Chris Young
v
Kyle "No More Staff Ace" Gibson
Last week the Twins were in fourth, almost fifth, place. This week they are in third, almost second or fourth, place within the division. The Tigers remain as far ahead of the Twins at last week. I am okay with that and if it remains true for the rest of the season, I will be more than okay.
Chris Young has a 2.63 ERA but a 4.80 FIP. The Mariners have a good defense, but not that good. Time for the Twins to initiate some regression to the mean.
Philip Hughes
v
Justin Verlander
The Twins are tied for fourth place, a half game behind the third place Royals. The Tigers have increased their division lead. I suspect it will be insurmountable when the Twins leave town. Insurmountable for the other three teams of course. It was impossible starting in mid-2011 for the Twins.
Ubaldo Jimenez
v
Carlos Enrique Nolasco
The Twins have two bench players tonight. This game will be so much fun if it goes to extra innings.
In honor of another poor Pelfrey start, how about an Alex Meyer poll.
How many games will Alex Meyer start for the Twins in 2014?
Total Voters: 25
Loading ...Rick Porcello
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Kevin Correia
Since last week, the Twins were 3-3. If we assume they were a 70-win team before the season, then performing like that for the remaining 141 games means they're now instead a 72-win (okay, 71.9) team. A few more weeks of this and they will cease to be on pace for another 90-loss season.
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
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