2017 Minnesota Twins season

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Minnesota Twins

| season = 2017

| misc = American League Wild Card Winners

| image = Minnesota Twins cap logo (2002-2022).svg

| league = American League

| division = Central

| ballpark = Target Field

| city = Minneapolis, Minnesota

| record = 85–77 (.525)

| divisional_place = 2nd

| owners = Jim Pohlad

| presbo = Derek Falvey

| general_managers = Thad Levine

| managers = Paul Molitor

| television = Fox Sports North
(Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Torii Hunter)

| radio = Go 96.3
(Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)

| espntn = min

| brtn = MIN

}}

The 2017 Minnesota Twins season was the 57th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their eighth season at Target Field and the 117th overall in the American League. The Twins began the season on April 3 at home against the Kansas City Royals and finished the year on October 1 at home against the Detroit Tigers.

On September 27, the Twins clinched the second wild-card berth to become the first team in Major League Baseball history to reach the postseason after losing 100 games the previous season.{{Cite news|url=http://www.fox9.com/sports/twins-clinch-playoff-spot-continue-historic-turnaround|title=Twins clinch playoff spot, continue historic turnaround|last=FOX|work=KMSP|access-date=2017-09-28|language=en-US}} They were able to take advantage of a weak American League, as they made the playoffs despite their pedestrian 85–77 record, the worst record to make the playoffs since the 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers. They lost to the New York Yankees in the ALWC Game.

Offseason and spring training

The Twins recorded a 16–13 win–loss record in spring training. Three games finished tied and were therefore not included in the standings.{{cite web|title=Spring Training Standings|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/exhibition.jsp?ymd=20170905|publisher=MLB|access-date=September 29, 2017}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

{{2017 AL Central standings|highlight=Minnesota Twins}}

{{2017 AL Wild Card standings|highlight=Minnesota Twins}}

=Record vs. opponents=

{{2017 AL Record vs. opponents|team=MIN}}

=Game log=

{{Game log start|style={{Baseball primary style|Minnesota Twins}};|title= 2017 game log: 85−77 (Home: 41−40; Away: 44−37)}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};|title=April: 12–11 (Home: 5–7; Away: 7–4)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|- style=background:#cfc

| 1 || April 3 || Royals || 7–1 || Santana (1–0) || Strahm (0–1) || — || 39,615 || 1–0 || W1

|- style=background:#cfc

| 2 || April 5 || Royals || 9–1 || Santiago (1–0) || Kennedy (0–1) || — || 15,171 || 2–0 || W2

|- style=background:#cfc

| 3 || April 6 || Royals || 5–3 || Rogers (1–0) || Minor (0–1) || Kintzler (1) || 16,078 || 3–0 || W3

|- style=background:#cfc

| 4 || April 7 || @ White Sox || 3–1 || Hughes (1–0) || Holland (0–1) || Kintzler (2) || 14,004 || 4–0 || W4

|- style=background:#fbb

| 5 || April 8 || @ White Sox || 2–6 || Gonzalez (1–0) || Mejia (0–1) || — || 23,024 || 4–1 || L1

|- style=background:#cfc

| 6 || April 9 || @ White Sox || 4–1 || Santana (2–0) || Quintana (0–2) || Kintzler (3) || 24,074 || 5–1 || W1

|- style=background:#fbb

| 7 || April 11 || @ Tigers || 1–2 || Boyd (1–1) || Santiago (1–1) || Rodríguez (3) || 21,237 || 5–2 || L1

|- style=background:#fbb

| 8 || April 12 || @ Tigers || 3–5 || Fulmer (1–0) || Gibson (0–1) || Wilson (1)|| 23,738 || 5–3 || L2

|- style=background:#cfc

| 9 || April 13 || @ Tigers || 11–5 || Hughes (2–0) || Zimmermann (1–1) || Haley (1) || 22,573 || 6–3 || W1

|- style=background:#fbb

| 10 || April 14 || White Sox || 1–2 || Jennings (1–0) || Pressly (0–1) || Robertson (2) || 18,466 || 6–4 || L1

|- style=background:#cfc

| 11 || April 15 || White Sox || 6–0 || Santana (3–0) || Quintana (0–3) || — || 25,938 || 7–4 || W1

|- style=background:#fbb

| 12 || April 16 || White Sox || 1–3 || Jones (1–0) || Pressly (0–2) || Robertson (3) || 19,511 || 7–5 || L1

|- style=background:#fbb

| 13 || April 17 || Indians || 1–3 || Salazar (1–1) || Gibson (0–2) || Allen (3) || 16,961 || 7–6 || L2

|- style=background:#fbb

| 14 || April 18 || Indians || 4–11 || Tomlin (1–2) || Hughes (2–1) || — || 16,553 || 7–7 || L3

|- style=background:#bbb

| —|| April 19 || Indians || colspan="7" |Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled for June 17)

|- style=background:#fbb

| 15 || April 20 || Indians || 2–6 || Bauer (1–2) || Duffey (0–1) || — || 17,339 || 7–8 || L4

