2017 Minnesota Twins season

2017 Minnesota Twins
American League Wild Card Winners
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Target Field
City	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Jim Pohlad
President of baseball operations	Derek Falvey
General managers	Thad Levine
Managers	Paul Molitor
Television	Fox Sports North (Dick Bremer, Bert Blyleven, Torii Hunter)
Radio	Go 96.3 (Cory Provus, Dan Gladden)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2017 Minnesota Twins season was the 57th season for the franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their eighth season at Target Field and the 117th overall in the American League. The Twins began the season on April 3 at home against the Kansas City Royals and finished the year on October 1 at home against the Detroit Tigers.

On September 27, the Twins clinched the second wild-card berth to become the first team in Major League Baseball history to reach the postseason after losing 100 games the previous season.^[1] They were able to take advantage of a weak American League, as they made the playoffs despite their pedestrian 85–77 record, the worst record to make the playoffs since the 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers. They lost to the New York Yankees in the ALWC Game.