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Yep, another try for me at a dynasty. This time with the 2010 Twins.
I won't bother boring you with league details, this is going to be pretty standard. I'll keep an eye out to make sure the league doesn't get outta control and to make sure teams aren't making stupid trades/signings/etc.
Off we go....
Well, i for one know that I keep trying and failing to write dynasties so this will be interesting to read.
Minnesota Twins Opening Day Roster
Lineup:
Pretty solid from top to bottom. Shortstop and third base are areas I'll probably look to upgrade at.HTML Code:Name B P AVG HR SB R RBI OBA
D. Span L CF .311 8 23 97 68 .392
O. Hudson S 2B .283 9 8 74 62 .357
J. Morneau L 1B .274 30 0 85 100 .363
J. Mauer L C .365 28 4 94 96 .444
J. Kubel L LF .300 28 1 73 103 .369
J. Thome L DH .249 23 0 55 77 .366
M. Cuddyer R RF .276 32 6 93 94 .342
J. Hardy R SS .229 11 0 53 47 .302
N. Punto S 3B .228 1 16 56 38 .337
Bench:
Young and Harris are good reserves at their respective positions. Nothing spectacular otherwise.HTML Code:Name B P AVG HR SB R RBI OBA
J. Repko R OF .000 0 1 1 1 .143
D. Butera R C .000 0 0 0 0 .000
D. Young R RF .284 12 2 50 60 .308
B. Harris R IF .261 6 0 44 37 .310
A. Casilla S 2B .202 0 11 25 17 .280
Starting Rotation:
It's not bad. Liriano, Pavano, and Slowey should all put up better ERA figures this year than they did last year. It may be an area I have to upgrade at some point, though.HTML Code:Name T ERA IP K W L SV
S. Baker R 4.37 200.0 162 15 9 0
K. Slowey R 4.86 90.2 75 10 3 0
N. Blackburn R 4.03 205.2 98 11 11 0
C. Pavano R 5.10 199.1 147 14 12 0
F. Liriano L 5.80 136.2 122 5 13 0
Bullpen:
Pretty good. It's too bad Nathan is out for the year, otherwise it'd be even better.HTML Code:Name T ERA IP K W L SV
J. Rauch R 3.60 70.0 49 7 3 2
J. Crain R 4.70 51.2 43 7 4 0
M. Guerrier R 2.36 76.1 47 5 1 1
J. Mijares L 2.34 61.2 55 2 2 0
P. Neshek R 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0
B. Duensing L 3.64 84.0 53 5 2 0
Overall we look pretty good. We've got two recent AL MVP's at the heart of the line-up, and one of the better young outfielders in the game at lead-off, along with a solid top-to-bottom pitching staff. We should definitely battle for the AL Central crown this season.
That has high points and low.
Minnesota Opening Day Special
We played an excellent game to start our 2010 season. We scored one run in each of the first, second, and ninth innings and shutout the Twins to earn the 3-0 opening day win. Scott Baker was the clear cut player of the game, hurling a complete game shutout, while allowing just four hits, walking one, and striking out eight. Denard Span and Orlando "O-Dawg" Hudson were the big contributors on offense. Span went 3-4 with a run and a steal, while Hudson went 2-5 with two RBI.
