2022 Minnesota Twins season

The 2022 Minnesota Twins season was the 62nd season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 13th season at Target Field and the 122nd overall in the American League. The team finished third in the American League Central with a 78–84 record.

2022 Minnesota Twins
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Target Field
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record	78–84 (.481)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Jim Pohlad
President	Dave St. Peter
Managers	Rocco Baldelli
Television	Bally Sports North (Dick Bremer, Justin Morneau) (Marney Gellner) (Audra Martin)
Radio	WCCO (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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On December 2, 2021, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced a lockout of players, following expiration of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). On March 10, 2022, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, thus ending the lockout. Opening Day was played on April 7.^[1] Although MLB previously announced that several series would be cancelled due to the lockout, the agreement provides for a 162-game season, with originally canceled games to be made up via doubleheaders.^[2]

After having a 62–55 record, the Twins would collapse. After dropping their lead in the AL Central, they went 16–29 the rest of the way, having another losing season and eliminating them from playoff contention for the second consecutive season.

Offseason

Lockout

Main article: 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout

The expiration of the league's collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the Major League Baseball Players Association occurred on December 1, 2021 with no new agreement in place.^[3] As a result, the team owners voted unanimously to lockout the players stopping all free agency and trades.^[4][5]

The parties came to an agreement on a new CBA on March 10, 2022.^[6]

Rule changes

Pursuant to the new CBA, several new rules were instituted for the 2022 season. The National League will adopt the designated hitter full-time, a draft lottery will be implemented, the postseason will expand from ten teams to twelve, and advertising patches will appear on player uniforms and helmets for the first time.^[7][8]

Roster

2022 Minnesota Twins
Roster
Pitchers 66 Jorge Alcalá 17 Chris Archer 37 Dylan Bundy 99 Yennier Canó 45 Jharel Cotton 53 Danny Coulombe 21 Austin Davis 21 Tyler Duffey 59 Jhoan Durán 52 Michael Fulmer 51 Chi Chi Gonzalez 54 Sonny Gray 44 Ian Hamilton 70 Ronny Henríquez 65 Griffin Jax 48 Jorge López 51 Tyler Mahle 58 Trevor Megill 49 Juan Minaya 71 Jovani Morán 16 Bailey Ober 20 Chris Paddack 12 Emilio Pagán 32 Dereck Rodríguez 50 Jhon Romero 41 Joe Ryan 43 Aaron Sanchez 77 Cole Sands 31 Devin Smeltzer 38 Joe Smith 61 Cody Stashak 56 Caleb Thielbar 48 Tyler Thornburg 49 Louie Varland 74 Josh Winder 78 Simeon Woods Richardson		Catchers 60 José Godoy 90 Caleb Hamilton 27 Ryan Jeffers 39 Sandy León 24 Gary Sánchez Infielders  2 Luis Arráez  4 Carlos Correa 23 Royce Lewis 64 José Miranda 87 Jermaine Palacios 11 Jorge Polanco 22 Miguel Sanó 15 Gio Urshela		Outfielders  9 Tim Beckham 25 Byron Buxton  8 Jake Cave 67 Gilberto Celestino 55 Mark Contreras 30 Kyle Garlick  1 Nick Gordon  0 Billy Hamilton 26 Max Kepler 19 Alex Kirilloff 13 Trevor Larnach 38 Matt Wallner		Manager  5 Rocco Baldelli Coaches 35 Hank Conger (first base/catching) 75 Nate Dammann (quality control) 46 Tony Diaz (assistant bench) 63 Rudy Hernandez (hitting) 88 Pete Maki (pitching) 98 Connor Olson (bullpen catcher) 79 David Popkins (hitting) 91 Luis Ramirez (assistant pitching) -- Colby Suggs (bullpen) 33 Jayce Tingler (bench) 40 Tommy Watkins (third base)

Regular season

American League Central

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Guardians	92	70	.568	—	46‍–‍35	46‍–‍35
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	11	37‍–‍44	44‍–‍37
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	14	46‍–‍35	32‍–‍49
Detroit Tigers	66	96	.407	26	36‍–‍46	30‍–‍50
Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	27	39‍–‍42	26‍–‍55

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Houston Astros	106	56	.654
New York Yankees	99	63	.611
Cleveland Guardians	92	70	.568

