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Game 119: Evil Empire vs. Twins

Aug 12th, 2008 | By ubelmann | Category: 2008 Twins Game Logs

Mussina vs. Blackburn
2008 Twins Starters and Mike Mussina by xFIP:
3.60 -- Mussina
3.92 -- Baker
4.16 -- Slowey
4.25 -- AL avg. xFIP
4.40 -- Blackburn
4.44 -- Estimated AL avg. xFIP for starters
4.46 -- Boof!
4.75 -- Livan
4.92 -- Perkins
5.80 -- Liriano*
Misc. Stat:
4.43 ERA -- AL starters
3.88 ERA -- AL relievers
*Obviously, small sample size caveats apply here.
[SBG: Yesterday, I [...]



Game 101: Twins at 1927 Yankees

Jul 23rd, 2008 | By ubelmann | Category: 2008 Twins Game Logs

Perkins vs. Mussina
Coming off of a 2-day break, the Twins head into their LAST GAME EVER AT YANKEE STADIUM (EVER!!!!1oneone!!!1111!!!), with Perkins and his 4.80 xFIP facing off against a borderline (or better) Hall-of-Fame candidate in Mike Mussina, sporting a 3.67 xFIP so far this year.
But! The Twins' two-day break will hopefully allow them [...]



Game 54: New York at Minnesota

May 30th, 2008 | By ubelmann | Category: 2008 Twins Game Logs

Mike Mussina vs. Glen Perkins
Today, Joe Posnanski has proposed the Dayton Game.* Basically, how many tools are there on your team that are 60 tools. 60 is a rating on the typical scouting scale, and well, I'm not a scout. Posnanski suggests that a 60 tool is an All-Star caliber tool and [...]