Mackey: Five key factors for Twins to become relevant again in 2012
February 6, 2012
The early batches of 2012 MLB standings projections have already been pulled out of the oven.
This one, using the Marcel method -- short for "Marcel the Monkey" from the TV show Friends -- has the Minnesota Twins at 68-94 due mostly to allowing the most runs (813) of any team in the American League.
Marcel is the simplest of all projections. Considering the previous three seasons for each individual player (2009, 2010 and 2011) -- and placing more weight on...

