April 3, 20179 yr Twins on pace to win 162 games this season.Twins team ERA on pace to be 1.0Sano on pace to hit 162 home runs.Santana on pace to have the luckiest season of his career. Oh, and the Twins have the best record in baseball.
April 3, 20179 yr Twins on pace to win 162 games this season.Twins team ERA on pace to be 1.0Sano on pace to hit 162 home runs.Santana on pace to have the luckiest season of his career. Oh, and the Twins have the best record in baseball. Danny Santana is on pace for 0 plate appearances!
April 3, 20179 yr Danny Santana is on pace for 0 plate appearances!This is my favorite stat of all time!
April 4, 20179 yr Author Danny Santana is on pace for 0 plate appearances! That, my friend, is a legendary post befitting of your user name.
April 4, 20179 yr This year MLB will be using Statcast pitch velocity rather than pitchfx velocities, which will lead to about 1mph higher readings on all pitches. Santana sat at 92.7 last year, while he sat 92.4 yesterday. This means he was about a tick and third lower in velocity than where he was last year for instance. Just thought this might be a nugget you'd all want to be aware of while watching guys and if Dick and Burt get excited about velocity that really isn't anything to get excited about.
April 4, 20179 yr Fangraphs has "dire" warnings for any pitcher that pitched "slower" yesterday..... The Twins' DH position is on pace for 324 RBI, I believe.
April 4, 20179 yr Home attendance on pace for 3,208,815 (which would be less than 2010!). Kintzler on pace for 0 saves. Buxton on pace for 162 '5-star' catches. Team is on pace for 2 well-executed bunts.
April 4, 20179 yr Didn't he have two five-star catches. The one that made the highlight reels was made great by the fact that he broke the wrong way, then slipped. A "normal" CF that makes a good break on the ball, probably makes that play The other one was the catch that, if I was a betting man, the analytics say was a better catch (break, top speed, range, etc)
April 4, 20179 yr Didn't he have two five-star catches. The one that made the highlight reels was made great by the fact that he broke the wrong way, then slipped. A "normal" CF that makes a good break on the ball, probably makes that play The other one was the catch that, if I was a betting man, the analytics say was a better catch (break, top speed, range, etc) The new five-star catch rating has to do with time available to make the catch, and distance required to get to the ball. So like you said, the ball where he broke the wrong way and slipped, but recovered to catch the ball with a dive, I heard yesterday that this play had a 98% 'catch probability.' So, not a 5-star play (a 1-star play in fact). The one that we would agree was the best catch, had a 24% catch probability. I think it needs to be under 25% to be a 5-star catch. I think these statistics will be tweaked in the future as they are brand new, but it's interesting and helpful nonetheless.
April 5, 20179 yr This one is a doozy: The 2017 Twins scored 10 runs in their first 11 innings of play. The 2016 Twins scored 10 runs in their first 50 innings of play.
April 5, 20179 yr The 2017 Minnesota Twins have scored 16 runs in 18 innings. The 2016 Minnesota Twins scored their 16th run in their 97th inning. Woof.
April 5, 20179 yr Author The 2017 Minnesota Twins have scored 16 runs in 18 innings. The 2016 Minnesota Twins scored their 16th run in their 96th inning. Woof. One results in happy drinking. One results in drinking to drown out the pain.
April 5, 20179 yr One results in happy drinking. One results in drinking to drown out the pain.So we win either way? Cool!!
April 5, 20179 yr And 0 injuries!How do we know he's not battling through something? He went nearly two years playing with post concussion syndrome. He might reveal that he played the first month with two broken femurs. You never really can tell
April 6, 20179 yr The 2016 Twins won their third game in their twelfth outing. The 2017 Twins won their third game in their third outing.
April 7, 20179 yr Eddie Rosario has more walks than Joey Votto. edit: Oh right, "numbers." Rosario has 2 more walks and as many strikeouts as Joey Votto. There. Edited April 7, 20179 yr by Willihammer
April 7, 20179 yr Eddie Rosario has more walks than Joey Votto. O/U on number of games that stays true?
April 7, 20179 yr O/U on number of games that stays true?1-1/2 Edited April 7, 20179 yr by Willihammer
April 8, 20179 yr The Twins have the best record in baseball. Along with the 2nd highest strength or schedule in baseball based on record of opponents and opponents of opponents.
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