Phillies vs Padres, 3:35 p.m. on FOX or FS1
Aaron Nola vs Blake Snell
Yankees vs Astros, 6:37 p.m. on TBS
Jameson Taillon vs Justin Verlander
Or if the baseball choices aren't your thing, we have basketball.
Oklahoma City Thunder vs Timberwolves, 7:00 p.m. on BSN
Braves vs Phillies in progress.
Astros vs Mariners in progress.
Yankees vs Guardians, 6:37 p.m. on TBS
Severino vs McKenzie
Midges may return for this game.
Dodgers vs Padres, 8:37 p.m. on FS1
Anderson vs Musgrove
Guardians vs Yankees, 12:07 p.m. on TBS
Shane Bieber vs Nestor Cortes
Braves vs Phillies, 3:37 p.m. on FS1
TBD vs Aaron Nola
Dodgers vs Padres, 7:37 p.m. on FS1
Tony Gonsolin vs Blake Snell
Weird schedule this year means ALDS has a day off between games one and two while the NLDS series has a day off between games two and three.
Braves vs Phillies, TBD p.m. on FOX
Zack Wheeler vs Kyle Wright
Game delayed to unknown start time.
Padres vs Dodgers, 7:37 p.m. on FS1
Yu Darvish vs Clayton Kershaw
The season that we feared may not be has finished so lets enjoy the final month of MLB baseball.
ALWC1: SEA at TOR
ALWC2: TB at CLE
NLWC1: SD at NYM
NLWC2: PHI at STL
ALDS1: ALWC1 at HOU
ALDS2: ALWC2 at NYY
NLDS1: NLWC1 at LA
NLDS2: NLWC2 at ATL
ALCS:
NLCS:
World Series:
Louie Varland
vs
Davis Martin
The season mercifully comes to an end. The postseason starts this Friday with four games each day through Sunday.
The 2022 Twins were projected for about 82-80 and will finish at either 77-85 or 78-84. The 2021 Twins were projected at 88-74 but finished 73-89. They played at a 69-win pace from June onward. They are 9-9 versus the White Sox. A win today keeps them above .500 in the division while a loss puts them at exactly .500.
Johnny Cueto
vs
Josh Winder
The final week of games. Most of them against Chicago. Plenty of time to end the season on a high note by beating up on them and finishing second.
Bailey Ober
vs
Daniel Lynch
Let's take a look at the Twins traded away in the offseason, or deadline for Mahle, and how they performed compared to the players acquired.
Twins traded away this year:
| Name | PAs/IP | wRC+/ERA- | rWAR | fWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Garver | 215 | 100 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 490 | 86 | 2.7 | 1.1 |
| Josh Donaldson | 495 | 101 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| Spencer Steer | 64 | 84 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Brent Rooker | 36 | 15 | -0.5 | -0.4 |
| Taylor Rogers | 60.1 | 127 | -0.9 | 0.9 |
DRS likes Kiner-Falefa's fielding but UZR and OAA rate him as average. Similar with Donaldson but OAA agrees with DRS.
Rogers has replicated his 2020 season where he has a below average ERA but above average/good FIP. Although his FIP since the trade to Milwaukee has also been bad but it was very good with San Diego.
Acquired Twins this year:
| Name | PAs/IP | wRC+/ERA- | rWAR | fWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Sánchez | 425 | 87 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Gio Urshela | 495 | 112 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| Chris Paddack | 22.1 | 105 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| Emilio Pagán | 58.0 | 126 | -0.8 | -0.3 |
| Tyler Mahle | 16.1 | 115 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
Zack Greinke
vs
Sonny Gray
This is Greinke's fourth start against the Twins this year. He's 0-3 so far, although one was a 0-1 loss. He's otherwise having a perfectly average season.
Just like the Twins exactly average 70-70 season. At this point, I'm simply hoping to finish with at least 82 wins. There are 11 games remaining against teams below .500 with the other 11 against Cleveland or Chicago.
Michael Wacha
vs
Joe Ryan
Yesterday's win guaranteed the Twins a .500 record for the month. They sit at 14-13 so far with a single game left to keep the month above .500. The Guardians continued their good August with another win to stay 1.5 games ahead of the Twins. The White Sox meanwhile, are not, and have fallen 4.5 games behind the Twins. It's going to be a tight race to the ~86 wins necessary to win the division.
