Top o' the morning to ya! Here are some new Twins links:
- Guys! Guys! Guys! Hey! Guys! The Twins have made it to the top 20 in Phil Rogers' MLB power rankings!
- Here's a headline for you from Rant Sports: "Minnesota Twins Could Win a Lot of Games With Better Pitching" Hmm... yep, bet they could!
- Speaking of better pitching, Brandon Warne "warnes" us to be realistic with our expectations for newly called-up pitcher Kyle Gibson. He's not an 'ace' like Johan Santana, according to Brandon, but, um, could Gibson be an ace like Vance.... Werley? Warly? Wordley?...
- Pat Ruff of South East Minnesota's Post-Bulletin writes about how bad the Twins are missing Francisco Liriano, who (so far) is having a fantastic season. Oh, Pirates fans--just wait! As soon as you think Frankie has it figured out, that's the most dangerous time...
- Yahoo! contributor Chris Schad argues we should stop booing Joe Mauer because he's worth every bit of his $23 million a year salary even if he's not hitting balls over the fence. Then he compares Mauer to Tony Gwynn! *hauffs in the corner for a couple minutes*.
- Where's Oswaldo? Maybe on the path to being the Twins first Rookie of the Year since 1995's Marty Cordova?
- If you were watching the game Sunday, you might not have noticed Kevin Costner was there. (BTW, here's some pictures of him taking BP).
- 2013 Twins draft pick Stephen Gonslaves explained why he was suspended from his high school for a month during his senior year, causing him to fall down to the fourth round of the draft (lucky for the Twins amirite?!)
- Remember the ball boy who made that incredible catch at Target Field during last Thursday's game? That was Paul Neshek (yes, Pat's brother) and he made ESPN's play of the day.
- Twins' newly promoted, super-prospect Byron Buxton is on the cover of Baseball America (again).