Dan Wade, Bleacher Report.com, is back with the third installment in his series. At the end of part two, we were left with a Twins team eminently ready to compete, but unable to make the small adjustments that make good teams into champions. Since asking the Twins to change their fundamental strategy is about like [...]
Archive for the ‘Livan Hernandez’ Category
Explaining the Minnesota Mentality: Part Three
Posted: 6th January 2009 by vacant in Livan Hernandez, Uncategorized2
Codylee Riedmann is filling in for me today, as I am still on vacation in Minnesota. Many thanks go out to him! You can find Cody at TwinkieTown.com. I had originally decided to write a piece that praised the Twins, and was extremely hopeful heading into a game that would decide first place. After the [...]
Should Have Seen This Coming
Posted: 26th July 2008 by vacant in Adam Everett, Carlos Gomez, Denard Span, Game Thoughts, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Livan Hernandez, Nick PuntoI should have seen it coming. Livan away from home = ugly. Here are some thoughts: -The obvious story is the injury of Gomez. It was Hernandez’s goal to kill his outfielders tonight, but I’ll get into that later. Gomez slammed into the outfield wall while tracking a ball, and left a few minutes later [...]
Comparing the 2007 Defense to the 2008 Defense
Posted: 25th July 2008 by vacant in Glen Perkins, Kevin Slowey, Livan Hernandez, Nick Blackburn, Pitching Rotation, Scott Baker, StatisticsYesterday I did a piece on the impact the defense makes on the Minnesota Twin’s starters. As promised, here is my article comparing the 2007 defense’s effect on the starters to 2008′s effect. Per Nick Nelson and Toby, I will be switching the FIP statistic to xFIP because it is known for more accuracy. In [...]
Twins Pitchers and the Teams' Defense
Posted: 24th July 2008 by vacant in Livan Hernandez, Pitching Rotation, Scott Baker, StatisticsThis recent series with the Yankees was disastrous in many ways. The bats, at least Minnesota’s bats, never lit up the way they have in the past. The pitching wasn’t the best it has ever been, either.The normally fundamentally-sound defense that the Twins are known for has also been lacking. While defensive blunders have been [...]
Offensive Outburst Led by Morneau and Mauer
Posted: 20th July 2008 by vacant in Alexi Casilla, Carlos Gomez, Denard Span, Game Thoughts, Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Livan Hernandez, OffensiveWhat an offensive outburst tonight! The Twins picked up another win, and gained a game on the unusually quiet offenses of the Chicago White Sox. Here are some thoughts: -Forget everything I said about Gomez yesterday and today. He had two hits today and drove in one run. He needs to stay with Minnesota. Seriously [...]
Trading for Beltre Part One
Posted: 16th July 2008 by vacant in Adrian Beltre, Livan Hernandez, Michael Cuddyer, Prospects, TradesI want to start by offering my apologies for the lack of an All-Star Game post today. If you want a good recap of how Minnesota performed in the game, be sure to head over to Seth Speaks or Josh’s Thoughts. I was going to focus my post today on the All-Star Game, but I [...]
Fixing the Rotation
Posted: 14th July 2008 by vacant in Francisco Liriano, Glen Perkins, Kevin Slowey, Livan Hernandez, Nick Blackburn, Pitching Rotation, Scott BakerAs the All-Star Break is upon us baseball fans need something to occupy themselves with until Tuesday. Most fans will analyze their team until they are blue in the face, and that is exactly my intention. This is the second part of my “fixing” series. I have three steps that I would take to fix [...]
Is Livan Hernandez Who We Thought He Was?
Posted: 10th July 2008 by vacant in Livan Hernandez, Pitching Rotation, StatisticsLivan Hernandez was signed by the Twins to take over where Johan Santana left off. While nobody expected him to put up the same numbers as the former Cy Young winner, he came into the 2008 season as the ‘ace’ of this young rotation. Back in April, the pitching rotation looked like this: 1. Livan [...]
Bullpen Blows Another
Posted: 9th July 2008 by vacant in Boof Bonser, Brian Bass, Craig Breslow, Game Thoughts, Joe Mauer, Joe Nathan, Livan HernandezBefore the bashing begins, yes, I did have this picture up just a few days ago. But poor Bass found his way into my doghouse again, among other players. Let’s dive into some thoughts: -What did we expect from Hernandez? Seven innings of solid work against the defending champions? He went four and a third [...]