Flyover Territory

After many doubts as to if we'd even make it to this point, baseball is finally back and so is Flyover Territory! Well, it's been back for almost a month now, but you get the point. Having roughly a quarter of the 2020 season to analyze before this relaunch episode, Dave and Woody take a look back at how the season has gone through 16 games, why our bullpen might be primed to carry us through the season, buying high on Nelson Cruz for early season MVP, and looking into the future beyond the 2020 season and all the question marks that come along with that. Hey, at least we're not dealing with what the Cardinals are going through...

After sifting through the winter meetings, free agency, arbitration, and Madison Bumgarner not signing with the hometown Twins... we have finally arrived at the unofficial official start of spring training! This week Dave and Woody comb over the spring training roster, question how this team won't break it's own record of 307 home runs set just last season after adding Josh Donaldson, talk themselves into a Kenta Maeda Cy Young Award run, and look at the AL Central to figure out just how this season might go for the Twins in 2020.

Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any better, Flyover Territory is back for season 2! Full disclosure, we were ready to debut season 2 at the beginning of the offseason, but the 2019 AL Central Division Champs had something to say about that. This week we dive back into everything playoff baseball, for the first time since 2010, the Twins have an actual ALDS series to play. Dave and Woody discuss all things 307 (if you know you know), how the 25 man roster for October is looking like, and who may just be the 2019 regular season MVP for the Twins on their magical run to 101 wins and the AL Central Division crown! (hint, it's not Blake Parker...)

It's 47 games into the 2019 MLB Season, and the Minnesota Twins are in 1st place in the AL Central! After a hot start to April, the Twins haven't cooled down at all as they cruise through May, and Dave and Woody have been taking it all in this whole time. In this pod, the two sit down to discuss this hot start, why it's not a fluke, and check in on a few preseason predictions that may seem off for all the right reasons. The quest for 225 was the just the start, 267 is well within reach!

We've made it! It's opening day 2019, and the Minnesota Twins are 1-0! Actually, they're 4-1 at the recording of this pod, but that's beside the point. This week Dave and Woody discuss the recent results of the first week of the Twins' season. Woody shares his experience in attending his first opening day of his life, and the two discuss what the upcoming season looks like after this great start to the year. They finish up with a trip down memory lane with the top Twins' Killers of the past decade. The quest for 117 has begun!

At the midway point of spring training, Dave and Woody return to discuss the current state of the 2019 Minnesota Twins. A key signing, followed by some exciting extensions, paired up with some surprising spring statistics are leading many to believe the this team is trending upwards. Later, the two discuss the Harper and Machado signings, and ponder why the Twins never jump in on players of their caliber.

Riding off the coattails of the Nelson Cruz signing, the Twins finally went out and made a big free agent pitching signing in Martin Perez! Ok, so maybe not exactly the same, but it's been a slow month since signing Cruz, and to add to that the weather sucks in MN right now. But fear not as pitchers and catchers report in just a few days! Dave and Woody look towards the dog days of Fort Myers and break down the recent signings, big names still available on the market, and lastly the 3 main things they're looking forward to hopefully getting sorted out in Fort Myers this spring.

Sometimes plans get ruined, but this time they got ruined in a great way. In our third episode, we planned on breaking down the current Twins pitching situation as the calendar turns to 2019. Yet, in a total non-Twins move, Falvey and Co. went out and signed Nelson Cruz, so naturally Dave and Woody spend the first half of the pod or so gushing over the best HR hitter of the past 5 seasons, before moving on to the more head scratching topic of who will be our 5th starter?

We're back! This week on Flyover Territory, Woody and Dave get into the Twins' position players pre-winter meetings. With all the questions surrounding a mediocre at best ending to 2018, we try to answer the pivotal question (along with a few other ones) for 2019; will the real Byron Buxton show up?

Do you ever sit around wishing you could hear two former high school baseball players (key word former) talk about off season moves for your favorite professional Minnesota baseball team? Well, say no more, you've finally found it. Welcome to Flyover Territory! This first episode into Dave and Woody's deep dive finds the two recapping the 2018 season, pondering how many friends Rocco Baldelli plans on bringing with him, and wondering just how the Twins plan on spending all of Joe Mauer's freed up money...