It's high time we had a MINNESOTA TWINS THREAD

Let's predict the day when the Twins overtake the White Sox. I say July 10. I would have said soon, but they don't play Chicago again until mid-August.

Minnesota									
	        IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA 	

J. Santana	8	4	3	3	1	14	2	3.67	

J. Rincon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	

J. Nathan	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.7	

J. Crain	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.83	

J. Romero	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.66	
(W 1-2)

FUKC

3.829 - 2005 Minnesota Twins (314K:82 BB)
3.095 -- 2002 Arizona Diamondbacks (1303:421)
3.045 -- 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers (1084:356)
2.984 - 2003 New York Yankees (1119:375)
2.816 - 2002 New York Yankees (1135:403)
2.813 - 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks (1297:461)
2.795 - 1994 Montreal Expos (805:288)
2.761 - 1996 Atlanta Braves (1245:451)
2.750 - 1967 Minnesota Twins (1089:396)
2.741 - 1990 New York Mets (1217:444)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmqOlyknUsI

happier times

kyle gibson is not impressing

they have the best minor-league system, BP says

they have miguel sano and byron buxton (who are awesome)

not too sure about the pitchers

Heating up!

"We were trying to give money away," he said. "Some players didn't take it. They signed with other people."

so plaintive: http://www.twincities.com/twins/ci_25425197/twins-antony-we-were-trying-give-money-away

game-time temperature: 31°

that's -1°, for the J's fans!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aDySaW7aZg

How are these guys in second place, one back of the Tigers? Their starting pitching is awful, Mauer and Willingham aren't hitting, and their team leader in homers somehow has 7 HR and just 9 RBI. Is Chris Colabello the best scrap heap pickup ever?

apparently their pitching staff is generating fewer swings-and-misses than any other team in the pitch/fx era

however: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-twins-new-plan-dont-swing/

Pelf in solid twinbill innings-eater form -- 2 IP, 3 ER, 47 pitches

if they wake up and cut him that'll really kill my HM team

alex meyer's ready, but he may not pitch to enough contact to suit the twins

Mike Pelfrey (0-3), who hasn't won at Target Field since April 16, 2013, gave up five runs and seven hits and walked three in four innings for the Twins.

If Pelfrey doesn't pitch better soon, he could wind up in the bullpen.

"We've got to do something about it, we have to fix it," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We're trying to get him on the right path."

doing something about it = putting him on the dl lol

goddammit

you should complain to bud, as it is clearly bullshit

Twins placed center fielder Aaron Hicks on the seven-day disabled list Friday with concussion-like symptoms, and right-hander Mike Pelfrey was headed for the 15-day DL after reporting soreness in his left groin.

how soon are they disabling Correia? It's only fair.

@LaVelleNeal
The new AL leader in saves with 12 - Glen Perkins

finally overcame tommy hunter

how important is Kendrys?

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/78921250/minnesota-twins-signs-kendrys-morales-strong-lineup#!WB3ZP

@MikeBerardino
Oswaldo Arcia's ankle is good to go. Back in right for first time since Thursday.

@MikeBerardino
Gardy on Arcia's pregame work: "Fine. He missed all the normal balls that he would miss during a game."

Twins baseball is just not on the radar in the midwest. What are the big beefs among the Twins fanbase? Do they still like Gardenhire or would love to see him replaced? Twins are pretty good illustration on what happens when you sign players for big bucks and not having a plan B. I see some parallels to the Reds with Votto and Bruce. If those two guys get hurt, the Reds are screwed. With how Morneau fell apart and Mauer got hurt a couple times, they didn't have anyone that could replace those two. Their pitching totally imploded too.

for sale

We failed to buy the silverdome we shd buy twins

I’m in.

man, reading a bit more about the history, can't believe they were about to be contracted at one point. what a storied franchise! did mlb have no respect for kirby puckett??

... and now i find out that kirby puckett is a milkshake duck

ah well

Twins should be owned by the fans. I'll put my '87 Homer Hankie up for sale.

I have a souvenir beach towel of the next day’s front page of the Star Tribune of the ‘87 WS win

I got to wonder if more than a few clubs come up for sale in the next year or two. I think with the shakiness of the tv/ stream contracts, the finances of baseball are a big mess that could pull the rug out from underneath many of the smaller market clubs. Sell them while they have this inflated valuation is my thought.