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Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	92	70	.568	+6
Seattle Mariners	90	72	.556	+4
Tampa Bay Rays	86	76	.531	—
Baltimore Orioles	83	79	.512	3
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	5
Minnesota Twins	78	84	.481	8
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	8
Los Angeles Angels	73	89	.451	13
Texas Rangers	68	94	.420	18
Detroit Tigers	66	96	.407	20
Kansas City Royals	65	97	.401	21
Oakland Athletics	60	102	.370	26

Records vs. AL Opponents

2022 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2022
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	9–10	5–2	3–3	1–5	4–3	4–3	6–1	3–4	7–12	3–4	2–4	9–10	6–0	9–10	12–8
Boston	10–9	—	2–4	5–2	5–1	4–2	3–4	4–3	3–4	6–13	5–1	6–1	7–12	6–1	3–16	9–11
Chicago	2–5	4–2	—	7–12	12–7	3–4	9–10	3–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	4–2	4–2	3–4	2–4	11–9
Cleveland	3–3	2–5	12–7	—	10–9	3–4	12–7	3–4	13–6	1–5	6–1	1–6	4–2	5–1	5–2	12–8
Detroit	5–1	1–5	7–12	9–10	—	0–7	10–9	3–3	8–11	1–5	2–5	1–6	2–5	4–3	2–5	11–9
Houston	3–4	2–4	4–3	4–3	7–0	—	5–2	13–6	6–0	5–2	12–7	12–7	5–1	14–5	2–4	12–8
Kansas City	3–4	4–3	10–9	7–12	9–10	2–5	—	3–3	7–12	1–6	3–3	2–4	3–4	2–4	2–5	7–13
Los Angeles	1–6	3–4	4–3	4–3	3–3	6–13	3–3	—	4–2	2–4	12–7	10–9	2–5	9–10	3–4	7–13
Minnesota	4–3	4–3	10–9	6–13	11–8	0–6	12–7	2–4	—	2–5	5–1	4–3	4–2	2–5	4–3	8–12
New York	12–7	13–6	4–3	5–1	5–1	2–5	6–1	4–2	5–2	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	4–3	11–8	10–10
Oakland	4–3	1–5	2–5	1–6	5–2	7–12	3–3	7–12	1–5	2–5	—	8–11	3–4	8–11	3–3	5–15
Seattle	4–2	1–6	2–4	6–1	6–1	7–12	4–2	9–10	3–4	4–2	11–8	—	2–5	14–5	5–2	12–8
Tampa Bay	10–9	12–7	2–4	2–4	5–2	1–5	4–3	5–2	2–4	8–11	4–3	5–2	—	4–3	10–9	12–8
Texas	0–6	1–6	4–3	1–5	3–4	5–14	4–2	10–9	5–2	3–4	11–8	5–14	3–4	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	10–9	16–3	4–2	2–5	5–2	4–2	5–2	4–3	3–4	8–11	3–3	2–5	9–10	4–2	—	13–7

Updated with the results of all games through October 5, 2022.

