In that vein...

Who has the higher OPS: Jorge Polanco, or Jason Castro?

Yes.

Yes.

Justin Morneau is on pace to predict half of Byron Buxton's home runs!

 

Career BA:

 

Willians Astudillo .368

Ty Cobb .366

According to Newton's second law, force (F) equals mass (m) times acceleration (a), written as F = ma. With algebra we can write F/m = a, which means that as mass goes up, acceleration goes down. So, when Willans Astudillo accelerated to catch a pop foul a couple games ago, he fell short of the catch by one foot, a distance equivalent to increasing his mass by the weight of a single large breakfast burrito (plus a big glass of horchata, of course). He literally missed that catch by 3.232 pounds! And I just made all that up!

Two key stats for the Twins team: they are second in the AL in runs scored (251) despite playing 1+ games less than Houston. They are second in homers to Seattle, but the Mariners have played four more games than the Twins. The Twins are averaging the most homers per game for any AL team, but are second in most runs per game to Texas.

Buxton didn't hit a single home run last month, but he's up to 4 this month. I don't expect him to be a power guy, but 20 HR a year to go with that speed and defense would be pretty amazing. 

Record for team HR in a season is 267 for the Yankees in 2018. Twins are on pace for approx 310.

 

If it's a Tuesday, it's OPS Ranks!

 

Position - Rank (last week, previous week,....)

 

 

Missed a week, sorry y'all. For fun I've added the 2018 final ranks as well

 

C - 1st (2,1,2) - 2018 16th

1B - 20th (26,21,18) - 2018 26th

2B - 4th (7,8,7) - 2018 19th

3B - 21st (26,26,27) - 2018 14th

SS - 2nd (3,6,1) - 2018 8th

LF - 17th (20,12,12) - 2018 9th

CF - 7th (8,11,3) - 2018 17th

RF - 12th (13,6,21) - 2018 19th

DH - 8th (6,6,3) - 2018 22nd

 

Overall - 2nd (3) - 2018 18th

 

Edited May 21, 20197 yr by amjgt

Twins runs in May: 124

Marlins runs in 2019: 118

The Twins have just one extra innings game this year, and it went only into the 10th. This is great, keeps the team fresh. 

 

Number of walkoff wins and losses: zero. Also good when you are winning more than you are losing.

Through May 21, the Twins have scored the most runs in the major leagues.

If the Twins play .500 ball from this date forward, they will still win 89 games.

The last time the Twins have led their division by 6+ games before June 1? Never.... Until now!

According to Newton's second law, force (F) equals mass (m) times acceleration (a), written as F = ma. With algebra we can write F/m = a, which means that as mass goes up, acceleration goes down. So, when Willans Astudillo accelerated to catch a pop foul a couple games ago, he fell short of the catch by one foot, a distance equivalent to increasing his mass by the weight of a single large breakfast burrito (plus a big glass of horchata, of course). He literally missed that catch by 3.232 pounds! And I just made all that up!

This makes me wonder whether it was something heavier than an apple that hit him in the head!

 

This makes me wonder whether it was something heavier than an apple that hit him in the head!

Are you referring to Newton or Jimbo?

And your answer is.... YES.

The Twins haven’t had a losing homestand OR road trip yet.

The last time the Twins have led their division by 6+ games before June 1? Never.... Until now!

All well and good, but what about seven?

 

The Twins have just one extra innings game this year, and it went only into the 10th. This is great, keeps the team fresh. 

 

Number of walkoff wins and losses: zero. Also good when you are winning more than you are losing.

Last year before June 1st Twins had 2 walk off wins and 8 walk off losses.

 

Record for team HR in a season is 267 for the Yankees in 2018. Twins are on pace for approx 310.

I predict multiple teams beat the record of 267 this season.

Twins are on pace for not only the most home runs in the league, but also the most wins in the majors.

In his career, Martin Perez has never come close to striking out a batter per inning in any given season. This year: 53Ks in 53IP. He’s also given up (way) more than a hit per inning every year in his career (for example, in 2017; 221 hits in 185IP) except 2014 (50 hits / 51 IP). This year: 45 hits in 53 innings. And that’s with a reasonable .293 BABIP.

 

New cutter, new coach, new confines, new confidence. Lock this guy in.

Twins Lead MLB in Runs

 

Rangers lead MLB in Runs/Game

 

Twins lead MLB in Runs/Inning

Seattle has more than twice as many runs scored than Miami and more than twice as many runs allowed than Tampa Bay

Twins have the best record in baseball and can't crack the top 5 in the power rankings.  It think it's an mlb.com rule that no more than one small market team can be in the top 5 at any time,  so the upcoming Rays series is looming large.

Twins are 8-7 in the final game of a series and 24-9 in all other games.

 

Twins have the best record in baseball and can't crack the top 5 in the power rankings.  It think it's an mlb.com rule that no more than one small market team can be in the top 5 at any time,  so the upcoming Rays series is looming large.

 

Every other Power Rankings I've seen has them in the top 5. Mostly 3rd and 4th.

Twins remaining schedule tidbits:

 

Home Games - 58

Road Games - 56

Against .500 or Better - 53 (28 - Home) (25 - Road)

Against Under .500 - 61 (30 - Home) (31 - Road)

 

vs AL - 99 (48 - Home) (51 - Road)

vs NL - 15 (10 - Home) (5 - Road)

 

So ...

 

10-15 in those 25 road games against "good" teams

53-36 in those 89 games otherwise

 

32 wins in the bank

 

95 wins

 

That blows my 84 win prediction out of the water.

 

Edited May 23, 20197 yr by MMMordabito

Martin Perez strikeouts as of today in 2019: 53

Martin Perez strikeouts for Texas in all of 2018: 52

It think it's an mlb.com rule that no more than one small market team can be in the top 5 at any time

It's an MLB rule that wins against Baltimore count as losses against any other team in the power rankings.

I’m confused. This thread has traditionally been a place to find “fun” ways to describe the Twins’ futility. I’m nonplussed by all of these actually fun numbers this year.

 

Ho him...

Twins on pace for 327 HRs.

Buxton on pace for 61 doubles.

Perez and Berríos on pace for 23 wins.

Twins on pace for 110 wins.

Rosario on pace for 48 homers.

Sano on pace for 83 HRs in 117 games.

Astudillo on pace for 6 homers, 6 walks, and 10 strikeouts.