Minnesota Twins: Twins (Bradley) vs Royals (Ragan's): 4/2/26, 1:10 pm CDT

[stringer bell]

14 hours ago, C-Gangster said:

I'm so happy the twins won today. My brother got in a very bad car accident today and the damage was very severe he's fine but the people who saw the crash say he's lucky to be alive. And the twins cheered me up a little bit because I got into baseball because of my big brother and just I thank the lord that he's alive. I don't think I could do anything with out my brother. So I am very grateful that the twins won. I'm sorry for unloading my problems on you guys but I like to think of twins daily has a family. And I am very grateful for all of you guys and that my brother is ok.

That is what baseball is supposed to be--a break from daily life, which is often sad and sometimes overwhelming. I'm glad your brother is going to be okay, so the damage was to the vehicle more than him?  Best wishes to him. 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

47 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

 

Who is this Cody guy? Laweryson? 

The first baseman/second baseman is Kody Clemens. Is that who you are referring to? It's already sad that his last name is misspelled so often, given his famous father. 

Apologies for being the spelling police.  

Yeah, Kody. That's how I spelled it - I just didn't call out the reply post that spelled his name with a 'C'. Life's too short, that kind of thing.

[KirbyDome89]

19 hours ago, tony&rodney said:

KC is outspending MN by $149-107 according to Fangraphs. They are trying to win and might. The Royals line up better than the Twins except for in CF, with both teams having less than stellar position depth on the bench. The Royals have tried to entice teams into trades to acquire outfielders but have really struggled. Lane Thomas was a desperation move. He was hurt last year. Don't give up on KC though. Carter Jensen and Jac Caglianone are key players in the Royals fortunes this season.

Well, Twins fans are all too familiar with outspending divisional opponents only to yield disappointing results. Ideally a $40M gives you an edge, but if you're throwing that money at players like Lane Thomas I'd argue you're basically lighting that cash on fire. I know he was hurt last year, but he was terrible when he wasn't, and he was terrible during his time with Cleveland post deadline in 2024. 

KC might stack up better side by side vs. the Twins, but we're talking about a MN club that looks like 90 losses might be median outcome right now. The Royals will stay alive this season because the ALC sucks. Bubic is gone after this year. Ragan's is gone after 2027; this is a club that should be pushing in, and instead they're going to tread water in an awful division. Massey, Isbel, India, Thomas, Loftin, Marte; that's almost half the positional group that should be the 26th man and/or floating on the waiver wire, but instead they'll get serious run.