M'AIDEZ!! (to oblige DW)
Well, he's here. I'm trying to keep my expectations reasonably low, but this is more about what it all represents.
The Twins post-2011 have sucked. Tonight represents the possibility that they might not suck forever. Even if May only ends up being the third or fourth best starter on the staff of the future, maybe we'll have the type of team that has a fairly decent starter in the third or fourth spot. We can hope, right?
In the mean time, he's only got to make a start against the best team in baseball. No pressure!
the headline pic really shows how much Mt Davis ruined the view of the Oakland hills
Brian Dozier has score a run in 7 of the 8 games played in August.
Trevor May looks like a big guy. Listed 6'5" 215
Please go better than Garza's debut.
I dont think it did.
Garza had a game score of 14. May's game score: 27. Arguably better.
Garza didn't have Willingham's rocket arm to get him out of a jam.
YDNROJW
No respect for Willingham's wimpy arm.
No K's so far - Trev's gonna fit right in
One more out please.
THIS STORY ONLY ENDS ONE WAY
31.5 BB/9 seems like a dangerous way to pitch.
seems sustainable.
Well, I mean, it's actually gone up in the second half of his major league career, so...
Deduno for May? Out of the frying pan and missing the fire just outside
Somehow, this is only a two run game.
its no longer a two run game
Dick just referred to Kluber as the best right-hander in the league. King Felix begs to differ.
No kidding.
Even by traditional stats (coming into todays games)
King Felix: 12-3 1.97 (!!!!)
Kluber: 12-6 2.55 (!)
not to dismiss Kluber who has have a very good season, but Hernandez is amazing just about every year.
Trevor May's debut is notable for one thing.
Twins respecting the (true) Face of MLB with his fourth walk of the night.
Eric Sogard is 0-0 with 4 walks.
Did you know that Caleb Thielbar has a career ERA+ of 169?
Dennys Reyes and Joe Nathan had 204
Double E
He most likely is going to end up with 30+ doubles this season. Crazy
The Twins will win tomorrow. Mark it down.
Trade?
twitter says the Dodgers for $$$ or PTBNL
sweet Drew making a homecoming?
I got an alert that that's indeed the case. Milone is starting Monday.
Nothing against Correia, and I hope he does well for the Dodgers, but this was a move that needed to be made.
Yes. Willingham should be next.
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Right there with you.
Wins and losses are dumb and stuff, that said Correia went 14-26 as a Twin. Thats hard to do even on a terrible team.
He's tied for the team lead in quality starts. The team is averaging 4.2 runs this year, but only 3.7 when he started, which is still better than the 3.2 they gave him last year.
In 14 of Correia's 31 starts, Twins scored less than 3 runs.
Correia had a 1.6 rWAR last season and a -0.0 rWAR this season. FanGraphs rates them 1.4 fWAR and 0.9 fWAR respectively. The Dodgers are paying the final $1.5 million, so that's 1.6 rWAR and 2.3 fWAR for $8.5 million. That's $5.3 million / rWAR and $3.7 million / fWAR. He did everything the Twins expected, plus some.
Btw, Im not trying to rag on Correia. He is what he is: a serviceable pitcher.
He should do fine in the NL with an offense that can score some runs.