There’s Still Time to Cram Before Opening Day

Holy cow, Tom...impressive editorial work!

Thanks for putting this together, Tom. I'm going to make it a point to catch up on everything here I haven't read before Opening Day.

 

Also, seeing it listed here, I'd almost forgotten about this piece and all the angst it raised in the comments. Doesn't seem so ridiculous now, does it?  

 

For all the consternation we're seeing right now, it's important to keep in mind that Minnesota still has plenty of options left on the table for addressing its rotation. They have money to spend and prospects to dangle in trade talks. They won't get a pitcher as good as Darvish, probably, but they can still find a decisive upgrade who gives them more flexibility.

 

Within a month, they had traded for Odorizzi and signed Lynn. Just calling this out as a reminder (even to myself) not to overreact when a couple things break wrong. 

Thanks Nick. I'm definitely guilty of that too. I think as a whole, Twins fans got so used to things going poorly over this most recent downturn that it's easy to flip into that doom and gloom mode anytime the littlest thing doesn't break right.

Hopefully we're at a point now where some of that conditioning will start to fade away.