With the trade deadline under two months away, the Twins have no shortage of needs. The odds of the team addressing them, however, are very low.

Josh Smith, Jake Burger and Wyatt Langford went deep in the first two innings and the Texas Rangers hit a season-high six home runs in a 16-3 romp over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.

It remains to be seen where the Minnesota Twins will turn for their next starting pitcher, if Simeon Woods Richardson and David Festa continue to struggle. The bullpen got a new arm today, claiming former first round pick Joey Wentz off waivers from Pittsburgh.

Because of rain outs, there were nine games scheduled in the Twins minor leagues on Thursday. More rain caused Fort Myers to play about one inning, so those two games will results in doubleheaders later this week.

Twins pitcher Bailey Ober said he received death threats on social media after his poor start in a blowout loss against the Texas Rangers on Thursday afternoon, according to The Athletic's Dan Hayes and Twins.TV sideline reporter Audra Martin.

J.P. Crawford and the Seattle Mariners will try to knock off Trevor Larnach and the Minnesota Twins when the teams meet on Monday, June 23 at 7:40 p.m. ET (on Fox Sports 1 and MNNT and ROOT Sports NW).

Staten Island FerryHawks right-handed pitcher and closer Tanner Andrews had his contract purchased by the Minnesota Twins organization.

The Twins have lost their second starting pitcher to a prolonged IL stint with a shoulder strain. Zebby Matthws's problem is different than Pablo López's, but expect him to be gone for a while.