MIN 6, TB 2: Marwin Carries May Success Into June, Helps Lead Twins Over Rays

Good win. Marwin is team MVP.  So many positions, so much extra rest for the core. I don't know how you quantify it, but i'm sure there's a metric somewhere that will be in our vernacular soon. Hate to bag on Gibson, but go strong when you have a 2 strike count. Too much off speed and corner pitches. Trust the defense...That's why it's there (and aligned and checking their back pockets for cheat sheets and looking at the third base coach to get positioned and knowing what side of the plate the ball is going to be delivered to and...I made myself throw up in my mouth. Sorry) GO TWINS!

Left handed batters were 9 for 80 against Chirinos going into the game.

I wondered about the Twins line up with 6 left handed hitters. Those left handed hitters had 7 hits against Chirnos.  I am glad to see that the Twins aren't swayed by a sample of 80 at bats and I should have known better than to question a line up based on a 9 for 80.

At worst, the Twins will finish the Brewers/Rays series with a 3-3 record.

 

It's becoming almost impossible to question this team's legitimacy. Sure, they're maybe not a 100 win team but they're a very good team that can easily get better with a couple of key acquisitions.

They are definitely a 100 win team.

We kept scoring and clogging the basepaths, so Rays bats had added pressure every inning. Me likey.

And Anotha One....

No, they're not definitely a 100 win team. No team is definitely a 100 win team on June 1st.

I think a third of a season is a pretty good sample size. Twins have beat up bad opponents and played about .500 baseball against playoff contenders. They absolutely are a 100 win caliber team. Sure maybe that might change over the course of the season, but as of right now...yes, yes they are playing like a 100 win caliber team.

And if your response is a snarky "oh well obviously they can't win 100 games in 56 games played" then I'd be disappointed, but I'm strictly talking about them playing at the same level as 100 win teams of past seasons.

And Anotha One....

The Twins have a losing record against just two teams this season: Yankees and Philadelphia. They have a 1-2 record against each of them so it's not as if they're getting killed by anyone.

Those Damned Yankees....Wouldn't be grand if this was the team to shed that monkey in a high profile playoff series.....#leverageourprospectstogetanotherelitestarterandreliever

#oropenPohladscheckbookforfreeagentsaftertradedeadlinewouldworktoo

Someone tell the Twins to wrap their knuckles on their day off, too. We're going up against four punching bags in a row after tomorrow. I know that's an easy trap to fall into, but as of this writing, the teams we play after TB have a combined 95-136 record for a W% of .411 and none are over .500, with a day off before the first game against said EVERLAST™ products, with a short flight from CLE to DET, then a day off before 6 in a row (9 total, but I was only counting the speed/heavy bags) in that place across from Target Center. And the MinniePauls should be motivated to take out any frustration they have in that stretch on those teams full of poor, pitiful mortals as, starting on the 11th, they play 13 days in a row with a trip from Bloomington to Missouri at the end.

Hmm, maybe I should've broken up this paragraph? Nah, who am I, Hemingway? Pfft!

At worst, the Twins will finish the Brewers/Rays series with a 3-3 record.

 

It's becoming almost impossible to question this team's legitimacy. Sure, they're maybe not a 100 win team but they're a very good team that can easily get better with a couple of key acquisitions.

Being in one of the two weakest divisions in MLB and being paired with the other one in interleague play means to me that a 100-win season is a very realistic possibility.

Raise your hand if you thought this winter we'd be arguing over whether or not the 2019 Twins would reach 100 wins.

Anyone?