Hard to disagree with the original four chosen, but I think I would swap in Tony O for Mauer (sorry Joe!). No player/person has been a better ambassador for the Twins organization than Tony O and he deserves to be on the mountain.
-Killebrew
-Carew
-Puckett
-Oliva
Feels like the pitch clock got massive blowback this past week because the first game we saw in the spring had the clock directly behind home plate. Now watching more games, most stadiums in ST don't have it directly in the line of sight so it seems less distracting now. It will be an after-thought by midseason and no one will complain about games being on average 2 hours and 40 minutes.
I would rather see Maeda get a look in the back end of the rotation unless serious upgrades are made there (Maeda instead of the bargain bin starters the Twins typically sign) to start the season. If he fails then shift him to the bullpen.
If I missed this already, I apologize, but it would be fascinating to hear what adjustments Buxton has made to get him out of that prolonged slump and back on fire. His slash line in the past week and change is just absurd.
If one thing has been right for the Twins, it's been their starting pitching (can't believe that is the one positive right now). Hopefully the starters can buzzsaw the southsiders' lineup over the weekend and give us a decent chance to win the first series of the year.