The Twins have more home games in April than in any other month this season.
MINNEAPOLIS — Over the years, we have seen every kind of Minnesota Twins home opener you can think of — from sunny and warm, to rainy and freezing.
“The very first home opener we had here was mid 60s back in 2010,” Twins spokesman Matt Hodson said.
“We’ve had other years where we have had snow.”
According to Major League Baseball, the coldest Twins game ever happened in April 2018 when the game-time temperature was a freezing 27 degrees.
The forecast for Friday’s home opener shows temps in the 30’s and low 40’s, so we won’t break any records this year, in fact the temp may not even crack the top ten coldest games in history.
Looking at MLB records, the Twins have played a handful of games in 30-degree weather over the years. However, it’s possible we could see a few more cold days later this spring.
The Twins’ schedule shows the team will play 17 home games this April, the most out of any month this season.
Hodson says scheduling 17 home games in April isn’t ideal, but he says having this many home games early in the season has freed up extra time in August that the Twins are using to schedule three outdoor concerts and three games with the Savannah Bananas.
“When we saw the schedule come out and the 17 home games, we thought, ‘Hey, it’s Minnesota, it’s spring time, we could have 71 degree weather, we could have 40.’ It’s what the schedule has. We’ll play ball, and we’ll be ready for it,” Hodson said.
The Twins will take on the Tampa Bay Rays at 3:10 p.m. Friday for the team’s home opener.
After the opener, the Twins will host six games in a row at home against the Rays and the Detroit Tigers.