|- style=background:#cfc

| 16 || April 21 || Tigers || 6–3 || Santiago (2–1) || Verlander (1–2) || Kintzler (4) || 22,647 || 8–8|| W1

|- style=background:#fbb

| 17 || April 22 || Tigers || 4–5 || Hardy (1–0) || Tonkin (0–1) || Rodríguez (6) || 25,719 || 8–9 || L1

|- style=background:#fbb

| 18 || April 23 || Tigers || 4–13 || Fulmer (2–1) || Gibson (0–3) || — || 26,713 || 8–10 || L2

|- style=background:#cfc

| 19 || April 24 || @ Rangers || 3–2 || Hughes (3–1) || Perez (1–3) || Kintzler (5) || 19,027 || 9–10 || W1

|- style=background:#cfc

| 20 || April 25 || @ Rangers || 8–1 || Santana (4–0) || Cashner (0–2) || — || 20,568 || 10–10 || W2

|- style=background:#fbb

| 21 || April 26 || @ Rangers || 3–14 || Hamels (2–0) || Rogers (1–1) || — || 22,365 || 10–11 || L1

|- style= background:#cfc

| 22 || April 28 || @ Royals || 6–4 || Breslow (1–0) || Soria (1–1) || Kintzler (6) || 27,911 || 11–11 || W1

|- style= background:#bbb

| — || April 29 || @ Royals ||colspan="7"|Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled for July 1)

|- style= background:#cfc

| 23 || April 30 || @ Royals || 7–5 || Hughes (4–1) || Hammel (0–3) || Kintzler (7) || 32,685 || 12–11 || W2

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};|title=May: 14–12 (Home: 7–11; Away: 7–1)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|- style= background:#cfc

| 24 || May 2 || A's || 9–1 || Santana (5–0) || Gray (0–1) || — || 18,930 || 13–11 || W3

|- style= background:#cfc

| 25 || May 3 || A's || 7–4 || Santiago (3–1) || Graveman (2–2) || — || 18,658 || 14–11 || W4

|- style= background:#fbb

| 26 || May 4 || A's || 5–8 || Cotton (3–3) || Gibson (0–4) || Casilla (5) || 19,247 || 14–12 || L1

|- style= background:#cfc

| 27 || May 5 || Red Sox || 5–4 || Kintzler (1–0) || Barnes (3–1) || || 28,707 || 15–12 || W1

|- style= background:#fbb

| 28 || May 6 || Red Sox || 1–11 || Porcello (2–4) || Tepesch (0–1) || || 30,859 || 15–13 || L1

|- style= background:#fbb

| 29 || May 7 || Red Sox || 6–17 || Sale (3–2) || Santana (5–1) || — || 31,763 || 15–14 || L2

|- style= background:#cfc

| 30 || May 9 || @ White Sox || 7–2 || Santiago (4–1) || Pelfrey (0–3) || — || 14,498 || 16–14 || W1

|- style= background:#bbb

| — || May 10 || @ White Sox || colspan="7" |Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled August 21)

|- style= background:#cfc

| 31 || May 11 || @ White Sox || 7–6 || Pressly (1–2) || Holland (3–3) || Kintzler (8) || 16,084 || 17–14 || W2

|- style= background:#cfc

| 32 || May 12 || @ Indians || 1–0 || Santana (6–1) || Tomlin (2–4) || Kintzler (9) || 24,452 || 18–14 || W3

|- style= background:#cfc

| 33 || May 13 || @ Indians || 4–1 || Berríos (1–0) || Clevinger (1–1) || Kintzler (10) || 28,379 || 19–14 || W4

|- style= background:#fbb

| 34 || May 14 || @ Indians || 3–8 ||Bauer (3–4) ||Santiago (4–2)|| — ||23,099||19–15|| L1

|- style= background:#fbb

| 35 || May 16 || Rockies ||3–7||Freeland (4–2) ||Hughes (4–2)||Holland (17) ||24,295||19–16|| L2

|- style= background:#bbb

| — || May 17 || Rockies || colspan="7" |Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled May 18)

|- style= background:#fbb

| 36 || May 18 || Rockies || 1–5 ||Márquez (2–2) ||Santana (6–2)||Holland (18) ||20,603||19–17|| L3

|- style= background:#cfc

| 37 || May 18 || Rockies || 2–0 ||Berríos (2–0)||Chatwood (3–6) || Kintzler (11) ||17,140||20–17|| W1

|- style= background:#cfc

| 38 || May 19 || Royals ||4–3 (10)||Kintzler (2–0)||Alburquerque (0–1) || — ||23,553||21–17|| W2

|- style= background:#bbb

| — || May 20 || Royals || colspan="7" |Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled May 21)

|- style= background:#fbb

| 39 || May 21 (1) || Royals || 4–6 || Minor (1–1) || Hughes (4–3) || Herrera (9) || n/a || 21–18 || L1

