American League Central · 2023
Minnesota Twins
- Team WAR
- 40.0 22.1 bat / 17.9 pitch
- Win %
- .537 pyth .575
- Run diff
- +119 4.80 / 4.07 per g
- wRC+
- 105
- ERA
- 3.90 FIP 3.92
- Home runs
- 233
The Minnesota Twins went 87-75 in 2023, a .537 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 778 runs and allowed 659, a run differential of +119. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.90 staff ERA was 6th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Ryan Jeffers led the position players at 2.9 WAR, and Sonny Gray the rotation at a 2.79 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,339 team hits
Batting
21 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Ryan Jeffers | C | 91 | 335 | 79 | 14 | 43 | 3 | .276 | .369 | .490 | .371 | 134 | 2.9 |
| Edouard Julien | 2B | 107 | 408 | 89 | 16 | 37 | 3 | .263 | .381 | .459 | .368 | 133 | 2.7 |
| Royce Lewis | 3B | 58 | 239 | 67 | 15 | 52 | 6 | .309 | .372 | .548 | .393 | 150 | 2.2 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 127 | 491 | 114 | 24 | 66 | 1 | .260 | .332 | .484 | .350 | 120 | 2.1 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 133 | 580 | 118 | 18 | 65 | 0 | .230 | .312 | .399 | .311 | 93 | 2.0 |
| Willi Castro | LF | 115 | 409 | 92 | 9 | 34 | 33 | .257 | .339 | .411 | .330 | 106 | 2.0 |
| Jorge Polanco | 2B | 80 | 343 | 77 | 14 | 48 | 4 | .255 | .335 | .454 | .342 | 114 | 1.7 |
| Matt Wallner | LF | 72 | 254 | 53 | 14 | 41 | 2 | .249 | .370 | .507 | .379 | 140 | 1.6 |
| Donovan Solano | 1B | 133 | 450 | 111 | 5 | 38 | 0 | .282 | .369 | .391 | .340 | 113 | 1.5 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 124 | 388 | 78 | 21 | 51 | 13 | .220 | .278 | .442 | .308 | 92 | 1.2 |
| Kyle Farmer | SS | 113 | 369 | 86 | 11 | 46 | 2 | .256 | .317 | .408 | .317 | 98 | 1.1 |
| Alex Kirilloff | 1B | 87 | 319 | 76 | 11 | 41 | 1 | .270 | .348 | .445 | .345 | 116 | 1.0 |
| Joey Gallo | 1B | 107 | 332 | 50 | 21 | 40 | 1 | .177 | .301 | .440 | .321 | 100 | 0.6 |
| Trevor Larnach | LF | 58 | 212 | 39 | 8 | 40 | 1 | .213 | .311 | .415 | .316 | 96 | 0.3 |
| Christian Vázquez | C | 99 | 355 | 73 | 6 | 32 | 1 | .223 | .280 | .318 | .266 | 62 | 0.2 |
| Byron Buxton | DH | 85 | 347 | 63 | 17 | 42 | 9 | .207 | .294 | .438 | .313 | 94 | 0.1 |
| Jordan Luplow | LF | 37 | 90 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .208 | .322 | .325 | .292 | 80 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Garlick | RF | 14 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .179 | .233 | .429 | .281 | 72 | -0.0 |
| Andrew Stevenson | CF | 19 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .189 | .250 | .216 | .218 | 29 | -0.2 |
| Jose F Miranda | 3B | 40 | 152 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .211 | .263 | .303 | .253 | 53 | -0.3 |
| Nick Gordon | CF | 34 | 93 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .176 | .185 | .319 | .214 | 27 | -0.5 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Sonny Gray | 32 | 32 | 184.0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 183 | 2.79 | 2.83 | 1.15 | 9.0 | 4.8 |
| Pablo López | 32 | 32 | 194.0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 234 | 3.66 | 3.33 | 1.15 | 10.9 | 4.0 |
| Bailey Ober | 26 | 26 | 144.1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 146 | 3.43 | 3.96 | 1.07 | 9.1 | 2.0 |
| Joe Ryan | 29 | 29 | 161.2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 197 | 4.51 | 4.13 | 1.17 | 11.0 | 1.9 |
| Kenta Maeda | 21 | 20 | 104.1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 117 | 4.23 | 4.02 | 1.17 | 10.1 | 1.3 |
| Emilio Pagán | 66 | 1 | 69.1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 2.99 | 3.27 | 0.95 | 8.4 | 1.1 |
| Griffin Jax | 71 | 0 | 65.1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 68 | 3.86 | 3.22 | 1.18 | 9.4 | 1.1 |
| Jhoan Duran | 59 | 0 | 62.1 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 84 | 2.45 | 3.21 | 1.14 | 12.1 | 1.1 |
| Brock Stewart | 28 | 0 | 27.2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 0.65 | 2.21 | 1.08 | 12.7 | 0.8 |
| Jovani Morán | 43 | 0 | 42.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 5.31 | 3.82 | 1.46 | 10.2 | 0.4 |
| Josh Winder | 19 | 0 | 34.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4.15 | 3.98 | 1.41 | 7.3 | 0.3 |
| Tyler Mahle | 5 | 5 | 25.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3.16 | 4.19 | 1.05 | 9.8 | 0.3 |
| Kody Funderburk | 11 | 0 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.75 | 2.67 | 0.92 | 14.3 | 0.3 |
| Dallas Keuchel | 10 | 6 | 37.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5.97 | 4.56 | 1.67 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
| José De León | 13 | 1 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4.67 | 3.83 | 1.21 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 36 | 0 | 30.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3.23 | 4.46 | 0.95 | 10.6 | 0.1 |
| Chris Paddack | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.40 | 3.26 | 1.40 | 14.4 | 0.1 |
| Louis Varland | 17 | 10 | 68.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 4.63 | 5.02 | 1.22 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| Oliver Ortega | 10 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4.30 | 4.76 | 1.23 | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| Willi Castro | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 5.83 | 2.14 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Simeon Woods Richardson | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9.64 | 5.83 | 2.14 | 9.6 | -0.1 |
| Jordan Luplow | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 15.26 | 0.75 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Cole Sands | 15 | 0 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3.74 | 5.52 | 1.52 | 8.7 | -0.2 |
| Jordan Balazovic | 18 | 0 | 24.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4.44 | 6.01 | 1.56 | 6.3 | -0.3 |
| Brent Headrick | 14 | 0 | 25.2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6.31 | 6.10 | 1.44 | 10.5 | -0.4 |
| Jorge Alcala | 11 | 0 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6.23 | 7.06 | 1.38 | 8.3 | -0.4 |
| Jorge López | 61 | 0 | 59.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 5.95 | 5.76 | 1.51 | 7.5 | -0.6 |
Record versus run differential
Minnesota Twins are 87-75, a .537 win rate, while their +119 run differential implies .575. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.