So yeah. The good news is the Twins are doing pretty well, and are in second place. The bad news is they're still under .500. The worse news is they're not far enough under .500 to deserve scathing media attention. They're just somewhere between good and okay, floating along.
The Twins are in desperate need of help at catcher thanks to Jason Castro's season-ending injury, and Joe Mauer's been on the DL. It's not, like, Seattle levels of injuries, but it's some pretty big pieces, too. At least Miguel Sano gets off the DL today and jumps right back in there to save the lineup a bit. And yes, while it's not especially bad, there's a noted loss of a power hitter...mostly because Logan Morrison has SOMEHOW forgotten how to hit for power. To this point, it's been Brian Dozier, as well as unlikely home run hitters like Eduardo Escobar and Eddie Rosario, both of whom are having their best seasons to date.
It's a bit jarring that the youth movement that was supposed to revamp the team, led by Sano, Byron Buxton, Max Kepler and Jose Berrios, has mostly been keeping to the background and letting veterans take the reins, but they're still working sort of hard. Berrios, though his number have gone down since April, is still a sturdy enough starter, even if he's been deferring to Kyle Gibson and Jake Odorizzi lately. Additionally, look at out-of-nowhere rookie Fernando Romero go, off to an impeccable start after 4 games.
This team is not in dire need of anything except for time. Mauer will jump back on, as will, eventually Ervin Santana (and maybe even Michael Pineda!). This team can very quickly shift from a poor 2nd place to a ferocious 2nd place. They just need a little push, and I can only imagine that said push is coming.
Coming Tonight: His team's technically a bit far out of the divisional race, but his sharp stuff is helping them crawl back into it.
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