Article: Do the Twins Have the Best Bottom of the Order Ever?

[RatherBeGolfing]

"We have the best bottom of the order ever!" may be one of the oddest brags I've ever heard

[ashbury]

"We have the best bottom of the order ever!" may be one of the oddest brags I've ever heard

"Our mop-up reliever is red hot! Your mop-up reliever ain't doodly squat!"

 

[Craig Arko]

"We have the best bottom of the order ever!" may be one of the oddest brags I've ever heard

Best since Steve Rogers...

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

Hard to compare anything during the juiced ball era to days of the past. Good to know that we are raking this year and I hope it continues

It's not only the juiced ball. Anyone over 40 remembers what the back of lineups looked like in the 70s and 80s. They were pathetic. It was an era when Mario Mendoza received ~1500 PAs and hit for a 41 OPS+ because reasons.

 

It's also part of the reason why pitchers no longer go eight innings a start. It was a lot easier to go through a lineup four times when 33% of the opposing lineup couldn't hit their way out of a paper bag. Just lob an 86mph fastball over the plate and let your defense do the work for you.