As the 2016 MLB season approaches, SN's Je se Spector will examine each team's outlook. Today: the Twins.2015: 83-79, second place in American League CentralKey arrivals: C John Ryan Murphy, 1B/DH Byung-Ho ParkKey departures: OF Aaron Hicks, OF Torii Hunter, RHP Mike Pelfrey2016 PREVIEW: The next great rookie | MLB milestones, records in reachBest-case scenario: Last years rise to contention not only was not a fluke, it was a springboard to the future for the Twins, who had perhaps the quietest winter of any team in baseball. The one big addition, Korean slugger Byung-Ho Park, turns out to be a tremendous bargain, while Miguel Sano proves that he is capable of handling an outfield spot on an everyday basis and Byron Buxton shows David Ortiz Jerseys that his top-prospect status was well founded. Phil Hughes bounces back to his 2014 form and leads a rotation of innings-eating starters who can keep Minnesota in games and let a balanced offense support them before handing things off to a bullpen that is greater than the sum of its parts.Worst-case scenario: The Twins are a defensive nightmare and Joe Mauer, still withJ.D. Martinez Youth Replica Player Jersey two years left on his contract after this season, bottoms out to replacement level. Brian Doziers power tails off and hes little more than a strikeout machine. The expected progre s of young players does not happen, and the long-term plan in Minnesota comes into question. The season is shrouded in malaise pretty much from start to finish, and the Twins sink to last in the talented Central after having gotten everyones hopes up.Big question: What happens if Sano cant handle the outfield and Parks bat is too good to take out of the lineup while Mauers decline continues? Can the Twins make the face of the franchise a bench player? What about the fact that Mauer is making $23 million for a low-budget team? The good news is that his contract is up before the expected future core gets into arbitration territory, but this year could mark the beginning of the Twins moving on from the former MVP, and it might be painful.SEASON PREVIEWS: Find Je se Spector's other team previews hereDont forget: The Twins had the lowest team on-base percentage in the American League last year and their pitchers had the fewest strikeouts in the Junior Circuit. Thats not supposed to be a recipe for succe Wade Boggs 1992 Cooperstown Collection Navy Jersey s in todays game, and if Minnesota cant sustain what it did last year, the team-building philosophy might come in for criticism.Five crazy-sounding words you can talk yourself into not sounding so crazy: Watch out for Eduardo Escobar.Over-the-top proclamation to regret later: The Twins will finish at exactly .500, and you will forget that they exist 16 times during the season.
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