Betsy Helfand
Sports Reporter at Pioneer Press
Minnesota Twins writer for the St. Paul @PioneerPress. National parks enthusiast. Big fan of dogs.
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6 days ago |
twincities.com | Betsy Helfand
One of the faces of the Twins’ future arrived on Friday when the Twins called up Luke Keaschall, one of the team’s — and Major League Baseball’s — top prospects. Keaschall, ranked as MLB Pipeline’s No. 57 prospect, got the call in place of utilityman Mickey Gasper, whom the Twins optioned to Triple-A St. Paul. The 22-year-old Keaschall was drafted by the Twins in the second round of the 2023 draft and has done nothing but hit since arriving in their minor league system.
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1 week ago |
inforum.com | Betsy Helfand
Dave St. Peter, as was tradition, got on stage this January during the Twins’ media luncheon to speak about a variety of business topics. Among them, ticket sales. “This year our target is two million-plus tickets,” St. Peter said in one of his last appearances as the Twins president.
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1 week ago |
inforum.com | Betsy Helfand
Ty France was 0 for 4 with a trio of strikeouts when he stepped to the plate in the 10th inning on Wednesday afternoon. With one of the fastest runners in the league, Byron Buxton, on second, France was just looking to put the ball in play to let Buxton “do his thing.”On the third pitch of the at-bat, France lined a pitch into right-center field.
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1 week ago |
inforum.com | Betsy Helfand
When Mickey Gasper pinch hit for Willi Castro in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s game against the New York Mets, it raised all kinds of questions. Among them, why was manager Rocco Baldelli pinch-hitting the rookie, a switch hitter, for Castro, an all-star last year, also a switch hitter? And how would they manage defensively with Castro out of the game?
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1 week ago |
duluthnewstribune.com | Betsy Helfand
Danny Coulombe could feel it, a palpable shift in the clubhouse over the past few days. Guys were having more fun, guys were playing looser, the reliever said. And the results have been following. Or, maybe it’s the opposite — maybe they got some positive results and that’s led to the shift. Either way, things seem to be turning around for the Minnesota Twins after a dreadful start to the season.
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Byron Buxton walked, stole second and came around to score on a Ty France single. Twins up 1-0 in the second.
RT @Twins: We have made the following roster move: https://t.co/fIoeueAaKH
The Twins fall 5-2 to the Astros in their home opener. They did not have a hit after the third inning. After the Twins scored two runs in the first inning, the Astros came back with five unanswered runs.