|- style= background:#cfc

| 40 || May 21 (2) || Royals || 8–4 || Mejia (1–1) || Kennedy (0–4) || — || 27,852 || 22–18 || W1

|- style= background:#cfc

| 41 || May 22 || @ Orioles || 14–7 || Gibson (1–4) || Wilson (2–2) || — || 12,882 || 23–18 || W2

|- style= background:#cfc

| 42 || May 23 || @ Orioles || 2–0 || Santana (7–2) || Bundy (5–3) || — || 13,294 || 24–18 || W3

|- style= background:#cfc

| 43 || May 24 || @ Orioles || 4–3 || Berríos (3–0) || Tillman (1–1) || Kintzler (12) || 32,267 || 25–18 || W4

|- style= background:#fbb

| 44 || May 26 || Rays || 2–5 || Archer (4–3) || Santiago (4–3) || Colomé (13) || 20,949 || 25–19 || L1

|- style= background:#cfc

| 45 || May 27 || Rays || 5–3 || Rogers (2–1) || Farquhar (2–2) || Kintzler (13) || 27,530 || 26–19 || W1

|- style= background:#fbb

| 46 || May 28 || Rays || 6–8 (15) || Colomé (1–2) || Santiago (4–4) || Ramírez (1) || 28,951 || 26–20 || L1

|-style= background:#fbb

| 47 || May 29 || Astros || 8–16 || Jankowski (1–0) || Breslow (0–1) || — || 24,472 || 26–21 || L2

|-style= background:#fbb

| 48 || May 30 || Astros || 2–7 || Fiers (2–2) || Berríos (3–1) || — || 22,616 || 26–22 ||L3

|-style= background:#fbb

| 49 || May 31 || Astros || 6–17 || Feliz (2–0) || Santiago (4–5) || — || 25,593 || 26–23 || L4

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};|title=June: 14–15 (Home: 4–7; Away: 10–8)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|-style= background:#cfc

| 50 || June 1 || @ Angels || 4–2 || Rogers (3–1) || Alvarez (0–2) || — || 33,426 || 27–23 || W1

|-style= background:#cfc

| 51 || June 2 || @ Angels || 11–5 || Gibson (2–4) || Ramírez (5–4) || — || 39,042 || 28–23 || W2

|-style= background:#fbb

| 52 || June 3 || @ Angels || 2–7 || Shoemaker (5–3) || Santana (7–3) || — || 40,236 || 28–24 || L1

|-style= background:#cfc

| 53 || June 4 || @ Angels || 3–2 || Berríos (4–1) || Nolasco (2–6) || Kintzler (15) || 39,701 || 29–24 || W1

|-style= background:#fbb

| 54 || June 6 || @ Mariners || 3–12 || Paxton (5–0) || Santiago (4–6) || — || 18,166 || 29–25 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 55 || June 7 || @ Mariners || 5–6 || Díaz (2–2) || Kintzler (2–1) || — || 15,732 || 29–26 || L2

|-style=background:#cfc

| 56 || June 8 || @ Mariners || 2–1 || Gibson (3–4) || Bergman (3–3) || Kintzler (16) || 15,621 || 30–26 || W1

|-style=background:#cfc

| 57 || June 9 || @ Giants || 4–0 || Santana (8–3) || Moore (2–7) || — || 41,046 || 31–26 || W2

|-style=background:#cfc

| 58 || June 10 || @ Giants || 3–2 || Berríos (5–1) || Samardzija (2–8) || Kintzler (17) || 41,255 || 32–26 || W3

|-style=background:#fbb

| 59 || June 11 || @ Giants || 8–13 || Osich (1–1) || Belisle (0–1) || — || 41,321 || 32–27 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 60 || June 12 || Mariners || 3–14 || Gallardo (3–6) || Mejía (1–2) || — || 16,996 || 32–28 || L2

|-style=background:#cfc

| 61 || June 13 || Mariners || 20–7 || Gibson (4–4) || Bergman (3–4) || — || 17,922 || 33–28 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 62 || June 14 || Mariners || 4–6 || Gaviglio (3–1) || Santana (8–4) || Díaz (11) || 22,283 || 33–29 || L1

|-style=background:#cfc

| 63 || June 15 || Mariners || 6–2 || Berríos (6–1) || Miranda (6–3) || — || 24,464 || 34–29 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 64 || June 16 || Indians || 1–8 || Carrasco (7–3) || Turley (0–1) || — || 30,563 || 34–30 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 65 || June 17 || Indians || 3–9 || McAllister (1–0) || Wilk (0–2) || — || 24,010 || 34–31 || L2

|-style=background:#fbb

| 66 || June 17 || Indians || 2–6 || Goody (1–0) || Mejía (1–3) || — || 41,017 || 34–32 || L3

|-style=background:#fbb

| 67 || June 18 || Indians || 2–5 || Bauer (6–5) || Gibson (4–5) || Miller (1) || 35,039 || 34–33 || L4

