Here They Go Again

The Twins are Jekyll and Hyde.

They end up strongly against the Yankees, coming from behind to split a series. Monday's 6-5 win was of their most dramatic of the season. It seemed to portend great things.

But then, as they have done all year, they follow a good game with a bad one. They lost to a weak Baltimore team Tuesday. They lost to some guy named Radhames Liz, who was 1-5 at AAA. They had only six hits. Kevin Slowey had a poor outing and fell to 2-5.

Everyone knows the Twins rotation is green. Those young starters will have to pitch well for the Twins to win games consistently and challenge for the division title. The great bullpen, a bit thinner without Pat Neshek, won't help if the starters don't do well.

And after a game when both Michael Cuddyer and Delmon Young had strong games, both went hitless. The team doesn't seem to have much power, especially if Cuddyer and Young can't hit it out. And Jason Kubel needs to hit a lot better than .236. We loved that slam you hit a while back, but what have you done for us latel?

A good buddy of mine is a Red Sox fan. He keeps reminding me of the deal the Twins could've had with the Sox. They could've had Jon Lester -- who had a no-hitter recently -- and either Jacoby Ellsbury or Clay Buchholtz, as well as Coco Crisp.

As it stands now, the Twins traded Johan Santana for Carlos Gomez. Maybe those three pitchers will work out, maybe not. If the Twins had a good offer from the Red Sox, they really screwed up. Would Terry Ryan have made such a mistake of omission? 

With all that, the Twins are still in it. A good game, a bad game, a couple of wins, a couple of losses.

Will the real Twins team please stand up?