For the second time in a week the Twins were involved with a huge celebration game in which a team won a division title. That the Twins LOST both games giving the A's and Tigers what they wanted the most was neither here nor there. The Twins got to see what it LOOKS like to win a division title and they got to see it up-close. Most of the players we currently have on the active roster have never been part of games like this. A couple of bullpen pitchers are all that's left of the Twins glory days from just a few of seasons ago.
Correia pitched great in the loss, but he was going against the Tigers ace, Max Scherzer, who is 21-3 on the season with an ERA of 2.90. That 1-0 loss pretty much summarizes the Twins season. They lost a lot of close games. They got blown out in many more. But they rarely won in either type of those games.
When the season began, I said there would be a good chance that NO Twin would get 10 wins for us this season. There just wasn't anyone good enough to do it. I mentioned that IF Diamond came back healthy that he would be our one best chance. He didn't come back healthy. And Kevin Correia, who has NINE wins lost his last start of the season last night.
I can't think of any team in the modern era that didn't get at least one pitcher with ten wins for an entire season. Usually at least one guy will get there. It's possible it has happened before, but how bad must your whole pitching staff be, how bad must your offense be, that you cannot support at least ONE pitcher with a ten win season? Again, I hate being so right with my predictions of doom for the Twins, but I nailed it. What's even worse is that we only have one other pitcher with more than SIX wins on the season.
Our "best" starting five on the season have win totals of 9, 8, 6, 5, and 3. We had no other starter with more than TWO. Wow. We had a couple of relievers that reached 6 and 5 win totals but they don't really count.
Gardy is still stuck at 998 wins. I have no idea if he'll get those last two wins in a Twins uniform to reach the 1000 win plateau as a manager. I mentioned yesterday that it actually looks like he'll be coming back next season, but that certainly is not a given. I'd like to see him reach 1000 wins with the few games we have left. But part of me thinks that if his total really does end at 998 or 999 that it too will be a good example of how Gardy never quite got the job done as Twins manager. That will always be his legacy.
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