Correia

It's so nice to have have ONE starter who knows how to pitch. I watched quite a bit of yesterday's game and came to the conclusion that the Twins have as an excellent pitching staff.

The American League average ERA going into yesterday's game was 4.00. The Twins was 3.92.

The problem, of course, is that the Twins still have a couple of suspect starters, and it's THOSE starters that keep us hovering around the .500 mark. You really can't build much momentum with Mike Pelfrey and Vance Worley pitch back to back in a crucial series.

Yesterday's game was just superb. Kevin Correia IS the Twins ace at this point of the season and he managed 8 shutout innings. It's so fun to see someone get ahead in the count and THEN nimble at the corners, forcing players to bat defensively.

I had almost forgotten what a really good pitcher looks like.

It was also nice to see Morneua go deep again. Justin hasn't been exactly horrible this season, but knowing the season is already 1/8 over and he only had one homer going into yesterday's game was a bit troubling. He still has one of the worst swings in the modern era, and seems to lunge at just about everything. But, for one moment yesterday, he looked pretty good.

Joe Mauer, on the other hand is now batting .302 mired in an Aaron Hicks-like slump. Remember how he was batting .400 less than a week ago. Considering the Twins have had a lot of time off recently, it can't be that he's already tired. Once more it looks like the $25 million dollar a year man is not worth anywhere near what the Twins are paying him.

The Tigers are next. The bad news? it's at Detroit. Worse news? Pelfrey and Worley have the next two starts for the Twins.