|-style=background:#cfc

| 68 || June 20 || White Sox || 9–7 || Santana (9–4) || Holland (5–7) || Kintzler (18) || 26,095 || 35–33 || W1

|-style=background:#cfc

| 69 || June 21 || White Sox || 4–2 || Berríos (7–1) || Holmberg (1–1) || Kintzler (19) || 33,316 || 36–33 || W2

|-style=background:#fbb

| 70 || June 22 || White Sox || 0–9 || Quintana (4–8) || Turley (0–2) || — || 27,684 || 36–34 || L1

|-style=background:#cfc

| 71 || June 23 || @ Indians || 5–0 || Mejía (2–3) || Bauer (6–6) || — || 31,725 || 37–34 || W1

|-style=background:#cfc

| 72 || June 24 || @ Indians || 4–2 || Rogers (4–1) || Allen (0–3) || Kintzler (20) || 33,111 || 38–34 || W2

|-style=background:#cfc

| 73 || June 25 || @ Indians || 4–0 || Santana (10–4) || Tomlin (4–9) || — || 29,672 || 39–34 || W3

|-style=background:#fbb

| 74 || June 26 || @ Red Sox || 2–4 || Sale (10–3) || Berríos (7–2) || Kimbrel (21) || 37,172 || 39–35 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 75 || June 27 || @ Red Sox || 2–9 || Pomeranz (7–4) || Santiago (4–7) || — || 36,804 || 39–36 || L2

|-style=background:#cfc

| 76 || June 28 || @ Red Sox || 4–1 || Mejia (3–3) || Porcello (4–10) || Kintzler (21) || 37,487 || 40–36 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 77 || June 29 || @ Red Sox || 3–6 || Price (3–2) || Gibson (4–6) || Kimbrel (22) || 37,445 || 40–37 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 78 || June 30 || @ Royals || 1–8 || Vargas (12–3) || Santana (10–5) || — || 34,332 || 40–38 || L2

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};|title=July: 10–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–9)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|-style=background:#fbb

| 79 || July 1 (1) || @ Royals || 6–11 || Minor (4–1) || Duffey (0–2) || — || 25,571 || 40–39 || L3

|-style=background:#bfb

| 80 || July 1 (2) || @ Royals || 10–5 || Jorge (1–0) || Hammel (4–7) || — || 32,448 || 41–39 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 81 || July 2 || @ Royals || 2–6 || Alexander (1–2) || Santiago (4–8) ||—|| 28,775 || 41–40 || L1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 82 || July 3 || Angels || 6–2 || Mejía (4–3) || Meyer (3–5) || — || 36,182 || 42–40 || W1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 83 || July 4 || Angels || 5–4 || Gibson (5–6) || Ramirez (7–7) ||Kintzler (22) || 25,013 || 43–40 || W2

|-style=background:#fbb

| 84 || July 5 || Angels || 1–2 || Bridwell (3–1) || Santana (10–6) ||Norris (12) || 19,106 || 43–41 || L1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 85 || July 6 || Orioles || 6–4 || Berríos (8-2) || Bundy (8–8) || Kintzler (23) || 19,706 || 44–41 || W1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 86 || July 7 || Orioles || 9–6 || Hildenberger (1–0) || Castro (1–1) || Kintzler (24) || 28,668 || 45–41 || W2

|-style=background:#fbb

| 87 || July 8 || Orioles || 1–5 || Miley (4–7) || Mejía (4–4) || — || 26,323 || 45–42 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 88 || July 9 || Orioles || 5–11 || Jiménez (4–4) || Gibson (5–7) || — || 25,848 || 45–43 || L2

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;"

| colspan="10" | 88th All-Star Game in Miami, Florida

|-style=background:#fbb

| 89 || July 14 || @ Astros || 5–10 || Morton (7–3) || Berríos (8–3) || — || 38,006 || 45–44 || L3

|-style=background:#bfb

| 90 || July 15 || @ Astros || 4–2 || Santana (11–6) || Musgrove (4–8) || Kintzler (25) || 41,038 || 46–44 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 91 || July 16 || @ Astros || 2–5 || Fiers (6–4) || Gibson (5–8) || Giles (20) || 38,253 || 46–45 || L1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 92 || July 17 || Yankees || 4–2 || Rogers (5–1) || Smith (0–1) || Kintzler (26) || 27,566 || 47–45 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 93 || July 18 || Yankees || 3–6 || Shreve (3–1) || Colón (2–9) || Chapman (10) || 33,114 || 47–46 || L1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 94 || July 19 || Yankees || 6–1 || Berríos (9–3) || Montgomery (6–5) || — || 33,380 || 48–46 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 95 || July 21 || Tigers || 3–6 || Sánchez (2–0) || Santana (11–7) || J. Wilson (11) || 22,369 || 48–47 || L1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 96 || July 22 || Tigers || 6–5 || Gibson (6–8) || Zimmermann (6–8) || Kintzler (27) || 33,700 || 49–47 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 97 || July 23 || Tigers || 6–9 || Boyd (4–5) || Hildenberger (1–1) || J. Wilson (12) || 28,373 || 49–48 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 98 || July 24 || @ Dodgers || 4–6 || Paredes (1–0) || Rogers (5–2) || Jansen (25) || 47,754 || 49–49 || L2

