A little bit of a lackluster showing from the young guns
The Past Week on Twinkie Town:
- We’re fully in spring break mode in Minnesota, but while you’re enjoying some not-so-cold weather on vacation, check out our Game Threads!
- Zach Koenig recounts the auspicious start to the 2005 season.
- Zach also updates his list on Twins Eccentricity and Ephemera – we’re now up to Round 18!
Elsewhere in Twins Territory:
- Matthew Leach at MLB.com, among others, has reported that Royce Lewis will miss Opening Day, after suffering a left hamstring strain on Sunday.
- As Betsy Helfand at the Pioneer Press explains, with the recent roster cuts of David Festa and Zebby Matthews, the Twins have solidified their Opening Day pitching rotation.
- Theo Tollefson profiles one of the Twins’ top pitching prospects – Andrew Morris.
- Dan Hayes at The Athletics looks at the changes Brooks Lee is making at the plate. ($)
In the World of Baseball:
- Alden Gonzalez as ESPN explains the route that the Los Angeles Dodgers took to become the villains of the MLB.
- In a surprising turn of events, former Twin Joey Gallo announced that he is planning to switch to pitching. The last time Gallo pitched was in high school at Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas, where he threw a no-hitter.
- For us nerds, Statcast has new publicly available tracking data that looks at batter position and contact points. David Adler at MLB.com explains the new tech and how this can help explain why Shohei Ohtani is so good at baseball.
- OH BY THE WAY REGULAR SEASON BASEBALL STARTS TOMORROW. Get up bright and early at 5 am Central to catch the first game of the Tokyo Series, featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs.