It’s Nick Punto day! And because I’m not feeling creative enough to write anything crafty, here’s a few quick links to some excellent blog posts around the Interweb:
And don’t forget that all stop signs are optional today!
Happy Nick Punto day!
According to Joe Mauer. Pretty good interview with Joe here.
Adam Everett just hit his 37th career home run to put the Twins up 2-0 against the Yankees.
He’s had 2236 at bats over 8 seasons of Major League Baseball. And just hit his 37th home run. At least I’m pretty sure about that home run number. I might be off by one or two. Hopefully not. Yeah!
I was just taking an innocent look at the American League Central Division standings and overall team record stats. Trying to figure out why I am awake right now too, I should be sleeping or something.
… Right now the Twins have just overtaken the White Sox for first place in the division. So.. the Twins will remain in first place for at least a few more guaranteed hours before the next round of games gets started later today.
Back to the stats.
It looks to me that the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox share some interesting similarities at this point in the season. Here’s a few that I noticed.
Let’s start off with their win-loss records
Divisional Records
They both pound the other American League Central teams. They have completely beaten up on their own division. At the same time they have struggled when playing out side of their divisions.
Inter-league Records
Both teams had success against the National League. On a similar note, the majority of the American League Central teams beat up the National League. The Indians were the only ones that didn’t with a record of 6-12.
Home & Road Records
Both teams win at home, at lot.
Both teams are just a bit worse than .500 on the road.
Runs Scored & Runs Allowed
Exactly the same amount as of today. Interesting. But, the runs allowed are a bit different. The Twins have given up more runs but have been able to win more games. Well, they have been able to win 1 more game the the White Sox at this point, but have also played one more game.
I might dig more into some other stats to see if the teams share any other similarities. All of these jumped out at me while I was looking at the divisional standing and the typical stats that go along with those types of grids.
Sitting here watching the Twins right now. I like the fact that Cuddyer has decided to knock the ball around a little bit more at this point.
A split with the New York Yankees would be great right now.
On a side note, when I was trying to type Yankees, I accidentally typed Tankees twice in a row, and then once again later. Does that mean something? I mean, c’mon. The Rays have gotta finish the end of the season higher in the standings than the Yankees this year. Right?
Check this one out. No doubt about it, Gomez and Young have the most at-bats for the Twins this year at this point.
I think this pretty much shows the following:
This shows a definite dedication to these players as part of the Twins future. You can’t look at each players stats along with the number of games that the Twins management has been putting them out there and think that that Twins think of anything but the future of the Twins outfield with Carlos Gomez and Delmon Young.
I just hope now that both of these guys pan out.
Yeah.
They both have potential, and have shown a bit of it here and there (Gomez more than Young). So now let’s see how these guys look as the year grinds on.
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