Rob Neyer goes over ESPN's Pre Season win predictions. The staff was off by +11 for the Twins.
I'd like to depart from the script for a moment and discuss not the players, but instead the writers. Us. I believe "we" paid too much attention to what the Twins did in 2005, and not enough to what they did in 2004 and 2003. You know, the Twins probably should have been even better this season than they were. If they hadn't messed around with Tony Batista and Juan Castro in the spring, right now they'd sport the best record in the American League.
Buster Olney goes over the 20 best postseason weapons.
7. Johan Santana's changeup
When Santana casually carries a baseball in his bare hand, he always does so while using his changeup grip. He has a tremendous fastball and a good slider, but his changeup is what separates Santana from other pitchers. This is not a straight change, either; Santana can make it move away from right-handed hitters and he can make it move into right-handed hitters, to the point that Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson sometimes has to ask him whether he threw a slider or a changeup.
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