Kyle Gibson - Took away his first 3 starts

 

60.9 innings 

53 hits

9 BB

19 ER

65 K

 

3.21 ERA

1.02 WHIP

1.33 BB/9

 

Jake Odorizzi - Took away his 0.2 inning start 

 

69.1 innings

44 hits

11 ER

19 BB

77 K

 

1.43 ERA

0.91 whip

2.47 BB/9

10.02 K/9

 

Jose Berrios - Take away the LA game

 

84 IP

70 hits

14 BB

25 ER

81 K

 

2.67 ERA

1.00 Whip

1.5 BB/9

8.7 K/9

 

I wanted to show some credit to the real reason for the Twins success past the HRs.  Take a look at these stats.

Had a few hard seltzers and I made it as far as showing how good our top 3 pitchers have been in 90% of our games this season setting us up for success.

 

I will follow up and dig in deeper but I hope this jumps in.  We talk a lot about the #bomba squad.  As much as the #bomba squad, the success of the Twins is due to the success of our SPs... at least at the top end.  Berrios, Odorizzi, and Gibson for 90% of this season have been dominating and winning us games regardless of our offense and in spite of our non-Taylor Rogers bullpen. 

 

Can these guys keep it up?  Is the current production sustainable?  If these 3 can keep up their performance and put 9 out of 10 starts at this level what does that mean?

 

That means they have a pretty formidable playoff rotation.

 

Jake Odorizzi - Took away his 0.2 inning start 

 

69.1 innings

44 hits

11 ER

19 BB

77 K

 

1.43 ERA

0.91 whip

2.47 BB/9

10.02 K/9

Good god, what the hell is that guy eating this season? Those are Kershaw-in-his-prime numbers.

I heard something that the Twins have the most pitching shut outs against their opponents, too.

But Odorizzi still is unable to go deep into games. He’s a 6 inning guy and we need a bullpen to finish it off for him. Nothing against what he’s doing, it’s phenomenal but there’s a reason Berríos has more innings and there’s an asterisk next to his “Ace” numbers.

 

I’m not saying get rid of him or anything, extend him as a really good number 3 type and keep the bullpen fresh knowing you will need them for 3 innings when he pitches.

 

Pérez also started the year with phenomenal results and has come back to Earth some. I’m afraid some of these numbers are not sustainable without getting another top of the rotation arm. Berríos is definitely a #2 starter and possibly an Ace with just a little more growth but with this team as constructed we’re going to need the offense to carry this if we make a World Series run.