Minnesota Twins Talk

I am thinking the current active roster should be structured differently. Obviously Godoy makes sense with Sanchez’s health issues. However they have six outfielders on the active roster in Buxton, Kepler, larnach, Garlick,Gordon, and Celestino. No point I having Celestino on the active roster if he is not getting at bats. Clearly they feel Gordon can handle center field and they like Garlick’s bat against lefties. I would rather see Celestino in Saint Laul playing everyday. If you send Celestino down you can bring up Moran as a 3rd Lefty. Also, if Winder isn’t pitch ever 5 days or in a transition relief role send him to Saint Paul and keep he stretched…

Per Audra Martin on the Twins postgame show Josh Winder has been named the starter for tomorrow (5/1).

Letting him dh to limit his exposure really worked out well now, didn't it?

I know these are fluff pieces and click bate but if mlb.com can let Rosenthal go then the person who does thier rankings should be next. How do the Twins go 5-2 and take over 1rst place in thier division and fall from 19th to 22nd in the rankings at mlb.com?

From the FiveThirtyEight crew comes a somewhat deep dive into Buck's impact on the lineup: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/we-want-to-believe-in-byron-buxton/ Exec Summary: Buck is playing at All-Universe levels. When he plays. His impact on the Twins win percentage is undeniable. Some of the stat's are new to me and reinforce the point, but also put into perspective the company Buck keeps at these levels. Heady stuff. He is also missing games at an all-time level. But we know this. So the question for TD members: Are there other ideas, beyond the regular day-off rotation, that we can submit to the Twins brain-trust to better risk-manage Buck in-game? …

GW hit again for Sano, with strategic baserunning to finish the game.

Houston just released Baez. Should the Twins consider picking him up for the veteran's minimum? His stats from pre-pandemic seasons look encouraging - even more encouraging than Bundy's. Any other FA RP out there that warrant consideration by the Twins?

Will they move back to a six man rotation when Gray comes off the IL? I don't see how that will work once the rosters shrink. Here's a thought, maybe move Archer to the bullpen with the hope he can eventually close some games. In his first two starts he was hitting mid nineties the first time through the order. Maybe he can add a tick or two if he only has to pitch one or two innings. It may also be a way to inject new life into his career. Smoltz and Eckersley successfully made the transition.

I wanted to share with my fellow Twins Daily community members that on Monday 4/25 I welcomed my first child to the world. I would like to think that she knew it was an off-day for the Twins and decided to arrive then ?. I would also like to point out that since her arrival the Twins have not lost a game! Coincidence!? I think not! With excitement, Twins_Fan_In_Texas

For those among us that have seen the earth orbit the sun more than 50 times, the St. Paul paper had a writer named Don Riley who weekly had an item "scattergunning from the catbird's seat". In a similar fashion,I have several thoughts and have thrown them together for comment: 1) Has anyone seen two wackier late inning victories than the Twins 2-1 win on Friday and the 5-4 walk-off on Tuesday? 2) Raise your hand if you thought at the start of the season that the best lineup against a right hander would include Nick Gordon in left field and Luis Arraez at first base. 3) Is it time to move Carlos Correa down in the lineup temporarily? He seems to be fighting…

I was dumbfounded that Baldelli chose to let Celestino bat in the bottom of the 9th inning with RISP rather than PH with Correa. That was an unconscionable choice - sending a career .130 hitter to the plate instead of Correa. IF resting a starter means not bringing him into the game under ANY circumstances, then the Twins had better carry at least one more bench player and one fewer RP.

We are just starting the 4th trip through our rotation, and so far everyone has looked good. I am very happy with this, but I want to give some pause to saying we will be great all year. Many of the guys have either not pitched a full season, new to AL, or coming off of bad years with injuries. I have long said that does not mean they cannot do well, but we have seen in the past new additions that make changes to approach have early results, only to have the league adjust later in the year and the pitchers regress. Now of course Bundy will not have a sub 1 ERA all year, and each guy will have a dud of a start, all pitchers do. To me, we need to see how they do …

Currently planning the day to day for my first trip to MN in a few years and hoping to attend a couple Twins games next month. It's been a while since I've been, so curious where everyone's favorite seats are. I'm sure Champion's club is great, but not paying that and looking for more of the lower priced gem seats out there. I've always wanted to sit in the 136-138 right field sections, but the seats are limited. So, what are people's favorite sections/general areas at TF? ALSO bars for before and after games. Patios on good weather days are appreciated.

Our Minnesota Twins DID make quite a few additions and changes leading into the 2022. Always enjoy the writings at this site, especially the overview of ALL teams as the season progresses. Here's a link: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/04/offseason-in-review-minnesota-twins-14.html

Obviously the reason for our recent success.

Byron Buxton is hitting .351, with 6 HR, 4 2B, and 11 RBI in the first 37 PA of 2022. How likely is it that he can stay healthy this year and maybe win an MVP award?

