Atta boy Mr. Nelson Cruz!!  Might not c much of him in Miami, 

They can just go ahead announce they're picking up Cruz's option for next year any time.

Atta boy Mr. Nelson Cruz!! Might not c much of him in Miami,

Ughh, i forgot about that... damn NL

They can just go ahead announce they're picking up Cruz's option for next year any time.

Twins have a bad history with giving extensions early....

Edited July 28, 20197 yr by Diesel

Cle 4 - KC 3. Gap is closing. 

Twins have a bad history with giving extensions early....

I still scratch my head over giving Phil Hughes even more money after his decent season

 

I still scratch my head over giving Phil Hughes even more money after his decent season

 

Hence the new regime (amongst other things).

Gibson got that good slider today.  

I would like to see a comparison of Gibson’s stats against losing teams vs teams with winning records

Edited July 28, 20197 yr by LVTwinsfan

 

Gibson got that good slider today.  

Translated to:

 

Gibson got the White Sox today

Cle 4 - KC 3. Gap is closing.

cleveland plays Houston next, my guess is they won’t keep sweeping

 

I would like to see a comparison of Gibson’s stats against losing teams vs teams with winning records

Here it is, thanks to Baseball Reference:
 

WP lower than .500: hitters have a .229/.274/.405 (.679 OPS) vs Gibson

WP equal to or greater than .500: hitters have a .277/.352/.421 (.773 OPS) vs Gibson

 

And also:

 

In 9 wins, hitters against Gibson hit .196/.232 (.536 OPS).

In 4 losses, hitters against Gibson hit .352/.414 (.982 OPS).

In 8 non-decisions, hitters against Gibson hit .276/.366 (.854 OPS).

 

 

KC just hit a ground rule double.... runners on 2 and 3 with no outs... 5-3 Cleveland bottom 5. 

Get 'em Schoop!!

That one's for you Schoop haters

 

Here it is, thanks to Baseball Reference:
 

WP lower than .500: hitters have a .229/.274/.405 (.679 OPS) vs Gibson

WP equal to or greater than .500: hitters have a .277/.352/.421 (.773 OPS) vs Gibson

 

And also:

 

In 9 wins, hitters against Gibson hit .196/.232 (.536 OPS).

In 4 losses, hitters against Gibson hit .352/.414 (.982 OPS).

In 8 non-decisions, hitters against Gibson hit .276/.366 (.854 OPS).

 

Not ask a silly question, but what's the point? I'm guessing most pitchers get hit hard in their losses... and most tend to do better against bad teams. That's pretty normal.  Can we tell if the delta is bigger for Kyle?

Here it is, thanks to Baseball Reference:

 

WP lower than .500: hitters have a .229/.274/.405 (.679 OPS) vs Gibson

WP equal to or greater than .500: hitters have a .277/.352/.421 (.773 OPS) vs Gibson

 

And also:

 

In 9 wins, hitters against Gibson hit .196/.232 (.536 OPS).

In 4 losses, hitters against Gibson hit .352/.414 (.982 OPS).

In 8 non-decisions, hitters against Gibson hit .276/.366 (.854 OPS).

thanks , about what I thought, good teams get into his head I think

SCHOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bauer just walked the bases loaded... Any chance Kepler can fly to KC to take the next at bat for them?

Royals have bases loaded no outs in the 5th

The Twins seem to have the right approach to AH behind the plate: Just hit the ball really hard and it doesn't really matter if it's called a ball or strike.

I aprove of this attitude.

infield single 5-4 Cle

If the Twins are able to once again pull away from Cleveland, the timing of Cleveland’s surge will have stopped them from selling and restocking, so that would be nice.

 

thanks , about what I thought, good teams get into his head I think

Well, good teams also have much better batters than the White Sox, Tigers, and Royals do...

Here it is, thanks to Baseball Reference:

 

WP lower than .500: hitters have a .229/.274/.405 (.679 OPS) vs Gibson

WP equal to or greater than .500: hitters have a .277/.352/.421 (.773 OPS) vs Gibson

 

And also:

 

In 9 wins, hitters against Gibson hit .196/.232 (.536 OPS).

In 4 losses, hitters against Gibson hit .352/.414 (.982 OPS).

In 8 non-decisions, hitters against Gibson hit .276/.366 (.854 OPS).

He’s about .7 runs per 9 innings better against under.500 teams and pitches a little deeper into games.

 

About what you would expect.

Another single 5-5!!!!!

Royals have tied it up, still bases loaded and no outs , Bauer is getting frustrated

Well, good teams also have much better batters than the White Sox, Tigers, and Royals do...

sure, he’s great, my bad

Hell yea royals 7-5

 

Sox pen has done a nice job so far

 

It's nice to see a jinx land on the other team once in a while...