Game Time: 7:05 CDT EST and 6:05 CDT
Probable Pitchers:
Twins - Francisco Liriano (xFIP: 4.45 ; tRA+: 136 )
Tribe - Zach Jackson (xFIP: 4.44 ; tRA+: 147 )
Go Twins!
Results of the Roadtrip
At Angels: 2-2
At Mariners: 1-2
At A's: 2-2
At Blue Jays: 0-3
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Total: 5-9, 0.321 WP
Before the road trip, SBG posted a poll asking how we felt the Twins would do. I, like most, chose that 7-8 wins would be alright. After a split with the team with the best record in the [...]
Franciso Liriano (xFIP 5.08)
Dallas Braden (xFIP 4.87)
Right now I have a giant finger splint reaching from the top my middle finger to 3/4 of the way down my palm. There are six stitches on the said finger resulting in making normal typing nearly impossible but always painful. For that reason alone, I am going to [...]
[SBG: Yickit continues the strong debuts for game logs, following up on FTLT's performance on Saturday.]
The Twins begin the second series on their monster road trip tonight. The Twins arrived in Seattle with an improved bullpen and are looking to snap their two game Anaheim slide. The game starts at 9:10 pm for [...]
[SBG: Our guy brianS has volunteered to take game logs on Wednesdays... have at it, brianS!]
Those are some mighty big shoes to fill. Hurry up and finish your dissertation, ubes!
12:10 start for some Afternoon Delight. Will the boys have some mallet left after smashing Gallagher's watermelon last night?
Pitching matchup: Dallas Braden (3-2, [...]
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Silva vs. Liriano
It's safe to say that the Carlos Silva era has not been going over well in Seattle. And while Silva's contract was awful and his attitude has been worse, he's also not nearly as bad as he has looked by his ERA. His FIP is nearly a run-and-a-half better than his [...]
Liriano vs. Greinke
I haven't been paying much attention to the Royals or Greinke this season, but damn, the kid's been pretty good. Not quite the control artist he was once hyped to be (2.6 BB/G isn't much to get excited about), but 8.1 K/G is very nice and his 43.1% GB% ought to make [...]
My teeth are gritted and I'm strapped into my chair. Time to read a week's worth of columns from the six columnists in town and summarize them for you. I do it because I love you and believe me, it hurts me more than it hurts you.
SBG Previews the 111th game of the Twins season between the Twins and Cleveland Indians. It's not just another game, though, as it marks the return of Francisco Liriano to the Twins starting rotation.
SBG takes a look at the week that was in the WGOM Polls.
davidwatts mentioned this in the CoC, but it deserves its own post. Per Joe C., Livan and Monroe are out, Liriano and Ruiz are in.
You would think that as someone affiliated with Baseball Prospectus, he might actually care about what the numbers say about the situation, but he's apparently more interested in throwing some kind of tantrum.
I’m all in favor of front offices making decisions without excessive deference to the fan base. The truth of the matter is that [...]
This was brought up by Neil in the Cup of Coffee.
My 2 cents:
It's okay for Liriano to be frustrated. He's a competitor, he's had success at the top level, and he wants to get back there. I get that. I certainly have had more irrational reactions when I was 24.
I don't like [...]
Walks per start, Francisco Liriano, 2008:
3 -- April 8th
5 -- April 13th (MLB)
5 -- April 18th (MLB)
3 -- April 24th (MLB), 0.2 IP
5 -- April 30th
4 -- May 5th
2 -- May 10th
1 -- May 15th
1 -- May 20th
1 -- May 26th
1 -- May 31st
It's just 4-5 games, and he's only been over 5 strikeouts once [...]
Any day now, I'm expecting a column from Top Jimmy about how much more fun it is to watch the Wolves now that they've ridded themselves of that selfish, stats-oriented, me-first cancer named Kevin Garnett.
Respond: 11 LTEs
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