Tag: Ervin Santana
Luck Is The Residue Of A Pitcher Who Pinch Runs
Updated:So there’s three main points that I want to make about the Mets’ 8-7 victory on Saturday, a win where…
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Updated:Ervin Santana, who has followed me on Twitter for years, is now a New York Met. It’s destiny. (Okay, so…
Read more »The Daily Target 8/19/18
Last Night: Detroit 7, Twins 5 – The Twins clubbed 4 home runs, but three of them were solo shots,…
Read more »The Daily Target 7/26/18
Updated:Last Night: Twins 2, Boston 1 – Well, this certainly makes life interesting. The Twins got 8 innings and 120…
Read more »OK, so here’s Ervin Santana
It’s a bit surprising to me how many people point to Ervin Santana’s absence to date this season as a…
Read more »The Daily Target 5/23/18
Updated:Last Night: Detroit 4, Twins 1 – The Twins were unable to get it going in the series finale in…
Read more »Ervin Santana is broken
The story with the Twins all off season has been their need for more starting pitching. Would they try to…
Read more »A case for moving Ervin Santana
My opinion going into this trade deadline is for the Twins simply to seek out the best deals. They made…
Read more »The Twins’ new rotation
With some maneuvering over the past couple of weeks, the Twins have a completely revamped rotation. Let’s check in with…
Read more »Buy? Sell? Neither!
With two weeks left before the trade deadline, every team has to come to a decision on whether or not they…
Read more »The Twins refuse to stay consistent
Among the many remarkable things about this year’s iteration of the Twins is how they keep bouncing back after being…
Read more »Mariners 6, Twins 4 – Ervin Santana is plummeting back to the mean
The Moment: Mike Zunino has been a real pest for the Twins, which is crazy, because Mike Zunino is not…
Read more »Twins 4, Giants 0 – Ervin Santana is our everything
The Moment: The Giants were held scoreless by Ervin Santana, and as usually the case, the first time multiple runs…
Read more »Angels 7, Twins 2 – Albert Pujols makes history
The Moment: From a historical perspective, Albert Pujols’ grand slam for career home run #600 was undoubtedly the highlight of the…
Read more »Twins 2, Orioles 0 – ERV
The Moment: The best moment of this game might be one that didn’t happen. In a cool, drizzly night, there…
Read more »Rockies 5, Twins 1 (Game 1) – Ervin is beginning to look human
The Moment: Mark Reynolds is known as a raw power hitter who strikes out a ton, but this season, he has…
Read more »Twins 1, Indians 0 – This game is already over
The Moment: The only scoring came in the first inning when Miguel Sano hit a solo home run, but that…
Read more »Fox Sports and the very bad article
Everyone loves a good article in which trade targets and destinations are bandied about. Trade partners are pondered and deals…
Read more »Red Sox 17, Twins 6 – It happened again
The Moment: Is it just me or does it seem like there is some random guy on every team that…
Read more »Twins 9, A’s 1 – Tater Tot Hot Dish
The Moment: In a game with 6 home runs, which home run was the most influential? It was Miguel Sano’s…
Read more »Twins 8, Rangers 1 – Cashner Outside, How bow dah?
The Moment: It seemed like the Twins were never going to capitalize on Andrew Cashner’s inability to get anywhere close…
Read more »Twins 6, White Sox 0 – Ervin Santana is a one hit wonder
The Moment – The Twins wanted to make sure we could spend the entire game focusing on honoring Jackie Robinson, so…
Read more »Twins 4, White Sox 1 – Back in the saddle
The Moment – As has seemed to be the case pretty regularly so far this season, the big swing in momentum was…
Read more »Twins 7, Royals 1 – Baseball is here, and the Twins have a win
Welcome to the first Twins Target recap. I was out of town yesterday (Great timing, yes), but usually, the recap…
Read more »The path to Twins’ success is through the rotation
It’s not a secret: the Twins have been very bad for about 5 years now, and in that time, the pitching…
Read more »Hector Santiago is bad.
Updated:Nearly universally, writers and fans applauded Rob Antony for trading Ricky Nolasco to Anaheim, along with Alex Meyer, for Hector…
Read more »The next obvious move
The Twins and Dodgers appear to have reached an impasse in their discussions revolving around a Brian Dozier trade, sending…
Read more »Two moves on the table and three to consider for Twins
We are now a couple of weeks into the offseason and the Derek Falvey/Thad Levine era. We’re already starting to…
Read more »Twins host awards, Brian Dozier wins everything, Terry Ryan pitied
The Twins were awful this year, but an annual tradition is an annual tradition. The Baseball Writers Association of America…
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