Comments on: Season in Review: Minnesota Twins

By: Matthew Carruth

Matthew Carruth — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:34:22 +0000

It’s worth noting that Carlos Gomez, for however bad his bat was (yeah, pretty bad), was flat out amazing with the glove. His proficiency in that area combined with his center field position might have put his defensive contribution around 2-3 wins by itself.

By: GrandMasterB

GrandMasterB — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:17:08 +0000

Going forward their pitching looks very promising. Livan Hernandez was the main negative on their pitching nunbers this season. He had a 5.48 ERA and a 1.63 WHIP in almost 140 innings pitched, as well as only 54 strikeouts in those 140 innings, with 18 HR’s allowed.

But Baker, Slowey, and Liriano are a good group of starters, and Blackburn/Perkins isn’t bad for a 4th/5th starter for now. Not having Livan waste 140 innings will be a big boost next year.

By: James M.

James M. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:05:37 +0000

The Twins problem offensively wasn’t the DH spot but CF and LF. Of the 62 outfielders in MLB who qualified for the batting title, Gomez and Young ranked 61st and 56th in WPA. Together, they cost the Twins 4 games. Span (+2) and Kubel (+1) almost made up for their teammates struggles. But in the end they came up one game short.

By: snepp

snepp — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:27:36 +0000

.256 .339 .435 .775 – AL DH’s
.269 .344 .438 .782 – Twins DH’s

By: Scappy

Scappy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:33:05 +0000

If the Twins had a competent DH they would have easily taken the central this year. Hell they could have waited to the last possible month of the season, signed Bonds, made the post season, and left him off the post season roster.

I don’t like Bonds, I don’t think what he had done over the years is right. But I also don’t think the MSM gives him a fair shake. I forget where I saw the list, but several teams sent the equivalent of a 2nd basemen to the plate as a DH for a majority of the season. Politics and personality aside I’m pretty sure Bonds could have done a little better as a DH.