Article: MIN 12, DET 2: No Motown Blues for the Minnesota Twins

[Steve Lein]

"Jake turned in another quality start and bolstered his case for being the AL starter in the All-Star Game as well as the front-runner for the AL Cy Young. His final line was: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K. He lowered his season ERA to 1.91."

 

Jake's been awesome, but he's hurt by the fact he's averaging only 5.41 innings/start. Largely because he's striking a lot of guys out, but you look at Justin Verlander and he has him beat in WHIP (0.74 to 0.97), K rate (10.57 to 9.98), and batting average against (.151 to .186) and that's all while Verlander is pitching over an extra inning per start than Jake is (6.61 to 5.41).

 

Odo's definitely high in the conversation for both, but I don't think he's the front-runner (Not something I want to point out but I do think it's the reality).

[Alex Schieferdecker]

Entering this homestand, the Twins have played fewer home games than any other team in the league. Four home games fewer than Los Angeles, five fewer than Houston.

[SwainZag]

While it's fun to think about the postseason, let's slow down boys, it's June 10th.  Let's enjoy this ride.  A lot of years we are already down to 2-3 page game threads, prospect talk, and starting to talk about Vikings football.  

[singlesoverwalks]

If he were a Tiger, Buxton's 8 home runs would lead the team.

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

It has been almost impossible to complain about player management this season. Baldelli is doing an outstanding job of making sure these players are in a position to succeed with the rest needed to get through a long season.

 

I wonder if the Twins analytics have discovered that managers actually do make a difference.

 

I'm still waiting on WAR for managers... it's coming some day... or at least it should.

[Linus]

I wonder if the Twins analytics have discovered that good bullpens make a difference. Scratch that since our has not been good for a long while