SB Nation Minnesota - MLB Standings Update: Twins Slowly Fading In AL Central Racehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48959/mn-fave.png2011-08-05T17:47:47-05:00http://minnesota.sbnation.com/rss/stream/18649482011-08-05T17:47:47-05:002011-08-05T17:47:47-05:00MLB Standings: Twins Find Themselves Eight Games Out
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<p>It doesn't seem like it was all that long ago that the Minnesota Twins were within five games of the top spot in the American League Central. However, the team has stumbled as of late, and now finds themselves farther back. . .maybe <i>too</i> far back to realistically make a run at this point.</p>
<p>This is what the American League Central race looks like today:</p>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Detroit</a></td>
<td>59</td>
<td>52</td>
<td>.531</td>
<td>0</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland</a></td>
<td>55</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>.504</td>
<td>3</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">Chicago</a></td>
<td>52</td>
<td>58</td>
<td>.472</td>
<td>6.5</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 6</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Minnesota</a></td>
<td>51</td>
<td>60</td>
<td>.459</td>
<td>8</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City</a></td>
<td>48</td>
<td>63</td>
<td>.432</td>
<td>11</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 2</td>
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<p class="updated">(updated 8.5.2011 at 3:43 PM PDT)</p>
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<p>With just 51 games remaining in their 2011 season, the Twins are now closer to last place than they are to second, and can't afford to fall any farther behind. They can attempt to make up some ground this weekend as they play a three-game set against the Chicago White Sox. The division-leading Detroit Tigers will be taking on the last-place Kansas City Royals, while the Cleveland Indians will be traveling outside the division with a three-game series in Arlington against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.lonestarball.com/">Texas Rangers</a>.<br id="1312584194540"></p>
https://minnesota.sbnation.com/2011/8/5/2347389/mlb-standings-twins-find-themselves-eight-games-outChristopher Gates2011-07-25T17:38:10-05:002011-07-25T17:38:10-05:00MLB Standings: Twins Drop To Seven Back
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Minnesota Twins</a> were presented a golden opportunity to make a serious dent into the lead of the Detroit, as they hosted the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Tigers</a> for a weekend four game series at Target Field. What happened? Well, they lost three of four, and instead of being as little as four back, they are now a full seven games out, and to make matters worse, they face Texas tonight to begin a 10 game road trip.</p>
<p>Here are your up to date standings:</p>
<p>Detroit 54-47 .535 —<br>
Cleveland 51-48 .515 2.0<br>
Chicago 49-51 .490 4.5<br>
<span class="caps">MINNESOTA</span> 47-54 .465 7.0<br>
Kansas City 42-59 .416 12.0</p>
<p>The good news is that there is plenty of time to make up those 7 games. With approximately 9 weeks left in the season, it amounts to less than one game a week. But the Twins will have to play better against the better teams in the league if they want to make that move.</p>
<p>And Texas is definitely one of the league’s better teams.</p>
https://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-twins/2011/7/25/2293436/mlb-standings-2011Ted Glover2011-07-21T11:01:06-05:002011-07-21T11:01:06-05:00MLB Standings Update: Twins Remain Five Back In AL Central
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<p>The Minnesota Twins had an opportunity to make some serious progress in their four-game series against the Cleveland Indians at Target Field this week. However, when all of the dust had settled and the series was over, the Twins found themselves no closer than they were before the series got underway.</p>
<p>Of course, they were also no further away, which was nice to see after they dropped both halves of a doubleheader to the Indians on Monday.</p>
<p>Here, now, are your current American League Central Standings:</p>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Detroit</a></td>
<td>51</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>.525</td>
<td>0</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland</a></td>
<td>51</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>.525</td>
<td>0</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 2</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">Chicago</a></td>
<td>47</td>
<td>51</td>
<td>.479</td>
<td>4.5</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 2</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Minnesota</a></td>
<td>46</td>
<td>51</td>
<td>.474</td>
<td>5</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 2</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City</a></td>
<td>40</td>
<td>58</td>
<td>.408</td>
<td>11.5</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 2</td>
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<p class="updated">(updated 7.21.2011 at 8:50 AM PDT)</p>
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<p>As you can see, things are almost exactly the way they were the last time we gave you a standings update. Detroit and Cleveland are still tied for the top spot, and Minnesota is five games out. The only slight difference is that the White Sox are now 4.5 games back rather than four.</p>
<p>The Twins have another opportunity to improve their lot over the course of the next few days, as they'll open up a four-game set with the Tigers at Target Field on Thursday night. The other two teams currently locked into the American League Central race, the White Sox and Indians, will begin a three-game set in Cleveland starting on Friday, so Twins fans will need to keep an eye on that as well.</p>
https://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-twins/2011/7/21/2286760/mlb-scores-baseball-standings-2011-minnesota-twins-american-league-centralChristopher Gates2011-07-18T09:40:14-05:002011-07-18T09:40:14-05:00MLB Standings Update: Twins Firmly Back Into AL Central Race
