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AL Central · 2026 season · Missed playoffs

The story so far

Missed the playoffs

Twins fans spent the final weeks of a 77-85 season clinging to a young core that beat its 72.5 win projection while venting at Shelton's bullpen calls and Zoll's roster moves. With the playoffs missed, they head into the offseason skeptical, hopeful about the hitters and wary of ownership's promises.

From Reddit fan threads · through Sep 28–Oct 4 · 77-85

Season misery
51Meh
Worst week
85Jul 27–Aug 2
Best week
1Jul 13–19
Mar 23–29: misery 64 (Uneasy) · 1-2Mar 30–Apr 5: misery 80 (Despair) · 2-4Apr 6–12: misery 45 (Content) · 6-1Apr 13–19: misery 4 (Euphoric) · 2-4Apr 20–26: misery 76 (Miserable) · 1-5Apr 27–May 3: misery 67 (Miserable) · 3-4May 4–10: misery 55 (Uneasy) · 3-3May 11–17: misery 58 (Uneasy) · 3-3May 18–24: misery 37 (Content) · 5-1May 25–31: misery 68 (Miserable) · 1-6Jun 1–7: misery 54 (Meh) · 3-4Jun 8–14: misery 43 (Content) · 3-3Jun 15–21: misery 37 (Content) · 5-1Jun 22–28: misery 60 (Uneasy) · 2-4Jun 29–Jul 5: misery 23 (Euphoric) · 4-2Jul 6–12: misery 32 (Content) · 4-2Jul 13–19: misery 1 (Euphoric) · 1-2Jul 20–26: misery 49 (Meh) · 4-3Jul 27–Aug 2: misery 85 (Despair) · 3-3Aug 3–9: misery 58 (Uneasy) · 2-4Aug 10–16: misery 66 (Miserable) · 2-4Aug 17–23: misery 50 (Meh) · 3-3Aug 24–30: misery 67 (Miserable) · 2-4Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 31 (Content) · 3-3Sep 7–13: misery 70 (Miserable) · 2-4Sep 14–20: misery 55 (Uneasy) · 3-4Sep 21–27: misery 45 (Content) · 4-23/234/205/186/157/138/109/710/5
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long

  • Across all 3 weeks, fans held up Jenkins, Culpepper, Keaschall, Taj Bradley and Kody Clemens as reasons for hope, though worries about the pitching grew after the late collapse.

    “Pretty disappointing 2nd half of the season but with Jenkins, Rodriguez, and Culpepper, I'm at least somewhat optimistic next year will be better.”

    ▲ 101Sep 14–20

    Sep 14–20 ›Sep 21–27 ›
Built late
Came and went

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. —Oct 26–Nov 1out
  2. —Oct 19–25out
  3. —Oct 12–18out
  4. —Oct 5–11out
  5. —Sep 28–Oct 4out
  6. 45Sep 21–274-2›
  7. 55Sep 14–203-4›
  8. 70Sep 7–132-4›
  9. 31Aug 31–Sep 63-3›
  10. 67Aug 24–302-4›
  11. 50Aug 17–233-3›
  12. 66Aug 10–162-4›
  13. 58Aug 3–92-4›
  14. 85Jul 27–Aug 23-3›
  15. 49Jul 20–264-3›
  16. 1Jul 13–191-2›
  17. 32Jul 6–124-2›
  18. 23Jun 29–Jul 54-2›
  19. 60Jun 22–282-4›
  20. 37Jun 15–215-1›
  21. 43Jun 8–143-3›
  22. 54Jun 1–73-4›
  23. 68May 25–311-6›
  24. 37May 18–245-1›
  25. 58May 11–173-3›
  26. 55May 4–103-3›
  27. 67Apr 27–May 3blowup game3-4›
  28. 76Apr 20–261-5›
  29. 4Apr 13–192-4›
  30. 45Apr 6–126-1›
  31. 80Mar 30–Apr 52-4›
  32. 64Mar 23–291-2›