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In the past month, the face of the Twins has changed pretty considerably with Brian Dozier, Fogo de Chão hype man Eduardo Escobar, Zach Duke, Lance Lynn, and Ryan Pressly all donning uniforms of other teams. Having fallen out of contention, they moved seemingly every piece that wasn’t going to be around next year, as teams in their situation should.
Game times and pitching matchups are as follows:
- Friday, August 3 — 7:10 PM CDT — Heath Fillmyer versus Jake Odorizzi
- Saturday, August 4 — 6:10 PM CDT — Burch Smith versus José Berríos
- Sunday, August 5 — 1:10 PM CDT — Danny Duffy (L) versus Ervin Santana
Royals at Twins pitching matchups
| Pitcher | G | IP | K | K% | BB | BB% | ERA | FIP | xFIP | SIERA | fWAR | rWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher | G | IP | K | K% | BB | BB% | ERA | FIP | xFIP | SIERA | fWAR | rWAR |
| Game 1 | ||||||||||||
| Heath Fillmyer | 7 | 27.1 | 15 | 13.3 | 12 | 10.6 | 3.29 | 4.93 | 4.89 | 5.02 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 22 | 112.0 | 118 | 24.0 | 47 | 9.6 | 4.58 | 4.46 | 4.72 | 4.35 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| Game 2 | ||||||||||||
| Burch Smith | 28 | 54.0 | 55 | 23.3 | 27 | 11.4 | 6.00 | 5.15 | 4.58 | 4.25 | -0.2 | -0.4 |
| José Berríos | 22 | 139.0 | 142 | 25.2 | 33 | 5.9 | 3.56 | 3.65 | 3.75 | 3.61 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| Game 3 | ||||||||||||
| Danny Duffy (L) | 23 | 132.0 | 120 | 20.5 | 62 | 10.6 | 4.50 | 4.80 | 4.99 | 4.79 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| Ervin Santana | 2 | 10.1 | 6 | 12.8 | 3 | 6.4 | 6.10 | 7.24 | 6.65 | 6.04 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
Those were pitchers. None of them are particularly unknown entities to Royals fans. Moving on...
Here are more stats.
Minnesota Twins position players
| Name | Pos | PA | HR | R | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | wRC+ | fWAR | rWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Pos | PA | HR | R | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | wRC+ | fWAR | rWAR |
| Eddie Rosario (L) | LF | 460 | 19 | 69 | 64 | 7 | .297 | .340 | .499 | .356 | 123 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Max Kepler (L) | RF | 412 | 13 | 52 | 41 | 3 | .231 | .318 | .416 | .318 | 97 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Mitch Garver | C/1B | 230 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 0 | .265 | .345 | .407 | .328 | 104 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Jorge Polanco (S) | SS | 108 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 3 | .284 | .370 | .379 | .333 | 108 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Joe Mauer (L) | 1B | 338 | 3 | 37 | 33 | 0 | .276 | .356 | .370 | .321 | 99 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Jake Cave (L) | CF | 113 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 1 | .274 | .304 | .462 | .318 | 98 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| Ehire Adrianza (S) | IF | 232 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 4 | .245 | .307 | .380 | .297 | 83 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Logan Forsythe | 2B | 212 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | .206 | .269 | .289 | .248 | 54 | -0.6 | -0.7 |
| Miguel Sanó | 3B | 181 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 0 | .207 | .276 | .402 | .293 | 80 | -0.2 | -0.4 |
| Logan Morrison (L) | DH/1B | 335 | 14 | 38 | 37 | 1 | .190 | .287 | .378 | .293 | 80 | -0.4 | 0.1 |
| Robbie Grossman (S) | DH/RF | 313 | 4 | 32 | 33 | 0 | .249 | .330 | .359 | .305 | 89 | -0.6 | 0.0 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 127 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .167 | .224 | .254 | .213 | 26 | -0.7 | -0.3 |
Look at all those numbers! Aren’t numbers great? They really tie the room together.
Poles. Or polls.
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