@dutch-oven said:

The Indians offense so far has been offensive. 

But the pitching has been on fire! Now 12-8 and could have been better with a few hits w/RISP.

Kluber /Carrasco /Clevinger -Bauer are scary, Tomlin might be the best 5th man in baseball. 

The Minnesota Twins finally found a way to beat the elements and get back to playing baseball.

All it took was a flight to Puerto Rico.

The Twins lost four games to weather last week, including the last three games of what was supposed to have been a four-game weekend series with the Chicago White Sox after blizzard dumped nearly a foot of snow on the Twin Cities.

Now, after sitting idle for four days, they'll finally get back to work Tuesday when they "host" the Cleveland Indians for a quick two-game set at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan.

"Just your average April All-Star break," quipped Twins right-hander Jake Odorizzi, who will start Tuesday for the Twins.

It will be Odorizzi's first action in six days and his fourth appearance of the season for the Twins, who acquired him in a trade with Tampa Bay early in spring training. He picked up his first victory as a Twin his last time out, getting past some early-inning command issues to go six innings while holding the Housto Astros to a run, five hits and five walks while striking out four.

"It's an ugly one," he said. "But an ugly win's better than a good loss any day of the week."

He's expecting a raucous atmosphere in San Juan, where Major League Baseball is playing games for the first time since 2010 in an effort to restore some normalcy after the island was devastated by hurricanes last season.

Odorizzi knows the games will be a big deal for the fans, but also for the Puerto Rican natives on the Twins' roster who will get a chance to play before their family, friends and countrymen.

But they're also important from a strictly baseball standpoint, too. The Twins are hoping to challenge Cleveland in the American League Central........