As I was watching the Twins 30 clubs in 30 days last week, I decided to make a list of things that I think the Twins need to have a successful season and return to post season! I think that the Twins will have a chance in the AL Central this year, I don't see a reason why they couldn't. They are getting players like Josh Willingham and Ryan Doumit, but power hitters. They are also getting back MVP's Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer- who if are healthy can be everything for this team. Below is my list of things that the Twins need to have! Enjoy and there are only 7 days till Opening Day!
1)The first thing that I think it going to be very important to the Twins is the M & M boys. The importance of there health and productivity. They really need to stay healthy this year, they missed a lot of games last year and that obviously effected there numbers. A couple years back, when they were both healthy and slugging, they were incredible to watch. I felt like it was almost garunateed that something exciting would happen with either Jusitn Morneau or Joe Mauer. Last year, we rearely got to even see them in the line up together, that was disappointing as a Twins fan, but I like disappointing as an overall baseball fan cause they can truly be a dynamic duo. We all know that they have MVP and All-Star talent. I am extremely excited to watch the M & M boys back in action this season!
2)Another thing that I think is important for the Twins this season is to see what Matt Capps can do. Is he going to be the closer he was in 2010 when he came over? Or Matt Capps of the 2011 season? I am, along with almost everybody is hoping that Matt Capps is back to 2010 form because, he was actually solid. As a fan of the game, I'm going to forget about Matt Capps' bad season and just support him for a good 2012 season!
3) This is kind of a no brainer, that we need good pitching this year, but there is one pitcher that sticks out for me is Francisco Liriano. It is very intriguing because, he has had a fantastic spring this year and I think that Liriano still has a great arm and that he can still be a fantastic pitcher. I believe that he is going to be one of the key to success for the Twins this season, they need him to be the Francisco Liriano, when he was at his best, he just needs to keep calm and not get all wild like he tended to do last year, including the game that he threw his No-Hitter against the Chicago White Sox.
4) Brian Duensing moving to the bullpen is going to make our bullpen even stronger! He is definitely a great pitcher and he has actually had better numbers in the bullpen. He is going to be there to set up Matt Capps with Glen Perkins and he is going to have to have a lot of success, because the Twins have a virtually new bullpen compared to a few years ago.
5)Having a consistant 2B and SS combo is going to be so important! The Twins infield made so many errors last year and a lot of people think it is because the players never had a chance to get comfortable with each others style of play. There were so many different combo's in the middle infield. A lot of the Twins pitchers are groundout pitchers and it is going to be so important for them to have a second baseman and shortstop to be comfortable, with simple things like the fundamentals.
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