Liriano
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Deduno
Dick'n'Bert talked about how great it is that the Twins have their own park and not having to play early games on Saturday. So the Twins then play.. and early game on Saturday.
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2012 Game 145: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins
Chris Sale
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Esmerling Vasquez
2012 Game 142: Royals at Twins
Will Smith
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Scott Diamond
2012 Game 138: Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins
Jeanmar Gomez
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Liam Hendriks
The Twins passed Colorado and are now ranked third in MLB. Cleveland, however, is right behind the Twins in the Race For #1. Personally, I like their chances better.
The Twins have a respectable 20-32 record in the second half, but aren't getting it done in the division with a 26-27 record. Additionally, they're just handing third place to the Indians with a 7-4 mark against them this year. The Indians are two games behind the Twins and have a four game series. I see them tying, if not outright taking the lead, by Monday night.
Finally, the Twins take on Kansas City after while Cleveland heads to Texas. The Twins have a ridiculous record of 10-5 against the hapless Royals while the Indians have split against Texas in six games so far. I just see no way the Twins retain third place and wouldn't be surprised to see them drop to fifth, behind Colorado once again.
2012 Game 125: Minnesota Twins at Texas Rangers
Deduno
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Harrison
2012 Game 118: Minnesota Twins vs Not Felix Hernandez
Nick Blackburn
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Hisashi Iwakuma
2012 Game 116: Tigers at Twins
Doug Fister
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Brian Duensing
FSN talking about the internal debate about whether Duensing should start or relieve. Bert then talks about how his last three starts are good evidence he should start. Yes, clearly just those three starts matter. I really need to avoid tuning in until the last possible minute.
2012 Game 114: Rays at Twins
Shields
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Diamond
2012 Game 112: Tampa Bay Rays at Minnesota Twins
Hellickson
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De Vries
Assorted notes:
- The Twins are 0.01 runs/game above league average on offense.
- The Twins are 0.001 runs/game behind Cleveland for pitching. They have already given up five fewer runs than Cleveland, but played one less game. If they give up one less run than the Indians today, they will no longer be last in the league. It will be awhile until they can think about trying for 12th.
- The Twins pitching trail the league in strikeouts, at 650 so far. They have 90 fewer than the next worse.
- The Rays pitching lead the league in strikeouts, at 935.
- The Twins offense is second best at avoiding the strikeout, with 712.
- The Rays offense is third-worst at striking out, with 893.
2012 Game 106: Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
Duensing
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Doubront
From mlb.com:
Duensing had less than 24 hours notice of his last start vs. Cleveland on July 29 because of the Francisco Liriano trade a day earlier. But he responded with his best start of the year, holding the Indians to one run on five hits over a six innings.
Maybe he should be the surprise starter instead of a spot starter.