June 5, 20179 yr I wrote a State of the Twins address for the 1/3 mark of the season: http://zonecoverage.com/2017/twins/warne-state-of-the-twins-off-day-dump/ As always, thoughtful discussion is appreciated!
June 5, 20179 yr I don't agree that the rotation is trending up. Berrios and Santana are clearly not pitching as well in their most recent 3-4 starts as they did in the ones before that. After posting 6 consecutive quality starts, Hector Santiago has zero since. Mejia has been improved, so that's one. I guess technically Gibson is too, but it's merely a lesser degree of terrible. He has yet to complete 6 innings in a game. IMO, that's trending down. Overall though I'd say the grades are spot on. Edited June 5, 20179 yr by yarnivek1972
June 6, 20179 yr I'm not sure I qualify a Santiago start as 'pray for rain' just yet. He's only had two starts where he gave up more than 3 ER and one was on short rest against the Astros. Granted he seems consistantly 2-3 outs away from a quality start but at least the Twins are usually in the game when he pitches. Edited June 6, 20179 yr by Tuba
June 6, 20179 yr Author I don't agree that the rotation is trending up. Berrios and Santana are clearly not pitching as well in their most recent 3-4 starts as they did in the ones before that. After posting 6 consecutive quality starts, Hector Santiago has zero since. Mejia has been improved, so that's one. I guess technically Gibson is too, but it's merely a lesser degree of terrible. He has yet to complete 6 innings in a game. IMO, that's trending down.Overall though I'd say the grades are spot on. Having Berrios is better than not. That's why I think they're trending up.
June 6, 20179 yr Author I'm not sure I qualify a Santiago start as 'pray for rain' just yet. He's only had two starts where he gave up more than 3 ER and one was on short rest against the Astros. Granted he seems consistantly 2-3 outs away from a quality start but at least the Twins are usually in the game when he pitches. Fair point. I still am not certain what he's going to be medium-term, but he's been OK.
June 6, 20179 yr Fair point. I still am not certain what he's going to be medium-term, but he's been OK. Iirc they had him pitching exclusively out of the stretch in his last start? So maybe they've seen something there...
June 6, 20179 yr Iirc they had him pitching exclusively out of the stretch in his last start? So maybe they've seen something there... Self fulfilling prophecy?
June 6, 20179 yr Author Iirc they had him pitching exclusively out of the stretch in his last start? So maybe they've seen something there... Two starts ago, I believe. One good, one bad?
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