|-style=background:#fbb

| 99 || July 25 || @ Dodgers || 2–6 || Maeda (9–4) || Berríos (9–4) || Ravin (1) || 44,403 || 49–50 || L3

|-style=background:#fbb

| 100 || July 26 || @ Dodgers || 5–6 || Jansen (5–0) || Kintzler (2–2) || — || 50,941 || 49–51 || L4

|-style=background:#bfb

| 101 || July 28 || @ A's || 6–3 || García (5–7) || Gossett (2–6) || Kintzler (28) || 17,727 || 50–51 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 102 || July 29 || @ A's || 4–5 || Coulombe (2–1) || Rogers (5–3) || — || 27,047 || 50–52 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 103 || July 30 || @ A's || 5–6 || Smith (1–0) || Duffey (0–3) || — || 16,790 || 50–53 || L2

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};|title=August: 20–10 (Home: 11–4; Away: 9–6)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|-style=background:#fbb

| 104 || August 1 || @ Padres || 0–3 || Chacín (11–7) || Berríos (9–5) || Hand (7) || 24,491 || 50–54 || L3

|-style=background:#bfb

| 105 || August 2 || @ Padres || 5–2 || Santana (12–7) || Perdomo (5–6) || — || 23,806 || 51–54 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 106 || August 3 || Rangers || 1–4 || Griffin (5–2) || Mejía (4–5) || Claudio (5) || 22,903 || 51–55 || L1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 107 || August 4 || Rangers || 8–4 || Colón (3–9) || Perez (5–10) || — || 22,272 || 52–55 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 108 || August 5 || Rangers || 1–4 || Hamels (6–1) || Gibson (6–9) || — || 27,415 || 52–56 || L1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 109 || August 6 || Rangers || 6–5 || Berríos (10–5) || Bibens-Dirkx (3–2) || Belisle (1) || 29,056 || 53–56 || W1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 110 || August 7 || Brewers || 5–4 || Boshers (1–0) || Drake (3–4) || Belisle (2) || 31,339 || 54–56 || W2

|-style=background:#bfb

| 111 || August 8 || Brewers || 11–4 || Duffey (1–3) || Garza (5–6) || Gee (1) || 34,185 || 55–56 || W3

|-style=background:#bfb

| 112 || August 9 || @ Brewers || 4–0 || Colón (4–9) || Woodruff (1–1) || — || 30,174 || 56–56 || W4

|-style=background:#bfb

| 113 || August 10 || @ Brewers || 7–2 || Busenitz (1–0) || Davies (13–6) || — || 33,904 || 57–56 || W5

|-style=background:#bfb

| 114 || August 11 || @ Tigers || 9–4 || Pressly (2–2) || Sánchez (3–3) || — || 29,733 || 58–56 || W6

|-style=background:#fbb

| 115 || August 12 || @ Tigers || 11–12 || Greene (3–2) || Belisle (0–2) || — || 33,006 || 58–57 || L1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 116 || August 13 || @ Tigers || 6–4 || Duffey (2–3) || Rondón (1–3) || Hildenberger (1) || 30,582 || 59–57 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 117 || August 15 || Indians || 1–8 || Salazar (5–5) || Colón (2–2) || — || 29,626 || 59–58 || L1

|-style=background:#bbb

| — || August 16 || Indians || colspan="7" |Postponed (rain) (Resceduled for August 17)

|-style=background:#fbb

| 118 || August 17 || Indians || 3–9 || Carrasco (12–5) || Gibson (6–10) || — || 29,579 || 59–59 || L2

|-style=background:#bfb

| 119 || August 17 || Indians || 4–2 || Hildenberger (2–1) || Clevinger (6–5) || Belisle (3) || 22,857 || 60–59 || W1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 120 || August 18 || D-backs || 10–3 || Santana (13–7) || Godley (6–7) || — || 25,830 || 61–59 || W2

|-style=background:#bfb

| 121 || August 19 || D-backs || 5–0 || Berríos (11–5) || Greinke (14–6) || — || 29,456 || 62–59 || W3

|-style=background:#bfb

| 122 || August 20 ||D-backs || 12–5 || Colón (5–10) || McFarland (4–5) || — || 27,367 || 63–59 || W4

|-style=background:#fbb

| 123 || August 21 || @ White Sox || 6–7 || Rodon (2–4) || Melville (0–1) || Minaya (3) || || 63–60 || L1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 124 || August 21 || @ White Sox || 10–2 || Gee (1–0) || Fulmer (0–1) || Duffey (1) || 14,493 || 64–60 || W1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 125 || August 22 || @ White Sox || 4–1 || Gibson (7–10) || Giolito (0–1) || Belisle (4) || 14,053 || 65–60 || W2

