I know it's the nature of the beast, but it'd be so disappointing to get up to that many wins and miss the playoffs.
MLB: 2015 Minnesota Twins thread
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Good question. Texas has 7 games left against Houston.
Also Texas finishes the year with 4 against the Angels, who possibly could be close.
Minnesota finishes with Kansas City, who may be resting and lining up playoff rotations, especially if they can clinch homefield before the final series.
That's the downer about the whole situation...it's a choice between three mediocre-at-best guys, all of whom have some major flaws. I think Santana's the better pitcher, but he's very hard to trust...I don't think anyone would be surprised to see him give up 8 runs over 2.1 innings in his next start. Maybe another 1-2 starts like his last two will convince me that he's gotten over his consistency issues, but he's been either hot or very cold so far.
Just makes me even more disappointed that we won't see Berrios this year. At least Milone's been producing.
The Wild Card elimination number is 25, so it'll take a combined 25 losses and/or wins by the team(s) ahead of the Twins for them to be out of contention.
I was not at all a believer in Milone. Thought he'd go back to being the same old Milone after tearing it up in AAA, but he really has made some effective adjustments and proven me wrong lately. Pretty impressed.
Hopefully Duffey can take another step, had very low walk rates in the minors, but has struggled with MLB umps so far.
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Ugh.
Kyle Gibson's woof second half continues. Gives 4 runs before recording an out tonight.
Best part was the Twins announcing in the middle of his blowup that they're skipping Duffey's next start to squeeze another Gibson start into the Chicago series. Yikes.
Kyle Gibson's woof second half continues. Gives 4 runs before recording an out tonight.
Best part was the Twins announcing in the middle of his blowup that they're skipping Duffey's next start to squeeze another Gibson start into the Chicago series. Yikes.
Going to need Gibson to pull "The Buehrle" and get rocked in the first then sail through 8 like he's done so many times against the Twins.
Need to save Darnell for tomorrow when Pelfrey craps out in the 3rd or 4th.
Of course the Rangers had to win last night. Both the Twins and the Rangers have pretty easy schedules from here on out. Texas has 7 games against the 'stros, so I think I'll be a big Houston fan for the rest of the year.
Twins breakup a no-hitter in the 6th and stake Pelfrey to a 2-0 lead.
Pelf, pitching for his rotation life according to Molitor, coming back out for the 6th, white-knuckle time here guys.
Pelf, pitching for his rotation life according to Molitor, coming back out for the 6th, white-knuckle time here guys.
One out, then gives up a homer, 2-1.
This is my shocked face. Not sure where they can turn though.
Whiter-knuckle time.
This is my shocked face. Not sure where they can turn though.
Whiter-knuckle time.
Nunez can't get a ball out of his glove. Gordon reaches.
Pelf plunkes Cain.
1st and 2nd one out and on to the bullpen.
Whitest knuckle time.
Pelf plunkes Cain.
1st and 2nd one out and on to the bullpen.
Whitest knuckle time.
2-2 in the bot 10th, Paul elects to start with Duensing rather than his best reliever lately.
Goes poorly.
1st and 2nd, 1 out, and he goes to the pen, again passing up the best and going to Boyer.
We'll see.
Goes poorly.
1st and 2nd, 1 out, and he goes to the pen, again passing up the best and going to Boyer.
We'll see.
