox || Colspan=7| Postponed (snow) (Makeup date: August 20) |-style=background:#fbb |12||April 17|| Indians || 1–6 || Kluber (2–1) || Odorizzi (1–1) ||—|| 19,519 || 7–5 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc |13||April 18|| Indians || 2–1 (16) || Busenitz (1–0) || Tomlin (0–2) ||—|| 19,537 || 8–5 || W1 |-style=background:#fbb |14||April 20||@ Rays || 7–8 (10) || Colomé (1–2) || Duke (1–1) ||—|| 9,786 || 8–6 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb |15||April 21||@ Rays || 1–10 || Snell (3–1) || Gibson (1–1) ||—|| 10,106 || 8–7 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb |16||April 22||@ Rays || 6–8 || Colomé (2–2) || Reed (0–1) ||—|| 12,515 || 8–8 || L3 |-style=background:#fbb |17||April 23||@ Yankees || 1–14 || Tanaka (3–2) || Odorizzi (1–2) ||—|| 39,249 || 8–9 || L4 |-style=background:#fbb |18||April 24||@ Yankees || 3–8 || Sabathia (1–0) || Berríos (2–2) ||—|| 39,025 || 8–10 || L5 |-style=background:#fbb |19||April 25||@ Yankees || 4–7 || Green (2–0) || Lynn (0–2) || Chapman (4) || 39,243 || 8–11 || L6 |-style=background:#fbb |20||April 26||@ Yankees || 3–4 || Betances (1–1) || Rodney (1–2) ||—|| 40,758 || 8–12 || L7 |-style=background:#fbb |21||April 27|| Reds || 9–15 || Hernandez (1–0) || Duffey (0–1) || — || 25,002 || 8–13 || L8 |-style=background:#cfc |22||April 28|| Reds || 3–1 || Odorizzi (2–2) || Romano (1–3) || Rodney (3) || 27,115 || 9–13 || W1 |-style=background:#fbb |23||April 29|| Reds || 2–8 || Mahle (2–3) || Berríos (2–3) || — || 25,677 || 9–14 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb |24||April 30|| Blue Jays || 5–7 || Sanchez (2–2) || Lynn (0–3) || Osuna (7) || 16,456 || 9–15 || L2

|-style=background:#fbb |25||May 1|| Blue Jays || 4–7 (10) || Clippard (4–0) || Curtiss (0–1) || Osuna (8) || 16,245 || 9–16 || L3 |-style=background:#cfc |26||May 2|| Blue Jays || 4–0 || Romero (1–0) || Stroman (0–4) ||—|| 16,420 || 10–16 || W1 |-style=background:#fbb |27||May 3||@ White Sox || 5–6 || Jones (2–0) || Reed (0–2) ||—|| 13,260 || 10–17 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc |28||May 4||@ White Sox || 6–4 || Berríos (3–3) || Fulmer (2–2)|| Rodney (4) || 15,936 || 11–17 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc |29||May 5||@ White Sox || 8–4 || Lynn (1–3) || Santiago (0–1) ||—|| 23,765 || 12–17 || W2 |-style=background:#cfc |30||May 6||@ White Sox || 5–3 || Duke (2–1) || Rondón (1–2) || Rodney (5) || 17,424 || 13–17 || W3 |-style=background:#cfc |31||May 7||@ Cardinals || 6–0 || Romero (2–0) || Gant (1–1) ||—|| 40,182 || 14–17 || W4 |-style=background:#cfc |32||May 8||@ Cardinals || 7–1 || Odorizzi (3–2) || Martínez (3–2) ||—|| 39,253 || 15–17 || W5 |-style=background:#fbb |33||May 10||@ Angels || 4–7 || Álvarez (2–0) || Berríos (3–4) || Johnson (1) || 30,127 || 15–18 || L1 |-style=background:#cfc |34||May 11||@ Angels || 5–4 || Magill (1–0) || Anderson (0–1) || Rodney (6) || 43,521 || 16–18 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc |35||May 12||@ Angels || 5–3 || Hildenberger (1–0) || Ramirez (1–2) || Rodney (7) || 40,117 || 17–18 || W2 |-style=background:#fbb |36||May 13||@ Angels || 1–2 || Parker (1–1) || Duke (2–2) || — || 38,029 || 17–19 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb |37||May 14|| Mariners || 0–1 || Pazos (1–0) || Hildenberger (1–1) || Diaz (14) || 16,581 || 17–20 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc |38||May 15|| Cardinals || 4–1 || Berríos (4–4) || Cecil (0–1) || Rodney (8) || 24,259 || 18–20 || W1 |-style=background:#fbb |39||May 16|| Cardinals || 5–7 || Hicks (2–1) || Lynn (1–4) || Norris (9) || 25,180 || 18–21 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb |40||May 18|| Brewers || 3–8 || Suter (3–3) || Gibson (1–2) || — || 29,349 || 18–22 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb |41||May 19|| Brewers || 4–5 || Hader (2–0) || Reed (0–3) ||—|| 30,182 || 18–23 || L3 |-style=background:#cfc |42||May 20|| Brewers || 3–1 || Reed (1–3) || Guerra (0–2) || Rodney (9) || 28,577 || 19–23 ||W1 |-style=background:#cfc |43||May 21|| Tigers || 4–2 || Berríos (5–4) || Stumpf (1–3) || Rodney (10) || 17,161 || 20–23 || W2 |-style=background:#cfc |44||May 22|| Tigers || 6–0 || Lynn (2–4) || Boyd (2–4) ||—|| 25,559 || 21–23 || W3 |-style=background:#fbb |45||May 23|| Tigers || 1–4 || Fulmer (2–3) || Gibson (1–3) || Greene (11)|| 23,891 || 21–24 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb |46||May 25||@ Mariners || 1–2 || Paxton (4–1) || Romero (2–1) || Díaz (18) || 19,924 || 21–25 ||L2 |-style=background:#fbb |47||May 26||@ Mariners || 3–4 (12) || Bradford (4–0) || Magill (1–1) ||—|| 23,986 || 21–26 ||L3 |-style=background:#fbb |48||May 27||@ Mariners || 1–3 || Leake (5–3) || Berríos (5–5) || Colomé (12)|| 31,340 || 21–27 ||L4 |-style=background:#cfc |49||May 28||@ Royals || 8–5 || Lynn (3–4) || Junis (5–4) || Rodney (11) || 18,572 || 22–27 || W1 |-style=background:#fbb |50||May 29||@ Royals || 1–2 (10) || Barlow (1–0) || Rogers (1–2) ||—|| 20,533 || 22–28 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb |51||May 30||@ Royals || 8–11 || McCarthy (4–2) || Romero (2–2) || Herrera (12) || 21,343 || 22–29 || L2 |-style=background:#fbb |52||May 31|| Indians || 8–9 || Olson (1–1) || Reed (1–4) || Allen (9) || 19,148 || 22–30 || L3

|-style=background:#cfc |53||June 1|| Indians || 7–4 || Berríos (6–5) || Carrasco (6–4) || Rodney (12) || 30,171 || 23–30 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc |54||June 2|| Indians || 7–1 || Lynn (4–4) || Bauer (4–4) ||—|| 23,476 || 24–30 || W2 |-style=background:#cfc |55||June 3|| Indians || 7–5 || Rodney (2–2) || Allen (2–2) ||—|| 26,096 || 25–30 || W3 |-style=background:#cfc |56||June 5|| White Sox || 4–2 || Duffey (1–1) || Jones (2–2) || Rodney (13) || 26,261 || 26–30 || W4 |-style=background:#fbb |57||June 5|| White Sox || 3–6 || Giolito (4–6) || Littell (0–1) || Soria (5) || 26,261 || 26–31 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb |58||June 6|| White Sox || 2–5 || Santiago (2–2) || Odorizzi (3–3) || Soria (6) || 20,393 || 26–32 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc |59||June 7|| White Sox || 7–2 || Berríos (7–5) || Shields (1–7) ||—|| 21,469 || 27–32 || W1 |-style=background:#fbb |60||June 8|| Angels || 2–4 || Ramirez (2–2) || Pressly (0–1) || Parker (6) || 28,383 || 27–33 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb |61||June 9|| Angels || 1–2 || Skaggs (5–4) || Gibson (1–4) || Parker (7) || 24,061 || 27–34 || L2 |-style=background:#cfc |62||June 10|| Angels || 7–5 || Romero (3–2) || Tropeano (3–4) ||—|| 28,656 || 28–34 || W1 |-style=background:#cfc |63||June 12||@ Tigers || 6–4 || Pressly (1–1) || Coleman (3–1) || Rodney (14) || 20,340 || 29–34 || W2 |-style=background:#fbb |64||June 13||@ Tigers || 2–5 || Jiménez (3–0) || Reed (1–5) || Greene (16) || 19,206 || 29–35 || L1 |-style=background:#fbb