President of baseball ops: Derek Falvey · GM: Thad Levine
2017: made playoffs · 85–77. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Dozier | 30 | arb | 152 | 6.0 | 6.0 | +14.4 |
| Byron Buxton | 23 | pre-arb | 140 | 4.4 | 0.5 | +14.4 |
| Joe Mauer | 34 | FA-elig | 141 | 2.8 | 23.0 | -13.4 |
| Ervin Santana | 34 | FA-elig | 33 | 2.8 | 13.5 | -4.2 |
| José Berríos | 23 | pre-arb | 26 | 2.7 | 0.4 | +8.8 |
| Eddie Rosario | 25 | pre-arb | 151 | 2.6 | 0.6 | +8.1 |
| Miguel Sanó | 24 | pre-arb | 114 | 2.4 | 0.6 | +7.6 |
| Jason Castro | 30 | FA-elig | 110 | 2.1 | 8.5 | -1.5 |
| Max Kepler | 24 | pre-arb | 147 | 1.9 | 0.5 | +5.9 |
| Jorge Polanco | 23 | arb | 133 | 1.9 | 0.5 | +5.8 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 28 | FA-elig | 129 | 1.3 | 2.6 | +1.9 |
| Chris Gimenez | 34 | FA-elig | 77 | 1.1 | 0.9 | +2.8 |
| Kyle Gibson | 29 | arb | 29 | 1.0 | 2.9 | +0.5 |
| Adalberto Mejía | 24 | pre-arb | 21 | 1.0 | 0.5 | +2.7 |
| Robbie Grossman | 27 | arb | 119 | 0.8 | 0.6 | +2.3 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 27 | pre-arb | 70 | 0.8 | 0.6 | +2.0 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 26 | – | 37 | 0.8 | 0.3 | +2.3 |
| Brandon Kintzler↔ WSN | 32 | FA-elig | 45 | 0.6 | 1.8 | +0.4 |
| Tyler Duffey | 26 | pre-arb | 56 | 0.6 | 0.5 | +1.6 |
| Matt Belisle | 37 | FA-elig | 62 | 0.6 | 2.0 | -0.2 |
| Dillon Gee↔ TEX | 31 | arb | 14 | 0.5 | 1.6 | +0.2 |
| Kennys Vargas | 26 | arb | 78 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +0.8 |
| Taylor Rogers | 26 | pre-arb | 69 | 0.4 | 0.5 | +0.6 |
| Jaime García↔ ATL | 30 | FA-elig | 1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +0.3 |
| Zack Granite | 24 | – | 40 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +0.4 |
| Bartolo Colon↔ ATL | 44 | FA-elig | 15 | 0.2 | 6.7 | -6.1 |
| Alan Busenitz | 26 | – | 28 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| Phil Hughes | 31 | FA-elig | 14 | 0.1 | 13.2 | -12.9 |
| Ryan Pressly | 28 | arb | 57 | 0.1 | 1.2 | -0.9 |
| Chris Heston↔ SEA | 29 | – | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.1 |
| Aaron Slegers | 24 | – | 4 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Danny Santana↔ ATL | 26 | arb | 13 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| John Curtiss | 24 | – | 9 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Justin Haley | 26 | pre-arb | 10 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.7 |
| Randy Rosario | 23 | – | 2 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Glen Perkins | 34 | FA-elig | 8 | -0.1 | 6.5 | -6.7 |
| Drew Rucinski | 28 | pre-arb | 2 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.8 |
| Tim Melville↔ SDP | 27 | – | 1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Dietrich Enns | 26 | – | 2 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Nick Tepesch↔ TOR | 28 | arb | 1 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| Gabriel Moya | 22 | – | 7 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Jason Wheeler | 26 | – | 2 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.4 |
| Craig Breslow↔ CLE | 36 | FA-elig | 30 | -0.1 | 1.0 | -1.5 |
| Mitch Garver | 26 | – | 23 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
| Alex Wimmers | 28 | pre-arb | 6 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.6 |
| Buddy Boshers | 29 | pre-arb | 38 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -1.1 |
| Michael Tonkin | 27 | arb | 16 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -1.4 |
| Adam Wilk↔ NYM | 29 | – | 3 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.9 |
| Héctor Santiago | 29 | FA-elig | 15 | -0.3 | 8.0 | -8.9 |
| Felix Jorge | 23 | pre-arb | 2 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -1.0 |
| Nik Turley | 27 | – | 10 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -1.2 |
| Niko Goodrum | 25 | – | 11 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -1.2 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Jason Castro | 2.1 |
| Chris Gimenez | 1.1 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 0.8 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 0.8 |
| Matt Belisle | 0.6 |
| Dillon Gee | 0.5 |
| Player | 2016 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Eduardo Núñez | 1.3 |
| Fernando Abad | 0.5 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 0.4 |
| Logan Schafer | 0.1 |
| Pat Dean | 0.1 |
