3-0 twins in the second. See, this is what happens when you don't walk Grichuk.
Per the replay, it appears Buxton did, in fact, move away from the wall.
2Byron!
Stupid seats might have robbed him of a triple.
I guess I’m okay with him padding his lead.
Focus on the record!
On pace for almost 74 now?
73.6. A little low of a pace. He'll eventually slow down and there isn't much of a buffer above the record. Could top the Twins, or even franchise*, records.
* The top two finishers in franchise history happened the same year. Tough luck Stan Spence.
If he makes 60 he'd be the first one to do it since 1936. Helton had 59 in 2000.
Yeah, Google STILL thinks I'm a huge Rays fan.
Better than it thinking you’re a Yankees fan...
Good thing I don't have to do a lot of Civil War research.
A Twins' pitcher as Player of the Week?! That just doesn't happen
It has been a pretty crappy strike zone.
Guys, we have three starting pitchers with sub 3 ERA's.
I’m starting to really dig this Twins team guys.
Polan Co.
Man, Perez has been on a roll. His ERA as a starter is under 2.00
That is a quality start.
The 68 mph heater yakker
I wonder if this is the most players on a regular-season Twins roster wearing uniform numbers in the 60s.
#
Player
60
Cave
64
Astudillo (IL)
65
May
66
Magill
Nice game by the Twins. Perez is my new second favorite Twins pitcher.
Yankees got off easy, missing both Perez and Berrios.
tWINs
Good game. I sneak peeked the updates while watching my daughters last orchestra concert. I am feeling better about going a bit out on the limb early in this season with my love for this team.
Martin Perez is looking really good (and still looks like Santana good Santana out on the mound. Not Cy Young results (yet), but he just looks like him. Odorizzi is a solid #3. Berrios remains on a mission to prove he can be a bonafide ace. Ex-Yankee pitcher will get better. Gibby will get better. I think Kiriloff (who is on a tear already in Pensacola) may just find his way onto this team by the end of the year. The guy just plain rakes.
Imagine this lineup: Kepler, Polanco, Cruz, Rosario, Cron/Gonzalez, Sano/Gonzalez, Schoop, Garver/Castro, Buxton. A bench of Gonzalez , Castro, Kiriloff, Cave or Adrianza. A bullpen bolstered by a mid season rental.
My biggest worry? Can we score runs against elite pitchers.
we scored run off elite pitcher not too long ago. seemed to do the trick.
I still worry about OB%, we have one guy that can steal bases; HRs off of elite pitchers are not an easy thing to sustain.
OBP is a concern, but on the optimistic side the lineup has survived a slump from Rosario and having Gonzalez in it everyday. So maybe having so many power bats will help mitigate regression by offsetting who is slumping at any given point.
I agree. Would love to see OBP higher, but our SLG makes up for it.
SLG makes up for it so far. The concern mentioned above is vs. elite pitchers, and SLG alone is not a good weapon in that instance. This isn't the kind of team that works pitch counts and gets to the 'pen early, and that's one of the goals. We've only scored one run in each of the two Verlander starts, one run against Eflin and Bauer, no runs against Cole.
We'll just have to keep Adrianza around for them.
I think the front office/Rocco mentality is not to run. Kepler, Rosario and Polanco could probably snag a few SBs now and then, but the team chooses to not risk losing a base runner when you have big bats coming up.
Today's starter featured in The Athletic.
CASTRO!
3-0 twins in the second. See, this is what happens when you don't walk Grichuk.
Per the replay, it appears Buxton did, in fact, move away from the wall.
2Byron!
Stupid seats might have robbed him of a triple.
I guess I’m okay with him padding his lead.
Focus on the record!
On pace for almost 74 now?
73.6. A little low of a pace. He'll eventually slow down and there isn't much of a buffer above the record. Could top the Twins, or even franchise*, records.
* The top two finishers in franchise history happened the same year. Tough luck Stan Spence.
If he makes 60 he'd be the first one to do it since 1936. Helton had 59 in 2000.
Yeah, Google STILL thinks I'm a huge Rays fan.
Better than it thinking you’re a Yankees fan...
Good thing I don't have to do a lot of Civil War research.
Perez needs to go back to throwing strikes.
Oh, Marwin!
Dang, son
Decent lead: check
WHIP below 1.00: check
K/9 above 9.00: check
ED
HRosario!!
Eddie!
Been missing that.
A Twins' pitcher as Player of the Week?! That just doesn't happen
It has been a pretty crappy strike zone.
Guys, we have three starting pitchers with sub 3 ERA's.
I’m starting to really dig this Twins team guys.
Polan Co.
Man, Perez has been on a roll. His ERA as a starter is under 2.00
That is a quality start.
The 68 mph
heateryakkerI wonder if this is the most players on a regular-season Twins roster wearing uniform numbers in the 60s.
Nice game by the Twins. Perez is my new second favorite Twins pitcher.
Yankees got off easy, missing both Perez and Berrios.
tWINs
Good game. I sneak peeked the updates while watching my daughters last orchestra concert. I am feeling better about going a bit out on the limb early in this season with my love for this team.
Martin Perez is looking really good (and still looks like
Santanagood Santana out on the mound. Not Cy Young results (yet), but he just looks like him. Odorizzi is a solid #3. Berrios remains on a mission to prove he can be a bonafide ace. Ex-Yankee pitcher will get better. Gibby will get better. I think Kiriloff (who is on a tear already in Pensacola) may just find his way onto this team by the end of the year. The guy just plain rakes.Imagine this lineup: Kepler, Polanco, Cruz, Rosario, Cron/Gonzalez, Sano/Gonzalez, Schoop, Garver/Castro, Buxton. A bench of Gonzalez , Castro, Kiriloff, Cave or Adrianza. A bullpen bolstered by a mid season rental.
My biggest worry? Can we score runs against elite pitchers.
we scored run off elite pitcher not too long ago. seemed to do the trick.
I still worry about OB%, we have one guy that can steal bases; HRs off of elite pitchers are not an easy thing to sustain.
OBP is a concern, but on the optimistic side the lineup has survived a slump from Rosario and having Gonzalez in it everyday. So maybe having so many power bats will help mitigate regression by offsetting who is slumping at any given point.
I agree. Would love to see OBP higher, but our SLG makes up for it.
SLG makes up for it so far. The concern mentioned above is vs. elite pitchers, and SLG alone is not a good weapon in that instance. This isn't the kind of team that works pitch counts and gets to the 'pen early, and that's one of the goals. We've only scored one run in each of the two Verlander starts, one run against Eflin and Bauer, no runs against Cole.
We'll just have to keep Adrianza around for them.
I think the front office/Rocco mentality is not to run. Kepler, Rosario and Polanco could probably snag a few SBs now and then, but the team chooses to not risk losing a base runner when you have big bats coming up.