Game Log

Legend
	Twins win
	Twins loss
	Postponement
Bold	Twins team member

2022 Game Log: 78−84 (Home: 47–34 ; Away: 31–50)
April: 12–9 (Home: 8–4 ; Away: 4–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 8 Mariners 1–2 Ray (1–0) Ryan (0–1) Steckenrider (1) 35,462 0–1 L1 2 April 9 Mariners 3–4 Muñoz (1–0) Duffey (0–1) Castillo (1) 20,867 0–2 L2 3 April 10 Mariners 10–4 Ober (1–0) Gonzales (0–1) – 17,018 1–2 W1 4 April 11 Mariners 4–0 Bundy (1–0) Flexen (0–1) – 12,932 2–2 W2 5 April 12 Dodgers 2–7 Hudson (1–0) Pagán (0–1) – 16,732 2–3 L1 6 April 13 Dodgers 0–7 Kershaw (1–0) Paddack (0–1) – 17,101 2–4 L2 7 April 15 @ Red Sox 8–4 Ryan (1–1) Pivetta (0–2) – 36,266 3–4 W1 8 April 16 @ Red Sox 0–4 Houck (1–0) Gray (0–1) – 34,990 3–5 L1 9 April 17 @ Red Sox 1–8 Strahm (1–0) Ober (1–1) – 28,858 3–6 L2 10 April 18 @ Red Sox 8–3 Bundy (2–0) Hill (0–1) – 32,514 4–6 W1 11 April 19 @ Royals 3–4 Garrett (1–0) Duffey (0–2) Staumont (2) 10,303 4–7 L1 12 April 20 @ Royals 0–2 Lynch (1–1) Paddack (0–2) Barlow (1) 8,969 4–8 L2 13 April 21 @ Royals 1–0 Ryan (2–1) Greinke (0–1) Pagán (1) 15,540 5–8 W1 14 April 22 White Sox 2–1 Duffey (1–2) Graveman (0–1) Pagán (2) 14,257 6–8 W2 15 April 23 White Sox 9–2 Bundy (3–0) Velasquez (0–2) – 16,686 7–8 W3 16 April 24 White Sox 6–4 (10) Smith (1–0) Hendriks (0–2) – 16,197 8–8 W4 17 April 26 Tigers 5–4 Jax (1–0) Soto (1–1) – 11,803 9–8 W5 18 April 27 Tigers 5–0 Ryan (3–1) Pineda (1–1) – 11,829 10–8 W6 19 April 28 Tigers 7–1 Stashak (1–0) Skubal (1–2) Jax (1) 19,365 11–8 W7 20 April 29 @ Rays 1–6 Kluber (1–1) Bundy (3–1) – 9,928 11–9 L1 21 April 30 @ Rays 9–1 Stashak (2–0) McClanahan (1–2) – 18,846 12–9 W1
May: 18–12 (Home: 9–7 ; Away: 9–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 22 May 1 @ Rays 9–3 Winder (1–0) Fleming (2–3) – 14,830 13–9 W2 23 May 2 @ Orioles 2–1 Paddack (1–2) Baker (1–1) Durán (1) 7,427 14–9 W3 24 May 3 @ Orioles 7–2 Thielbar (1–0) Krehbiel (1–3) – 6,678 15–9 W4 25 May 4 @ Orioles 4–9 Pérez (1–0) Bundy (3–2) – 7,466 15–10 L1 26 May 5 @ Orioles 3–5 López (3–1) Durán (0–1) – 8,652 15–11 L2 27 May 6 Athletics 2–1 Winder (2–0) Logue (1–1) Pagán (3) 17,509 16–11 W1 28 May 7 Athletics 1–0 Jax (2–0) Kaprielian (0–2) Durán (2) 22,272 17–11 W2 29 May 8 Athletics 4–3 Stashak (3–0) Jefferies (1–5) Pagán (4) 14,295 18–11 W3 30 May 10 Astros 0–5 Verlander (4–1) Ryan (3–2) – 16,156 18–12 L1 — May 11 Astros SUSP., RAIN; resuming May 12 31 May 12 (1) Astros 3–11 Abreu (2–0) Archer (0–1) – see 2nd game 18–13 L2 32 May 12 (2) Astros 0–5 García (3–1) Winder (2–1) – 16,918 18–14 L3 33 May 13 Guardians 12–8 Jax (3–0) Civale (1–3) – 18,711 19–14 W1 34 May 14 Guardians 2–3 (10) Sandlin (3–1) Cotton (0–1) Clase (7) 22,939 19–15 L1 35 May 15 Guardians 3–1 Ryan (4–2) McKenzie (2–3) Pagán (5) 19,850 20–15 W1 36 May 16 @ Athletics 3–1 Cano (1–0) Logue (2–2) Duffey (1) 3,138 21–15 W2 37 May 17 @ Athletics 2–5 Jackson (1–1) Winder (2–2) Jiménez (7) 3,640 21–16 L1 38 May 18 @ Athletics 14–4 Gray (1–1) Jefferies (1–7) – 7,106 22–16 W1 39 May 20 @ Royals 6–4 Smeltzer (1–0) Lynch (2–3) Pagán (6) 25,337 23–16 W2 40 May 21 @ Royals 9–2 Ryan (5–2) Keller (1–4) – 17,893 24–16 W3 41 May 22 @ Royals 7–6 Duffey (2–2) Staumont (1–1) Durán (3) 15,482 25–16 W4 