GM: Bill Smith
2009: made playoffs · 87–76. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Mauer | 26 | arb | 138 | 8.3 | 10.5 | +9.4 |
| Denard Span | 25 | pre-arb | 145 | 4.1 | 0.4 | +9.4 |
| Scott Baker | 27 | arb | 33 | 3.3 | 0.8 | +7.1 |
| Justin Morneau | 28 | FA-elig | 135 | 3.3 | 11.6 | -3.7 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 30 | FA-elig | 153 | 2.5 | 7.7 | -1.8 |
| Jason Kubel | 27 | arb | 146 | 2.3 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Nick Blackburn | 27 | pre-arb | 33 | 2.3 | 0.4 | +5.0 |
| Joe Nathan | 34 | FA-elig | 70 | 1.8 | 11.2 | -7.0 |
| Joe Crede | 31 | FA-elig | 90 | 1.7 | 2.5 | +1.6 |
| Nick Punto | 31 | FA-elig | 125 | 1.7 | 4.0 | +0.1 |
| Carl Pavano↔ CLE | 33 | FA-elig | 12 | 1.6 | 0.5 | +3.4 |
| Kevin Slowey | 25 | pre-arb | 16 | 1.3 | 0.4 | +2.7 |
| Carlos Gómez | 23 | pre-arb | 137 | 1.0 | 0.4 | +2.0 |
| Brian Duensing | 26 | pre-arb | 24 | 0.8 | 0.4 | +1.5 |
| Glen Perkins | 26 | arb | 18 | 0.7 | 0.4 | +1.2 |
| Francisco Liriano | 25 | arb | 29 | 0.6 | 0.4 | +1.0 |
| Jose Mijares | 24 | pre-arb | 71 | 0.6 | 0.4 | +0.9 |
| Orlando Cabrera↔ OAK | 34 | FA-elig | 59 | 0.5 | 1.5 | -0.2 |
| Brian Buscher | 28 | pre-arb | 61 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
| Jon Rauch↔ ARI | 30 | FA-elig | 17 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -0.0 |
| Jesse Crain | 27 | arb | 56 | 0.2 | 1.7 | -1.3 |
| Jose Morales | 26 | pre-arb | 54 | 0.2 | 0.4 | -0.0 |
| Matt Guerrier | 30 | arb | 79 | 0.1 | 1.5 | -1.2 |
| Matt Tolbert | 27 | pre-arb | 71 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.3 |
| Bob Keppel | 27 | – | 37 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Jeff Manship | 24 | pre-arb | 11 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.3 |
| Kevin Mulvey↔ ARI | 24 | – | 2 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Jason Pridie | 25 | pre-arb | 1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| Luis Ayala↔ MIA | 31 | FA-elig | 28 | -0.0 | 1.0 | -1.0 |
| Ron Mahay↔ KCR | 38 | FA-elig | 16 | -0.0 | 1.1 | -1.2 |
| Philip Humber | 26 | arb | 8 | -0.1 | 1.1 | -1.3 |
| Justin Huber | 26 | – | 1 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Armando Gabino | 25 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Juan Morillo | 25 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Brendan Harris | 28 | arb | 123 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Sean Henn↔ BAL | 28 | arb | 14 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -0.8 |
| Anthony Swarzak | 23 | pre-arb | 12 | -0.3 | 0.4 | -1.0 |
| Craig Breslow↔ OAK | 28 | arb | 17 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -0.8 |
| R.A. Dickey | 34 | FA-elig | 35 | -0.4 | 0.5 | -1.4 |
| Mike Redmond | 38 | FA-elig | 45 | -0.5 | 0.9 | -2.1 |
| Alexi Casilla | 24 | arb | 80 | -1.2 | 0.4 | -3.3 |
| Delmon Young | 23 | arb | 108 | -1.3 | 1.2 | -4.3 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Joe Crede | 1.7 |
| Carl Pavano | 1.6 |
| Brian Duensing | 0.8 |
| Orlando Cabrera | 0.5 |
| Jon Rauch | 0.2 |
| Jose Morales | 0.2 |
| Player | 2008 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Livan Hernandez | 1.0 |
| Boof Bonser | 0.9 |
| Dennys Reyes | 0.4 |
| Adam Everett | 0.3 |
| Howie Clark | 0.1 |
| Pat Neshek | 0.1 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2009, 2009–2015. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Morneau | 28 | 6.000 | $11.6M | $15.0M | $15.0M | $14.0M | $11.7M | FREE AGENT | |
| Joe Nathan | 34 | 10.000 | $11.2M | FREE AGENT | $11.2M | ||||
| Michael Cuddyer | 30 | 8.000 | $7.7M | $9.4M | $10.5M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Nick Punto | 31 | 8.000 | $4.0M | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Joe Crede | 31 | 9.000 | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Orlando Cabrera | 34 | 12.000 | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ron Mahay | 38 | 14.000 | $1.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Luis Ayala | 31 | 6.000 | $958k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mike Redmond | 38 | 11.000 | $950k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jon Rauch | 30 | 7.000 | $572k | $2.9M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Carl Pavano | 33 | 11.000 | $545k | $7.0M | $8.0M | $8.5M | FREE AGENT | ||
| R.A. Dickey | 34 | 8.000 | $525k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Mauer | 26 | 5.000 | $10.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jason Kubel | 27 | 5.000 | $2.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jesse Crain | 27 | 5.000 | $1.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Matt Guerrier | 30 | 5.000 | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Delmon Young | 23 | 3.000 | $1.2M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Philip Humber | 26 | 3.000 | $1.1M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Scott Baker | 27 | 4.000 | $750k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Brendan Harris | 28 | 5.000 | $466k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Francisco Liriano | 25 | 4.000 | $430k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Glen Perkins | 26 | 3.000 | $430k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Alexi Casilla | 24 | 3.000 | $428k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Sean Henn | 28 | 4.000 | $350k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Craig Breslow | 28 | 4.000 | $93k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Justin Huber | 26 | 4.000 | — | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Slowey | 25 | 2.000 | $440k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Nick Blackburn | 27 | 2.000 | $440k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Carlos Gómez | 23 | 2.000 | $438k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Denard Span | 25 | 1.000 | $435k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Brian Buscher | 28 | 2.000 | $412k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Matt Tolbert | 27 | 1.000 | $405k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jose Mijares | 24 | 1.000 | $400k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jose Morales | 26 | 2.000 | $400k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jason Pridie | 25 | 1.000 | $400k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Jeff Manship | 24 | 0.000 | $400k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brian Duensing | 26 | 0.000 | $400k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Anthony Swarzak | 23 | 0.000 | $400k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Bob Keppel | 27 | – | — | ||||||
| Juan Morillo | 25 | – | — | ||||||
| Kevin Mulvey | 24 | – | — | ||||||
| Armando Gabino | 25 | – | — |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Twins 2009; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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