Ugly Game Last Night

[mike morris]

SWING and a miss by flash

[mr_jman]

Yup, ITS EARLY!!!!! Detroit is 0-3 and the Royals are 3-0 SWEEPING Detroit IN Detroit!!!!! Impressive. Anyone ready to call the Royals the AL Central Champs and mark the Tigers in the 5th spot. I THINK NOT! So don't rule out the Twins..... We'll see what they do against the 1st place Royals this weekend!!!!! Another tough loss today. 3 of the 4 games were 1 run games. We played a good team and played some close games. I'm not worried!

[Mudcutter]

Yeah it's early,, but late enough to say the Twins don't have the pitching of a year ago. No Cy Young and on. Our lineup is nice, but KC and all the rest have better starting pitching. and I see the TWins placing last in a very comp AL Cent.

First place will not be decided by more than 12 games between the 5 teams. Twins 81-81 at best.

2 years from now, I expect 95-100 wins.

MUD

[Scott K]

Whether they are champs this year or not, I will watch them as much as I can! This team has some really good talent waiting to break out! And I will be there cheering them on and watching when it happens!

[mr_jman]

If they can hold onto this group of guys and pick up a good pitcher or get some from within. (Liriano gets healthy too) This team will be exciting if not this year than '09 and '10. As a lot of people are saying this is a team being built for the new stadium so to speak. If we have to sit through a year or two of .500 baseball to make a real run at a championship then it'll pay off. The Twins organization seems to know what its doing most of the time! Anyways the WILD are in the playoffs and Northwest Champs, so if the Twins stink it up at least we've got something to cheer for for a while!!!!!

[Team Otter]

 Originally Posted By: 4wanderingeyes

This team has some really good talent waiting to break out!

I'm not so sure that's any better than having talent that "used to be good". Yes, the Twins have some talent but they're a mediocre team at best and they're an injury or two away from disaster (i.e. shallow bench).

[Willy]

 Originally Posted By: mr_jman

If they can hold onto this group of guys and pick up a good pitcher or get some from within. (Liriano gets healthy too) This team will be exciting if not this year than '09 and '10. As a lot of people are saying this is a team being built for the new stadium so to speak. If we have to sit through a year or two of .500 baseball to make a real run at a championship then it'll pay off. The Twins organization seems to know what its doing most of the time! Anyways the WILD are in the playoffs and Northwest Champs, so if the Twins stink it up at least we've got something to cheer for for a while!!!!!

Their pitching is set up to be very strong for years to come. As far as arms go, the Twins are plump full of them. Our holes are in our lineup, and always have been.

Problem with the Twins is that when they draft players, they draft cheap. Meaning they will draft guys that will sign for less, rather than going for the top flight guys that demand more money, which most top hitting prospects demand.

That is why their system is so bare when it comes to hitting prospects.

What the Twins need to do this year IMO, is figure out what they have with these young pitchers. Find out which ones are dispensable and which ones they want to keep and flip a few of them for some more young bats if possible. We need to balance out our organizaion, we have tons of arms, but not very many bats ready to contribute other than the ones on the big league roster already.