Twins 2008 Win Total..

[mntwinsfan]

How many wins will the Twins win in 2008? What are the keys to sucess this season?

[mntwinsfan]

I am going to guess 80 games. If Liriano can pitch like old the win total may go up. Young/Mauer/Morneau/Cuddyer must lead the team in the field and most importantly hitting the ball. IF which is a BIG IF Hernandez can eat up alot of innings and help the young guys out, the pitching could be better that all expect it to be.

The club should be fun to watch. Alot of young kids will play this season. I expect them to play hard every game.

[henks]

I agree with mntwinsfan, right around 80 games depending on a lot. Liriano's elbow, and all those new guys will definately make for and interesting but exciting year.

[catman]

I'm going to stick with 85 wins for this team. I like the revamping of the infield, but the team still needs to find the 3B. The outfield should be OK if Gomez can step up and contibute. The bench has a few more pieces -- Monroe, Lamb/Punto/Casilla -- and the pitching, though not as strong at the top of the rotation, should be OK. The bullpen should be the strength of the pitching, again.
If Liriano's arm (I'm more concerned about his shoulder than his elbow) is ready to go, he should win 13 games or so from the #3 spot in the rotation.
I see the rotation going like this:
Baker
Bonser
Liriano
Hernandez
Slowey
Liriano will be the guy that gets skipped once in a while.

[henks]

Twins won their 80th game last night.

[catman]

And the team is definitely on track to win 88-90 games.

[mntwinsfan]

Yeah I will be about 10 games off the win total. We are having a better season that everyone thought. Liriano return has made things much improved. If I pen was better I would guess we could have won 93 to 95 games..

[catman]

With the pen from the past couple of seasons, the Twins would be among the "elite" teams in baseball. How many games has the pen lost this season?