Nightingale: 1 team to start 0-9 has had a winning season

[Willihammer]

http://c.espnradio.com/audio/2728978/baseball_2016-04-15-103818.64k.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%2CPreroll2%2CMidroll%2CMidroll2%2CMidroll3%2CMidroll4%2CMidroll5%2CMidroll6%2CPostroll%2CPostroll2%7Cstation_id%3D641

 

Lots of Twins notes, including Sano's ejection.

 

The Twins start does not leave much room for hope. Only the 1983 Astros have started as badly and finished with a winning record. They started 0-9 and were .500 by mid-season, ultimately finishing 85-77, good for third in the NL West.

[Otto von Ballpark]

1983 Astros, interesting.

 

Looking at B-Ref, it appears Nolan Ryan was injured, didn't appear until game 12 of that season.  Might have been a factor?

[gunnarthor]

Honestly, that's one more than I would have thought.  

[jimmer]

 

http://c.espnradio.com/audio/2728978/baseball_2016-04-15-103818.64k.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%2CPreroll2%2CMidroll%2CMidroll2%2CMidroll3%2CMidroll4%2CMidroll5%2CMidroll6%2CPostroll%2CPostroll2%7Cstation_id%3D641

 

Lots of Twins notes, including Sano's ejection.

 

The Twins start does not leave much room for hope. Only the 1983 Astros have started as badly and finished with a winning record. They started 0-9 and were .500 by mid-season, ultimately finishing 85-77, good for third in the NL West.

IMO, going into the season, having a winning record and/or making the playoffs this year was a pipe dream anyway.  

[stringer bell]

Well, that's about just right. I predicted the Twins would win 85 games and there is a team in history that has done that. I also predicted 85 wins would win the parity-driven AL Central. No so sure about that.