|-style=background:#fbb

| 126 || August 23 || @ White Sox || 3–4 || Farquhar (3–2) || Hildenberger (2–2) || — || 15,605 || 65–61 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 127 || August 24 || @ White Sox || 1–5 || Holland (7–13) || Berríos (11–6) || — || 34,032 || 65–62 || L2

|-style=background:#bfb

| 128 || August 25 || @ Blue Jays || 6–1 || Colón (6–10) || Happ (6–10) || — || 37,525 || 66–62 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 129 || August 26 || @ Blue Jays || 9–10 || Estrada (6–8) || Gee (1–1) || Osuna (34) || 45,591 || 66–63 || L1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 130 || August 27 || @ Blue Jays || 7–2 || Gibson (8–10) || Biagini (3–9) || — || 42,478 || 67–63 || W1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 131 || August 29 || White Sox || 6–4 || Santana (14–7) || Shields (2–5) || Belisle (5) || 20,530 || 68–63 || W2

|-style=background:#bfb

| 132 || August 30 || White Sox || 11–1 || Berríos (12–6) || Holland (7–14) || — || 21,172 || 69–63 || W3

|-style=background:#bfb

| 133 || August 31 || White Sox || 5–4 || Belisle (1–2) || Minaya (2–2) || — || 21,288 || 70–63 || W4

|-

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{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};|title=September/October: 15–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–9)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|-style=background:#fbb

| 134 || September 1 || Royals || 6–7 || Hammel (7–10) || Gee (1–2) || Alexander (2) || 24,068 || 70–64 || L1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 135 || September 2 || Royals || 17–0 || Gibson (9–10) || Garcia (0–1) || — || 33,413 || 71–64 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 136 || September 3 || Royals|| 4–5 || Alexander (4–3) || Busenitz (1–1) || Maurer (21) || 32,234 || 71–65 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 137 || September 4 || @ Rays || 4–11 || Cobb (10–9) || Berríos (12–7) || — || 12,108 || 71–66 || L2

|-style=background:#fbb

| 138 || September 5 || @ Rays || 1–2 || Odorizzi (8–7) || Colón (6–11) || Colomé (42) || 6,509 || 71–67 || L3

|-style=background:#bfb

| 139 || September 6 || @ Rays || 10–6 || Rogers (6–3) || Cishek (3–2) || — || 7,185 || 72–67 || W1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 140 || September 7 || @ Royals || 4–2 || Hildenberger (3–2) || Herrera (3–3) || Belisle (6) || 26,485 || 73–67 || W2

|-style=background:#bfb

| 141 || September 8 || @ Royals || 8–5 || Santana (8–5) || Kennedy (4–11) || Belisle (7) || 31,879 || 74–67 || W3

|-style=background:#fbb

| 142 || September 9 || @ Royals || 2–5 || Minor (6–6) || Pressly (2–3) || Maurer (2) || 29,991 || 74–68 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 143 || September 10 || @ Royals || 3–11 || Vargas (15–10) || Colón (6–12) || — || 35,003 || 74–69 || L2

|-style=background:#bfb

| 144 || September 12 || Padres || 16–0 || Gibson (10–10) || Wood (3–6) || — || 28,852 || 75–69 || W1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 145 || September 13 || Padres || 3–1 (10) || Belisle (2–2) || Maton (3–1) || — || 20,018 || 76–69 || W2

|-style=background:#bfb

| 146 || September 14 || Blue Jays || 3–2 (10) || Gee (2–2) || Santos (0–1) || — || 22,664 || 77–69 || W3

|-style=background:#fbb

| 147 || September 15 || Blue Jays || 3–4 || Happ (9–10) || Colón (6–13) || Osuna (36) || 27,902 || 77–70 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 148 || September 16 || Blue Jays || 2–7 || Estrada (9–8) || Mejía (4–6) || — || 29,917 || 77–71 || L2

|-style=background:#bfb

| 149 || September 17 || Blue Jays || 13–7 || Gibson (11–10) || Biagini (3–11) || — || 27,572 || 78–71 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 150 || September 18 || @ Yankees || 1–2 || Robertson (9–2) || Santana (15–8) || Chapman (19) || 30,425 || 78–72 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 151 || September 19 || @ Yankees || 2–5 || Sabathia (12–5) || Berríos (12–8) || Chapman (20) || 30,218 || 78–73 || L2

|-style=background:#fbb

| 152 || September 20 || @ Yankees || 3–11 || Shreve (4–1) || Colón (6–14) || — || 30,099 || 78–74 || L3

|-style=background:#bfb

| 153 || September 21 || @ Tigers || 12–1 || Gee (3–2) || Zimmerman (8–13) || — || 25,437 || 79–74 || W1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 154 || September 22 || @ Tigers || 7–3 || Gibson (12–10) || Norris (4–8) || — || 25,390 || 80–74 || W2

