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4 days ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Theo Tollefson
Minneapolis – In the early parts of the season, it didn’t look like the Minnesota Twins would be digging themselves out of a 7-15 hole after the Atlanta Braves swept them on the road. They’ve turned things around by 13-5 since, including a seven-game winning streak they extended on Saturday night after a 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
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5 days ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Theo Tollefson
St. Paul – When Ryan Fitzgerald signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins this offseason, he was searching for a place where he could be comfortable with himself at the plate. The soon-to-be 31-year-old knows there isn’t much he can do to change his swing or bat speed to perform well. Fitzgerald’s most important goal was to be with an organization that would let him swing how he likes.
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5 days ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Theo Tollefson
Minneapolis – When Willy Adames came up for the second at-bat of the game and crushed an 88.5 MPH slider to the left field foul pole, no one at Target Field expected what would come of the rest of the night for the San Francisco Giants’ lineup. A crew chief review overturned Adames’ home run to a foul ball because it just missed landing fair in front of it. After that, Chris Paddack turned into an efficient pitching machine, getting out after out for the Twins.
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5 days ago | 
prepbaseballreport.com | Theo Tollefson
Two of the top teams in Class 4A, Section 5AAAA will go head-to-head during the upcoming Baseball Day Minnesota, as Maple Grove and Mounds View square off in a highly anticipated matchup.
Maple Grove is coming off a .500 season, where they dropped six one-run games and were eliminated in the second round of the section tournament—ironically, by Mounds View.
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6 days ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Theo Tollefson
St. Paul – Have you ever wanted to pace a marathon at a ballpark? Well, you’ll have your chance to do so on Sunday at CHS Field with Seigo Masubuchi, the Saints’ international man of mystery. Masubuchi is from Tokyo and is known far and wide for his pipes, and does a sing-along with Seigo at every Saints home game. Now he’s bringing his other talent of marathon running to CHS Field and inviting every fan in attendance for Sunday’s game to join him.
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1 week ago | 
prepbaseballreport.com | Theo Tollefson
There’s no shortage of talent across the state when it comes to Class 2A baseball in Minnesota. Perham has been a staple of the Minnesota State High School League’s 2A class for decades, while Rockford is riding the momentum of capturing their first-ever state championship last season.
“We told them from the beginning that this would be something special, and they bought into it right away,” said Rockford head coach Cody Hallahan about their 2024 season.
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1 week ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Theo Tollefson
St. Paul – No other name is being discussed in the Minnesota Twins’ farm system more than Carson McCusker’s. The 6’8”, 250 lbs. outfielder’s numbers at Triple-A St. Paul over the first month of the season stand as tall as he does next to every fan aware of what he’s doing. If he hadn’t already had everyone’s attention, he captured it with a multi-homer game. He hit two home runs that sounded like no-doubters off the bat and exit velocities at 108 and 114 MPH to back up their speed of sound.
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1 week ago | 
prepbaseballreport.com | Theo Tollefson
It’s rare for teams from opposite corners of the state to meet outside of a state tournament. But Baseball Day Minnesota will do just that, bringing together Montevideo and Duluth Marshall for their first-ever matchup in school history.
“From my vantage point, I love it,” said Duluth Marshall head coach Nick Garramone. “I love the challenge, I love playing state tournament-caliber baseball programs. Win or lose, it’s going to make us better. Parents, coaches, players—we want the challenge.
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1 week ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Theo Tollefson
Although it’s been used in the minor leagues since 2023, MLB’s implementation of its automatic balls and strikes system (ABS) in spring training this year caught the attention of fans and players. Despite the positive results and high approval from players and fans, the league office has indicated it will wait another season before introducing it to MLB. Fortunately, plenty of data is available to see how ABS might benefit hitters if MLB had already implemented the system this season.
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2 weeks ago | 
zonecoverage.com | Theo Tollefson
St. Paul – In baseball, they’ve always said that walks will haunt pitchers. But for a pitcher with Greg Maddux-type command in the strike zone, setting a new career high of walks allowed in a start can sometimes be easy to dismiss. Zebby Matthews had a meteoric rise through the minors last year. Therefore, walking four batters like he did on Sunday seemed impossible.
