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Article: Series Preview: Twins vs White Sox, 5/13-5-/15

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Lineups:

 

Twins:

Brian Dozier 2B

Joe Mauer C

Josh Willingham LF

Justin Morneau 1B

Ryan Doumit DH

Trevor Plouffe 3B

Oswaldo Arcia RF

Aaron Hicks CF

Pedro Florimon SS

(Pedro Hernandez P)

 

White Sox:

Alejandro de Aza CF

Alexei Ramirez SS

Alex Rios RF

Dayan Viciedo DH

Adam Dunn 1B

Jeff Keppinger 3B

Casper Wells LF

Tyler Flowers C

Tyler Greene 2B

(Hector Santiago P)

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Fun:

- Aaron Hicks and Adam Dunn are tied for last in BA among qualified MLB batters (.137).

 

- Jeff Keppinger (who some advocated for as an MI option this off-season) is the only qualified MLB batter without a single walk. He is also last in OPS by 68 points, trailing one rookie-CFer named Aaron Hicks.

 

- The White Sox, at a lowly 9th in the AL, have generated 46% more strikeouts than the Twins (last in AL). The Pale Hose team ERA is 2nd in the AL at 3.40.

 

- The White Sox are last in the AL in team OPS at .650. Only Alex Rios is above the AL average of .733.

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Keppinger is having a fascinating season. He's walked to the plate 125 times now, and hasn't drawn a single walk. That's amazing.

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We miss Sale. So that's good.

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Keppinger is having a fascinating season. He's walked to the plate 125 times now, and hasn't drawn a single walk. That's amazing.
One of those rarest of rarities: his OBP is lower than his BA.

 

At least he has 2 XBHs, so his SLG is .016 higher than his BA. Take away those two doubles and he'd be pulling off quite a feat: OBP < BA while SLG = BA. My search skills are primitive at best, so I don't claim this as fact, but I can't find anyone in MLB history who has pulled that double play off for 100+ PAs.

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If I still had my B-ref subscription I'd run one of their super-awesome season-finder queries to see what the highest amount of PA's were to achieve that, but I'm a cheap bastard and quit renewing it.

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Caught between a sponge and a soft space......WS hitting and Twins starting pitching.....which will break first? I say the Twins win 2, maybe 3.

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The Twins had a legitimate chance to go 6-1 this past week. Extra inning losses to the Red Sox and Orioles could have very easily been wins, which I look at as an encouraging sign. If they can take 4 of 6 from Chicago and Boston this week, that would be a really solid few weeks of ball.

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Fun:

- Aaron Hicks and Adam Dunn are tied for last in BA among qualified MLB batters (.137).

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Hey, Hicks's got the average, he's got the strike outs, he's got the walks, all you add is the home runs and you've got an Adam Dunn with speed.

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Liam Hendriks has been placed on the disasbled list at Triple-A Rochester due to a sore right elbow.

 

It could explain his struggles this season, as Hendriks holds a 5.53 ERA and 1.63 WHIP over five Triple-A starts. It's not clear at this point how long he'll be sidelined.

 

Source: LaVelle E. Neal on Twitt

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Hey there guys I am from chicago and was planning on seeing the twins play the sox tomorrow. Unfortunately I am in the hospital so I can no longer attend. I posted the tickets on stubhub if anyone is interested. They are diamond box 121 2nd row seats 21,22 aisle.

 

https://www.stubhub.com/twins-vs-white-sox-5-14-2013-4169649/?ticket_id=497998426

 

I'm sorry to hear that... Hope all is well.

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Early troubles turn into often troubles.

 

I feel bad for Pedro... It's looking like he needs to consider Restaurants choices in Rochester, Scranton, Syracuse, Buffalo and others.

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A fine start for Hernandez!

 

Welle he did strike out Adam Dunn, then again, everyone does.

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Welle he did strike out Adam Dunn, then again, everyone does.

 

Sometimes I wonder if Dunn would have the same K percentage if he hit Blindfolded.

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Is this the Game Thread?

 

I get confused sometimes... I might have went into the West Brom discussion thread by mistake.

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c'mon that ain't fair... It's not like it was his first hit of the year.

 

Yeah... Let's see how excited you are about Florimon in July.

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