Is this Twins team legit?

[bunsen82]

Ultimately here is my concern.   I think the Central again is a very bad division that although the twins are playing good ball is artificially lifting up the record along with a very easy schedule for the the month of May. 

 

Record vs Division                                                      13-4

Record vs Playoff teams (TB, Bos, Hou, LA)              4-8

 

If we truly want to compete and have a shot in the playoff I think our record vs playoff teams needs to be closer to .500 ball or slightly under.  

[Whitey333]

On 5/23/2022 at 4:41 PM, TheLeviathan said:

Baseball is a much more random sport than the others.  Only hockey is even in the same ballpark. And I will never understand why people fight so freaking hard to deny this notion.

Baseball in small samples is full of so much noise it's impossible to derive patterns.  The playoffs are just a series of small samples.  Pretending there is some grand logic to that when you would never do that with 5 random games in May is absolutely bonkers.

Atlanta isn't the exception.  That crazy stuff happens all the time.  Hell, I bet you THINK you know that teams repeating are doing so for a reason.  Yet the Dodgers, who made it three out of the last five years, did so in completely different ways.

2017: They rode Bellinger and Turner offensively, but Yu Darvish who had gone 2-0 with 11 innings of 2 run ball prior to the world series, absolutely imploding against the 'Stros

2018: Muncy, a dude who wasn't even in the big leagues in 2017, rides them there offensively, but Kershaw and Ryu spend the playoffs getting shellacked.

2020: All those dudes above?  Non-factors basically.  They rode Will Smith, Seager, Betts, and the one year Kershaw didn't suck.

Again, you wouldn't pick 5 random games in May and declare from your mountain top "This team shall be named champion.  They have earned it clearly with this small, totally representative sample"  Yet, that's what the playoffs are.  In other sports, where less random crap happens, that makes sense.  In baseball it's just silly.

It's so good to know that you know everything.  I bet you THINK you know everything.  We are all entitled to our own opinions regarding the validity of the current roster and their playoff potential.  Yes that includes you and me as well.

[Battle ur tail off]

16 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

Battle.....is that a reference?

If by that you mean do I think Rocco is in over his head managing his bullpen? Then yes. 

 

And if you meant that I think we have a team full of guys that will do well vs. poor pitching in our division and bottom feeding teams but not against the #1-2 starters of the contenders, then yes...

[Blyleven2011]

After the loss to Kansas city  5-27 Thursday and duffey pitching and Rocco leaving him in the full inning and surrendering the lead I'm still skeptical ....

Your supposed to learn from your mistakes and Rocco  doesn't seem to learn  ,,,, duffeys curves and sliders were right in the middle of the plate  , couldn't locate pitches ...

GET HIM OUT OF THERE as quickly as possible .....

[Sparky55]

Need 1 more frontline starter and a good set up man or closer.