Minnesota Twins' Progress

It's been a little over a month since the 2011 MLB baseball season began, and the Minnesota Twins have already struggled with plenty of problems in that short amount of time. So far, they have had a few of their important players placed on the DL (Disabled List), a couple games delayed by the heavy rainfall at Target Field, and having a really disappointing record so far of 9 wins and 17 loses. They have recently moved into last place in the AL Central Division, just below the Chicago White Sox who are at 10 wins and 18 loses.

The Twins are currently struggling so far with a couple of players on the DL like Catcher Joe Mauer, Leftfielder Delmon Young, Pitcher Kevin Slowey and Second Baseman Tsuyoushi Nishioka; and Designated Hitter Jim Thome and Outfielder Jason Repko are having to deal with minor injuries and are currently playing Day To Day for the time being.

According to the Twins' Vice President of Marketing, Patrick Klinger, Mauer may return and be ready to play in a few weeks approximately, and Nishioka may be another month until he finally gets to play, but these are just estimates and are not 100% confirmed. He also mentions that when all the key players return and start playing again, the team's performance may slowly but surely get back up to speed after a few games.

Plenty of fans are very disappointed with the team's performance and some have even given up hope on going into the World Series. According to a few Twins fans, they said that the Twins are doing extremly terrible and they think that it's very stupid that we have all those good players already on the DL and playing Day To Day, and a couple of them doubt that they'd help the team get back up to pace when they return and play the first few of their games. Even though it has only been a little over a month since the 2011 season started, one of them already gave up hope on us making it into the World Series or even becoming the AL Central Division Champions.

With many key players that had to sit out or are currently sitting out now, there have been no true players that seem to be helping keep the team standing. Outfielder Jason Repko and Pitcher Francisco Liriano have been the most noticeable players so far that are showing pretty disappointing performances. On the game against the Tampa Bay Rays on May 27th, Liriano allowed 4 runs and 5 hits during the first inning alone before he could even get a single out, and Repko just recently began sitting out due to minor injuries, but not before some of his poor performances in the last few games. One of the only true players that's helping the Twins score and stay alive is Outfielder Jason Kubel with 34 hits and 11 runs out of his 96 at bats so far this season.

It may be a very long while before the Twins finally get themselves back together, but once they have all their players back and ready to play ball, they'll hopefully get themselves pretty close to the Detroit Lions or the Cleveland Indians(who are currently in first and second in the AL Central Division), all they need right now is patience from everyone and getting things straightened up with the players they currently have now, but for now, expect plenty of loses and major disappointments to occur, so that's why we need to continue cheering for them at every game and giving them hope and also wish for Mauer, Nishioka, and the other who are sitting out to get well soon.