42 May 23 Tigers 5–4 Pagán (1–1) Chafin (0–1) – 16,361 26–16 W5 43 May 24 Tigers 2–0 Gray (2–1) Brieske (0–4) Durán (4) 17,882 27–16 W6 44 May 25 Tigers 2–4 (10) Lange (1–1) Megill (0–1) Chafin (1) 20,375 27–17 L1 45 May 26 Royals 2–3 Staumont (2–1) Duffey (2–3) Barlow (5) 17,657 27–18 L2 46 May 27 Royals 10–7 Megill (1–1) Keller (1–5) Pagán (7) 21,841 28–18 W1 47 May 28 Royals 3–7 Singer (2–0) Archer (0–2) – 22,249 28–19 L1 48 May 29 Royals 7–3 Gray (3–1) Greinke (0–4) – 27,195 29–19 W1 49 May 30 @ Tigers 5–7 Jiménez (2–0) Smith (1–1) Soto (9) 15,191 29–20 L1 50 May 31 (1) @ Tigers 8–2 Smeltzer (2–0) García (0–1) – 11,756 30–20 W1 51 May 31 (2) @ Tigers 0–4 Peralta (2–0) Sands (0–1) – 12,122 30–21 L1
June: 13–15 (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 7–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 52 June 1 @ Tigers 0–5 Skubal (4–2) Ober (1–2) – 13,211 30–22 L2 53 June 2 @ Tigers 2–3 Lange (3–1) Pagán (1–2) Soto (10) 17,972 30–23 L3 54 June 3 @ Blue Jays 9–3 Cotton (1–1) Kikuchi (2–2) – 27,753 31–23 W1 55 June 4 @ Blue Jays 3–12 Berríos (4–2) Bundy (3–3) – 36,987 31–24 L1 56 June 5 @ Blue Jays 8–6 Cotton (2–1) Gausman (5–4) Morán (1) 34,088 32–24 W1 57 June 7 Yankees 4–10 Luetge (2–2) Sands (0–2) – 27,643 32–25 L1 58 June 8 Yankees 8–1 Archer (1–2) Cortés Jr (5–2) – 22,286 33–25 W1 59 June 9 Yankees 7–10 Castro (3–0) Durán (0–2) Holmes (9) 26,646 33–26 L1 60 June 10 Rays 9–4 Smeltzer (3–0) Rasmussen (5–3) – 23,761 34–26 W1 61 June 11 Rays 6–5 Megill (2–1) Baz (0–1) Pagán (8) 22,741 35–26 W2 62 June 12 Rays 0–6 Springs (3–2) Sands (0–3) – 25,350 35–27 L1 63 June 13 @ Mariners 3–2 Thielbar (2–0) Flexen (2–8) Pagán (9) 12,749 36–27 W1 64 June 14 @ Mariners 0–5 Gilbert (7–2) Ryan (5–3) – 13,019 36–28 L1 65 June 15 @ Mariners 5–0 Jax (4–0) Gonzales (3–7) – 15,329 37–28 W1 66 June 17 @ Diamondbacks 2–7 Bumgarner (3–6) Smeltzer (3–1) – 26,351 37–29 L1 67 June 18 @ Diamondbacks 11–1 Bundy (4–3) Weaver (1–1) – 24,338 38–29 W1 68 June 19 @ Diamondbacks 1–7 Kelly (6–4) Archer (1–3) – 30,690 38–30 L1 69 June 21 Guardians 5–6 (10) Stephan (3–2) Jax (4–1) Clase (16) 22,341 38–31 L2 70 June 22 Guardians 10–11 Hentges (1–0) Jax (4–2) Clase (17) 25,604 38–32 L3 71 June 23 Guardians 1–0 Smeltzer (4–1) Plesac (2–5) Thielbar (1) 24,989 39–32 W1 72 June 24 Rockies 0–1 Márquez (4–5) Bundy (4–4) Bard (15) 24,463 39–33 L1 73 June 25 Rockies 6–0 Archer (2–3) Senzatela (3–4) – 24,578 40–33 W1 74 June 26 Rockies 6–3 Ryan (6–3) Feltner (1–3) Durán (5) 28,048 41–33 W2 75 June 27 @ Guardians 11–1 Gray (4–1) McKenzie (4–6) — 12,554 42–33 W3 76 June 28 (1) @ Guardians 2–3 Hentges (2–0) Pagán (1–3) Clase (18) 12,442 42–34 L1 77 June 28 (2) @ Guardians 6–0 Winder (3–2) Pilkington (1–1) – 12,145 43–34 W1 78 June 29 @ Guardians 6–7 (10) Morgan (4–2) Cotton (2–2) – 12,840 43–35 L1 79 June 30 @ Guardians 3–5 Clase (2–2) Thornburg (0–1) – 17,066 43–36 L2
