I'm going to include my season projections, jump in with how you think the year will play out
CF was a strong point for years and now it is an Achilles heal for MN. Wish we could ship May back for Revere right now. Neither Schafer or Robinson will be anything more than #5 OF and the Twins will summon Eddie Rosario to play CF in mid May. Eddie will be this year's version of Danny Santana
RF Torii is more than average with the bat, but his glove will cost the Twins some games. Nevertheless he will get a one year extension in September
LF Arcia will make Hunter look like a gold glover! His bat teases, but he can't put together a full season and Plouffe ends up finishing the year there
3B Plouffe is solid, but this is the only spot for Sano after he rips the covers off of balls in the minors. Fans start clammoring for him in mid May, but it is June 10 before we see Sano in a Twinlie uni
SS Santana is not the same with the bat as he was last year, but he is still the best bat at SS we have seen as a Twin in nearly 25 years
2B Dozier earns his new contract with great D and a solid bat. Power numbers dip as he tries too hard to earn the money
1B Baby Joe is done! Even though he stays healthy, he struggles to get his average above .250 and has long power. By the end of the year there is talk of moving him back to C
C Suzuki stole money from the Twins and decides to go Tim Laudner with his bat. Pinto can't frame a pitch or throw out a runner and we see the future in Turner come September
SP is better than most expect. Hughes takes a small step backwards, but Santana, Gibson and Nolasco all become solid 2/3 SPs. Millone is canned the top of August for May and Meyers gets that spot in late June
RP here comes the pain! Perkins has an injury plagued year and the rest of the relievers, sans Thielbar & Thompson, are beaten up like 42 at a bar mitzvah. Nick Burdi is called up mid July and looks unhittable and Jake Reed joins him in September to give the Twins two lights out back end RPs
Twins are better, but CF, C and RP hold them back this year. They finish 77-85, 8.5 games out of first
CF was a strong point for years and now it is an Achilles heal for MN. Wish we could ship May back for Revere right now. Neither Schafer or Robinson will be anything more than #5 OF and the Twins will summon Eddie Rosario to play CF in mid May. Eddie will be this year's version of Danny Santana
RF Torii is more than average with the bat, but his glove will cost the Twins some games. Nevertheless he will get a one year extension in September
LF Arcia will make Hunter look like a gold glover! His bat teases, but he can't put together a full season and Plouffe ends up finishing the year there
3B Plouffe is solid, but this is the only spot for Sano after he rips the covers off of balls in the minors. Fans start clammoring for him in mid May, but it is June 10 before we see Sano in a Twinlie uni
SS Santana is not the same with the bat as he was last year, but he is still the best bat at SS we have seen as a Twin in nearly 25 years
2B Dozier earns his new contract with great D and a solid bat. Power numbers dip as he tries too hard to earn the money
1B Baby Joe is done! Even though he stays healthy, he struggles to get his average above .250 and has long power. By the end of the year there is talk of moving him back to C
C Suzuki stole money from the Twins and decides to go Tim Laudner with his bat. Pinto can't frame a pitch or throw out a runner and we see the future in Turner come September
SP is better than most expect. Hughes takes a small step backwards, but Santana, Gibson and Nolasco all become solid 2/3 SPs. Millone is canned the top of August for May and Meyers gets that spot in late June
RP here comes the pain! Perkins has an injury plagued year and the rest of the relievers, sans Thielbar & Thompson, are beaten up like 42 at a bar mitzvah. Nick Burdi is called up mid July and looks unhittable and Jake Reed joins him in September to give the Twins two lights out back end RPs
Twins are better, but CF, C and RP hold them back this year. They finish 77-85, 8.5 games out of first
