Sonny Gray Vs Pablo Lopez!

[C-Gangster]

If there is one player from the cardinals that we are very familiar with it would be sonny gray. We all know and loved him throughout his 3 years with the twins. But in 2 games he is out rival. Pablo Lopez a righty for the twins has a 4.48  ERA and Gray an 3.60. Gray also has a 1.11 Whip While Pablo Lopez has a 1.16. The match up should be very exciting 2 former teammates who now are rivals trying to compete for their teams. The twins sent a qualifying offer to Sonny Gray. But instead he chose the  Cardinals. The cardinals have also had a good team just a few games back from the brewers in the NL Centeral While the twins are fighting for the lead in the AL Centeral So this series will be very important for both teams for their playoff spots. The twins will have home feild advantage. The Pablo-Sonny match up will be Saturday at 610 Pm CDT and you can watch it on bally sports north. Gray has been decent this year not so great this 2nd half and posting up worse numbers then his season last year where he was 2nd in Cy young voting. So I'm very excited to see this matchup. The key for both pitchers is get to them early because they will be rolling throughout the game. Pablo has had a good season not as great as expected but still decent. He has been better this 2nd half then in the first. Both are leftys so for the twins kepler margot santana and castro will be key. Also for the cardinals Arenado and Goldshmidt  will be key. So this will be a fun match up and I can't wait to see the end result.

[August J Gloop]

The Cards are pretty mediocre. They are 5 games ahead of their pythag, definitely related to how the Reds sit 5 games below theirs. 

This series will be a minor disappointment if it's not a sweep, considering the Twins need that extra win to make up for the three straight losses that should have been wins they just had.  Obviously, if they 'only' win the series, it's still good, but there will be a little bit of regret there. Losing this series could be a real kick in the teeth. 

The cards pitching is average to slightly above, but the offense is so bad that The Twins shouldn't have to score too much. On paper of course. That's why they play the games.