July: 10–12 (Home: 4–4 ; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 80 July 1 Orioles 3–2 Minaya (1–0) López (3–4) – 25,540 44–36 W1 81 July 2 Orioles 4–3 Pagán (2–3) López (3–5) – 20,618 45–36 W2 82 July 3 Orioles 1–3 Wells (7–4) Smeltzer (4–2) Tate (2) 24,424 45–37 L1 83 July 4 @ White Sox 6–3 (10) Pagán (3–3) Kelly (0–2) – 32,483 46–37 W1 84 July 5 @ White Sox 8–2 Winder (4–2) Kopech (2–6) – 18,566 47–37 W2 85 July 6 @ White Sox 8–9 (10) Ruiz (1–0) Morán (0–1) – 18,393 47–38 L1 86 July 8 @ Rangers 5–6 Gray (5–4) Gray (4–2) Martin (1) 30,392 47–39 L2 87 July 9 @ Rangers 7–9 Moore (4–2) Durán (0–3) Martin (2) 35,427 47–40 L3 88 July 10 @ Rangers 6–5 Bundy (5–4) Burke (4–2) Duffey (2) 24,751 48–40 W1 89 July 12 Brewers 3–6 Gustave (2–0) Winder (4–3) Hader (27) 37,183 48–41 L1 90 July 13 Brewers 4–1 Durán (1–3) Hader (0–3) – 38,802 49–41 W1 91 July 14 White Sox 2–12 Cueto (4–4) Gray (4–3) – 26,907 49–42 L1 92 July 15 White Sox 2–6 Kopech (3–6) Pagán (3–4) – 27,021 49–43 L2 93 July 16 White Sox 6–3 Bundy (6–4) Lynn (1–3) Durán (6) 28,514 50–43 W1 94 July 17 White Sox 0–11 Cease (9–4) Archer (2–4) – 23,225 50–44 L1 ASG July 19 AL @ NL 3–2 Valdez (1–0) Gonsolin (0–1) Clase (1) 52,518 N/A N/A 95 July 23 @ Tigers 8–4 Ryan (7–3) Pineda (2–6) – 34,205 51–44 W1 96 July 24 @ Tigers 9–1 Gray (5–3) García (3–3) – 23,570 52–44 W2 97 July 26 @ Brewers 6–7 Hader (1–4) Duffey (2–4) – 28,596 52–45 L1 98 July 27 @ Brewers 4–10 Burnes (8–4) Archer (2–5) – 35,914 52–46 L2 99 July 29 @ Padres 1–10 Snell (3–5) Ryan (7–4) – 43,171 52–47 L3 100 July 30 @ Padres 7–4 Gray (6–3) Musgrove (8–4) – 39,574 53–47 W1 101 July 31 @ Padres 2–3 Manaea (6–5) Bundy (6–5) García (1) 37,336 53–48 L1
August: 14–14 (Home: 13–7 ; Away: 1–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 102 August 1 Tigers 5–3 (10) Jax (5–2) Lange (4–2) – 20,231 54–48 W1 103 August 2 Tigers 3–5 Foley (1–0) Jax (5–3) Soto (20) 23,394 54–49 L1 104 August 3 Tigers 4–1 Ryan (8–4) Alexander (2–5) López (20) 25,044 55–49 W1 105 August 4 Blue Jays 3–9 Manoah (12–5) Pagán (3–5) – 39,030 55–50 L1 106 August 5 Blue Jays 6–5 (10) Fulmer (4–4) Romano (3–3) – 29,593 56–50 W1 107 August 6 Blue Jays 7–3 Megill (3–1) White (1–3) – 27,471 57–50 W2 108 August 7 Blue Jays 2–3 (10) Romano (4–3) Thielbar (2–1) – 26,155 57–51 L1 109 August 9 @ Dodgers 3–10 Urías (12–6) Ryan (8–5) – 47,874 57–52 L2 110 August 10 @ Dodgers 5–8 Price (1–0) Fulmer (4–5) – 53,432 57–53 L3 111 August 12 @ Angels 4–0 Mahle (6–7) Sandoval (3–8) – 33,459 58–53 W1 112 August 13 @ Angels 3–5 (11) Tepera (2–2) Pagán (3–6) – 43,027 58–54 L1 113 August 14 @ Angels 2–4 Davidson (2–3) Archer (2–6) Quijada (3) 27,515 58–55 L2 114 August 15 Royals 4–2 Ryan (9–5) Bubic (2–7) López (21) 22,003 59–55 W1 115 August 16 Royals 9–0 Gray (7–3) Greinke (4–8) – 23,093 60–55 W2 116 August 17 Royals 4–0 Pagán (4–6) Lynch (4–8) – 23,543 61–55 W3 117 August 19 Rangers 2–1 Bundy (7–5) Pérez (9–4) López (22) 22,627 62–55 W4 118 August 20 Rangers 3–4 (10) Hernández (1–0) Thielbar (2–2) – 21,781 62–56 L1 119 August 21 Rangers 0–7 Arihara (1–1) Ryan (9–6) Hearn (1) 24,802 62–57 L2 120 August 22 Rangers 1–2 Alexy (1–0) Gray (7–4) Moore (3) 18,595 62–58 L3 121 August 23 @ Astros 2–4 Verlander (16–3) Sanchez (3–4) Abreu (2) 32,639 62–59 L4 122 August 24 @ Astros 3–5 Valdez (13–4) Bundy (7–6) – 27,070 62–60 L5 123 August 25 @ Astros 3–6 García (11–8) Archer (2–7) Montero (8) 33,320 62–61 L6 124 August 26 Giants 9–0 Ryan (10–6) Wood (8–11) – 25,246 63–61 W1 125 August 27 Giants 3–2 (10) Durán (2–3) Leone (4–5) – 27,570 64–61 W2 126 August 28 Giants 8–3 Smeltzer (5–2) Junis (4–4) – 25,285 65–61 W3 127 August 29 Red Sox 4–2 Thielbar (3–2) Bello (0–4) López (23) 19,581 66–61 W4 128 August 30 Red Sox 10–5 Fulmer (5–5) Crawford (3–6) – 19,909 67–61 W5 129 August 31 Red Sox 5–6 Wacha (10–1) Ryan (10–7) Barnes (4) 19,337 67–62 L1
