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No way. No how. No matter the potential return. Regardless of his current knee status, he has all of the physical tools and proved in his limited AAA/MLB 2022 AB's that he is the type elite talent that contending teams need to retain. At the end of 2019 questions regarding his swing and defensive reliability at SS began to surface. Then between the pandemic and his 1st ACL procedure, he went two entire season's without playing in a single game. The adjustments he made during that hiatus were enough to convince me that he has the head, heart and desire to be an All-Star at whichever position we need him to play. I'll be outraged if the move him in any dea…

Former Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Matt Shoemaker has a new job outside of baseball. Shoemaker was elected to a seat on the Saline Area Schools Board of Education in Michigan during Tuesday's election, winning by just 28 votes, according to The Detroit News. Shoemaker explained his decision to run for the school board to the Saline Post, saying, “I’m running for School Board to support our teachers and staff, expand opportunities for our students and help every kid succeed in school, on the field and in life.” He added, “I’ve learned great teams succeed when people are supported, everyone has a voice, and you work toward something bigger than yourself.” Shoemaker joi…

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Remember when people were talking about Miguel Sano being “the next David Ortiz?” Ha. That sure didn’t happen. Sure, Sano had a few good years with the twins, and was a fan favorite, but that k rate always lingering around 30% sure didn’t help his play on the field. I think it was pretty obvious all along that sano wasn’t going to be the next David Ortiz, but the twins pulled the last straw when after just an ok 2021 season, he was injured, and in his 60 at bats, only managed to get five hits. That’s only a 083 batting average! They obviously turned down his 10m$ option and little has been heard about him since. We did hear he had gone to Tampa Bay’s facility’s, but that …

So far he's pitched 1.1 innings this spring and given up 9 earned runs. I'm just impressed at this point. I didn't know that was possible.

Just making mental notes about Twins' injuries and the respective player's prospects of playing on Opening Day. To my knowledge, three Twins position players haven't taken the field in an exhibition game--Kirilloff, Buxton and Polanco. Two pitchers have been delayed after suffering injuries early--Winder (before ST) and Henriquez. In addition, while he is able to hit, Miranda has been limited to DHing because of a sore shoulder. "New" position player injuries would now include Gordon (today--high ankle sprain), Larnach (lower body) and Celestino (thumb). Did I miss anyone? IMHO this is a rocky start on the injury front. The key to me is the three projected start…

Someone sent me this so I felt it necessary to share: Ponder this question: When you say you hate a particular team, are you talking about the team itself, or the behavior displayed by its fans? Crestline surveyed 1,000 baseball fans across the country to ask their opinions of MLB fan bases and players. Key findings: Minnesota Twins fans were voted the 2nd best-behaved and 6th least annoying fanbase in MLB. Carlos Correa was voted the 5th most annoying player in MLB. The most annoying fan behavior: 1. Getting in fights at games 2. Bad Sportsmanship 3. Fairweather/bandwagon fans. Nationally, 62% of respondents expect the new rules …

While the Twins have established a sad record of playoff futility for twenty years now, they have a record of remarkable accomplishment in another area: they have conditioned their most devoted fans to accept that the team will operate in a way that is likely to perpetuate that futility. That is, the Twins will continue to be cheap spenders. I already know well the eye-roll this complaint elicits among many of the Twins’ most devoted and intelligent fans: How can anyone say that now? Look at the money the Twins shelled out to bring Carlos Correa back (with more than a little help from some extraordinarily bizarre events). Look at the other big name free agents the T…

Since the Twins exhibition game wasn’t on TV and there wasn’t radio coverage, I checked the box score and saw a lot to like. They won 7-0 against a lot of Blue Jays’ regulars including starting pitcher Manoah. Some highlights (again from the box score) 1) Ober with a strong outing (2 innings). 2) Dobnak pitched 2.1 innings of scoreless ball. 3) Bullpen candidates Megill, Santana and Alcala all pitched scoreless ball with Alcala faning all three batters he faced (I saw that he was throwing 95 according to GameDay). 4) The staff picked up 12 strikeouts. 5) Brooks Lee with two hits, Willi Castro with three (Castro has had a pretty good spring--I think he might be a…

I know that the twins already have enough in the bullpen however I think that there is one more arm we could add and that is Corey Knebel I think that if we trade Pagan (or even just outright release him) and replace him with Knebel the teams pitching staff could be in the top half of the AL. We have a solid rotation with Lopez, Ryan, Gray, Mahle, and Maeda and with Knebel, Jax, Lopez, and Duran in the pen this could be a playoff ready staff if all goes well.

