Ricky Nolasco
v
Jason Vargas
Since Nolasco did so well last time against the Royals, the schedule makers kindly arranged for him to face the Royals again. The Royals are coming off a sweep of the Astros, but anyone could do that (except the Yankees).
BR's SRS score has the Twins tops in the division with a 0.6. I'm sure it will improve greatly after the 149-game win streak finishes.
If the Twins win tonight, it will be the first time they're over .500 since May 13 last year. Honestly, I would have expected it to have been longer.
Night game!
Bruce Chen
vs
Kyle Gibson
After a surprisingly pleasant start to the season, the suck has returned to Target Field. The Royals are not expected to be as good as the A's. That bodes well for avoiding another sweep.
Continue reading 2014 Game 10: Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins
Mike Pelfrey
v
Danny Salazar
Continue reading 2014 Game 4: Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians
It's past that time of year for assigning game log and recap duties.
Game Logs
Sunday: Can of Corn
Monday: Twayn
Tuesday: cheaptoy
Wednesday: spookymilk
Thursday: hungry joe
Friday: sean
Saturday: nibbish
Game Recaps
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday: Zack
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday: socaltwinsfan
Saturday: nibbish
Bench
Sign up in the comments. If you're curious who had what when last year, here's the list.
Because Morris.
Who do you think the BBWAA elects into the Hall of Fame?
Total Voters: 18
Loading ...The BBWAA announces its Hall of Fame results on Wednesday. I wanted to see what the WGOM thought about this year's ballot. The rules are the same as the BBWAA ballot: pick anyone you want up to ten. Here's baseball-reference's page on the ballot.
Continue reading WGOM’s Take on the 2014 Hall of Fame Ballot
Welcome to the new WGOM. If everything seems the same still, come back in a few hours.
Last year Mauer hit .324/.404/.476 in 113 games: 75 at catcher, 29 at DH, and 8 at first. Let's assume he does similar in 2014 but with 150 games all at first.
DRS rates Mauer's defense over a full year (unsure if that's 150 or 162 games) at +2 runs; UZR says +8 runs; TZL says +7 runs. I'm going to assume +5 runs.
Extrapolating things a bit to more games, but at first, gives the following rWAR figures.
| Year | G | PA | Rbat | Rbaser | Rdp | Rfield | Rpos | RAA | WAA | Rrep | RAR | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 113 | 508 | 26 | -1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 3.8 | 17 | 51 | 5.4 |
| 2014 | 150 | 654 | 34 | -1 | 0 | 5 | -12 | 26 | 2.9 | 22 | 48 | 5.3 |
Almost exactly the same. A large part of that is due to many more plate appearances. I don't know how much his defense will improve at first given experience. DRS really liked him this year, but UZR didn't. If instead he averages +10 runs at first, that's bordering on a six-win season.
Joining a game in progress with the Wolves' bench opting against this "scoring" thing.
