Yep, Twins are a solid team right now and have ingredients to make a deep run. Jays need to win today so we get a teams 4th starter game one.
The Twins certainly do have a good team but their last 16 games of the year were: @ White Sox 4 games @ Cincinnati 3 games (tough) Angels 3 games Oakland 3 games @ Colorado 3 games
I'm not bringing their schedule up in regards of competition (and comparing to the Astros) but to show that playing these weak teams helped their pitchers stats. OP brought up how dominant the Twins SP has been over the month of Sept and playing these teams certainly played into the stats.
The Twins offense literally came from one player yesterday. This sudden fear of the twins some of yall are trying to convince yourselves is pretty dramatic
Lol new rays center fielder who took over for Siri continues the attempt to give the game to the rangers.
Brian Mctaggart: "There’s not one player who holds the key to the Astros’ postseason success more than right-handed pitcher Cristian Javier, who was nearly unhittable in last year’s playoffs and entered the season as a dark horse Cy Young Award candidate in the American League. Javier lived up to that potential in the first two months of the season by going 7-1 with a 2.84 ERA and 0.99 WHIP in his first 12 starts, which covered 69 2/3 innings. The rest of the summer was a grind, but a strong closing kick, including six scoreless innings in Sunday’s regular-season finale in Arizona, have the Astros hoping Javier has put it together at the right time. “I’ve said to numerous people the last couple of months he’s been close,” Astros pitching coach Josh Miller said. “He’s shown glimpses of the 2022 version of himself. It just hasn’t been put together. He certainly finished the season strong. He seems to have gotten his fastball shape back in line which is what we’ve been searching for all year, and that bodes well going into a postseason.” Javier posted a 3.05 ERA and 1.06 WHIP in his final four starts of the regular season, including an 11-strikeout game on Sept. 20 against the Orioles that tied his season high. He’s likely to slot into the playoff rotation behind Justin Verlander and Framber Valdez, meaning the Astros’ hopes in any playoff series could be titled significantly when he has the ball."
