Things are not going very well right now for the Minnesota Twins , who entered Wednesday's game against the Seattle Mariners as losers of five-straight, part of a larger recent losing stretch that includes 15 Twins losses in their last 18 games.
Now 37-42 on the 2025 season, Minnesota's struggles are no secret. Their pitching has gone from devastating… to disaster. In 156 innings pitched during this 18-game losing stretch , Twins pitchers have allowed 8 runs per game on 27 total homers, touting a brutal 7.67 ERA and 5.00 FIP.
You can't win very many baseball games when your staff is pitching like that. So Tuesday, before suffering their fifth-straight loss, the Minnesota Twins held a come-to-Jesus style meeting for their pitchers that included starters, relievers, catchers and coaches.
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According to what Chris Paddack told Audra Martin (Twins.TV), this type of meeting was rather unprecedented. The only other time he's been a part of anything similar is immediately after the All-Star break, when the starters usually gather as a way to reset for the second half of the regular season.
The pitching staff had a reset meeting after yesterday's game pic.twitter.com/644gyDS3cN
— Twins.TV (@twinstv) June 25, 2025
"There was a pitching staff meeting held yesterday. Chris Paddack said, really, the only other time they've ever had a group meeting in the middle of the season is after the All-Star break, as a way to reset and get ready for the second half. But yesterday's meeting wasn't only the starters, but it was relievers, coaches and catchers as well. And everyone I talked to today said it was time very well spent."
The goal of Tuesday's staff meeting, per starter Bailey Ober , was accountability and providing support for one another. I get the feeling he's one of the pitchers on staff that needed whatever morale boost yesterday's therapy session provided.
It sounds like it was Minnesota Twins coaches who initiated the in-person group chat. Rocco Baldelli told Twins.TV that the main goal was to refocus pitchers on controlling the things that they can control, and not getting worked up about the things that they can't.
"The meeting was something that really stemmed from the following idea — There are things you can control and that you should attack, and there are things that you have less control over. Not that those things aren't going to be on your mind, but focus on the things that you can clearly control and do those things exceptionally well, and start there."
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One thing is for sure, whether it is Tuesday's rare staff meeting or something else, the Minnesota Twins desperately need their pitchers to go back being competent, and they need it to happen fast.
If something doesn't change fast, then it won't matter when Pablo Lopez returns… because his team's playoff hopes will be long dead by then.
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