In the past few years, watching the Minnesota Twins has been like watching paint dry: boring, boring, and boring. However, in the next few years, there is hope, and here is why:
1. The Signing of Jason Castro.
A lot of people are going to be asking “who?” Jason Castro is the former Houston Astros catcher. Ok, why is he so special? To the untrained eye, Jason Castro is an average catcher that did decent hitting and didn’t play a huge role for the Houston Astros. But, Castro is so valuable because of one attribute: defense. Castro is one of the best defensive catchers in the league. Castro has only committed 22 errors in six years, while Kurt Suzuki, the former Twins catcher, now a free agent, committed 38 errors in the same amount of time. All in all, Castro is an underrated signing that will help Twins add a few more Ws.
2. New Leadership
The Twins recently added new leadership: of Derek Falvey and Thad Levine. Falvey is the executive vice president and chief baseball officer who was recently hired off the Cleveland Indians. Twins fans hope he will bring new ideas and a new vision in taking risks for free agents. One of Falvey’s first moves was to hire Thad Levine, an older, more experienced assistant general manager for the Texas Rangers. Levine was hired to the position of general manager. Like Falvey, fans hope Levine will bring new hope and take risks signing new free agents to improve the team.

3. Saying Goodbye to Trevor Plouffe
It had to happen eventually. Trevor Plouffe, the long -time third baseman, was let go. As the Twins’ first-round draft pick in 2004, Plouffe began his MLB career in 2010. Plouffe slowly began his career and solidified himself as the third baseman for the Twins. But, as we all know, all good things must come to an end. This was the case for Plouffe. The Twins released him for lack of production this year; he was being paid $7,250,000, while only hitting 12 home runs.
In all, the Twins should be on track to improve vastly from last year.