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Fresh off of their sixth playoff appearance in nine seasons, the Minnesota Twins have a lot of decisions to make this offseason.

Do the Twins bring back Carl Pavano, who went 17-11 with a 3.75 ERA and tossed seven complete games in 32 starts? Do they bring back Jim Thome, who hit 25 HR’s and had a .412 OBP in 340 PA’s? Are they going to tender J.J. Hardy a contract?

Not only do they have to make decisions on these players, but they also have to hope that Joe Nathan and Justin Morneau return to health in 2011. Morneau is the key for me. If he is not right, then the Twins aren’t a World Series team in 2011.

All of these health issues and decisions will make for an interesting offseason in Minnesota.

One decision I didn’t mention above and they need to figure out is what are they going to do at second base? Both Orlando Hudson and Nick Punto are free agents.

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