Since our pitchers are only pitching 2 times thru the batting order, why not eliminate the poorer performing pitchers and settle on the 4 best? That way Winder can have some help in long relief and perhaps Jhon Duran will get a chance to start. (I love him as a reliever, but I feel he may be too good to be used only in relief. Wouldn't you like to see our best pitchers more often? I understand that this may not be practical for OBer and RYan because of their youth and the desire to protect their arms, but since they are only pitching about 70- 80 innings or so, why not use them more often>

I’m struggling to keep up with where we stand on the evaluation of Johnson. Do we love him again?

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The Twins just lost to the Royals tonight by a score of 2-0, dropping them to 4-8 in their first 12 games. Why is that? Somewhat shockingly, it has not been because of their pitching staff. Here are some of the Twins' offensive rankings: Batting Average: Bottom 5 Runs Scored: Bottom 10 Strikeouts: Top 10 Most Team OPS: Bottom 10 Several of their hitters have underperformed (Sano, Polanco, Kirilloff, Correa, etc). They have also been hit with the injury bug early in the year. Buxton and Kirilloff have both hit the IL early in the year. Why is this? Why are the Twins struggling so much on offense when it was expected to be one of baseball's b…

Oddly enough, for all the gnashing of teeth last week, we are half a game out of first place and one game out of the wild card race, Long season. Looking forward to watching it.

I don't know why this article showed up on my Twitter timeline tonight. I assumed it was current, but it's actually from 2009, the final season that the Twins played at the Dome. Anyway, Tom Powers wrote a fun article about some characters of the Twins during the Metrodome years. Examples are Lew Ford, David West, Houston Jiminez, and several others... Fleas is funny! https://www.twincities.com/2009/07/25/tom-powers-twins-have-employed-some-strange-characters-during-dome-era/

Introduction There has been a lot of discussion about the struggles of the Twins offense to start the 2022 season and there definitely is a lot to discuss on that topic. However, I want to turn to the Twins pitching. The two-names that I want to first call out as promising & exciting are the starts of Joe Ryan & Bailey Ober. Ryan & Ober are two players that many Twins fans have been pleasantly surprised with extending to last season. Joe Ryan doesn't have a large sample size of minor league track record, but across his stops as he worked his way to the majors (and in the Olympics last season), Ryan consistently showed the ability to strike ou…

Who is the Twins’ best player this year?

Warning: nitpick alert. My pet peeve has finally reached the point where I can't not say something. Tyler Duffey has been in the Twins organization for nearly ten years now since being drafted on June 6, 2012. Ten years! Yet that doesn't seem to be a long enough time for people to learn to spell his name. Pay attention, now. D-U-F-F-E-Y. There is an E between the second F and the Y. It's not difficult, and moreover it's just common courtesy to spell someone's name correctly. Thank you for letting me rant, and my apologies for airing this probably trivial complaint. No offense intended.

I’m not hesitant to criticize our front office. However I want to give them credit for signing Nelson Cruz, getting great production from him and then flipping him for Joe Ryan. Huge benefits that may last for many more years with Ryan in the rotation. Here is the must un-sabr observation ever. Ever notice that Nick Gordon does something positive every time he gets in there?

The Twins have a full 40-man roster at present and there appear to be some players in St. Paul and perhaps Wichita who could help this club. Also, they only have two catchers on their 40-man roster, so an injury to one of the catchers (even if the player doesn't go on the Injured List) would necessitate a 40-man move. First, let me run down the players who could be reasonably considered for promotion: Mark Contreras, Jake Cave, Jermaine Palacios, Curtis Terry, Chance Cisco or Jose Godoy, Devin Smeltzer, Juan Minaya and probably a half dozen other pitchers and Austin Martin in Wichita (although he is off to a slow start). Others may play themselves into consideration…

Ryan Jeffers - 188/278/188 last year - 199/270/401 Mitch Garver - 250/367/375 1 HR last year 256/358/517 Gary Sanchez - 227/292/409 1HR 11 Ks in 22 ABs last year 204/307/423 Still trying to figure out the catcher plans. Are we better? Were we required to trade Garver to get Kiner-Falefa so we could get rid of Donaldson? By the way Kiner Falefa is batting 174/208/261 Correa is batting 188/280/261 Come on Carlos! Chase Petty has one start - 7 innings, 1`.29 era, 6 K .0857 Whip Sonny Gray - now hurt, I hope it does not last long. 2 starts, 4.2 innings 3.86 era whip 1.286 So far we are winning the Urshela over Donaldson except tha…

Sano with game winning RBI today, just wanted some positive headline about Sano. It was only the 2nd inning and he did K twice in the game, but he did put the Twins ahead in the game and they stayed ahead the rest of the game. I see some positive signs for Sano lately, much better than last year the first month of the season. He was completely lost at the plate early last year. Before today, only K'ed twice the past 5 games he played.