Wetmore's 5 Thoughts: José Berríos and Nelson Cruz are hard to explain

It's been a great start to the 2021 season for two of the Twins' most pivotal players

Readers of the 5 Thoughts column, welcome back.

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With that, let’s begin our first 5 Thoughts column of the 2021 Minnesota Twins season.

1 – Ego Management

One minor (hidden?) theme that I’ve seen manifest in the early goings th…