AlwaysinModeration

The Yankees hit 61 home runs against the Orioles in their 19 match-ups this year.

Realistically, the Twins need to win at least one game of the three in Cleveland, and then take care of business against Detroit, KC and Chicago. For the record would be good to notch that win tonight. (And I would accept more than one win against Cleveland.)

I think you misspelled the hitter of the year, it’s spelled J-A-Y-L-I-N. Or at least that’s what the voting (and performance) indicates. I’m guessing you didn’t want to give the award to a player no longer in the Twins system, which is fair. Thanks for putting together the article. Not as strong a set of performances as the pitchers, but then again, the big league club needs pitching a lot more than hitting. (And note the conspicuous absences of Kiriloff and Lewis...)

By Sunday evening, the Twins will be anywhere from 0.5 games ahead of the Indians to 7.5 games ahead of the Indians. However, 12 of the 16 possible outcomes leave them anywhere from 2.5 to 5.5 games ahead. They will only be under 2 games ahead if they are swept, and similarly, they will only be more than 6 ahead if they sweep.

The Nats were recently down 10-4 in the bottom of the ninth and won 11-10. Would be nice for the Twins to pull one of those.

As has been pointed out, Brusdar doesn’t really get swing and misses.

Almost have Strasburg out, and then use six whole pitches to get out of the inning? What the hell are they doing?

MLB At Bat had the ball outside.

That about answers the “I’d like to see Rosario in right” question, I’d say. That should be an error in Rosario. Really costly.

Schoop didn’t get the “work the count” memo.

Disagree on the Pineda extension, personally. Although it certainly didn’t stop them from extending Polanco. Hope they play tonight.

While are a lot of heavy hitters on TD, I have to say SQUIRREL in particular really punches above her weight.

This should be posted in the “Fun With Numbers 2019” thread. Or perhaps the “Fun With The Number 2019” thread.

Deja vu

To me the biggest part of this win, and last Saturday against the Indians, is the resilience of the team after gut punches. Lose Pineda, face Cleveland after a series opening loss, face Clevingee to face on Sunday, and they win the game, backed by a big game for Odorizzi. Yesterday, lose Buxton, have already lost 1.5 games in two days to Cleveland, and Berrios comes up huge. Those were the two biggest wins of the season, in my opinion. With rain on the horizon, Cleveland could have been 3.5 games back heading into this weekend if the Twins hadn’t won yesterday.

That’s crazy. Not only that, but yesterday was 9-10-19, a palindromic day.

While it’s a novelty, and would be nice to set the record, I don’t care too much if they finish with more or less than the Yankees. All that matters is the post-season. I do wonder, though, if MLB does something to swing the pendulum back towards pitchers next year. This year has been crazy with regards to home runs. If so, the record could stand for a while.

If there was ever a good day for a day off, this is it.

What the hell? Kiriloff, come on, no homer? Do the playoff stats count in the season stats?

And below Jerry West, too. (And everyone, considering he is....well....last.)

According to Umpire Auditor, Laz Diaz is literally the worst umpire in the major leagues, the only umpire getting less that 89% of the called balls and strikes correct: https://www.bloomberg.com/businessweek/graphics/baseballs-worst-call-of-the-day/#/umpires/ranking/2019

It’s unfortunate that the Twins lose their most effective starter for September and the playoffs. I suppose it is fortunate that they got his 25 or so starts and that they still count. Who knows how much his performance was enhanced by his use of banned substances.

Big-time win tonight.

Let’s get this run across, boys.

Big rally here.