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Top Gun Day at Target field brought a need for speed, and a win, but the Royals got on the board early, while the Twins struggled to find a rhythm. 

The 2022 Minnesota Twins have been a pleasant surprise to many, especially considering they started the season in a 4-8 hole. They’re in first place, with a squandering White Sox team 4.5 games back entering Friday. Even then, the Twins could use a boost in multiple areas. The bullpen is no exception. 

Minnesota’s roster is littered with potential candidates for the AL Rookie of the Year. As May comes to a close, here are how the top-5 candidates rank so far in 2022.

Eight total pitches were needed and the Royals presented a threat until late in the ninth inning, but the Twins held on to win the game behind a great offensive performance. Gary Sánchez and Gio Urshela, both with three hits, were two of the six Minnesota batters with a multi-hit game.

The AL Central was expected to be among the weaker divisions in baseball and so far that’s been accurate. With Minnesota the current favorite and Chicago trying to hold serve, everyone else has gone backwards. Only the top two teams have a winning record across their last ten games.

The Twins will likely be in the market for relief pitching at this year’s trade deadline as their bullpen continues to get a massive workload game after game. With the long term in mind, it may make more sense for them to start looking sooner rather than later.

Last year's gong show has turned celebratory in the TD forums, as the Twins continue to crush their Central competition like a T. Rex.

An incredible outing on the bump from Devin Smeltzer wasn't enough to propel the Twins to a series-opener victory against the Royals. Get all the details on Thursday night's game. 

The St. Paul Saints have three of the best hitting prospects for Minnesota at the top of their lineup and each looked the part tonight. Down in Florida, Kyle Schmidt flexed his muscles and pitching was lights out from Steven Hajjar.

The Twins signed baseball's biggest free agent, and the team is on pace to win well over 90-games. Even with these factors, there are reasons Target Field attendance continues to be sparse.

The draft will take place just over 50 days from now. Unlike most other drafts, seven-plus weeks is just too far away to forecast with any certainty how the draft is going to go. 

But that doesn’t mean we can’t try!

The Minnesota Twins went into the offseason needing to revamp a starting rotation that had lost both of its top arms and needed a significant talent infusion. When the dust settled it appeared that Derek Falvey and Thad Levine were fine leaning heavily on Joe Ryan and Bailey Ober. Turns out, they look right.