The Twins lost two out of three this weekend to the lowly Brewers, but still ended up with the best record in the American League again when all the dust settled.
Pelfrey says he's better than he's ever been before because he's now learned to throw the split finger fastball, a pitch taught him by Twin's bullpen coach, Eddie Guardado. Whatever the reason, the Twins are avoiding long losing streaks this season, and winning most series. They keep that up and they'll be in the pennant race all season.
Pelfrey's ERA? 2.28
Just, WOW!
Go Twins.
As I predicted early in the season, Danny Santana has been demoted to the minors. That gives Kennys Vargas another chance. Santana was never a good shortstop, but his batting average last season convinced the Twins to try him there anyway. With him struggling at the plate and in the field, the handwriting was on the wall for Santana. Escobar will get the everyday job for at least awhile. If he struggles, the Twins may give Santana another chance or bring up Jorge Polanco.
With Vargas back, that means Torii will be playing right field again (heavy sigh) instead of DHing. Torii has only played right once in the last five games and in that game he had another error. The Twins would be better off with Torii as DH. One of the reasons the Twins are winning games lately is that Arcia was hurt and Torii was DHing. Arcia in now in the minors, but Torii's bad fielding is about to come back into play.
But we got Vargas to HIT. And he's sure not playing first with our highest paid player there. Molitor's trying to make the best of a bad situation I guess.
Our outfield defense has been outstanding as of late. That's all about to change...
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