| J.R. Graham | 0.0 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2017, 2017–2023. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2017; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Mauer | 34 | 13.000 | $23.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ervin Santana | 34 | 11.104 | $13.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Phil Hughes | 31 | 9.113 | $13.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jason Castro | 30 | 6.104 | $8.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Bartolo Colon | 44 | 18.061 | $6.7M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Glen Perkins | 34 | 10.010 | $6.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Matt Belisle | 37 | 11.019 | $2.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Craig Breslow | 36 | 8.129 | $1.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jaime García | 30 | 8.047 | $444k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Héctor Santiago | 29 | 5.016 | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Brian Dozier | 30 | 4.100 | $6.0M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Kyle Gibson | 29 | 3.056 | $2.9M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Eduardo Escobar | 28 | 4.128 | $2.6M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Brandon Kintzler | 32 | 5.003 | $1.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Dillon Gee | 31 | 5.108 | $1.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ryan Pressly | 28 | 3.053 | $1.2M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Chris Gimenez | 34 | 4.163 | $950k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ehire Adrianza | 27 | 2.131 | $600k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Miguel Sanó | 24 | 1.095 | $572k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Eddie Rosario | 25 | 1.120 | $552k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Robbie Grossman | 27 | 2.060 | $552k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Max Kepler | 24 | 0.152 | $548k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Tyler Duffey | 26 | 1.042 | $542k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Michael Tonkin | 27 | 2.005 | $542k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Taylor Rogers | 26 | 0.145 | $542k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Kennys Vargas | 26 | 2.000 | $540k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jorge Polanco | 23 | 0.105 | $540k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Justin Haley | 26 | 0.000 | $535k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Drew Rucinski | 28 | 0.034 | $535k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Byron Buxton | 23 | 1.064 | $535k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Adalberto Mejía | 24 | 0.001 | $535k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| José Berríos | 23 | 0.074 | $415k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Buddy Boshers | 29 | 2.026 | $342k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Trevor Hildenberger | 26 | 0.000 | $295k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Nick Tepesch | 28 | 2.136 | $250k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Alan Busenitz | 26 | 0.000 | $248k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Zack Granite | 24 | 0.000 | $196k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Nik Turley | 27 | 0.000 | $143k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Mitch Garver | 26 | 0.000 | $132k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| John Curtiss | 24 | 0.000 | $117k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Niko Goodrum | 25 | 0.000 | $91k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Danny Santana | 26 | 2.111 | $86k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Aaron Slegers | 24 | 0.000 | $85k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Dietrich Enns | 26 | 0.000 | $76k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Alex Wimmers | 28 | 0.038 | $44k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Adam Wilk | 29 | 0.000 | $39k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Randy Rosario | 23 | 0.000 | $26k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Tim Melville | 27 | 0.015 | $14k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jason Wheeler | 26 | – | $6k | ||||||
| Chris Heston | 29 | 2.140 | $5k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Felix Jorge | 23 | 0.002 | $3k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Gabriel Moya | 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 2017; 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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