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If you want to express YOUR opinion, please feel free to do so. Saying "Everybody knows..." is, in my opinion, your attempt to make someone feel bad. And you kept on trying.

If you don't want...

What, you're thinking we're sellers at the trade deadline? No way, man! We're gonna, um, win, um, third place in the Central. Go Twins!!

I have a different "other half of the equation". Joe is getting more high strike calls than Lucroy. Even a sinker ball pitcher has to throw high once in a while.

Mastroianni was injured, so, no.

No doubt Revere is a better RF than Parmelee. I was thinking of our defense up the middle. Last April's starting shortstop was Carroll, who wore down when playing every day. I think Florimon has...

Well, first of all, anybody is available if the price is right. Morneau is one of the Twins core players, and I predict he'll hit well enough to earn at least the minimum $13 million-for-a-year...

The Twins will score more runs, play better defense, pitch no better than last year for the first month or two. If we finish April near .500, it's because we won a lot of high-scoring games, like we...

Nah, don't look at it that way. This could be really, really rough in April. We'll be fine once the real starters show up.

Hicks got another catch-em-out--throw-em-out double play today. Denard who?

The original five:

1) The Twins will use more than 10 starting pitchers.
I agree, but I'm not troubled by it. Add Diamond and Gibson to the five we're starting with and you're up to 7. ...

The Twins need starters. Plus, Deduno is just so f*#king fun to watch when he's on. 3-2 pitch, OK here it comes right down the middle.... not!!!

My preference is, Hicks in CF and Mastro in right. Let Parmalee come off the bench.

I am not ruling out Mauer hitting some dingers. During his MVP year, if you pitched to him on the inner half of the plate, he often pulled the ball. Maybe he'll start doing that again.

I don't...

By mid-season, the Twins will have improved more than the Tigers did. Which means the Tigers won't win as many games against us as they did last year. I will take the under.

Lol, that's a cute emoticon!

Hicks hit 3 home runs today, Morneau looks to be healthy again, Mauer is hitting well. I think we will score more runs than last year. The middle infield is looking solid, Plouffe is hitting, damn....

My condolences to you for picking the wrong game to watch today. Hicks goes deep 3 times!!

This is one of those chicken-and-egg arguments. Do the Twins have a chance to be a winning ballclub this year? Heck yes, if they improve their starting pitching and find a center fielder. I would...

From Phil Mackey's on-line chat today:

"Honestly, the service clock thing isn't a huge deal. Teams hold players back to make sure they don't become arbitration-eligible after their second year,...

Carroll has been a very useful player to the Twins. If he continues playing well, I hope his $2m option DOES vest for 2014 -- he earned it.

Exactly. The best players should be up here. Get over it.

I don't agree. I think the Twins will fire up a marketing campaign around their new young pitchers. I think it'll work, too.

Compared to last year's starters, yes he is.

The Fort Myers Trio
The Florida Flashes -- naw, everyone will say The Florida Flashers
The Flycatchers*
The Twins Triplets
I am kinda liking Speed, Shock, and Swift.

*Wikipedia says there are...

Gibson needs to come north with the Twins. The reason: He looks to be our best pitcher. If he stays in the minors for a couple of months, it's an absolutely unmistakeable signal from the front...