If pre-Draft projections are anything to go on, the 2025 MLB Draft appears unusually unsettled at the top. That’s welcome news for the Twins.

The Minnesota Twins jumped out to an early lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates thanks to a big swing from Kody Clemens, followed by a bat flip.

Justin Morneau remembers the stadium shaking and the ground rumbling as each ball landed in the seats of Yankee Stadium. Brian Dozier remembers his brother, Clay, shaking. Both are former Twins who competed in a Home Run Derby — Morneau ended up in three of them — and both are familiar with what Byron Buxton will experience Monday when he competes with some of the game’s best sluggers at

The losing streak has now reached a season-high eight games after getting blown out 12-4 by the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon at Target Field.

What looked like a classic pitchers’ duel before the game took some twists and turns on Friday, with one ace looking rock-solid, but losing, and another ace struggling early, but winning.

Livvy Dunne was in Minnesota to watch Paul Skenes and ended up seeing herself on the scoreboard. Midway through Friday’s matchup between the Pirates and Twins at Target Field, Dunne was put on the jumbotron during the ballpark’s celebrity look-alike segment — showing Dunne as her own doppleganger.

Willi Castro, Harrison Bader, Chris Paddack and others could leave for nothing this offseason, so why not cash them in for future value?

X-rays showed nothing troubling after a collision Friday that had Carlos Correa concerned about his reconstructed right ankle.