September: 10–18 (Home: 6–6 ; Away: 4–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 130 September 2 @ White Sox 3–4 Hendriks (3–3) López (4–7) – 24,818 67–63 L2 131 September 3 @ White Sox 0–13 Cease (13–6) Mahle (6–8) – 31,655 67–64 L3 132 September 4 @ White Sox 5–1 Bundy (8–6) Giolito (10–9) – 32,305 68–64 W1 133 September 5 @ Yankees 2–5 Weissert (2–0) Megill (3–2) Holmes (19) 38,446 68–65 L1 — September 6 @ Yankees PPD, RAIN; rescheduled for Sept 7 134 September 7 (1) @ Yankees 4–5 (12) Weissert (3−0) Megill (3−3) – see 2nd game 68–66 L2 135 September 7 (2) @ Yankees 1–7 Cole (11−7) Ryan (10−8) Luetge (2) 30,157 68–67 L3 136 September 8 @ Yankees 4–3 Jax (6−3) Peralta (2−4) Fulmer (3) 35,551 69–67 W1 137 September 9 Guardians 6–7 Quantrill (12–5) Bundy (8–7) Clase (32) 18,595 69–68 L1 138 September 10 Guardians 4–6 McKenzie (10–11) Archer (2–8) Clase (33) 26,073 69–69 L2 139 September 11 Guardians 1–4 Bieber (10–8) Winder (4–4) Karinchak (2) 19,016 69–70 L3 140 September 13 Royals 6–3 Ryan (11–8) Bubic (2–12) – 19,005 70–70 W1 141 September 14 Royals 4–0 Gray (8–4) Greinke (4–9) – 14,927 71–70 W2 142 September 15 Royals 3–2 Megill (4–3) Lynch (4–11) Durán (7) 16,595 72–70 W3 143 September 16 @ Guardians 3–4 Stephan (6–4) Durán (2–4) Clase (36) 20,669 72–71 L1 144 September 17 (1) @ Guardians 1–5 Bieber (11−8) Varland (0−1) – 18,177 72–72 L2 145 September 17 (2) @ Guardians 6–7 (15) McCarty (4–2) Rodríguez (0–1) – 24,449 72–73 L3 146 September 18 @ Guardians 3–0 Ryan (12–8) Morris (0–2) Durán (8) 19,601 73–73 W1 147 September 19 @ Guardians 4–11 Quantrill (13–5) Gray (8–5) Hentges (1) 12,168 73–74 L1 148 September 20 @ Royals 4–5 Coleman (5–2) Fulmer (5–6) Barlow (22) 14,508 73–75 L2 149 September 21 @ Royals 2–5 Misiewicz (1–1) Ober (1–3) Barlow (23) 13,952 73–76 L3 150 September 22 @ Royals 1–4 Heasley (4–8) Winder (4–5) Keller (1) 12,951 73–77 L4 151 September 23 Angels 2–4 Ohtani (14–8) Varland (0–2) Tepera (4) 24,896 73–78 L5 152 September 24 Angels 8–4 Jax (7–3) Detmers (6–6) – 30,959 74–78 W1 153 September 25 Angels 3–10 Suárez (7–8) Bundy (8–8) – 24,133 74–79 L1 154 September 27 White Sox 4–0 Ober (2–3) Lynn (7–7) – 23,647 75–79 W1 155 September 28 White Sox 8–4 Thielbar (4–2) Cueto (7–10) – 22,332 76–79 W2 156 September 29 White Sox 3–4 López (6–4) Thielbar (4–3) Hendriks (34) 23,397 76–80 L1 157 September 30 @ Tigers 7–0 Ryan (13–8) Alexander (4–11) – 18,505 77–80 W1
October: 1–4 (Home: 0–0 ; Away: 1–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 158 October 1 @ Tigers 2–3 Norris (2–4) Henríquez (0–1) Chafin (2) 18,307 77–81 L1 159 October 2 @ Tigers 2–5 Lange (7–4) Woods-Richardson (0–1) Soto (30) 20,105 77–82 L2 160 October 3 @ White Sox 2–3 Cueto (8–10) Jax (7–4) Hendriks (37) 22,891 77–83 L3 161 October 4 @ White Sox 3–8 Giolito (11–9) Winder (4–6) – 24,884 77–84 L4 162 October 5 @ White Sox 10–1 Varland (1–2) Martin (3–5) Sands (1) 18,918 78–84 W1

