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The Minnesota Twins are expected to compete for the American League Central division crown once again in 2022. After the 2021 season wound up being a flop, it was clear the front office went out looking to push the envelope this offseason. Now with the roster set, who’s going to beat the odds?

Managers tend to soak up a lot of blame while their teams are struggling, and receive little credit when things are going well. It's the name of the game.

Let's buck that norm. Rocco Baldelli is managing his ass off this year, and Monday night's win in Oakland was a perfect example.

Prior to the 2022 Major League Baseball season I called Cole Sands a dark horse rotation candidate for the Minnesota Twins. Similar to Bailey Ober and Joe Ryan last year, he seemed like a guy that could step up. It hasn’t happened yet, but he’s now being given a chance to make it work.

Minnesota’s front office filled multiple needs at the trade deadline, but the team is hardly perfect. So, what are the team’s most significant weaknesses?

The Twins won’t be in the playoffs, but in their final series at home, they made sure to show their appreciation to fans attending the game at Target Field by securing a series win against the White Sox.

The last two seasons haven’t gone the way we’d hoped for the Twins. With the offseason continuing to unfold, many questions remain unanswered. The Twins could find themselves leaning heavily on breakout candidates in 2023.

More than 300 Twins fans crowded into The Pourhouse in Downtown Minneapolis on Saturday night as Twins Daily's Winter Meltdown event returned for the first time since 2020.

Read on for a recap of the evening's events.

Much has been made of how badly the Akil Baddoo situation worked out for the Minnesota Twins. He hadn’t played since 2019 and was coming off an injury, but the 40 man roster had other expendable pieces, and the Detroit Tigers made it hurt. This time around, Minnesota sought to avoid a repeat performance.

Major League Baseball locked out its players on December 2nd. Since then, we have had virtually no baseball news and very little progress regarding the resumption of activity. Before that, though, there was madness. Eventually, we’ll get that madness again, but is it enough?

The Twins entered the offseason with an aggressive need for high-end pitching – one which they basically half-addressed with their trades and signings.

For better or worse, the front office will lean hard this season on an internal pipeline it's spent half a decade developing. 

Byron Buxton revealed that the Twins and he are working a plan to keep him healthy for at least 100 games, a mark he has only reached one time in his career. This has raised the question whether can he be worth his 7-year, $100M+ contract if he only plays that much? The answer is yes, but before we dive into why, let’s look at Buxton through a stat that traditionalists love: RBI.