May 23, 201510 yr The Morales/Chris Young production is nauseating. Guys of the scrap heap are the major reason they're on top. And Hosmer.
May 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (Brian @ May 23, 2015 -> 06:15 AM) The Morales/Chris Young production is nauseating. Guys of the scrap heap are the major reason they're on top. And Hosmer. Moustakas, Cain, Escobar, Perez and Gordon aren't the scrap heap...or Herrera, Davis, Holland, Hochevar, Ventura and Duffy. You can put Young, Morales, Rios, Orlando, Infante, Medlen, Guthrie and Vargas on that list...of course, those are also all players Hahn had equal access to sign. Ironic he was voted comeback player in the AL....the Mariners didnt try to keep him, and now they have a pitching shortage again with Walker and Iwakuma struggling and Paxton not as good as last season either. Edited May 23, 201510 yr by caulfield12
May 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 23, 2015 -> 08:14 AM) Moustakas, Cain, Escobar, Perez and Gordon aren't the scrap heap...or Herrera, Davis, Holland, Hochevar, Ventura and Duffy. Why do you think I didn't name them?
May 23, 201510 yr Over the past six years nearly every guy we brought in has performed below career norms, and many of them had solid track records. Other teams pick up guys off the scrap heap and strike gold. Very frustrating.
May 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (Brian @ May 23, 2015 -> 03:49 PM) Astros just turned a triple play on Detroit with Kinsler running. Awesome Kinsler didn't seem to be busting it down the line...that out at 3B and then the turn to 2b seemed to take forever.
May 23, 201510 yr Moustakas has 7 more hits to LF this season than he did all of last year. He's become an all-star caliber player.
May 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (fathom @ May 23, 2015 -> 06:25 PM) Moustakas has 7 more hits to LF this season than he did all of last year. He's become an all-star caliber player. Took him awhile but he is really coming on.
May 24, 201510 yr KC wins a 6 inning game that probably shouldn't have been played. They knew they only had a 2 hour window. 8 games back now.
May 24, 201510 yr Jon Morosi @jonmorosi 2h2 hours ago Tigers place Kyle Lobstein on DL with sore left shoulder. Shortstop Dixon Machado called up.
May 24, 201510 yr Twins top prospect Byron Buxton has 11 triples in 42 games this year. Here is video from earlier this year. He is the blur running to third base Edited May 24, 201510 yr by Benchwarmerjim
May 25, 201510 yr Guthrie still can't get lefties out. (Unless they are in a Sox jersey) 3 Yankees homers in the 1st inning , 8-0
May 25, 201510 yr Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 13m13 minutes ago Jeremy Guthrie is only the second starting pitcher in baseball history to give up 11 earned runs in one inning or fewer. By any measure, today's start from Jeremy Guthrie is one of the 50 worst in baseball history. His Game Score of -11 is tied for 32nd worst.
May 30, 201510 yr QUOTE (flavum @ May 27, 2015 -> 03:16 PM) Twins and Royals 28-18. Didn't see that coming. The Twins have a had a pretty easy schedule. Now the Royals are 29-18 while the Twins are 28-19. Kansas City vs. teams +.500 is 20-13 while Minnesota vs. teams +.500 is 9-11 So Kansas City has played 33 of 47 games against good teams in essence while Minnesota has played 20 of 47 games against above .500 opponents. But the Twins are winning games they're supposed to if they want to be a good team so credit to them. Anyone keep up with the Twins/Blue Jays game last night? Buerhle gave up 4 runs and 5 hits in the first inning. Then faced the minimum the last 8 innings only giving up 1 hit. Buerhle had 45 pitches after 2 innings, then only 66 the last 7 innings. Edit: Just saw the Rays are under. 500 now so that means only 17 of 47 games for Minnesota have been with teams at or above. 500. Edited May 30, 201510 yr by WilliamTell
May 31, 201510 yr QUOTE (WilliamTell @ May 30, 2015 -> 09:44 AM) The Twins have a had a pretty easy schedule. Now the Royals are 29-18 while the Twins are 28-19. Kansas City vs. teams +.500 is 20-13 while Minnesota vs. teams +.500 is 9-11 So Kansas City has played 33 of 47 games against good teams in essence while Minnesota has played 20 of 47 games against above .500 opponents. But the Twins are winning games they're supposed to if they want to be a good team so credit to them. Anyone keep up with the Twins/Blue Jays game last night? Buerhle gave up 4 runs and 5 hits in the first inning. Then faced the minimum the last 8 innings only giving up 1 hit. Buerhle had 45 pitches after 2 innings, then only 66 the last 7 innings. Edit: Just saw the Rays are under. 500 now so that means only 17 of 47 games for Minnesota have been with teams at or above. 500. That's where you take advantage. The has been the Sox weakness for some time.
May 31, 201510 yr QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 31, 2015 -> 05:03 PM) Twins all alone in 1st place. I have no idea who is going to win this division.
May 31, 201510 yr Verlander might be pitching next weekend against the White Sox. Made his first AAA rehab start and was shaky and seemingly emerged with his health...was around 92-94 consistently, topped out around 96 MPH. With Lobstein out, the Tigers desperately need more pitching with Greene and Simon inconsistent.
May 31, 201510 yr QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 31, 2015 -> 05:54 PM) I have no idea who is going to win this division. The Indians, duh.
May 31, 201510 yr With us beating the Astros the Twins have the best record in the AL right now. Who would have thought that entering June?
June 1, 201510 yr QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ May 31, 2015 -> 05:52 PM) With us beating the Astros the Twins have the best record in the AL right now. Who would have thought that entering June? Even more points for being able to name any of the Twins' starters after Mauer, Plouffe and Dozier. For predicting that Torii Hunter and Kendrys Morales would be the most important FA adds. Or that Dee Gordon and Prince Fielder would be leading their respective leagues in hitting.
June 1, 201510 yr The Tigers need a bullpen... David Price can't hold that rotation together singlehandedly. http://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnis...oledo/28278097/ Verlander doesn't look ready to rejoin Tigers Edited June 1, 201510 yr by caulfield12
June 2, 201510 yr http://m.mlb.com/news/article/128047826/an...ins-arent-fluke Five reasons the Twins aren't a fluke
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