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<p>The dramatic turnaround of the Minnesota Twins has continued, as they took three out of four from the Kansas City Royals in their first series after the All-Star break. The victories, combined with some losses by the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, has made what looked to be a two-team American League Central race into a four-team free-for-all.</p>
<p>As of Monday morning, here is what the standings in the American League Central look like:</p>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Detroit</a></td>
<td>50</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>.526</td>
<td>0</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland</a></td>
<td>49</td>
<td>44</td>
<td>.526</td>
<td>0</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 2</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">Chicago</a></td>
<td>46</td>
<td>49</td>
<td>.484</td>
<td>4</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Minnesota</a></td>
<td>44</td>
<td>49</td>
<td>.473</td>
<td>5</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 2</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City</a></td>
<td>38</td>
<td>57</td>
<td>.400</td>
<td>12</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 2</td>
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<p class="updated">(updated 7.18.2011 at 7:33 AM PDT)</p>
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<p>Yes, after being as far as 16.5 games out of first place in late May and early June, the Twins now find themselves just five games in back of division co-leaders Detroit and Cleveland.</p>
<p>With the Twins' upcoming schedule, they are in a position to make some serious hay. The team will play eight games in the next seven days. All of them will be at home, and all of them will be against the top two teams in the division. They will kick off a four-game series against the Indians with a day/night doubleheader on Monday afternoon (to make up for the rainout that occurred back on April 22), and they will follow that up with a four-game series against the Tigers beginning on Thursday.</p>
<p>This week can make or break the season for the Minnesota Twins. If they can get a bunch of victories over the top two teams in the division, they will be in the race through the end of the season. If they should suddenly cool off, they might decide to become sellers and get out of the race while they have some trade chips with some value.</p>
https://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-twins/2011/7/18/2281072/mlb-standings-update-american-league-central-minnesota-twinsChristopher Gates2011-07-11T21:38:27-05:002011-07-11T21:38:27-05:00MLB Standings Update: Can The Twins Make A Run In The Second Half?
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<p>On June 1, the Minnesota Twins were 20 games <i>under</i> .500 at 17-37, and 16.5 games out of first place in the American League Central, going through as bad a stretch of baseball as we've seen in Minnesota in a very long time.</p>
<p>Now, as we take a break for the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the Twins may have put themselves in a position to win their third consecutive American League Central title.</p>
<p>Here is what the current American League Central standings look like:</p>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Detroit</a></td>
<td>49</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>.532</td>
<td>0</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland</a></td>
<td>47</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>.528</td>
<td>0.5</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 3</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">Chicago</a></td>
<td>44</td>
<td>48</td>
<td>.478</td>
<td>5</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Minnesota</a></td>
<td>41</td>
<td>48</td>
<td>.460</td>
<td>6.5</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City</a></td>
<td>37</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>.406</td>
<td>11.5</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 1</td>
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<p class="updated">(updated 7.11.2011 at 7:27 PM PDT)</p>
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<p>The Twins find themselves 6.5 games out of first place after 89 games. As Twins fans know, this is certainly not an insurmountable deficit. In 2009, the team's final season at the Metrodome, the Twins found themselves seven games behind the Tigers <i>on September 1</i>. In case you may have forgotten, here's how that whole thing ended.<br id="1310437622493"></p>
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<p><br>Overcoming a 6.5-game deficit in 73 games is not the craziest thing anyone has ever heard of. . .particularly when you figure that the Twins are still waiting for the returns of <span>Justin Morneau</span>, <span>Jason Kubel</span>, <span>Denard Span</span>, and others. Figure in the fact that the Tigers have never finished over .500 in the second half of the season in the Jim Leyland era, the Cleveland Indians are still pretty young, and the White Sox have never seen a second half of the season that they couldn't fall apart in, and it should make for a pretty interesting second half of the regular season.</p>
<p>Bet you couldn't have imagined yourself saying that back on June 1, could you?</p>
<p>I know I certainly didn't expect it.</p>
https://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-twins/2011/7/11/2271030/mlb-standings-update-can-the-twins-make-a-run-in-the-second-halfChristopher Gates2011-07-07T08:01:46-05:002011-07-07T08:01:46-05:00MLB Standings Update: Twins Can Make A Bit Of A Move This Weekend
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<p>After taking two out of three from the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.draysbay.com/">Tampa Bay Rays</a> over the past couple of days, the Minnesota Twins have improved their lot a little bit, but can give themselves some pretty good momentum this weekend as they play their last series before the All-Star break.</p>
<p>Here is what the American League Central standings currently look like:</p>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland</a></td>
<td>46</td>
<td>39</td>
<td>.541</td>
<td>0</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Detroit</a></td>
