State of the Twins

If you think the Twins can still contend this year then you need most, if not all, of these things to happen:

1. Santana not only returns but is near the level he was last year
2. Either Romero quickly gets over his growing pains or Odorizzi figures it out, so you still have a functional 5 man rotation.
3. Reed and Pressly regain their April form.
4. Sano gets it together and can be a dangerous big league bat again.
5. See 4 but replace Sano with Buxton.
6. Polanco returns and is at least close to what he was in August and September last year.
7. Dozier has a hot 2nd half on par with previous seasons.
8. Logan Morrison starts to earn his money.
9. Max Kepler figures it out.
10. You get SOMETHING from your catchers.
11. The Indians at no point get hot.
12. You have no more significant injuries or prolonged slumps by your players who HAVE produced this year. AND all those players keep performing near the level they have been.

Simple.

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