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2012 Wild Card Playoffs
Game 1:
Cardinals v Braves, 4:00 PM CDT
Kyle Lohse v Kris Medlen
I'll admit, I picked the Braves because Medlen has been amazing.
Game 2:
Orioles v Rangers, 7:30 PM CDT
Joe Saunders v Yu Darvish
Seriously? Joe Saunders in the Must Win game?
2012 Game 157: Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins
Some dude
v
Some other dude that's probably worse
Six games left. Another bad year. Since the season is all but over, let's take a look at how the team performed versus the league.
Batting: 9th (4.38 runs/game)
Pitching: 14th (5.19 runs/game)
Starters: 14th (5.94 runs/game)
Relievers: 8th (4.19 runs/game)
Fielding: 11th (.688 DefEff)
Compared to last year:
Batting: 13th (3.82 runs/game)
Pitching: 13th (4.96 runs/game)
Starters: 12th (5.16 runs/game)
Relievers: 14th (4.94 runs/game)
Fielding: 14th (.677 DefEff)
I don't think the numbers for this season are describing anything we don't already know: the starters have been awful. I do think the improvement in the offense and relief pitching from bad to below average makes this season not a complete loss. I am very curious what the Twins will do this offseason.
2012 Game 155: Still Evil Incarnate vs The Good Guys
Phil Hughes
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Esmerling Vasquez
2012 Game 151: Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
Deduno
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Porcello
The Twins need one more win in the remaining twelve games in order to match last year's win total. They could top 70 wins if they actually finish well, but that's just not going to happen.
2012 Game 146: White Sox at Twins
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.
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