Originally posted on 07/23/2017:

Quote Originally Posted by El Nino View Post
Me too. Not sure they can squeak in though. Their -63 run differential and 7 game under .500 at home continue to defy statistics.
I would love to see the Twins too.
This is why they are not going anywhere.
Pitching wins, and they don't have it.

Not one of the six starters have a stellar ERA.
Four of the six have ERA's over league average.
Besides Berrios, they have no K artist.
Their staff WH/IP is brutal.

PITCHING
NAME GP GS QS W L SV HLD IP H ER HR BB SO K/9 P/GS WAR WHIP ERA
Ervin Santana 20 20 13 11 7 0 0 129.2 102 47 21 47 97 6.73 100.9 3.4 1.15 3.26
Kyle Gibson 18 18 4 6 8 0 0 94.2 117 64 16 45 62 5.89 88.7 -0.7 1.71 6.08
Adalberto Mejia 14 14 3 4 4 0 0 70.1 69 33 11 32 58 7.42 85.6 0.9 1.44 4.22
Hector Santiago 15 14 5 4 8 0 0 70.1 70 44 15 31 51 6.53 88.3 0.2 1.44 5.63
Jose Berrios 13 13 8 9 3 0 0 79.2 68 31 9 24 75 8.47 99.3 1.4 1.15 3.50
Phil Hughes 14 9 3 4 3 0 0 53.2 72 35 12 13 38 6.37 100.8 -0.5 1.58 5.87