HTML Code:Minnesota Twins at Los Angeles Angels
April 5, 2010
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Twins (MIN) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12 0
Angels (LAA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
MINNESOTA ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
Denard Span (CF) 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .750
Orlando Hudson (2B) 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .400
Justin Morneau (1B) 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Joe Mauer (C) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667
Jason Kubel (LF) 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333
Jim Thome (DH) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
Michael Cuddyer (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J.J. Hardy (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Nick Punto (3B) 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .750
TOTALS 36 12 2 3 0 3 5 1
2B: Jason Kubel (1)
GDP: Justin Morneau, Jim Thome
MINNESOTA ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
Scott Baker 9.0 4 1 0 0 0 8 118 0.00
TOTALS 9.0 4 1 0 0 0 8 118
LOS ANGELES ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
Erick Aybar (SS) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Bobby Abreu (DH) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Howie Kendrick (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Kendry Morales (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250
Mike Napoli (C) 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000
Juan Rivera (RF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hideki Matsui (LF) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Torii Hunter (CF) 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
Brandon Wood (3B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
TOTALS 31 4 1 0 0 0 8 2
2B: Torii Hunter (1)
DP: Kendry Morales 2, Howie Kendrick 2, Brandon Wood, Erick Aybar
E: Hideki Matsui
LOS ANGELES ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
Jered Weaver 4.0 8 1 0 2 2 1 89 4.50
Jason Bulger 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 2 29 0.00
Scot Shields 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 1 13 0.00
Brian Stokes 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0.00
Brian Fuentes 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 15 9.00
TOTALS 9.0 12 2 0 3 3 5 163
WP: Scott Baker (1-0)
LP: Jered Weaver (0-1)
April 6, 2010
Twins 2 - Angels 3
Matt Guerrier lets up runs in the ninth and tenth to squander a beautiful performance by Kevin Slowey (7 IP, 5 H, BB, ER, K), and send the Angels home with the 3-2 win.
POTG - K. Slowey 7 IP, 5 H, BB, ER, K
April 7, 2010
Twins 5 - Angels 3
Nick Blackburn pitches seven innings of one run ball to get the victory. Mauer hit his first home run of the year, and Morneau drives in three runs.
POTG - J. Morneau 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI
April 8, 2010
Twins 7 - Angels 4
We got to Ervin Santana early to win this game. Santana lasted only 3.1 innings before giving up six runs on five hits and two walks. Kubel homered, while Cuddyer and Morneau drove in two runs apiece.
POTG - J. Morneau 2-5, 2 RBI, 2B
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
April 9, 2010
Twins 7 - White Sox 5
We were able to win in spite of an outing by Liriano in which he gave up five runs in 5.1 innings. J.J. Hardy helped out by hitting his first home run of the year, and the White Sox helped out by committing two errors.
POTG - C. Quentin 3-4, 3 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI
April 10, 2010
Twins 0 - White Sox 5
Danks basically owned us. He went eight innings without allowing a run and striking out five.
POTG - J. Danks 8 IP, 6 H, 3 BB, 0 ER, 5 K
April 11, 2010
Twins 16 - White Sox 5
Just a bad day for the White Sox. Slowey only pitched 1.2 innings before getting pulled after allowing four runs, but Brian Duensing came in and shut 'em down the rest of the way, allowing one run over the final 7.1 innings. We hit six homers in this game. Jim Thome hit one, J.J. Hardy hit two, Michael Cuddyer hit two, and Denard Span hit one.
POTG - J. Hardy 3-5, 3 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 5-2, leading AL Central by 1 game over the Cleveland Indians
April 12, 2010
Red Sox 10 - Twins 5
We blew multiple leads in this game, including in the ninth innings when the Red Sox put six runs up six runs on Jon Rauch when we had held a 5-4 lead. Orlando Hudson, Joe Mauer, and Jason Kubel homered in the loss.
POTG - D. Pedroia 2-5 GS, 4 RBI
April 14, 2010
Red Sox 13 - Twins 3
The Red Sox homered four times to beat us, including a two-homer, six-RBI game from David Ortiz.
POTG - D. Ortiz 3-5 2 HR, 6 RBI
April 15, 2010
Red Sox 2 - Twins 1
Liriano pitched a wonderful game (7 IP, 7 H, 0 BB, 2 ER, 7 K), but it still was not enough for us to avoid the sweep.
POTG - C. Buchholz 7 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, ER, 6 K
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 5-5, trail AL Central lead by 1 game
April 16, 2010
Royals 0 - Twins 10
We got back on track against the Royals. Scott Baker threw another complete game shutout, and Justin Morneau reached base in all five of his plate appearance and scored four times.
POTG - S. Baker 9 IP, 4 H, 0 BB, 0 ER, 8 K
April 17, 2010
Royals 2 - Twins 3
Joe Mauer powered us to the win by belting his fourth and fifth home runs of the season.
