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Game Recap #118: Minnesotas 4, Houstons 10
Good luck, Yohan.
Game 118 Twins at Houston
Joe Mauer got his hit out of the way early
Game Recap #117: Bad Team 4, Worse Team 2
2014 Game 117: Twins at Astros
Tonight we commence a three-game set against the Astros and we get something old and something new. The something old is Joe Mauer, returning to the team after a minor league rehab assignment in Cedar Rapids stemming from an injury to his right oblique. Mauer had a 12-game hitting streak going before the injury.
The something new is starting pitcher Tommy Milone, acquired from Oakland for Sam Fuld just before the non-waiver trade deadline. Milone this year sports a 3.55 ERA and is giving up just 8.5 hits per 9 innings, which are career high marks in both categories. Unfortunately, his strikeout rate has declined from 7.3 to 5.7/9 innings, but he is still posting a 1.215 WHIP, the lowest of his career so far. Houston counters with Brad Peacock, who has amassed a 16.00 ERA in his last three games. That compares to a 3.71 ERA over his first 11 starts this year for the 26-year old righthander. Play ball!
Game Recap #116: Late-Inning Heroes 6, Late-Inning Collapsers 1
Well, that changed quickly.
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2014 – Game 116: Twins at Athletics
I won't talk about May here ... things can only improve for him, right?
As for today's game, I wouldn't mind avoiding the sweep, but that's about all the energy I've got to invest at this point.
Hughes (11-8, 4.01 ERA, 98 ERA+, 2.68 FIP, 1.246 WHIP) v. Hammel (9-9, 3.70 ERA, 104 ERA+, 3.78 FIP, 1.203 WHIP)*
*2014 combined stats: Cubs & A's
Following yesterday's game, the Twins did what most (all?) of us thought they should be doing at this point in another lost season by trading veteran pitcher Kevin Correia to the Los Angeles Dodgers for cash or a player to be named later. There was some brief discussion of it here yesterday. Comments were pretty matter of fact. Between insufficient run support and about average stuff, Correia provided about as was expected. Even so, according to sean:
Correia had a 1.6 rWAR last season and a -0.0 rWAR this season. FanGraphs rates them 1.4 fWAR and 0.9 fWAR respectively. The Dodgers are paying the final $1.5 million, so that's 1.6 rWAR and 2.3 fWAR for $8.5 million. That's $5.3 million / rWAR and $3.7 million / fWAR. He did everything the Twins expected, plus some.
That's kind of a nice way to sum up that FA signing...they got what was expected, plus some.
Game Recap #113: Zero Heroes 0, Odotcos 3
Nothing from nothing.
2014 Game 113: Minnesota Twins vs. Oakland Athletics.
Looks like we've got a long series of late games in front of us, you guys. Don't forget to once again brew yourself an extra cup.
As we've recently discussed, not a whole lot of bright spots in our view these days, and I certainly don't have any sunshine to sell you. Let's just keep our heads down, finish up this series without embarrassing ourselves, and go somewhere where the smell of sewage isn't so fresh.
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