| Power Ranking | ||||
| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 8 | 18-22 | 21 | Has the clock run out on Minnesota's surprising start? They've dropped five straight at home, and 15 of their next 20 games come on the road. -- Nick Nelson, Twins Daily | |
| Week 7 | 17-17 | 18 | Vance Worley has given up a whopping 66 hits in 39 innings pitched and has a 7.15 ERA (eight starts). -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 6 | 13-14 | 23 | The Twins have fallen behind 0-2 in each of their last three series, but rebounded to win games in each. That resiliency was missing last year, when they'd already been swept four times at this point of the season. -- Nick Nelson, Twins Daily | |
| Week 5 | 11-10 | 22 | After going 15-33 in April the past two seasons, the Twins are a game above .500 with two days left in the season's first month. -- Nick Nelson, Twins Daily | |
| Week 4 | 8-7 | 25 | The Twins were limited to four games in the past week by inclement weather, but managed to win them all. Joe Mauer led the way, batting .588 with six RBIs. -- Nick Nelson, Twins Daily | |
| Week 3 | 4-7 | 27 | Twins pitchers have the fewest combined strikeouts (51) of any team in baseball. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 2 | 4-2 | 26 | The Twins have gotten off to a fast start despite hitting only three home runs in their first six games. -- ESPN.com | |
| Week 1 | 0-0 | 27 | The Twins will throw Vance Worley, Kevin Correia and Mike Pelfrey at Detroit in their season-opening series, which tells you all you need to know about the state of the rotation. -- Nick Nelson, Twins Daily | |