POTG - J. Mauer 2-4 2 HR, 2 RBI
April 18, 2010
Royals 4 - Twins 11
We complete a sweep of the Royals with a small rout. Bannister allowed six runs before being pulled after 4.2 innings. Joe Mauer hit a three-run homer for his only hit of the game.
POTG - J. Mauer 1-4, 3-R HR
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 8-5, leading AL Central by .5 game over the Cleveland Indians
Doing good.
April 20, 2010
Indians 2 - Twins 3
Nick Blackburn hurled a complete game and allowed just the two runs while striking out eight. At the plate, Denard Span slugged two-run home run.
POTG - N. Blackburn 9 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 8 K
April 21, 2010
Indians 5 - Twins 8
Michael Cuddyer homered twice and drove in three runs. David Huff, the opposing starter, lasted just 2.1 innings before allowing six runs and getting pulled out of the game.
POTG - M. Cuddyer 3-3 2 R, 2 HR, 3 RBI
April 22, 2010
Indians 2 - Twins 3
Orlando Hudson singled to left with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th innings to help us complete the sweep over our division rival, and our biggest competition thus far in the season. Scott Baker also pitched another wonderful game, going 8.2 innings and allowing just two runs.
POTG - O. Hudson 4-5, GW RBI 1B in the 11th inning
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 11-5, lead AL Central by two games over the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers
April 23, 2010
Twins 7 - Royals 4
Gil Meche last only 2.2 innings before allowing four runs. Jason Kubel hit a two-run homerun to help the offense.
POTG - D. Span 3-4, BB, 3 R, 2 SB
April 24, 2010
Twins 7 - Royals 2
Brian Duensing pitched a masterpiece, going seven innings and allowing two runs on no walks and eight hits. Joe Mauer also hit his seventh home run of the season, good for second in the AL behind Vlad Guerrero and tied with a variety of other players.
POTG - B. Duensing 7 IP, 8 H, 0 BB, 2 ER, 4 K
April 25, 2010
Twins 7 - Royals 3
Joe Mauer had himself a ballgame, going 3-5 with a home run, and four RBI's, en route to our sweep of the Royals.
POTG - J. Mauer 3-5 R, HR, 4 RBI
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 14-5, lead AL Central by four games over the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers
April 27, 2010
Twins 14 - Tigers 1
Offense was all over the place in this game. Everyone collected at least one hit and scored once. Kubel was the star, however, as he went 3-6 with two home runs and four RBI's. Not to be outdone Scott Baker went 7.1 innings and allowed only one run to lower his ERA to 1.59.
POTG - J. Kubel 3-6 2 HR, 4 RBI
April 28, 2010
Twins 7 - Tigers 9
Scott Sizemore destoyed us, going 2-6 with two homeruns and seven RBI.
POTG - S. Sizemore 2-6 2 HR, 7 RBI
April 29, 2010
Twins 3 - Tigers 4
We fell just short. Miguel Cabrera drove in all four Tigers runs on a pair of home runs, whilst Jeremy Bonderman allowed just three runs on five hits over seven innings.
POTG - M. Cabrera 2-4 2 HR, 4 RBI
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 15-7, lead AL Central by 3.5 games over Detroit Tigers
April 30, 2010
Twins 4 - Indians 1
Carl Pavano turned in an excellent start, allowing just one run over seven innings without issuing a walk. Meanwhile Aaron Laffey, the opposing starter, lasted just 2 innings before giving up four runs and being pulled out of the game. All four runs were scored off of the bat of Michael Cuddyer.
POTG - C. Pavano 7 IP, 6 H, 0 BB, 1 ER, 3 K
May 1, 2010
Twins 2 - Indians 3
We just happened to come out on the wrong end of a great pitcher's duel. Liriano allowed just three runs over 6.2 innings, and Fausto Carmona allowed just two runs over 7 innings.
POTG - F. Carmona 7 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 2 ER, 2 K
May 2, 2010
Twins 4 - Indians 3
Scott Baker turned in another good start, giving up only two runs over five innings. However Jim Thome proved instrumental on offense driving in two of our four runs.