Statistics

Batting

(through October 5, 2022)
Players in bold are on the active roster.
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; K = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage; TB = Total Bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	TB
Luis Arráez	144	547	88	173	31	1	8	49	4	50	43	.316	.375	.420	230
Tim Beckham	12	25	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	.080	.080	.080	2
Byron Buxton	92	340	61	76	13	3	28	51	6	34	116	.224	.306	.526	179
Jake Cave	54	164	17	35	7	3	5	20	2	11	49	.213	.260	.384	63
Gilberto Celestino	122	311	30	74	12	1	2	24	4	32	77	.238	.313	.302	94
Mark Contreras	28	58	9	7	1	0	3	6	1	1	21	.121	.148	.293	17
Carlos Correa	136	522	70	152	24	1	22	64	0	61	121	.291	.366	.467	244
Kyle Garlick	66	150	23	35	3	0	9	18	0	8	48	.233	.284	.433	65
José Godoy	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.400	.000	0
Nick Gordon	138	405	45	110	28	4	9	50	6	19	105	.272	.316	.427	173
Billy Hamilton	17	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	.000	.125	.000	0
Caleb Hamilton	22	18	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	14	.056	.227	.222	4
Ryan Jeffers	67	212	25	44	10	1	7	27	0	23	62	.208	.285	.363	77
Max Kepler	115	388	54	88	18	1	9	43	3	49	66	.227	.318	.348	135
Alex Kirilloff	45	144	14	36	7	0	3	21	0	5	36	.250	.290	.361	52
Trevor Larnach	51	160	22	37	13	0	5	18	0	18	57	.231	.306	.406	65
Sandy Leon	25	56	6	10	3	0	0	4	0	7	23	.179	.270	.232	13
Royce Lewis	12	40	5	12	4	0	2	5	0	1	5	.300	.317	.550	22
José Miranda	125	444	45	119	25	0	15	66	1	28	91	.268	.325	.426	189
Jermaine Palacios	30	70	8	10	0	0	2	6	0	4	27	.143	.184	.229	16
Jorge Polanco	104	375	54	88	16	0	16	56	3	64	95	.235	.346	.405	152
Gary Sánchez	128	419	42	86	24	0	16	61	2	40	136	.205	.282	.377	158
Miguel Sanó	20	60	1	5	0	0	1	3	1	9	25	.083	.211	.133	8
Gio Urshela	144	501	61	143	27	3	13	64	1	41	96	.285	.338	.429	215
Matt Wallner	18	57	4	13	3	0	2	10	1	6	25	.228	.323	.386	22
TEAM TOTALS	162	5476	696	1356	269	18	178	668	38	518	1353	.248	.317	.401	2195

Source^[9]

