Yankees-Twins last year was the Wild Card matchup, and it was one that could have gone either way. Now? Yankees-Twins is just another excuse for the Yankees to get past 90 wins.
The Twins...look, the good stuff they had was given away. Some guys have stayed around, like Jose Berrios and Eddie Rosario, but everything else is pathetic...and this is the second place team. This is the statistically fourth-most-pathetic team out there, and they're still not looking good.
Jake Odorizzi is one of the lower-tier starters this year for them, and while he's doing alright, it's still not terrific stuff. At least Kyle Gibson has kept his ERA down, and at least Jose Berrios is still a fine strikeout artist. Otherwise, not a great deal going on with this pitching staff. Which is sad, because last year the pitching was right there. Ervin Santana was healthy, Adalberto Mejia was up, things were fine. And it sucks that a year later it's fallen apart like this.
There is probability that next year could go better, especially if Buxton, Sano and Santana are all back and healthy, but...even with less than a month left, it's just not pretty. At all. And I don't know if it'll get better.
Coming Tonight: Two years ago he was an All Star starter. Now, he may not be a starting infielder, but wherever they play him he's been phenomenal.
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