POTG - J. Thome 1-5 R, 2 RBI
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 17-8, lead AL Central by 5.5 games over Detroit Tigers
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
End of April
Team Leaders
ThoughtsHTML Code:ERA S. Baker 1.81
Wins C. Pavano 4
Saves J. Rauch 3
AVG M. Cuddyer .344
HR J. Mauer 8
SB D. Span 7
Very good start to the season, a lot better than I had anticipated. It's good to get out of the gate hot. We trail the Red Sox for the best record in baseball by four games. Hopefully we can keep it up in spite of a few minor injuries to Morneau and Kubel.
Stats
Batting
PitchingHTML Code:Player Name Team AB H HR RBI Avg OBP SLG SB CS
Mauer, Joe MIN 95 23 8 21 .242 .363 .516 1 0
Morneau, Justin MIN 67 24 3 15 .358 .411 .597 0 0
Hudson, Orlando MIN 109 34 1 12 .312 .356 .440 2 0
Punto, Nick MIN 88 26 0 12 .295 .374 .341 3 0
Hardy, J.J. MIN 95 22 3 8 .232 .288 .368 0 1
Kubel, Jason MIN 95 24 7 18 .253 .301 .516 0 1
Span, Denard MIN 106 35 4 12 .330 .415 .519 7 2
Cuddyer, M. MIN 96 33 5 21 .344 .411 .542 0 0
Thome, Jim MIN 94 20 3 10 .213 .303 .362 0 0
Repko, Jason MIN 8 1 0 1 .125 .125 .125 0 0
Butera, Drew MIN 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Young, Delmon MIN 18 9 0 2 .500 .500 .611 0 0
Harris, Brendan MIN 13 3 0 1 .231 .231 .231 0 0
Casilla, Alexi MIN 10 2 0 1 .200 .200 .200 0 0
Baker, Scott MIN 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Slowey, Kevin MIN 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Blackburn, Nick MIN 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Pavano, Carl MIN 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Liriano, F. MIN 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Rauch, Jon MIN 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Crain, Jesse MIN 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Guerrier, Matt MIN 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Mijares, Jose MIN 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Neshek, Pat MIN 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0
Duensing, Brian MIN 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0
HTML Code:Player Name Team Starts W L ERA IP K SV CG OBA
Baker, Scott MIN 6 3 1 1.81 44.2 32 0 2 .194
Slowey, Kevin MIN 5 1 0 4.94 27.1 13 0 0 .273
Blackburn, Nick MIN 3 2 1 2.21 20.1 12 0 1 .269
Pavano, Carl MIN 5 4 0 3.51 33.1 17 0 0 .248
Liriano, F. MIN 3 1 2 4.74 19.0 19 0 0 .296
Rauch, Jon MIN 0 0 1 9.00 10.0 9 3 0 .262
Crain, Jesse MIN 0 1 1 5.23 10.1 7 2 0 .286
Guerrier, Matt MIN 0 1 1 9.72 8.1 7 0 0 .368
Mijares, Jose MIN 0 1 0 0.00 15.0 9 1 0 .189
Neshek, Pat MIN 0 0 0 2.45 11.0 9 1 0 .262
Duensing, Brian MIN 3 3 1 4.50 28.0 14 0 0 .313
May 3, 2010
Tigers 4 - Twins 3
Yet another gorgeous start by Kevin Slowey goes to waste. Porcello didn't make it out of the fifth inning, but luckily for the Tigers the bullpen picked up the slack.
POTG - K. Slowey 7 IP, 5 H, BB, 3 ER, 5 K
May 4, 2010
Tigers 5 - Twins 3
The combination of Jeremy Bonderman and Brad Thomas was too much for us to overcome. They combined to pitch all nine innings while allowing only two earned runs.
POTG - J. Bonderman + B. Thomas 9 IP, 11 H, 2 BB, 2 ER, 5 K
May 5, 2010
Tigers 5 - Twins 4
We were unable to avoid being swept despite our best efforts. Carl Pavano allowed just one run over seven innings on four hits and a single walk.
POTG - C. Pavano 7 IP, 4 H, BB, ER, K
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 17-11, lead AL Central by 2.5 games over the Detroit Tigers
May 6, 2010
Orioles 1 - Twins 0
Our losing streak continues. Brian Matusz completely dominated us, going 8.2 innings without allowing a run and striking out 11 batters.
