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What the Twins really need is for Buxton, Sano, and Berrios to become the super stars that we were hoping they would become. Can we even call them stars?? How many All Star games have the the three of them been in?? And yet we're already talking about them becoming free agents!!! Every very good team needs a few superstars surrounded by good players, who are the Twins superstars?? If two out of the three would emerge as truly great players, then you could build around them, make a big trade or two, but at this point is just a 'poke and hope'. Hope that they emerge so the other moves the front office makes pans out.

Disapointing to hear of Donaldsons injury, especially when you hear 'he has a history of calf injuries'. Where were the Twins trainers?? They should have been on top of that and working with him every day. And then there the often injured Buxton. Its a head shaker. At some point it has to more than just 'bad luck'. I hope the Twins don't give up any top prospects in a trade, MLB is only one or two Covid breakouts from having to cancel their already shortened season.

Until our fearless leaders promote and start wearing a mask, the people that follow them won't wear a mask.

No way would I goto a game right now. Cheap tickets and 25% capacity would be tempting but you'd still run into lots of people in the concourses that a) don't have masks on don't even try to social distance. And part of the charm of going to a game at Target Field is having a beer or two and sampling the food. If you couldn't stay away from people, I would not go.

dumb...

Hopefully hes learned that he doesn't need to run thru walls to be a good defender, and learned that he can help the team more by being on the field than the injured list.

With Buxton and his injury history its not IF needed, its WHEN needed.

How does something like this happen?? He's been back and forth many times, shouldn't getting a visa be automatic by now?? Can someone explain the whole visa process??

The list seems short of true defensive centerfielders, who is in line to come up when Buxton hurts himself by trying to run thru a wall again?

Looking at your 2019 list, where is Luis Arráez?? How can he make it to the big league team and not even be ranked?? Who will be the 2020 surprise??

These are the types of informative articles that I like on Twins Daily and the reason that I log in. Thanks!!! Keep it up!!!!

You'd think other teams would have picked up on this 'trash can banging' noise and reported it??!

I like the way the new regime will put an injured player on the injured list right away and bring up a replacement player. It used to drive me crazy when they'd have an injured player sitting on the bench, wouldn't put in on the IR list, but then Gardy would complain about being shorthanded. A head shaker...

I liked this line from the original article by Seth: And keep an eye on the phone, always looking to make a big addition in July… or June… or May! Jump in and make a trade in late May or June before teams start to get desperate at the trade deadline, forcing the price up. I think they do need to add more pitching before spring training, with the poor starting pitching, the bullpen is going to get wore down.

Nice series of articles!!! Thanks!!

I agree with you, I think it will be a three team race, but you scare me when you say that a healthy Buxton is what it will take to be really good. When was the last time Buxton had a full healthy season??

I like it!!! You'll win a lot of races that way!!!

Good article!!!! Reading the comments is also interesting, it summarizes the continual debate here on TD, go all in, trade prospects, sign big $ free agents, gotta have that World Series vs. trying to build for continual success. Its actually getting kind of amusing. It goes round and round....

You make a good point, they have yet to prove that they can stay competitive for the next 8 years but so far I really like what Falvine has done, upgrading the farm system, coaches, showing us a 100 win season, etc. We'll have to revisit this issue in eight years. I will also say that getting one big buck pitcher doesn't guarantee that the Twins would be in the world series, which is what a lot of the posters here on TD think. The older I get the more I realize that slow and steady will win a lot of races. Stay competitive, make the playoffs, excite and draw lots of fans, generating lots of revenue, helping you stay competitive, and hope that you catch that lighting in a bottle and win a few playoff series --- works for me.

The Twins are a lot more fun to follow when the are competitive, have a >.500 record, than when they are 23 games out of first place. I'd rather see them be competitive 8 out of 10 years vs pushing all their chips in, signing 1-2 big buck free agents or making big trades, maybe making the World Series -- and then having a string of 5-6 sub .500 years. If they keep a young competitive core, sign an occasional free agent (can you say Nelson Cruz!!!), stay above .500, they'll keep me happy.

You are correct, until baseball implements a salary cap, the big boys - the Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox, etc. are always going to have an advantage, a very big advantage. If the Twins blow it on a free agent, pick the wrong one, he gets hurt, etc, the Twins are hamstrung for years. The big boys just go sign another one.

In this day in age, after other players have been suspended for taking PEDS masking drugs, ballplayers should be smart enough to check with the team before they take ANY drugs stronger than aspirin. Good signing from a team standpoint, they need pitching but I'm still PO'd at him for getting suspended when the Twins really needed him.

I wonder how the info 'leaks' out on the amount that that the Twins offered Wheeler?? Or how accurate the info really is??!

The key to game one is Berrios. I think the Twins will score 4-5 runs against the Yanks but can Berrios hold them to five runs?? Good Berrios, Twins win. Bad Berrios, Twins lose.

Where did Arraez rank as a prospect in TD off-season prospect list??