GM: Bill Smith
2010: made playoffs · 94–68. 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 | 27 | FA-elig | 137 | 5.7 | 12.5 | +0.9 |
| Francisco Liriano | 26 | arb | 31 | 5.6 | 1.6 | +11.5 |
| Justin Morneau | 29 | FA-elig | 81 | 4.9 | 15.0 | -3.4 |
| Jim Thome | 39 | FA-elig | 108 | 3.1 | 1.5 | +5.7 |
| Orlando Hudson | 32 | FA-elig | 126 | 3.0 | 5.0 | +2.1 |
| Carl Pavano | 34 | FA-elig | 32 | 3.0 | 7.0 | -0.0 |
| Denard Span | 26 | pre-arb | 153 | 2.6 | 0.8 | +5.4 |
| Scott Baker | 28 | arb | 29 | 2.4 | 3.0 | +2.8 |
| Kevin Slowey | 26 | arb | 31 | 2.2 | 0.5 | +4.8 |
| J.J. Hardy | 27 | arb | 101 | 2.1 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
| Danny Valencia | 25 | – | 85 | 2.1 | – | – |
| Delmon Young | 24 | arb | 153 | 1.7 | 2.6 | +1.5 |
| Jason Repko | 29 | – | 58 | 1.6 | – | – |
| Brian Duensing | 27 | pre-arb | 53 | 1.4 | 0.4 | +3.0 |
| Nick Punto | 32 | FA-elig | 88 | 1.4 | 4.0 | -0.8 |
| Jon Rauch | 31 | FA-elig | 59 | 1.3 | 2.9 | +0.1 |
| Alexi Casilla | 25 | arb | 69 | 1.0 | 0.4 | +1.9 |
| Jesse Crain | 28 | FA-elig | 71 | 0.7 | 2.0 | -0.4 |
| Matt Capps↔ WSN | 26 | arb | 27 | 0.6 | 1.3 | +0.0 |
| Matt Tolbert | 28 | – | 48 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Jose Mijares | 25 | pre-arb | 47 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +0.2 |
| Brian Fuentes↔ ANA | 34 | FA-elig | 9 | 0.3 | 1.7 | -1.1 |
| Jeff Manship | 25 | – | 13 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Wilson Ramos↔ WSN | 22 | – | 7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.3 |
| Luke Hughes | 25 | – | 2 | 0.2 | – | – |
| Matt Fox↔ BOS | 27 | – | 1 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Nick Blackburn | 28 | arb | 28 | 0.1 | 0.8 | -0.5 |
| Matt Guerrier | 31 | FA-elig | 74 | 0.1 | 3.1 | -3.0 |
| Ron Mahay | 39 | – | 41 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Drew Butera | 26 | pre-arb | 49 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 31 | FA-elig | 157 | -0.1 | 9.4 | -9.6 |
| Rob Delaney | 25 | – | 1 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Anthony Slama | 26 | – | 5 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Jose Morales | 27 | arb | 19 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.7 |
| Glen Perkins | 27 | – | 13 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Pat Neshek | 29 | arb | 11 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -0.9 |
| Alex Burnett | 22 | pre-arb | 41 | -0.2 | 0.4 | -0.9 |
| Ben Revere | 22 | – | 13 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Randy Flores↔ COL | 34 | FA-elig | 11 | -0.4 | 0.1 | -1.0 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 24 | – | 22 | -0.4 | 0.4 | -1.3 |
| Jason Kubel | 28 | FA-elig | 143 | -0.7 | 4.1 | -5.8 |
| Brendan Harris | 29 | FA-elig | 43 | -0.9 | 1.4 | -3.7 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Jim Thome | 3.1 |
| Orlando Hudson | 3.0 |
| J.J. Hardy | 2.1 |
| Danny Valencia | 2.1 |
| Jason Repko | 1.6 |
| Matt Capps | 0.6 |
| Player | 2009 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Joe Nathan | 1.8 |
| Joe Crede | 1.7 |
| Carlos Gómez | 1.0 |
| Orlando Cabrera | 0.5 |
| Brian Buscher | 0.3 |
| Bob Keppel | 0.0 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2010, 2010–2016. 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 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Morneau | 29 | 7.000 | $15.0M | $15.0M | $14.0M | $11.7M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Joe Mauer | 27 | 6.000 | $12.5M | $23.0M | $23.0M | $23.0M | $23.0M | $23.0M | $23.0M |
| Michael Cuddyer | 31 | 9.000 | $9.4M | $10.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Carl Pavano | 34 | 12.000 | $7.0M | $8.0M | $8.5M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Orlando Hudson | 32 | 8.000 | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jason Kubel | 28 | 6.000 | $4.1M | $5.2M | FREE AGENT | $2.0M | |||
| Nick Punto | 32 | 9.000 | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Matt Guerrier | 31 | 6.000 | $3.1M | FREE AGENT | $426k | ||||
| Jon Rauch | 31 | 8.000 | $2.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jesse Crain | 28 | 6.000 | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brian Fuentes | 34 | 9.000 | $1.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jim Thome | 39 | 19.000 | $1.5M | $2.3M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Brendan Harris | 29 | 6.000 | $1.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Randy Flores | 34 | 8.000 | $123k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ron Mahay | 39 | 15.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.J. Hardy | 27 | 5.000 | $5.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Scott Baker | 28 | 5.000 | $3.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Delmon Young | 24 | 4.000 | $2.6M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Francisco Liriano | 26 | 5.000 | $1.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Matt Capps | 26 | 5.000 | $1.3M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Nick Blackburn | 28 | 3.000 | $750k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Pat Neshek | 29 | 4.000 | $625k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Glen Perkins | 27 | 4.000 | $500k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Kevin Slowey | 26 | 3.000 | $470k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Alexi Casilla | 25 | 4.000 | $438k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jose Morales | 27 | 3.000 | $412k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jason Repko | 29 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denard Span | 26 | 2.000 | $750k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jose Mijares | 25 | 2.000 | $430k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Brian Duensing | 27 | 1.000 | $418k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Trevor Plouffe | 24 | 0.000 | $400k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Alex Burnett | 22 | 0.000 | $400k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Drew Butera | 26 | 0.000 | $400k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Wilson Ramos | 22 | 0.000 | $127k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Matt Tolbert | 28 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jeff Manship | 25 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Anthony Slama | 26 | – | — | ||||||
| Matt Fox | 27 | – | — | ||||||
| Luke Hughes | 25 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Danny Valencia | 25 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Rob Delaney | 25 | – | — | ||||||
| Ben Revere | 22 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Twins 2010; 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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