I think these can be consistent. We have/had an opportunity to do something big this offseason and make us massive favorites in the division. We’re not going to thus the failing grade.
we slightly improved our already good roster while everyone else save the Tigers got worse. Thus we are in the running for the most improved.
Not sure if this is "fun" but it involves numbers. Our top 5 starting pitchers by fWAR are all currently on the DL:
1) Ryan 1.0
2) Paddack 0.9
3) Ober 0.9
4) Gray 0.9
5) Winder 0.5
How exactly are we still leading our division?
Those were my exact thoughts. I've been accused of having permanent rose-tinted contacts in when it comes to the Twins, but if Buxton is gone this year, I think I'm taking a year or three off watching baseball. At least MLB.
Agreed. I also think trading Sano now would be likely a bad sell-low moment. He's not worth giving away and still has so much potential, even though he's incredibly frustrating.
As much as I like aggressive promotion, he started the year in A+ and has only pitched 6.2 innings in AA. Looks like he strikes everyone out and doesn't give up HR though. What the hell, why not?