Twins Simulation Mid-April Stats & More

The Twins have an off day on 4-16-20. I will give a half month update below with plenty of links.

1. Cleveland 17-3
   
2. Minnesota 13-6
   
3. Kansas City 9-9
   
4. Chicago 7-11
   
5. Detroit 4-14
   

The Twins are 11-2 on the road. If we didn't go 2-4 in our first two home series we'd be right up there as the best team in the league thus far with Cleveland. Cleveland is starting out amazingly. They went 10-0 before the Twins gave them their first loss and have been 7-2 since then. Can't get much better than that, and that is why the Twins are 3.5 games behind them. The other AL division leaders are Tampa and Houston with Oakland and MN getting the wild card spots super early in the season. In the NL Philly, Chicago and Colorado are leading their divisions with the Dodgers and Washington taking the early Wild card positions. Link to the standings here: https://www.dynastyleaguebaseball.com/Standings.aspx?OrgID=116202

Average

AL-------------------------------------------NL

1. Alex Verdugo Bos .473 --------------- 1. Eric Sogard Mil .420

2. Jose Iglesias Bal .387 -----------------2. Howie Kendrick Wash .403

3. Tim Anderson CWS .378 --------------3. Eric Hosmer SD .383

OPS

AL-------------------------------------------NL

1. Mike Trout LAA 1.234 -----------------1. Howie Kendrick Wash 1.226

2. Mitch Haniger Sea 1.200 -------------2. Andrew McCutchen Phi 1.163

3. Michael Brantley Hou 1.198 ----------3. Javier Baez ChC 1.110

HRs

AL-------------------------------------------NL

1. Max Kepler Min 8---------------------- 1. Aristides Aquino Cin 11

2. Michael Brantley Hou 7 ----------------2. Javier Baez ChC 8

3. 7 players with 6 ------------------------3. Howie Kendrick Wash 7

ERA

AL--------------------------------------------NL

1. Aaron Bummer ChW 0.00 --------------1. Stephen Strasburg Wash 0.38

2. Charlie Morton TB 1.23 -----------------2. Anthony DeSclafani Cin 1.63

3. John Means Bal 1.37 -------------------3. Mike Soroka Atl 1.67

Strikeouts

AL--------------------------------------------NL

1. Gerrit Cole NYY 62---------------------- 1. Yu Darvish ChC .54

2. Jose Berrios Min 51 ---------------------1. Robbie Ray Ari 54

3. Justin Verlander Hou 49 -----------------3. Patrick Corbin Wash 50

3. Lucas Giolito ChW 49 -------------------3. Walker Buehler LAD 50

WHIP

AL---------------------------------------------NL

1. Justin Verlander Hou 0.66 --------------1. Craig Stammen SD 0.71

2. Kenta Maeda Min 0.71------------------ 2. Stephen Strasburg Wash 0.75

3. Charlie Morton TB 0.82 -----------------3. Jon Gray Col 0.83

------------------------------------------------3. Josh Tomlin Atl 0.83

Nice to see Kepler leading the league in HRs and Berrios and Maeda making appearances in the top 3 of big categories. All League Leader stats here: https://www.dynastyleaguebaseball.com/LeagueLeaders.aspx?OrgID=116202&League=0&Report=0&GameType=0

• Runs 114 (4th) ------------Hits 173 (4th) ---------Doubles 41 (3rd) -------Triples 5 (3rd)
  
• Home Runs 31 (2nd) -----RBI 110 (4th) ---------BB 93 (1st) -------------Strike Outs 185 (9th)---SB (T11th)
  
• Average .254 (T 7th) -----OBP .352 (2nd)------- SLG .466 (3rd) ---------OPS .819 (3rd)
  

• Wins 13 (2nd)-----------Saves 5 (4thT) ---------Hits allowed 141 (2nd)----------Runs allowed 66 (2nd)
  
• HRs Allowed 19 (4th)---Walks 59 (7th)----------Strike Outs 209 (4th)----------- BAA .215 (2nd)
  
• WHIP 1.17 (2nd)-------- ERA 2.95 (2nd)
  

Team stats overall are consistently in the top 4 in the AL in both batting and pitching. Great start to the season. Team stats here: https://www.dynastyleaguebaseball.com/LeagueStats.aspx?OrgID=116202&League=1&Report=0&GameType=0&Splits=0

Batting

1. Mitch Garver .286/.430/.619----1.049 OPS------ Leads team in Walks (15), OBP, SLG, OPS
   
2. Nelson Cruz .286/.398/.500------ .898 ------------Leads team in Runs (16)
   
3. Max Kepler .222/.320/.568. ------.887 ------------Leads team in AB (81), HR (8), RBI (25)
   
4. Byron Buxton .307/.361/.493 -----.855 -----------Leads team in Hits (23), 2b (7), 3b (2), SB (1), AVG
   
5. Josh Donaldson .254/.384/.465.- .849
   
6. Miguel Sano .257/.368/.473------ .841------------ Leads team in Ks (32)
   
7. Jorge Polanco .243/.341/.351---- .693
   
8. Luis Arraez .283/.295/.383-------- .678
   
9. Eddie Rosario. .216/.273/.431---- .704----------- Not enough PA to qualify, but close
   

Pitching

Starters

1. Jose Berrios. 3-1 ----------- 39.0 IP----- 51/14 K/BB----1.21 WHIP------3.00 ERA------.594 OPS Against
   
2. Kenta Maeda. 2-1 -----------28.1 --------30/6 ------------0.71 ------------1.59 -----------.450
   
3. Jake Odorizzi 3-0------------30.2--------39/9------------1.08--------------2.05------------.566
   
4. Homer Bailey 1-2------------21.1---------22/10-----------1.27-------------4.22-------------.659
   
5. Jhoulys Chacin 0-0-----------2.2---------5/2--------------4.13-------------23.63-----------1.972
   

Relievers

1. Taylor Rogers 1-1, 4 SV -----9.1 IP-------16/5 K/BB------0.96 WHIP-----0.00 ERA-----.427 OPS Against
   
2. Tyler Clippard 0-0, 0---------0.2-----------0/0--------------1.50------------0.00-----------.667
   
3. Sergio Romo 1-0, 1----------12.1---------14/5-------------1.30------------0.73-----------.597
   
4. Randy Dobnak 2-1, 0--------17.0---------16/2-------------0.88------------2.12-----------.606
   
5. Tyler Duffey 0-0, 0-----------5.2-----------9/4--------------2.47-------------6.35----------.882
   
6. Trevor May 0-0, 0------------2.2----------5/2---------------1.75------------11.25---------1.017
   
7. Zack Littell - Has Not played
   

6 of our 8 qualified batters have an OPS over .800 which is awesome. 4 of our starters have an OPS against under .700 which is also awesome. Our three workhorse relievers so far, Rogers, Romo and Dobnak have a 46/12 K/BB ratio and all three have an ERA under 2.50. Overall, again, a great start to the season. Individual Twins player stats here: https://www.dynastyleaguebaseball.com/TeamStats.aspx?OrgID=116202&TeamID=10&Report=0&GameType=0&Splits=0