The Twins head into the final game of the season knowing they will host a first round playoff matchup but could be playing anyone but TB and Oakland.
The Twins paid for those who bet OVER their season win total of 34.5.
Twins tied with Oakland as the team to go UNDER the total the most times going 20-35 (20 games OVER, 35 UNDER and 4 ties) including 9-19 at home with the most UNDER home games in the MLB,
I am in Vegas for the week and will be laying a few on the Twins to win the Series.
Today's scenarios:
- #2 Seed - Twins win or Twins lose and Oakland loses and White Sox lose
- #7 see could be
- Cleveland if they lose and finish 34-26
- White Sox if they lose and Cleveland wins both at 35-25
- #7 see could be
- #3 Seed - Twins lose and Oakland wins and White Sox lose
- #6 seed will be Houston
- #4 Seed - Twins lose and White Sox win
- #5 seed could be
- Yankees if they win or Toronto loses
- Toronto if they win and Yankees lose
- #5 seed could be
Put another way -
- Twins win
- #2 seed play Cleveland or White Sox
- Twins lose
- #2 seed if Oakland and White Sox lose play Cleveland or White Sox
- #3 seed if Oakland wins and White Sox lose play Houston
- #4 seed if White Sox win and play Yankees or Toronto
There are no MLB games Sunday Oct 4 so baseball gods willing my next game logs will be game 1 of the ALCS on Oct 11 and if necessary game 5 of the World Series on Oct 25.
Kris Bryant homers to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead over the White Sox.
No way Miguel can reach 100 K for the season if he grounds out like that
Cruz's OPS has dropped below 1.00
Also, no-hitter alert
6-0 Cubs in the second inning. A lot of game left, of course, but it's looking good there.
I really like the script on the Reds uniform.
Cave has made two decent catches so far and made them look three times as hard as Buxton would have.
Well....at least he caught them.
I don't think he's pulled any of his dives at all this season - I'd like to think he's been chastised into submission
Another Arraez double.
Eddie, just...Eddie.
Billy Hamilton homers for the Cubs to make it 7-0. Fourth inning.
TWINS BASEBALL!!
Well...TWINS BASEBALL!!!!
Balk vs Strike 3?
He stepped off the rubber. It's a balk or not a balk, but he didn't throw a pitch
I don't know what happened, but it can't be both a balk and strike three. It has to be one or the other.
To be fair, it is 2020
I'm glad they got it right, but shouldn't the umpires have known whether that was a reviewable play without having to check with someone? I know it doesn't come up a lot, but still, these guys are paid to know these things.
To be fair, it is 2020
I'm paid to know a lot of things and ask my supervisor for help sometimes.
True. But this seems pretty basic.
I hope that’s the only run of the game, and we win the division with it.
Tiggers down, Spyders down, PaleHosers down by 7.
I'm all in favor of improving the Twins' standings, so I wouldn't mind seeing every other playoff team lose today (Cubs and Marlins excepted)
Ugh, Buxton, please get better
Just came up from a 5 hour session at the pool.
First person I met was an Indian who now lives in Baltimore and is a PM for the SSA administration and we spoke about COBALT DB and the complexities of handling $1.3T in bank payments annually.
Then when he went back up to his room a group of 8 people show up wearing Twins and Vikings gear - we enjoyed watching the Vikings lose but cover.
Back up in my room for some food and to avoid further skin cancer from the sunburns and have the Twins game on.
Great day.
Funny, I spent a half hour in the pool earlier today, but mine was in the water swimming...
Arraez only got a single. Is he in a slump?
He got a cease-and-desist from Chick-fil-A and their free sandwich every Twins double program
Sonny "WP" Gray
Cruz TonyO'ing it.
10-1 Cubs in the seventh. I'm feeling pretty good about that one.
The White Six went 18-2 against Royals/Tigers and 17-23 against everyone else.
Unless it's changed last time I looked, they were 13-0 against lefties
They destroyed lefties to the tune of an .887 OPS prior to today, when they scored 5 runs in 3 IP vs. lefty relievers. They have a .747 OPS vs. righties this year. The MLB as a whole had a .740 OPS vs. righties.
10-8 now in the bottom of the 9th.
Suarez snapped his bat on his knee after that last call. If I did that, NBBW would be calling an ambulance. And the bat wouldn't be broken, my femur would be.
Another double, please.
Acceptable
Nels needs to push his OPS back over 1.00 again
Cleveland won and White Sox now down only 10-6. They only have three outs left though.
Listening to Southsider Croakers. They are down to 1 out and Luis Robert just got a single. Tying run at the plate.
Mazara pissed about the strike 3 call - ChiSox done now.
Time for some OT pay
Well, that appearance sucked.
yeeeeeesh
This is insanity. We're in extra innings, they're in the 9th, and we still have no idea who we're playing...
And as I type that, White Sox lose! A Twins' loss gives us Houston, right? That's the best result?
Yes.
no Verlander, and a losing team on top of that? Sure, yeah
Sox lose
Hosting the Astros unless the Twins come back
Twingo scoring play!
Get back runs
36 wins is a .600 winning percentage. That translates to 97 wins in a 162-game season.
GORSO
I am good with third seed, with what I see as the three biggest challenges (Rays, Yankees, Spyders) in the other half of the AL bracket.
This was my take. I am pretty happy where they ended up.