6:07 tipoff.
Pitching matchup: Nick Blackburn (9-8, 3.75 ERA, 4.56 xFIP, 80:30 K:BB, 69.8 pct LOB) vs A.J. Burnett (16-10, 4.48 ERA, 3.64 xFIP, 193:74 K:BB, 69.9 pct LOB).
The Twins now have lost seven straight to the Jays, including five straight at Rogers Centre, where they've been outscored 39-13 in that stretch. On the [...]
September is my favorite month of the baseball season. From April through August I’m pretty much focused on two teams – the Twins and whoever they play that day. But when September rolls around and Labor Day is in the rear view mirror, I start to scan the baseball horizon in earnest and ponder the [...]
Dustin McGowan vs. Glen Perkins
It's a nooner!
I haven't written a whole lot about the Twins' injuries so far this season. There are a couple of reasons for that:
1) I have no special insight into how healthy these players are.
2) They haven't been especially beset by injuries.
They're about 1/4th of the way through the season, [...]
Roy Halladay vs. Boof Bonser
.274/.338/.403 -- Michael Cuddyer, post-DL, 68 PA
Jesse Litsch vs. Kevin Slowey
Litsch has been pretty good so far this year. Slightly above average in ground balls, average K-rate, and outstanding walk rate. All combined together, he's sporting a 3.69 xFIP.
I'm not really worried at all about Slowey so far. 6.9 K/G, 0.0 BB/G, and 37% GB% are all better [...]
Nice day today. What's going on out there?
Respond: 17 LTEs
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