Twins ?

[Blackheart]

4 hours ago, SWSiouxMN said:

They can get to the ALCS.  They have the pitching to do it.  It will all come down to the offense.

 

Man, I'm must not seeing that much success for this team.  Maybe they'll get hot and pull an '87 Twins.

[SWSiouxMN]

53 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

Man, I'm must not seeing that much success for this team.  Maybe they'll get hot and pull an '87 Twins.

Lopez, Gray, Ryan and Maeda can win a series or two.  Plus Duran in the backend.  If they can get Ober back up and running, that's another weapon.

 

[Wilbur]

Magic number drops again with Cleveland officially in a nose dive.

Great performance by Lopez today.  Too bad nobody wanted to hit. 

[Wilbur]

Another loss, but Cleveland lost as well.  Smart move to get Sonny out early when he clearly didn't have it.  90 pitches in four innings is a lot to throw.

  

[Wilbur]

Twins figure out the Rays and win 3-2.  Littell looked good for Tampa.  Not sure if we ever tried to start him, but hats off to him.

Magic # at 10 for the Central. 

[SiouxScore]

After Arozarena hit that first foul ball I said you either better make a sharper pitch Jax or just walk him and then he left another middle middle for a foul ball but Arozarena didn't miss another.

Still cut the magic number to 9 as Cleveland losses late again.

[Wilbur]

3 hours ago, SiouxScore said:

After Arozarena hit that first foul ball I said you either better make a sharper pitch Jax or just walk him and then he left another middle middle for a foul ball but Arozarena didn't miss another.

Still cut the magic number to 9 as Cleveland losses late again.

Cleveland has like 5 bad losses down the stretch here that has killed them.  The lead could be like two games without those.

Twins have managed to keep running out Keuchel every 5th day for the last few weeks.  Probably his last few weeks in the big leagues ahead.  

[Wilbur]

If it ended today:

Mariners @ Twins for a best of three series.  Not sure who I'd rather see the Twins face.  The Twins have been fine against both, but the streak just jumps out and says "not so fast".

 

[petey23]

On 9/10/2023 at 4:35 PM, Blackheart said:

Man, I'm must not seeing that much success for this team.  Maybe they'll get hot and pull an '87 Twins.

6th best team in the American league that season.

[Wilbur]

7 hours ago, petey23 said:

6th best team in the American league that season.

That Don Baylor trade.  Man....

[sioux rube]

Magic number down to 8 

[The Sicatoka]

5 minutes ago, sioux rube said:

Magic number down to 8 

The way it's going for CLE you might need to start calculating that off of DET's position in the standings. 

[sioux rube]

Lewis with yet another grand slam. Unbelievable. That’s his fourth of the season and fifth of his career in just 250 at bats 

[Username Taken]

This team does a lot of damage with 2 outs. They’re making the other team work for every out. 

[sioux rube]

Magic number down to 7

[sioux rube]

Magic number now at 6 after beating the white sox 4-0 today 

[SWSiouxMN]

Best playoff path for Twins would be this

1) Baltimore

2) Texas

3) Minnesota

4) Tampa

5) Houston

6) Seattle

They can beat Texas and Seattle in the playoffs and forced the teams that give the Twins trouble (Tampa, Houston) to knock each other out and then deal with Baltimore.

 

[Wilbur]

Hopefully Sonny has another good start and can get his ERA below Cole's for the Yankees.

[sioux rube]

[sioux rube]

Magic number down to 

 

 

[Wilbur]

Just a formality now of who they'll play in the postseason.  After today's game against the Reds, all the teams they are playing are just playing out the rest of the season (Angels, A's, Rockies).  Hopefully Royce's hammy isn't an issue, but from the looks of it he will be on the mend a bit.  Hoping to see him on the 26 man playoff roster obviously.    

I'm sure they will give Gray and Pablo one more start before putting them into position to start the Wild Card Week in Minnesota starting on Tuesday 10/3.  Stewart and Paddack both threw last night in St. Paul.  I would assume we will see them at some point over the next two weeks.  Having Stewart in form for the later innings in the bullpen would be fantastic.    

[sioux rube]

Correa put on IL 

[sioux rube]

Nice comeback win by the Twins today. Down 3-2 heading to the ninth they score 3 to win 5-3. Magic number down to 2 

[Wilbur]

Just need the Royals to hold on today and the Indians would be officially dorme.  Glad that the Twins should be able to clinch at Target Field this weekend. 

[brianvf]

48 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Just need the Royals to hold on today and the Indians would be officially dorme.  Glad that the Twins should be able to clinch at Target Field this weekend. 

Nice to clinch at home!