<td>46</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>.522</td>
<td>1.5</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">Chicago</a></td>
<td>43</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>.488</td>
<td>4.5</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 2</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Minnesota</a></td>
<td>38</td>
<td>47</td>
<td>.447</td>
<td>8</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City</a></td>
<td>36</td>
<td>51</td>
<td>.413</td>
<td>11</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 2</td>
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<p class="updated">(updated 7.7.2011 at 5:57 AM PDT)</p>
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<p>The Twins will be kicking off a four-game series with the team right in front of them in the American League Central standings, the Chicago White Sox, at U.S. Cellular Field on Thursday night. The Twins <i>could</i> push themselves in front of the White Sox with a four-game sweep, but at this point it certainly appears as though the Twins will go into the All-Star break in fourth place in the American League Central.</p>
<p>The other American League Central teams will be partaking in four-game series this weekend as well, as the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals will be battling each other starting on Thursday, and the Cleveland Indians have a four-game set at home against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/">Toronto Blue Jays</a>.</p>
https://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-twins/2011/7/7/2263944/mlb-standings-update-twins-can-make-a-bit-of-a-move-this-weekendChristopher Gates2011-07-04T10:42:25-05:002011-07-04T10:42:25-05:00MLB Standings Update: Twins Need To Improve Quickly
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<p>On this Independence Day, we are just a week away from the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and the unofficial halfway point of the 2011 Major League Baseball season. While the Twins have been playing significantly better, for the most part, than they were at the beginning of the year, they need to start putting things together even more if they want to get back into the American League Central race.</p>
<p>The current American League Central standings look like this:</p>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland</a></td>
<td>44</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>.536</td>
<td>0</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Detroit</a></td>
<td>45</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>.529</td>
<td>0.5</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">Chicago</a></td>
<td>42</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>.494</td>
<td>3.5</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Minnesota</a></td>
<td>36</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>.439</td>
<td>8</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City</a></td>
<td>34</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>.404</td>
<td>11</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 1</td>
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<p class="updated">(updated 7.4.2011 at 8:39 AM PDT)</p>
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<p>While the Twins are no longer a last-place team, they still have a significant deficit staring them in the face. It's not impossible by any stretch, but the Twins will have to pick up the pace significantly. They will also have to decide whether or not they are "buyers" or "sellers" as the July 31 trade deadline approaches. The next couple of weeks will play a very big role in making that determination.<br id="1309793944516"></p>
https://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-twins/2011/7/4/2258274/mlb-standings-update-twins-need-to-improve-quicklyChristopher Gates2011-06-30T07:28:26-05:002011-06-30T07:28:26-05:00MLB Standings Update: Streaky Twins Still Holding On To Hope
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<p>The Minnesota Twins followed up their eight-game winning streak with six consecutive losses, culminating with a 15-0 thumping by the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.truebluela.com/">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> on Monday night. However, they've managed to follow that up with a couple of victories, and are still in significantly better shape as June comes to a close than they were when June began.</p>
<p>Here are the current American League Central standings:</p>
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<th></th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>PCT</th> <th>GB</th> <th>STRK</th>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland</a></td>
<td>42</td>
<td>37</td>
<td>.531</td>
<td>0</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Detroit</a></td>
<td>43</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>.530</td>
<td>0</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 2</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">Chicago</a></td>
<td>39</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>.481</td>
<td>4</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 1</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Minnesota</a></td>
<td>34</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>.430</td>
<td>8</td>
<td class="td-last">Won 2</td>
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<td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City</a></td>
<td>33</td>
<td>48</td>
<td>.407</td>
<td>10</td>
<td class="td-last">Lost 3</td>
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<p class="updated">(updated 6.30.2011 at 5:25 AM PDT)</p>
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<p>As we get closer to the MLB All-Star break, the Twins can still interject themselves into the American League Central race. Stranger things have happened, to be certain. Hopefully the Twins team we see the rest of the way. . .provided that they ever get all of their players back from the disabled list. . .will bear more of a resemblance to the team that won eight in a row than they will to the team that dropped six straight.<br id="1309436702739"></p>
https://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-twins/2011/6/30/2252036/mlb-standings-update-streaky-twins-still-holding-on-to-hopeChristopher Gates