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Prior to Today's Games Win and Tribe help gets us to single digits

Hardest thing for young hitters to master is hitting soft-throwing pitchers Especially for aggressive swingers pressing a little too much Twins have struggle all season long against soft tossing pitchers (Estrada, Tomlin, Garcia, Vargas, Fiers, Griffin) Doesn't bode well tonight against CC We will know early if the Right-handed batters are staying up the middle and away

In keeping with reporting the bad and the good (and keep Chief's Paranoia on alert) Here's how things stack up as we head into tonights games

Back to a 4 point Magic Number Lead

Paranoia delayed for a day...now about those stRangers...

Sunday Morning Situation

Still control their own destiny...Twins hitters need to face a hard-thrower, the struggle is real against soft tossers A little help from the stRangers today will make breathing easier Let's go Willie Calhoun!!!!

Thanks...If you follow the OP link at the bottom you can see current numbers

15 thanks to this... http://pic.twitter.com/YQSEwiBynr

16 Thanks to this... https://twitter.com/Twins/status/908178498514190336

Just a little Spreadsheet fun for those interested in knowing how many wins/losses the Twins need to clinch a playoff spot Click the link below for daily updates (the sheet will change eventually https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTOx7YaHKKdjq8Tkm4bKjS2zfnvWUtcye7hTxU9ywtUAxc48Pj7ayF5ymPYwv1Dy8Blr7aoymT33CSr/pubhtml?gid=389635362&single=true

Here's a little B Mac over optimistic scenario to break up the anxiety over his selection at 1-1 Drafted 1-1 by Twins CWS Game 1 - 3-5 Double, 3 RBI's GW HR in 6-5 win CWS Game 2 - 7 IP 8K's 0BB 0ER, 2-5 2RBI's in 6-2 win CWS Game 3 - 1-6 GW Walk-off Single in 4-3 win CWS Game 4 - 3-5 HR 3R in 7-2 win CWS Game 5 - 7 IP 6K's 0BB 2ER, 2-3 2IBB HR 3RBI's in 6-3 Champions Reports to Ft. Myers Bats clean-up for remainder of season slashes 312/382/486 Miracle make 2nd half playoffs and win FSL Playoffs 2018 - Begins at Chattanooga Pitching Line W L ERA RAvg IP BB SO WHIP H9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 10 3 2.13 2.31 101.1 44 121 1.036 5.4 3.9 10.7 2.75 Slashes .303/.365/.469 2019 Mauer Retires...McKay takes over at 1B Rotation: Berrios Otani Gonsalves McKay Gibson (the guy just won't go away) Now back to our previously scheduled debate on who is the best 1:1

We are forgetting the biggest upside to Drafting McKay 1-1 Twins will be showing this guy their willingness to let players play both ways

Maybe losing another 100 wouldn't be so bad... http://www.baseballamerica.com/high-school/triston-casas-reclassifies-2018/#kYMge0TwWZqyzqFh.97 “His approach and feel for the strike zone is very advanced and his well above average raw power is as playable as any 16-year-old prospect I have seen since Bryce Harper.” #BellengerWho

Just what we need another Dozier related post... Wonder if real pending deadline for a Dozier deal is January 26th With BD winning 3 Twins Diamond Awards would you announce a trade before or after handing them out on the 26th? If you forgot who won what Seth recaps here http://twinsdaily.com/topic/24137-twins-announced-2016-diamond-awards/

I will resist the temptation to post to this topic as it may appear to be a blatant grab to be post #800

My hope is the work on his lateral movement also makes a difference when coming in on the ball...someone check the stats but I bet Plouffe is way below 50/50 when charging bunts/choppers/slow-rollers and throwing on the run

Player 1 is the Puckster and he turned out alright...I'm sure I could pull Marty Cordova's stats and show a similar comparison that didn't work out as well...the point is we just don't know and Rosario has shown a lot of other tools that indicate better than replacement value and that would be a big change over the past few years in the OF Not to agitate the stat-heads but one thing has and will always be true "Speed doesn't slump"