POTG - B. Matusz 8.2 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 0 ER, 11 K
May 7, 2010
Orioles 1 - Twins 6
Scott Baker showed why he's the ace by stopping our four-game losing streak. Baker went seven innings and allowed just one run while striking out six. Jim Thome hit his fifth home run of the year and drove in three runs.
POTG - S. Baker 7 IP, 7 H, 0 BB, ER, 6 K
May 8, 2010
Orioles 5 - Twins 4
Delmon Young homers in the tough loss.
POTG - J. Guthrie 7 IP, 7 H, 2 BB, 2 ER, 3 K
May 9, 2010
Orioles 3 - Twins 4
Justin Morneau returns from injury in style, homering twice and driving in all four of our runs.
POTG - J. Morneau 3-3 BB, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 19-13, lead AL Central by 2.0 games over Detroit Tigers
May 11, 2010
White Sox 3 - Twins 5
Mauer and Thome combine to homer twice and drive in five of our runs.
POTG - J. Mauer + J. Thome 3-7, BB, 3 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI
May 12, 2010
White Sox 1 - Twins 4
Scott Baker continues to keep hitters off balance. This time out going seven innings and allowing just one run on eight hits and one walk.
POTG - S. Baker 7 IP, 7 H, BB, ER, 4 K
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 21-13, lead AL Central by 2.5 games over Detroit Tigers
J.J. Hardy re-signs with Minnesota for three years
Today I was able to re-sign my starting shortstop J.J. Hardy through the 2012 season. Hardy isn't much of a hitter, only .213/.268/.323 so far this season, but the potential is definitely there for him to be an average major league hitter. But the main reason I chose to re-sign him is his stellar defense. He's made only one error in 309 innings at shortstop this season, and he's averaging more than three assists per game.
The contract is for 5.4 million dollars per season through 2012, only 300K more than he was making before he signed the contract.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ob59hsRaFU
Don't mean to derail anything, couldn't help but think of this song when I saw the title.
Good work so far. :)
May 14, 2010
Twins 0 - Yankees 1
Kevin Slowey turned in a great start, but the offense was nowhere to be found.
POTG - K. Slowey 8.2 IP, 4 H, 3 BB, ER, 5 K
May 15, 2010
Twins 2 - Yankees 4
Again we get no offense as both of our runs were unearned, meaning no one in our lineup had an RBI.
POTG - A. Burnett 7 IP, 6 H, 3 BB, 0 ER, 4 K
May 16, 2010
Twins 3 - Yankees 5
Jim Thome reached base in all three of his plate appearances, including hitting a two-run homer in the sixth, but it still wasn't enough to avoid being swept.
POTG - P. Hughes + A. Aceves + M. Rivera 9 IP, 3 H, 5 BB, 3 ER, 8 K
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 21-16, lead AL Central by 2.0 games over the Detroit Tigers
May 17, 2010
Twins 3 - Blue Jays 6
Our losing streak is extended to four, due in large part to Neshek allowing three runs to the Jays in the eighth inning.
POTG - B. Morrow 5.2 IP, 5 H, 3 BB, ER, 3 K
May 18, 2010
Twins 0 - Blue Jays 2
Marc Rzepczynski shut us down, hurling a complete game shutout and striking out seven.
POTG - M. Rzepczynski 9 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 0 ER, 7 K
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 21-18, lead AL Central by 1.0 games over Detroit Tigers
May 19, 2010
Twins 1 - Red Sox 4
Our losing streak is extended to six games. We couldn't get anything off Jon Lester, who allowed just one run over 7.2 innings while striking out eight.
POTG - J. Lester 7.2 IP, 6 H, BB, ER, 8 K
May 20, 2010
Twins 5 - Red Sox 4
Our losing streak finally comes to an end. Kubel and Thome each went 3-5 with a home run and two RBI to power us to this win.
POTG - J. Kubel + Jim Thome 3-5, HR, 2 RBI each
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Twins 22-19, tied with Detroit Tigers for AL Central lead