They sure are. Obviously won’t be able to sustain this pace, but no one in the division is good enough to catch them either.The bottom of the order's numbers are just sick.....
Huh? what parks? we're not high elevation, we just fianlly have hitters, plus we got rid of Joe Mauer.Fuck these frauds. Just like Colorado. The ball just hangs in the air too long in those parks.
Buxton is prob their weakest hitter, he's a great fielder though, we shouldn't drop off at all with him out, perhaps improve.The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have placed outfielder Byron Buxton on the 10-day Injured List (retro to June 15) with a right wrist contusion, an injury he suffered after getting hit by a pitch on Friday vs. Kansas City. Buxton has played in 65 games for the Twins this season, hitting .266 (55-for-207) with 21 doubles, three triples, nine home runs, 38 RBI, 40 runs scored and an .851 OPS.
Source: Minnesota Twins press release
Buxton is prob their weakest hitter, he's a great fielder though, we shouldn't drop off at all with him out, perhaps improve.
Well, he's being replaced by max kepler or jake cave, who was just called back up, both are better hitters than buxton, and they're both very good fielders as well.I'm going to respectfully disagree with that..... HELL NO!
buxton is very good for sure cause of his D. . I think the SS Polanco & kepler are the twinkies best hitters
Rosario pretty good as well.
I haven’t seen him pitch this season, is he a #1? Personally I’m leery of NL starting pitchers switching leagues because of the DH.The Twins could realllllllllllllly use someone like MadBum
They need a #1 that will strike fear in opposing hitters and right now they don't have one. Add MadBum to the rotation and now they have a true #1 come October. Right now they are no different than years past - their post-season run will be no more than 5 games
The Twins could realllllllllllllly use someone like MadBum
They need a #1 that will strike fear in opposing hitters and right now they don't have one. Add MadBum to the rotation and now they have a true #1 come October. Right now they are no different than years past - their post-season run will be no more than 5 games
This looks like the bottom of the order should be flipped to the middle of it. Having an ops that high is amazing.The table below shows the Twins OPS from every spot in the order so far in 2019, and how they rank in the MLB:
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I don't think anyone believes Buxton will be a great hitter.
Given everything he can do defensively though he's a nice dude to have hitting 9th in your order.
He can steal a base and it's nice to have his speed on the bases for the top of the order coming up.
No, not a great hitter but to be 25 years old his 9 HR's, 38 RBI, 10SB, .527 slug and .851 OPS is sweet as hell coming from the 9 box......
That's all I'm saying.
Exactly. And as you said it's a staff that pitches to contact, lot of balls in play out there.
I like his game, wish the Rays had him.
And I think he's going to hit closer to .266 than .236 going forward......
Sometimes it takes a couple seasons, a couple thousand AB's to hit consistently at this level.
Well, he's being replaced by max kepler or jake cave, who was just called back up, both are better hitters than buxton, and they're both very good fielders as well.
Keep in mind, buxton gets extra hits and doubles because of his speed, his average average this year is thus inflated.
I don't think anyone believes Buxton will be a great hitter.
Given everything he can do defensively though he's a nice dude to have hitting 9th in your order.
He can steal a base and it's nice to have his speed on the bases for the top of the order coming up.
No, not a great hitter but to be 25 years old his 9 HR's, 38 RBI, 10SB, .527 slug and .851 OPS is sweet as hell coming from the 9 box......
That's all I'm saying.
Yes, buxton is a great fielder, we've had a bunch of them, buxton is basically a little better than carlos gomez, gomez was super fast and a great fielder, he never could learn to hit however.Buxton already has a 2.9 WAR for this season-He might be the best defensive OF’er in MLB and a CF’er with huge range is invaluable with the way Target Fields outfield is constructed. He’s made huge improvements with his plate approach this season and a .851 OPS is very solid.
Speaking of your Rays, I had a season win bet on them over 82 1/2 wins, which I pretty much figured was money in the bank. Now I'm not so sure.
I don't like what I've seen out of Snell, and when is Glasnow coming back?
I also think the league is going to come up with ways to combat The Opener strategy. I said last year teams should alter their batting order. Why concede the first inning? The Rays are acknowledging they are burning a key reliever. Why not counter it?