A Tiny Schedule Perk for the 2024 Twins

It certainly IS an advantage to be playing the Dodgers in Minnesota so early in April.  But it's also a bit of a shame as well.  Target Field should be PACKED for those games, but if the weather is early April nasty, that could affect the box office negatively.

That Dodgers lineup is going to be pretty top heavy with Mookie-Ohtani-Freeman-Will Smith in the first 4 spots.  How the rest of the Dodger lineup does will depend on which version of Max Muncy they get in 2024 and how young players like Lux, Outman, Vargas and Busch progress.  The first 4 could be epic in terms of runs scored and runs driven in.  The last 4 could be pretty weak.  

Bring them on , I'm always up for a challenge  ....

I'm thinking along TopGunn#22's line; with this odd December weather, I'm going to go with the Twins having their 1st two series washed out due to cold/sleety/snowy weather (April 4,6,7 (CLE) and 8,9,10 (LAD)), with the rest of the season thrown into turmoil with having to squeeze 6 extra home games into the schedule right off the bat.

Went and took a peek; Twins only have 8 days off between the start of the season and the All Star break, and 2 of those are straddled by away series, so only 6 'make-up' days available there. We do have a home series against CLE starting Aug 9th if they needed to do some doubleheaders to fit games in. 

2 hours ago, TopGunn#22 said:

It certainly IS an advantage to be playing the Dodgers in Minnesota so early in April.  But it's also a bit of a shame as well.  Target Field should be PACKED for those games, but if the weather is early April nasty, that could affect the box office negatively.

The lower bowl should be packed.

I'm surprised nobody here has started a discussion about the Twins announcement that they aren't opening up the upper deck until May unless the lower deck sells out. I'm not a fan of artificially reducing supply to make Twins fans pay more for tickets in April.

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Dodgers have spent a BILLION dollars on free agents so far this off-season.  BILLION with a B.

Baseball needs to do something before L.A. just ups and buys an entire team Division,.

CRAZY amount of money.

You mention Buxton?  Who's that? Lol

22 hours ago, DJL44 said:

The lower bowl should be packed.

I'm surprised nobody here has started a discussion about the Twins announcement that they aren't opening up the upper deck until May unless the lower deck sells out. I'm not a fan of artificially reducing supply to make Twins fans pay more for tickets in April.

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Oh wow, had not heard this!

7 hours ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

So that means the cheaper seats aren't available until enough people buy expensive seats?

Yes. The past couple years they have had deals for standing room only tickets in April to try to get people into the ballpark. I think people have been getting used to that bargain price and they want to force people to pay more if they want to attend in April.

13 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Both left field and 3rd base line upper deck are still open.

 

I checked the noon Dodger game and it looks like the upper deck OF is open but nothing 301-327 or 201-227. Cheapest tickets for that Dodgers game in April are $22 but if you wait until the Tigers series you can get in for $14.

You will need to wait until May to sit behind the plate in section 215 or 315. It will look less empty on television for the April games but thousands of seats will be unavailable.