The Minnesota Twins will win the World Series. Jayson Stark says so, and so do Peter Gammons, Buster Olney, and Jerry Crasnick. And so do I. They're a loaded team, for one-third the Yankees payroll, and they've won three straight division titles, which is sort of like winning back-to-back-to-back AAU national championships, only even more impressive. Predictions for '05:
AL East: Yankees
AL Central: Twins
AL West: Angels
AL Wild Card: Red Sox
NL East: Mets
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Padres
NL Wild Card: Marlins
ALDS: Twins over Yankees, Red Sox over Angels
ALCS: Twins over Red Sox
NLDS: Cubs over Marlins, Mets over Padres
NLCS: Mets over Cubs
World Series: Twins over Mets
The Mets? With our pen?
BTW, you put Mets over Mets in NLCS.
Posted by: Bill McCabe at April 4, 2005 07:43 AMYou are such a dreamer BLOGGER!!! Care to bet money that your wrong! I would or we could bet something else...
Posted by: A at April 4, 2005 09:13 AMBut! But! Awwwwww!
Posted by: C at April 4, 2005 09:38 AMCubs over the Cardinals? No way.
Posted by: Mark at April 4, 2005 06:56 PMYes the Twins are the sexy pick to win the world series all of the sudden and that usually means that it won't happen (see the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL last year).
I think the Twins will win the Central again, but I think it's going to be a bumpy ride in April and May.
Radke usually sucks early in the season and I think its going to take awhile for our young lineup to gel. I wouldn't be surprised if the Twins are right around .500 near the end of May.
I would agree that right now on paper I think the Twins could beat the Yankees and Red Sox in a seven game series, but the X factor is that you never what how much these teams are going to add in August and September where the Twins won't add much of anything.
Another good year for the Twins, but a world series title or appearance for that matter is unlikely in my opinion.
Posted by: Matt at April 4, 2005 10:39 PM