45 thoughts on “2015 Game 29: Oakland A’s at Twins”

  1. Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino
    Drew Butera is back in the AL Central. #Royals have acquired veteran backup catcher from #Angels.

  2. I do like that this year's Twins seem more fond of take-back runs rather than give-back runs.

        1. Worley with 0.1 rWAR / 0.4 fWAR so far this year. His xFIP isn't so great but his BABIP appears to be worse than average, so he'll probably end up average-ish this year.

  3. This club is scoring runs and I'm not sure how they are doing it. They are above average in runs in the AL, despite sporting a 91 OPS+.

    1. OPS records all of the events but is ignorant of sequencing. So it could be the top-half of the lineup is really good and consistently strings together hits while the bottom-half is really bad and can't do any of that. Or they're just getting lucky in the sequencing, such as extra base hits coming after walks and singles.

      Looking over the stats and this team is pretty bad in certain areas. They're 14th in stolen bases with eight. They have been caught stealing nine times. Also 14th in home runs.

      1. but you can get the OPS splits by point in order. Not quite the sequencing, but closer.

        Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ sOPS+
        Batting 1st 29 28 131 121 17 31 6 1 2 14 3 2 7 30 .256 .300 .372 .672 45 1 1 1 1 1 3 .322 94 88
        Batting 2nd 31 28 127 118 21 33 10 0 3 15 1 2 6 26 .280 .331 .441 .771 52 3 3 0 0 0 0 .337 122 110
        Batting 3rd 30 28 124 110 11 33 7 1 1 17 0 0 13 20 .300 .371 .409 .780 45 3 0 0 1 3 1 .356 126 93
        Batting 4th 29 28 122 105 13 22 1 0 3 18 1 0 15 32 .210 .303 .305 .608 32 1 0 0 2 0 3 .264 77 61
        Batting 5th 29 28 116 108 10 26 6 0 4 14 0 1 6 26 .241 .276 .407 .683 44 3 0 0 2 0 2 .275 96 87
        Batting 6th 32 28 113 102 14 21 2 0 3 9 1 0 9 21 .206 .283 .314 .597 32 2 2 0 0 0 2 .231 73 70
        Batting 7th 39 28 107 97 13 27 2 1 1 9 0 0 8 20 .278 .336 .351 .687 34 0 1 0 1 4 0 .338 100 109
        Batting 8th 30 28 105 99 16 30 4 0 3 14 1 1 5 20 .303 .337 .434 .771 43 5 0 1 0 1 1 .355 122 128
        Batting 9th 32 28 105 98 12 26 6 1 0 10 1 3 3 23 .265 .294 .347 .641 34 1 1 3 0 0 4 .347 85 145

        Looks like the bottom third of the order has been much better than league averages.

        1. But it's tOPS+ that matters with my hypothesis that some number of consecutive lineup positions were better than the overall average and were able to sequence things well.

          Although, that BABIP from 7-3 might be helping to string together hits.

          1. well, I think we can at least agree that the 4-5-6 hitters have suh-hucked (and that is a pretty mediocre OBP from the leadoff spot).

    2. Also, the Twins are still recovering from those first three games in which they had a .349 OPS. Since then, not counting today, the Twins have a .728 OPS, which is 12 points better than average and would be 7th best in the AL if it was for the full season. They are averaging 5 runs per game in that stretch, which is 0.6 better than average and would put them third in the AL.

    1. Was just coming here to post that.

      With the win, the Twins improved to 16-13 on the year to be at least three games above .500 for the first time since the last game of the 2010 season.
      -Rhett Bollinger and Jane Lee

  4. Damn, it was a day game? And my log? And I missed it while doing zilch?

    On the upside, I hear with this win, the Twins are three games above .500 for the first time since 2010!

    1. It was also the free game of the day, not that i could watch it at work.

      1. You can always watch an archive of it and I believe that they lift the blackout rules after so many hours. Also, mlb.com has a condensed game showing most of the plays.

        1. I don't really like watching whole games after they've happened.

          But blackout rules weren't my problem, stupid web filters were. I couldn't even watch it on my phone because I'm not paying for MLB At-Bat and the video won't work on it unless you do.

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