April 8, 20179 yr The Twins have the best record in baseball.The Twins' magic number to clinch first place is 149*. Let the countdown begin! * The traditional magic number for outright clinch would be 158, but the following site incorporates the knowledge that division rivals play each other frequently so that some wins count twice toward clinching: https://lyle.smu.edu/~olinick/riot/american_league.html
April 8, 20179 yr The Minnesota Twins pitching staff has the lowest ERA in Major League Baseball.hahahahaha
April 8, 20179 yr The Minnesota Twins pitching staff has the lowest ERA in Major League Baseball.hahahahahaFor once this really is Fun With Numbers!
April 8, 20179 yr Author Who had best record and best run differential in baseball after 4 games in the pool?
April 8, 20179 yr Who had best record and best run differential in baseball after 4 games in the pool?The entirety of TD, I think. I don't recall a single person predicting anything under 104 wins.
April 10, 20179 yr The Twins are at 8.5% of their 2016 win total after playing only 3.7% of the season.
April 10, 20179 yr Twins batters have a BABIP of .307, pitchers have a BABIP of .220. Versus a league average of .276. This helpful trend will obviously continue.
April 10, 20179 yr Jason Castro, with 0.5 fWAR, has, on a Fangraphs $/WAR basis, earned 1/6 of his contract. Put another way, Castro is on pace to return $299.5 million in surplus contract value. Edited April 10, 20179 yr by Willihammer
April 13, 20179 yr as of today, 5 players in baseball haven't swung and missed at a pitch in the strike zone:Joe PanikMekly CabreraAndrew BenintendiJJ HardyJorge Polanco
April 13, 20179 yr Author Going into today's game, Twins starters have 20 strikeouts.Byron Buxton has 17. Given the nice start, this thread has been fun... until now.
April 14, 20179 yr Buxton went 1 for 5 today and his batting average increased by 19 points. Edited April 14, 20179 yr by kydoty
April 14, 20179 yr The twins have outscored their opponents by 20 runs this year - best in the AL. Second best in the AL are the Yankees at +12. This is in part because the Twins have averaged 5 runs per game, second in the AL only to the Rangers (at 6!) But mostly it's because the Twins have given up the fewest runs per game in baseball. 2.78 runs allowed per game.
April 16, 20179 yr Going into the game, the Twins pitching staff had the lowest BABIP, at .219, a full 13 points lower than the White Sox, who were # 2. You can't talk about this hot start without mentioning the defense.
April 17, 20179 yr as of today, 5 players in baseball haven't swung and missed at a pitch in the strike zone:Joe PanikMekly CabreraAndrew BenintendiJJ HardyJorge Polanco 4/17 update: it's down to 3: Panik, Polanco, and JJ Hardy. Interestingly, the next two on the list are Nunez (98.2% zone contact) and Mauer (97.5% zone contact)
April 19, 20179 yr Miguel Sano hits the ball hard. Oh right, this is about numbers. He leads baseball in average exit velocity. For context, the top 50 leaderboard in average exit velocity ranges from 90.7 mph to 96.2 mph. Except 96.2 mph is second place. Sano is comfortably ahead at 102.1. The difference between his exit velocity and second place (Khris Davis) is greater than the difference between #2 and #50.
April 19, 20179 yr Courtesy of Aggies7 in last night's game thread: The last time the Twins hit more HRs than their opposition for a season was 2004. Prior to that, 1991.
April 19, 20179 yr Courtesy of Aggies7 in last night's game thread: The last time the Twins hit more HRs than their opposition for a season was 2004. Prior to that, 1991.BRING BACK THE '60's......sorry for yelling, but I grew up with those guys
April 20, 20179 yr Courtesy of Aggies7 in last night's game thread: The last time the Twins hit more HRs than their opposition for a season was 2004. Prior to that, 1991. I cannot like this post.
April 20, 20179 yr I cannot like this post.Why not? As I see it, we're on a 13 year cycle, and guess where we are on that.
April 20, 20179 yr Why not? As I see it, we're on a 13 year cycle, and guess where we are on that.That's some fine calculatin' work there, Lou. http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/201002/23/18/c0083518_104119.jpg
April 23, 20179 yr Author Miguel Sano hits the ball hard. Oh right, this is about numbers. He leads baseball in average exit velocity. For context, the top 50 leaderboard in average exit velocity ranges from 90.7 mph to 96.2 mph. Except 96.2 mph is second place. Sano is comfortably ahead at 102.1. The difference between his exit velocity and second place (Khris Davis) is greater than the difference between #2 and #50.wow.
April 24, 20179 yr Jorge Polanco is on pace for a 95-RBI season. Who needs Francisco Lindor? Heh. But true, Jorge has been what we hoped
April 25, 20179 yr Phil Hughes is currently on pace to win 26 games. Time for another extension, baby!
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