Twins Season Outlook: Team's Prospects for Success in 2025

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00:00I know Twins fans are like super upset.

00:02I follow that on social media.

00:03It's like, wait a second here, what are we doing?

00:05We got this nice young team,

00:06this really strong pitching staff.

00:09And, you know, they didn't do a lot.

00:11It's almost, to me, Matt,

00:12it's like kind of running it back, so to speak.

00:16They have two of the most talented young players

00:18in baseball in Byron Buxton and Royce Lewis.

00:21And to me, it's like, okay, they're saying,

00:22all right, this is the year

00:24that these two are gonna be fully healthy.

00:25And then we're gonna have this starting rotation

00:27with Pablo Lopez and Joe Ryan, Ober, Paddock.

00:30With this kid, Woods Richardson

00:31was really good for them last year.

00:33And as long as that happens, we're in business.

00:36And Correa, too, you could throw in.

00:37But that just hasn't happened for the Twins, Matt.

00:39That's the problem.

00:41It is the problem.

00:42And I think you're right about,

00:43okay, this is the team, let's win with this team.

00:47And it's talented enough to win.

00:48I mean, you think about last year

00:50and how far up they were

00:51and how much they collapsed down the stretch.

00:55And you can look at that and say, that's a fluke.

00:57You can look at that and say,

00:58well, that's a sign that we're not quite built for it.

01:00We need to add.

01:01I think the Twins,

01:02there's budgetary constraints, of course,

01:04but I think they looked at it and said,

01:05no, we got the team.

01:07We can win this division with what we have.

01:10And we just gotta do it this year.

01:12And I think from a betting perspective,

01:14when you have a team with guys who always get hurt,

01:17it's really tough to rely on those guys.

01:19Now, is the payoff ultimately,

01:21maybe the biggest if you hit on them?

01:24Yeah, it's a nice thing to take that chance

01:26and for it to work out,

01:27but it's just really tough to do

01:29because those are such key players.

01:31And we know there's gonna be injuries

01:33with every team every year,

01:34but when you have your top guys always get hurt,

01:37it makes it extremely tough to trust.

01:39But they're a very talented team.

01:41There's no question about it.

01:42They, to me, have the best lineup on paper.

01:44They have a very good rotation.

01:46Bullpen's not bad.

01:47So they can do it.

01:48They just gotta do it.

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