Twins' 2026 home opener is already a disaster before it even begins
This is going about as poorly as possible for the Twins.
(SN/Getty) Twins' 2026 home opener is already a disaster before it even begins originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Minnesota Twins franchise has been in a struggle in recent seasons, especially in the past year, with the major fire sale last year.
This isn't going to be a great year for the Twins, and they've begun the season 2-4 before their home opener on Friday, April 3rd, against the Tampa Bay Rays . But, before that home opener could even begin, it was already a disaster. Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic shared the bad news that the power is out at Target Field just one hour before first pitch.
Twins' home opener already a disaster and no baseball has been played "Power outage at Target Field an hour before first pitch," Gleeman reported. "You can't make it up. " Target Field doesn't have any power, which means the Twins will have to delay the beginning of the game.
While it's a brutal situation for Minnesota, it's not necessarily their fault. As Gleeman shared in response to a fan, "It's not a Twins issue to fix. They're waiting on Xcel, like everyone else.