Poll -- how many wins this year?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

 

69

Then you should record that in the poll, so that "under 75" is not stuck on zero...

 

or not!

 

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

I think 85-86 but that's on the line so I decided to be optimistic for once and voted 86-90.

[Mike Sixel]

82, because they sell at the deadline, instead of buy. If they buy, which I'm predicting they don't, 88.

[yarnivek1972]

84

[Major League Ready]

 

I think 85-86 but that's on the line so I decided to be optimistic for once and voted 86-90.

 

I did the exact same thing hoping the optimism of Perez comes to fruition.  Plus, Buxton has looked good and that could bump us up a bit too.

[FormerMinnasotan]

I think it’ll be 84 wins this year. I believe there’ll be some improvement this year and next year we really start to move forward as a legit AL contender.

[ScrapTheNickname]

Hope springs eternal, then the season begins. I'm guessing 78 wins.

[Thegrin]

My psychic powers pick 91.

[ahart10]

I’d love to pick this team to win the division or get a wild card, but Twins have a lot of question marks. Overall team health aside Sano, Buxton, Schoop, Perez, and Reed all had down years and are still being counted on to contribute this year. Can Cron prove it? Or is he LoMo 2.0? Kepler take a step forward? Pineda look as good as he was in NY?

 

Too many ????

Edit: 81

[h2oface]

92. Gotta go for the gusto and have something to hope for.

[strumdatjaguar]

87    The Twins and Indians will both feast on the other teams tanking in the Central.  That adds about -4 games to my prediction.   That may or may not be enough to win the division or a wild card.

[mickeymental]

162.

[strumdatjaguar]

 

87    The Twins and Indians will both feast on the other teams tanking in the Central.  That adds about -4 games to my prediction.   That may or may not be enough to win the division or a wild card.

I meant feasting on the weak Central will add 3-4

[Tom Froemming]

I'm excited, just not very optimistic. 82?

[laloesch]

I'm gonna say 87. I think the offense will be quite a bit better and the bullpen marginally better. Add in a healthy Pineda and we might squeak out a few more wins against quality opponents. fingers crossed

[yarnivek1972]

162.

I’ll take the under

[Jham]

81

[PseudoSABR]

On MLB tonight, both Reynolds and Plesac picked the Twins to win the Central.  They also showed OOTP simulation which has us second.  Plesac went on to pick Rocco as MOY and Berrios as breakout player.

[USAFChief]

I'll go with 86. Pitching isnt good enough for more, but playing in the ALC helps enough to get above .500.

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

I did the exact same thing hoping the optimism of Perez comes to fruition.  Plus, Buxton has looked good and that could bump us up a bit too.

See, I think Perez is an afterthought. If anything, a negative in the aggregate.

 

I think the gains come from any mixture of Buxton, Polanco, Sano, Kepler, etc. coming into their own and basically rocking. Any one of them could bring 3-4 wins to the team and I think this is an 81-83 win team as they stand today. But they have enough young players that a few should step up and give a few wins. If a few step up and a few are outstanding, then you have a 90 win team. I can't predict that but I think at least one or two players will go big this year and post 3 WAR seasons.

 

That puts the team around the 85 win range.

[Brock Beauchamp]

That was literally the most garbage, OMG OPENING DAY IS HERE, post I've ever made.

[scottz]

86

[TheLeviathan]

85, I can't shake the fear the rotation lets us down.

[Twins33]

84

[Aerodeliria]

I am going to go with 89 as well. I think it is imperative to start the season off by playing well. (We'll have a perfect record at least once this season, let's hope it is 1-0 and not 0-1.)

 

No matter what transpires, even a bad season of Twins baseball beats a bad season of Vikings football, a bad season of Timberwolves basketball and a bad season of Wild hockey. Woo-hoo! Let's PLAY BALL! 

[notoriousgod71]

The Twins pitching staff vs AL Central lineups is the proverbial unstoppable force vs the immovable object but in reverse.

[Platoon]

That 84ish range. A lot of reliance on pitchers with no solid history of success, backed by an IF which won't improve any pitchers numbers. An offense without much on base talent, hoping solo home runs occur in massive numbers? The weak division improves the count considerably, maybe 6 games at a minimum.

[Platoon]

Btw, I assume no one will ever dredge up these numbers in mid September? :)

[twinssporto]

96 wins this year for the Twins! 

 

Just like everyone was too optimistic last year (me included), I think this year people are too down on the team.  There finally seems to be some chemistry and team unity I haven't seen for a long time now.  Pitching might be a little weak but some of this takes a little luck too.  

 

Go big or go home.

 

 

[cardsfan]

How about an outsider who has followed Twins since 70's? 76-80 wins, but, in weak division shot at next year. If you could get 35-37 team wins from Berrios and Gibson and BP is good 86-88 wins and competing with Indians.