|-style=background:#bfb

| 155 || September 23 || @ Tigers || 10–4 || Santana (16–8) || Stumpf (0–1) || — || 26,800 || 81–74 || W3

|-style= background:#bfb

| 156 || September 24 || @ Tigers || 10–4 || Berríos (13–8) || Farmer (4–5) || — || 23,882 || 82–74 || W4

|-style= background:#bfb

| 157 || September 26 || @ Indians || 8–6 || Rogers (7–3) || Shaw (4–6) || Belisle (8) || 21,268 || 83–74 || W5

|-style=background:#fbb

| 158 || September 27 || @ Indians || 2–4 || Clevinger (12–5) || Mejia (4–7) || — || 19,682 || 83–75 || L1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 159 || September 28 || @ Indians || 2–5 || Carrasco (18–6) || Hildenberger (3–3) || — || 21,810 || 83–76 || L2

|-style=background:#bfb

| 160|| September 29 || Tigers || 6–3 || Berríos (14–8) || Boyd (6–11) || Belisle (9) || 34,580 || 84–76 || W1

|-style=background:#fbb

| 161 || September 30 || Tigers || 2–3 || Farmer (5–5) || Slegers (0–1) || Greene (9) || 35,515 || 84–77 || L1

|-style=background:#bfb

| 162 || October 1 || Tigers || 5–1 || Colón (7–14) || Sánchez (3–7) || Moya (1) || 28,148 || 85–77 || W1

|-

{{Game log section end}}

|-

| Legend:      {{Color box|#bfb|border=darkgray}} = Win      {{Color box|#fbb|border=darkgray}} = Loss      {{Color box|#bbb|border=darkgray}} = Postponement
Bold = Twins team member

{{Game log end}}

Roster

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
colspan="10" style="background:#072764; color:#fff; text-align:center;"| 2017 Minnesota Twins
colspan="10" style="background:#c6011f; color:white; text-align:center;"| Roster
valign="top" | Pitchers