For all of you complaining about too much video, you can exit here 🙂 The Twins put out this video, and it seems it’s going to be a series. But here’s the first installment. Gets me so excited for the season!

It's getting time to speculate on the Opening Day lineup, so let's try with a twist: given this 40-man roster, what is the lineup you dream on - peak performances, no injuries, no managerial biases or brain farts? Mine: Polanco 2B Correa SS Kirilloff 1B Buxton CF Gallo LF Miranda 3B Larnach DH Vazquez C Kepler RF Thoughts? Is there a better DH option than Larnach? Solano? Julien? Would the defense/offense tradeoff be better with Farmer at 3B and Miranda at DH? Is there a better leadoff option than Polanco? Do you stack Buxton and Correa back to back? Do you move Gallo up to third and ride the OBP? Is peak Keple…

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We’ve heard/read reports from ST that pitching velocity is already high, at season levels and not early ST levels. So, I have a question I don’t have an answer for, and won’t, likely until September, or later into October, but will this be a detriment down the road of seeing tired or injured (knock on wood) arms? Some pitchers have ramped up early because of the WBC, but will it last through the season and into the post season? Or will we see regression? Thoughts?

Here are a few observations made today by the MLB site's Do-Young Park on the progress of Kirilloff. The header read: “Kirilloff ‘really optimistic’ about wrist.” In the article Park writes: though “he hasn’t begun taking swings against live pitching, there’s been a “lot of improvement” in how he feels during his measured swing progression....with continued abatement in the soreness and aches he feels in his right wrist as the bone heals. When asked about his potential availability for Opening Day, he didn’t offer a direct answer. The greater priority in the big picture is making sure he can swing pain-free. He also hopes that continued tweaks to his lower-half usage w…

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While Minnesota may be forever mired in winter, the crack of the bat is being heard in Ft Myers. Baseball is back, and it’s time to hand out our offseason community awards. Image courtesy of Brock Beauchamp A few times a year, we hit the pause button and take a moment to talk about and reward our most popular community members and the contributions they bring to Twins Daily. During what was (far and away) the wildest Twins off-season of my lifetime, the community exploded w…

Just saw a report on Rotoworld from Do-Hyoung Park, that Gordon has a mild to moderate left high ankle sprain. He was in a boot walking with crutches after the game. Not good news at all.

as Fort Myers was heavily impacted by the hurricane last year and @se7799@Squirrel discusses in the other thread, I thought it might be good to discuss on it’s own thread how TDers are navigating the very challenging Spring Training Accommodations. I can’t make it this year, but my usual air BnB is gone :(

Can’t find this elsewhere on TD, Celestino has a thumb injury and will be out 6-8 weeks. As I understand, since he is on the 40-man roster and hasn’t been optioned, he will be on the major league IL (big league pay and service time). It would seem to me that Celestino could be placed on the 60-day IL and create a space for a non-roster invitee.

When will the first round of cuts/options happen, anyone know?

In the two previous seasons, our Minnesota Twins have fallen dramatically short of our expectations. Sought as a division-winner, possible World Series contender in 2021 and a potential division winner in 2022, the Twins have finished under .500 both seasons, leaving us fans in disappointment, disgust, and disarray. Our favorite team hopes to break its two-year playoff drought in 2023, and they've demonstrated that by making several additions to the team this past offseason. Offseason additions include SP Pablo Lopez, OF Joey Gallo, and OF Michael A. Taylor. The team was also able to resign SS Carlos Correa. Finally, SP/RP Kenta Maeda, SS Royce Lewis, OF Alex Kirillo…

Not a fan of the new "M" logo on the caps. Looks plain and boring IMO. Why did they spend so much to replace the TC logo that has been the mark of the Twins for over 60 years?

We're still running this through some drafts but I wanted to share it with all of you first. Give this a read and share your feedback!

Not smart for a player on the prospect bubble already. This will put him at least a couple weeks behind other pitchers as we ramp up to opening day.