1 KC 1 game Won 0 of 1

2-4 Hou 3 games Won 3 of 3

5-7 KC 3 games Won 1 of 3

9-11 Chi 3 games Won 3 of 4

12-14 Cle 3 games Won 1 of 3

The Twins 8 of 14 to start the month. If we win 8 more games this month, we have a good chance of winning 75 games or better.

15-18 Chi 4 games

20-22 Det 3 games

23-25 Cle 3 games

27-29 KC 3 games

30-31 Tex 2 games

As Terry Ryan has said, this is a transition year. No idea how the last 40+ games are going to play out, but feel if the season started tomorrow, we would be in a much better position to compete. If the Twins were one of the many franchises with a gun to their head, they would have traded Sano and Buxton for major league ready starting pitching in an attempt to win as many games as possible this season.

Completely agree with your comments on Dozier, Florimon, and Hicks. I would add Arcia, Gibson, Pressly, and Thielbar. I expect us to be close to .500 next season and adding Sano, Buxton, Rosario and Meyer during the year. The parade starts in 2015.

The rebuild should allow us to dominate the Central as we have in the past. No idea if it goes beyond that, and realistically it probably hasn't been decided. That's the way I see it.

The Twins are wrapping up a stretch of 30 games which was the easiest stretch they'll get this year. They played all below .500 teams except for the Indians in that time. And they still didnt go on a hot streak, or not much of one. When was the last time they were within a half dozen games of .500?

It hasn't been a dismal season, but they're still going to need to finish well to avoid a 90 loss season. And that seems about right to me - better than the reall ad teams, but not remotely a contender right now.

Agree with John...about a game better than their Pythag record right now thanks to good bullpen and .500 record in one-run games...otherwise, another lost season as most everyone expected.