The glass is half full:
At 11-8, the Twins, picked by many to be the 4th best team in their division, are in first place, tied for the second best record in the AL.
Ramon Ortiz has thrown four straight quality starts.
Carlos Silva has thrown four straight quality starts.
Johan Santana is 3-1 with a 3.00 ERA, and April is typically his worst month.
Joe Mauer is hitting .400.
Michael Cuddyer has already proven that last year was no fluke.
With the exception of a few bad outings here and there, the bullpen has been strong.
They swept three straight from Baltimore, the team that has tied them for the second best record in the league, as well as from the Mariners in Seattle, a team that usually plays well at home.
Justin Morneau appears headed towards a 40-homer season.
The Twins have stolen a team-record 19 straight bases without getting caught.
Torii Hunter has 12 doubles and 4 steals.
The lineup will be better when everyone is healthy.
The glass is half empty:
The Twins managed only a split at home to Tampa Bay, and that was only because of a historic base running blunder by the Rays.
They looked overmatched against the one contender (the Yankees) they’ve played so far.
Jason Bartlett has been terrible in the field.
Nick Punto hasn’t hit much.
Rondell White entered the year with two major concerns: his bat and his health. And he got hurt in the first week, taking a .111 batting average to the DL with him.
Boof Bonser can’t go more than three innings without serving up a gopher ball.
Dennys Reyes gave us as many runs in the season’s first week as he did all last season.
Jesse Crain and Juan Rincon aren’t totally healthy.
Sidney Ponson got bombed by the Royals.
Luis Castillo got hurt running the bases. He didn’t trip, or catch his spike in the base or anything, he was just running.
Morneau’s slumping a little.
Mauer - zero homers.
Hunter said this year would be a ‘return to form’ for him defensively. All he’s done is confirm that he’s lost several steps in CF.
4 comments:
Did you see Halberstam died? Just thought I'd mention it since Summer of '49 was listed as one of your favorite books.
Twins looked awfully shakey against the Royals when I was out there this weekend, even though they seemed like they were in every game until the end. At least they don't quit, that'll come in handy down the road.
Johan’s got 2 losses now. We had better trade him and get what we can.
How about Johan and Torii to the Mets for Glavine, Shawn Green, Endy Chavez and Lastings Millege. I might even throw in Oliver Perez.
Yeah, that’s unrealistic, but it would give the Twins more money to keep Morneau and Cuddyer. Don't tell anyone that uncle Sid is a Mets fan.
I thought Santana looked good last night until he gave up the foul ball off the foul post in the first. He seemed to lose some confidence after that and gave up the bomb to Hafner. But what do I know....
Not that it's a news flash to your and your readers, but Ponson's pitching almost blows as much as his haircut.
I actually dig the haircut.
I think it's supposed to be a Samson-type thing.
The pitching could be better.
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