- I'm glad to see the US won their first two games. Getting Canada and Venezuela to start the tournament is as tough of a draw as anyone else had. The pitching depth on the US frankly seems like crap compared to the sort of pitching depth we could have if spring training [...]...

Ahhh...Delmon running awkwardly after balls in the gap. Spring has sprung!...

I was just going to comment on this in today's Cup of Coffee, but then my comment started to get pretty long. In related news, it's apparently impossible for me to not care about HOF arguments. As a fan, viewing him strictly through the media, Jeff Kent has always seemed like a prick to me, [...]...

I would probably have more vitriol now over the Yanks' most recent spending spree if I hadn't used up so much of it last offseason. For whatever reason, the media is no longer willing to talk about what a disadvantage all of the sub-$100M payroll teams are at. Hell, the Twins could have [...]...

Matt Harrison vs. Livan If Livan was any other pitcher on the staff, I'd point to his 5.44 ERA, 4.62 xFIP, and .346 BABIP and I would conclude that he's been some combination of unlucky on balls in play and poor defensive support. So that's exactly what I'm going to tell you--Livan's been some combi...

Bush vs. Slowey The older I get, the faster time seems to go by. I can hardly believe that we're already to the second half of the season. Double play rates for Twins hitters (as of June 23rd): 3-10, 30% -- Tolbert 3-13, 23% -- Punto 2-10, 20% -- Redmond 10-52, 19% -- Delmon 11-60, 18% -- Mauer 13-7...

Glen Perkins vs. John Danks Looking at his fangraphs page, it would appear that Danks has starting throwing a cutter this year, using his fastball less (down from ~60% to ~50%) and mixing in a slider, too. Throw that all in a blender, and Danks has gone from a fairly extreme fly ball pitcher to [......

Daniel Cabrera vs Glen Perkins Cabrera has somehow morphed himself into a near identical clone of Carlos Silva (circa 2005), with the notable absence of Silva's ability to throw strikes. Note that this has not always been the case. In fact, when Cabrera came up, you'd be hard-pressed to find a pitch...

Andy Pettite vs. Livan Hernandez Livan has been a totally wacky pitcher so far this year. With 24 K's, 13 BB's, and 1 HBP, 89% of the hitters who have faced Livan Hernandez have put the ball in play. The major league average is for 74% of hitters to put the ball in play. [...]...

- I'm feeling a bit for Boof right now. He works his ass off in the offseason to lose weight, because he's essentially been promised that losing weight will help him pitch better (even though there's not really a whole lot of evidence that that would be the case), then he winds up pitching [...]...