![]() If the Yankees and Astros tie, Houston gets the edge because it beat New York in four of their seven meetings this season. 3 seed and play either New York or Houston (whichever has the worst record). If the Twins win the Central, they would be the No. The Yankees (102-95) and the Astros (102-94) have clinched their divisions. The Indians are tied for the second wild-card spot in the American League with Tampa Bay both are two games behind Oakland. If the teams tie for the AL Central title, there would be a one-game playoff in Cleveland next Monday. The Twins have a 99 percent chance to win the division (but only a 5 percent chance to win the World Series) according to. The Twins (96-60) and the Indians (92-64) are both off today with six games remaining in the regular season and the Twins holding a four-game lead.Ī clinch could happen as early as Wednesday night if the Twins win twice and Cleveland loses at least once because the Twins would have 98 wins and the most the Indians could reach would be 97. 587 to pass Hall of Famer Frank Robinson for eighth place on the all-time career list.The Twins' magic number for clinching the American League Central is 3, meaning any combination of wins for the Twins and losses for second place Cleveland will give the Twins the Central title. ![]() This Day in History: 2010 - Jim Thome connects for career homer No. Ideally he would be the Twins #3 starter next year, maybe even a number four depending on the development and moves made this offseason. ![]() His price should be around 12M annually, and I'd be willing to pay that if I were the Twins. Combine that with the fact that he is just a few years removed from TJ, and he is perfect to extend. He was just busted for using a banned substance, and will miss around 40 games next year. Now is the perfect time for an extension to Michael Pineda. I wonder if there is a chance we will see a piggyback start where Trevor May or another bullpen arm starts the game throwing two innings followed by Perez who will need to get through four ideally. Gibson is just returning from his IL stint, and Perez hasn't been great and I was excited to see him come out of the bullpen. However, my confidence waivers a LOT after those two. I believe game one starter will be Jose Berrios no matter what happens over the next few weeks, followed by Jake Odorizzi. It is very interesting to see what the Twins will do now with the Pineda news that came out a few days ago. Perez will need to work his way through the middle of the order smoothly to provide another quality start, as Rendon and Soto are one of the best 3-4 combos in the entire league. Former Twin Brian Dozier draws the start at second base tonight after not getting into the game last night. It'll be interesting to see how it works out. I like Astudillo, Wade, and Arraez against a pitcher like Strasburg that relies on strikeouts. It is interesting to see Rosario man right field again, a position that I wish he would work in full time with the arm that he is working with. It is hard to say what the Twins best lineup looks like at this point with all the injuries and September call ups they are currently working with, but I think this is probably a top four lineup the Twins can run out there at this point in time. I expect both pitchers to throw the ball well and have a low scoring affair. Perez was fantastic his last time on the bump against the Red Sox, allowing only one run which was a solo shot to the Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts. This is a good measuring stick for a playoff series, as the next two arms that Nats throw are playoff caliber arms. He makes opponents swing and miss which you can conclude from the strikeout numbers, and doesn't give up a lot of hard contact. Strasburg is one of the best in the game when he is healthy, and that is what he has done so far this year. This is the first time that Strasburg will have pitched in Target Field, and it will be a treat for the fans there, and watching on TV. However, they did exactly what they needed to do last night to set themselves up for a victory. The Twins go against two great starters the rest of this series, and I wouldn't be surprised at all to see them lose the series 2-1. The Twins are still up five games on the Indians, and we are almost halfway through the month of September.
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