Poll -- how many wins this year?

[glunn]

How many games will the Twins win this season? Please vote in the poll and feel free to post your analysis below.

 

I am predicting 86 wins, based on Buxton having his best season yet, Sano contributing, more overall power (Cruz and Cron) and a somewhat better pitching staff than last year.

[Twodogs]

89

[Mr. Brooks]

88

[AlwaysinModeration]

90

[curt1965]

86

[Channing1964]

92, cuz the baseball gods owe us a few lucky bounces

[diehardtwinsfan]

I think low 90s is pretty reasonable.. I was thinking 91 or 92. It won't take much breaking right for that to happen I think, and this team is due for some positive regression. 

[theBOMisthebomb]

81

[MMMordabito]

84

[luckylager]

I'm thinking 90. 

[bighat]

86

 

Looking at the poll results it appears we're all pretty bullish on this team. No shocker - we're Twins fans, Opening Day is tomorrow!

 

Remember last year's opener in Baltimore. Rodney blew it in the 9th giving up a HR to Adam Jones...foreshadowed a rough season.

 

PS I think Baltimore only won about 3 more games the rest of the season after that one.

[Halsey Hall]

89       I don't think pitching is better than last year.  We will score more runs though.

[wavedog]

I am going with 84 wins - for no other reason than general feeling.   I am looking forward to this season.  I really like the lineup and am crossing my fingers on the starting rotation and bullpen.    

[Vanimal46]

Let's say hypothetically this team is competitive in July, 5 or less games from a wild card spot. Will Falvey buy at the trade deadline this year?

 

I ask because as the roster currently stands I don't see them winning more than 84 games. They're going to need some outside pitching help this year to get over the 85 win hump.

[beckmt]

87  Think the FO will add at the deadline, because we are close.  However, anything could be right. 

[BrianTrottier]

69

[Puckett34]

Over/under for this team is 84.5 wins. I think they get the over. I'll go with 89 wins. 

 

[SomeGuy]

84

[Blake]

I think the Twins are a .500 team this year.

 

 

[bunt_vs_the_shift]

I think Vegas hit the nail on the head with 84.5 wins... I feel like they'll be better this year, but they still have some deficiencies, especially on the pitching side of things. They're just not quite there yet. In addition, a lot of things need to break right for any team to make the playoffs and even aside from pitching, there are too many questions with Sano, Buxton and now Polanco... I think this is a "see where we're at year" for the FO and if they show signs of improvement they'll start to spend more $ to shore up the roster

[Jerr]

89.

[TheMatt]

I like 87.  Not enough for the wild card, but maybe enough to catch the Indians

[ashbury]

I'm penciling in Team Snakebite for another sub-.500 season, and hoping to be proved very wrong.

[PseudoSABR]

For such a cynical bunch, Twins Daily is pretty optimistic in the aggregate.

[PseudoSABR]

 

 

I'm penciling in Team Snakebite for another sub.500 season, and hoping to be proved very wrong.

Boo.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Let's say hypothetically this team is competitive in July, 5 or less games from a wild card spot. Will Falvey buy at the trade deadline this year?

 

I ask because as the roster currently stands I don't see them winning more than 84 games. They're going to need some outside pitching help this year to get over the 85 win hump.

This. Pitching isn’t there to make a real run at the post season. As it stands a high end starter and a high end reliever could change my mind. Unfortunately July might be too late to get this team over the 95 win threshold. Mid season acquisition requires Cleveland to fall apart for the Twins to win the central with a worse record than the second wildcard.

[IndianaTwin]

91. On pace for 87 and then get MadBum at the deadline and go on a roll. Besides, I like to use the numbers '87 and '91 any chance I get when talking about the Twins. 

 

[puckstopper1]

82

[Dantes929]

85 seems most likely with a plus or minus of 10.   Hopefully the minus 10 doesn't realize in the first month.   I just want meaningful games in September.   Compete is not a dirty word to me.

[KirbyDome89]

I'm high on the positional side. If the FO had done anything to actually bolster the rotation or bullpen I'd take the over, but as it stands I'm going to say under 84.5 wins and go with 83. The bullpen looks like a disaster waiting to happen and having 2-3 starters in Perez, Odorizzi, and Pineda that won't pitch deep into games will only exacerbate the issue. That also excludes the potential reliability/productivity issues with that trio and the question of whether Gibson replicates last season. 

 

I'd love to eat crow on this one, but I just don't see how they hit upper 80s or low 90s win totals with this staff.