Four thoughts from the busiest sports month of the year:
• If this MLB offseason could be compared to a hand of the popular poker game Texas Hold'em, we could make this assessment: The Twins just defeated their critics and rivals with a patient approach and a great outcome on the river — the final of the seven cards revealed to each player.
The outcome has them shelling out $12 million for one season of pitcher Lance Lynn's services instead of collecting a big pot, but they're clearly counting on a bigger payoff down the road.
The Twins looked to be in a position of overpromising and underdelivering when they came up short in their bid for Yu Darvish. The Jake Odorizzi trade was a nice touch, but it also led to this conclusion: If that's the final move, it doesn't feel like enough.
Instead, they waited out a strange free-agent market to land 38-homer slugger Logan Morrison and then this weekend Lynn, another better-than-average pitcher for the rotation.
To make it even better, the Twins made it seem like they were done after the Odorizzi move. Now they didn't just get their guy, they flipped the script to underpromising and overdelivering.
It's almost like Derek Falvey and Thad Levine knew the final card was there all along.
• I've lost track of how many tours I've taken of new or renovated sports facilities in the Twin Cities in the past decade, but suffice to say it's approaching double digits now when you count colleges and practice spaces.