{{MLBplayer| 9| Matt Belisle}}

{{MLBplayer|17| José Berríos}}

{{MLBplayer|62| Buddy Boshers}}

{{MLBplayer|47| Craig Breslow}}

{{MLBplayer|67| Alan Busenitz}}

{{MLBplayer|40| Bartolo Colón}}

{{MLBplayer|27| John Curtiss}}

{{MLBplayer|56| Tyler Duffey}}

{{MLBplayer|47| Dietrich Enns}}

{{MLBplayer|24| Jaime García}}

{{MLBplayer|35| Dillon Gee}}

{{MLBplayer|44| Kyle Gibson}}

{{MLBplayer|58| Justin Haley}}

{{MLBplayer|50| Chris Heston}}

{{MLBplayer|39| Trevor Hildenberger}}

{{MLBplayer|45| Phil Hughes}}

{{MLBplayer|76| Félix Jorge}}

{{MLBplayer|27| Brandon Kintzler}}

{{MLBplayer|49| Adalberto Mejía}}

{{MLBplayer|58| Tim Melville}}

{{MLBplayer|58| Gabriel Moya}}

{{MLBplayer|15| Glen Perkins}}

{{MLBplayer|57| Ryan Pressly}}

{{MLBplayer|55| Taylor Rogers}}

{{MLBplayer|64| Randy Rosario}}

{{MLBplayer|32| Drew Rucinski}}

{{MLBplayer|54| Ervin Santana}}

{{MLBplayer|53| Hector Santiago}}

{{MLBplayer|50| Aaron Slegers}}

{{MLBplayer|23| Nick Tepesch}}

{{MLBplayer|59| Michael Tonkin}}

{{MLBplayer|66| Nik Turley}}

{{MLBplayer|50| Jason Wheeler}}

{{MLBplayer|39| Adam Wilk}}

{{MLBplayer|51| Alex Wimmers}}

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" | Catchers

{{MLBplayer|21| Jason Castro}}

{{MLBplayer|43| Mitch Garver}}

{{MLBplayer|38| Chris Gimenez}}

Infielders

{{MLBplayer|16| Ehire Adrianza}}

{{MLBplayer| 2| Brian Dozier}}

{{MLBplayer| 5| Eduardo Escobar}}

{{MLBplayer|23| Niko Goodrum}}

{{MLBplayer| 7| Joe Mauer}}

{{MLBplayer|11| Jorge Polanco}}

{{MLBplayer|22| Miguel Sanó}}

{{MLBplayer|19| Kennys Vargas}}

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" |

Outfielders

{{MLBplayer|25| Byron Buxton}}

{{MLBplayer| 8| Zack Granite}}

{{MLBplayer|36| Robbie Grossman}}

{{MLBplayer|26| Max Kepler}}

{{MLBplayer|20| Eddie Rosario}}

{{MLBplayer|39| Danny Santana}}

| style="width:25px;"|

| valign="top" | Manager

{{MLBplayer| 4|Paul Molitor}}

Coaches

{{MLBplayer|41|Neil Allen}} {{small|(pitching)}}

{{MLBplayer|75|Nate Dammann}} {{small|(bullpen catcher)}}

{{MLBplayer|13|Gene Glynn}} {{small|(third base)}}

{{MLBplayer|18|Eddie Guardado}} {{small|(bullpen)}}

{{MLBplayer|63|Rudy Hernandez}} {{small|(assistant hitting)}}

{{MLBplayer|31|Jeff Pickler}} {{small|(major league coach)}}

{{MLBplayer|33|James Rowson}} {{small|(hitting)}}

{{MLBplayer|37|Jeff Smith}} {{small|(first base)}}

{{MLBplayer|46|Joe Vavra}} {{small|(bench)}}

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

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"|Player

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|G

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|AB

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|R

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|H

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|2B

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|3B

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|HR

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|RBI

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|SB

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|BB

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|AVG

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|SLG

Brian Dozier15261710616730434931678.271.498
Eddie Rosario151542791573322778935.290.507
Joe Mauer14152569160361771266.305.417
Max Kepler147511671243221969647.243.425
Jorge Polanco1334886012530313741341.256.410
Byron Buxton1404626911714616512938.253.413
Eduardo Escobar129457621161652173533.254.449
Miguel Sanó114424751121522877054.264.507
Robbie Grossman1193826294221945367.246.380
Jason Castro11035649862201047045.242.388
Kennys Vargas7824133611301141020.253.444
Chris Gimenez74186284190716133.220.382
Ehire Adrianza70162304392224816.265.383
Zack Granite4093142220113212.237.290
Mitch Garver234659130306.196.348
Danny Santana132535101111.200.360
Niko Goodrum111711000001.059.059
Pitcher Totals1622334100500.174.217
Team Totals162555781514442863120678195593.260.434

Source:[https://baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2017-batting.shtml]

=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

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"|Player

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|W

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|L

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|ERA

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|G

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|GS

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|SV

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|IP

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|H

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|R

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|ER

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|BB

!bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"|SO

Ervin Santana1683.2833330211.1177857761167
Kyle Gibson12105.0729290158.0182938960121
José Berríos1483.8926250145.2131716348139
Adalberto Mejía474.502121098.011052494485
Bartolo Colón565.181515080.010046461547
Tyler Duffey234.94560171.07941391867
Hector Santiago485.631514070.17044443151
Ryan Pressly234.70570061.15234321961
Matt Belisle224.03620960.14831272254
Taylor Rogers733.07690055.25220192149
Phil Hughes435.87149053.27238351338
Brandon Kintzler222.784502845.14115141127
Trevor Hildenberger333.21370142.0381515644
Dillon Gee323.22143136.1371413931
Buddy Boshers104.89380035.03720191028
Alan Busenitz111.99280031.22297923
Craig Breslow115.23300031.03819181218
Michael Tonkin015.14160021.02215121224
Justin Haley006.00100118.0221212614
Nik Turley0211.21103017.2302222813
Aaron Slegers016.4643015.112121169
Adam Wilk017.8431010.1169986
John Curtiss008.319008.2988210
Felix Jorge1010.572207.2149924
Alex Wimmers004.916007.184487
Jaime García104.051106.283337
Gabriel Moya004.267016.153325
Glen Perkins009.538005.286652
Chris Gimenez007.206005.074400
Drew Rucinski0010.382004.1105525
Dietrich Enns006.752104.074312
Tim Melville0113.501103.145534
Jason Wheeler009.002003.065340
Randy Rosario0030.862002.178802
Nick Tepesch015.401101.257122
Chris Heston000.001001.010000
Team Totals85774.59162162421436.014877887324831166

Source:[https://baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2017-pitching.shtml]

Postseason

=Game log=

{{Game log start|style={{Baseball primary style|Minnesota Twins}};|title= 2017 Postseason: 0−1 (Home 0−0; Away 0−1)}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Minnesota Twins}};|title=AL Wild Card Game: 0−1 | #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record}}

|- style=background:#fbb

| 1 || October 3 || @ Yankees || 4–8 || Robertson (1–0) || Berríos (0–1) || — || 49,280 || 0–1

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{{Game log end}}

=Postseason rosters=

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Farm system

{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}

{{MLB Farm System|level11=AAA|team11=Rochester Red Wings|league11=International League|manager11= Mike Quade

|level12=AA |team12=Chattanooga Lookouts|league12=Southern League|manager12= Jake Mauer

|level13=A-Advanced |team13=Fort Myers Miracle|league13=Florida State League|manager13= Doug Mientkiewicz

|level14=A|team14=Cedar Rapids Kernels|league14=Midwest League|manager14= Tommy Watkins

|level16=Rookie|team16=Elizabethton Twins|league16=Appalachian League|manager16= Ray Smith

|level17=Rookie|team17=GCL Twins|league17=Arizona League|manager17= Ramon Borrego

|level19=Rookie|team19=DSL Twins|league19=Dominican Summer League|manager19=

}}

References

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