Pitching

(through October 5, 2022)
Players in bold are on the active roster.
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = Walks plus hits per inning pitched; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jorge Alcalá	0	0	0.00	1.71	2	0	0	2.1	2	0	0	2	2
Chris Archer	2	8	4.56	1.31	25	25	0	102.2	87	56	52	48	84
Dylan Bundy	8	8	4.89	1.28	29	29	0	140.0	151	79	76	28	94
Yennier Canó	1	0	9.22	2.05	10	0	0	13.2	17	14	14	11	14
Jharel Cotton	2	2	2.83	1.11	25	0	0	35.0	23	13	11	16	31
Danny Coulombe	0	0	1.46	1.30	10	0	0	12.1	7	3	2	9	9
Austin Davis	0	0	16.20	3.00	2	0	0	1.2	1	3	3	4	3
Tyler Duffey	2	4	4.91	1.36	40	0	2	44.0	45	24	24	15	39
Jhoan Durán	2	4	1.86	0.98	57	0	8	67.2	50	15	14	16	89
Michael Fulmer	2	2	3.70	1.56	26	0	1	24.1	30	10	10	8	22
Chi Chi Gonzalez	0	0	7.71	1.71	2	2	0	7.0	12	6	6	0	4
Nick Gordon	0	0	22.09	3.82	4	0	0	3.2	10	9	9	4	0
Sonny Gray	8	5	3.08	1.13	24	24	0	119.2	99	44	41	36	117
Ian Hamilton	0	0	6.75	1.50	1	0	0	2.2	3	2	2	1	0
Ronny Henríquez	0	1	2.31	0.94	3	0	0	11.2	8	4	3	3	9
Griffin Jax	7	4	3.36	1.05	65	0	1	72.1	56	29	27	20	78
Jorge López	0	1	4.37	1.63	23	0	4	22.2	23	11	11	14	18
Tyler Mahle	1	1	4.41	1.04	4	4	0	16.1	13	8	8	4	12
Trevor Megill	4	3	4.80	1.49	39	0	0	45.0	50	29	24	17	49
Juan Minaya	1	0	5.59	1.34	6	0	0	9.2	8	6	6	5	11
Jovani Morán	0	1	2.21	1.06	31	0	1	40.2	25	11	10	18	54
Bailey Ober	2	3	3.21	1.05	11	11	0	56.0	48	22	20	11	51
Chris Paddack	1	2	4.03	1.21	5	5	0	22.1	25	10	10	2	20
Emilio Pagán	4	6	4.43	1.37	59	0	9	63.0	60	36	31	26	84
Jermaine Palacios	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1
Dereck Rodríguez	0	1	3.52	1.43	2	0	0	7.2	7	5	3	4	4
Jhon Romero	0	0	3.60	2.00	4	0	0	5.0	9	2	2	1	6
Joe Ryan	13	8	3.55	1.10	27	27	0	147.0	115	60	58	47	151
Aaron Sanchez	0	1	4.71	1.33	8	3	0	28.2	31	16	15	7	25
Cole Sands	0	3	5.87	1.57	11	3	0	30.2	35	21	20	13	28
Devin Smeltzer	5	2	3.71	1.22	15	12	0	70.1	67	30	29	19	40
Joe Smith	1	1	4.61	1.53	34	0	0	27.1	33	18	14	9	17
Cody Stashak	3	0	3.86	0.98	11	0	0	16.1	16	7	7	0	15
Caleb Thielbar	4	3	3.49	1.16	67	0	1	59.1	51	26	23	18	80
Tyler Thornburg	0	1	2.79	1.03	5	0	0	9.2	4	4	3	6	4
Louie Varland	1	2	3.81	1.23	5	5	0	26.0	26	11	11	6	21
Josh Winder	4	6	4.70	1.30	15	11	0	67.0	69	37	35	18	47
Simeon Woods Richardson	0	1	3.60	1.00	1	1	0	5.0	3	3	2	2	3
TEAM TOTALS	78	84	3.98	1.24	162	162	28	1437.0	1320	684	636	468	1336

Source^[9]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	St. Paul Saints	International League	Toby Gardenhire
AA	Wichita Wind Surge	Texas League	Ramon Borrego
A-Advanced	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	Brian Dinkelman
A	Fort Myers Mighty Mussels	Florida State League	Brian Meyer
Rookie	FCL Twins	Florida Complex League	Takashi Miyoshi
Rookie	DSL Twins	Dominican Summer League	Seth Feldman

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External links

• 2022 Minnesota Twins season at Baseball Reference