Twins

Major League Baseball is looking at restructuring their minor league teams and cities and the Minnesota Twins are looking at the St. Paul Saints as a possible affiliate.

The Twins completed a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday acquiring pitcher Kenta Maeda in exchange for pitcher Brusdar Graterol, minor league outfielder Luke Raley and the 67th pick in the 2020 MLB draft.

The Twins and the L.A. Dodgers completed a trade Sunday sending veteran right handed pitcher Kenta Maeda to the Twins in exchange for pitching prospect Brusdar Graterol, the 67th overall pick in the 2020 draft and outfield prospect Luke Raley.

The Twins 3-team trade is being held up by the health or lack there of because of medical concerns with Twins pitching prospect Brusdar Graterol. The Red Sox may request the for the Twins and Dodgers to change the deal.

According to the Athletic the Twins have come to terms on contracts with free agent starting pitchers Rich Hill and Homer Bailey. Terms of each deal have not been disclosed.

The Minnesota Wild have won 5 games in a row and are now tied with 3 other teams with 32 points for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.

The Twins lost 5-1 Monday night in Game 3 of the ALDS at Target Field to the Yankees. The Yankees win the series 3 games to none. The Twins become the first team to win 100-plus regular season games and to be swept in the Divisional round of the playoffs.

The Twins open the ALDS at New York against the Yankees Friday at 6:07pm, pregame on WJON at 5:00. The Twins won just 2 of the 6 games played against the Yankees this season including winning 1 of 3 in New York this season.

The Twins lost 6-5 at Kansas City Sunday to close the season with a record of 101-61. The 101 wins are the 2nd most in Twins franchise history. The 1965 Twins won 102 games.

The Twins clinched the American League Central Wednesday night with a 5-1 with and a 8-3 Cleveland loss to the White Sox. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan was in Detroit Wednesday night to cover the clinching and talked with me this morning on WJON.