Tonight Scott Baker will have the opportunity to face another great pitcher, Josh Banks. Banks has better numbers than Baker, but I expect a very close game. Scott Baker will look to build on his great performance last week when he went six innings and only gave up one run on seven hits to the [...]
Archive for June, 2008
(AP Photo) With the win tonight Minnesota has won eight games in a row. I don’t feel like recapping a game that most of you watched, so I’ll just provide my thoughts. -Glen Perkins didn’t have the best of stuff, but got through five innings while giving up six hits and three runs to the [...]
There are seven Twins on the FanGraphs plate discipline leaderboard. Let’s take a look and see just how patient they really are. Name O-Swing% Z-Swing% Swing% O-Contact% Z-Contact% Contact% Pitches Joe Mauer 19.35% 55.27% 37.30% 80.70% 93.23% 89.98% 1208 Jason Kubel 20.91% 67.24% 44.07% 59.79% 84.62% 78.73% 954 Brendan Harris 22.49% 62.70% 44.80% 60.19% 87.15% [...]
It appears that our problem at third base has been solved. Brian Buscher, in eleven games this season, is hitting an outstanding .368/.366/.500 through 38 at bats. Incredible. When the team struggled to find an answer at third base, Buscher has responded with full voice. He wants the job. I say give it to him. [...]
Back-to-Back Homers Lift Twins
Posted: 25th June 2008 by vacant in Brendan Harris, Brian Buscher, Game Thoughts, Kevin SloweyThis game was the epitome of small ball, National League style. Both starting pitchers were terrific, going six innings each. Kevin Slowey out-pitched his counterpart by allowing no runs on only four hits. Jake Peavy, on the other hand, allowed one run on five hits. Known for his control, Kevin Slowey struck out seven batters [...]
There has been a theme recently of how good Minnesota now is after a long stretch of awfulness. The apparent turning point for the Twins was when they got blown out by Milwaukee 12-2. Let’s take a look at what has happened before and after that awful Brewers game. Before Lost series to the Cleveland [...]
I thought I’d start off today with something a little different. You might be a Twins fan if… …you can go up and down the lineup and name every player by their nickname. (Including Cuddy, Red-dog, the M&M boys, and former players such as Chili, Herbie, and Eye Chart. …you keep begging you father to [...]
As the rotation goes, so goes the team. That saying has been the motto of Twins fans for years, and it is especially apparent this year. Minnesota has won six games in a row, sweeping both the Nationals and Diamondbacks, and in every win great pitching abounds. Minnesota has twelve consecutive games where the starting [...]
If you are feeling high on self-esteem today, check this CNN video out. It’s guaranteed to bring you back down to earth. (Unless you can name all 750 MLB players off the top of your head. If that’s the case, contact me!) If you somehow haven’t seen them yet, here are some of the latest [...]
On a quick note, you won’t find many game recaps on Twins Fix. Not only can you go anywhere to get recaps of what happened, but they are so monotonous! I will stick to providing my analysis on most games. Once again, Hernandez was just short of brilliant. He out-dueled the struggling Brandon Webb, and [...]