2 Back

The Twins are only 2 out of the division lead. And now Chicago is 1.5 games behind the Twins. Santana is looking great. He is 6-0 w/ a 1.25 ERA in his last 7 games. Things are looking great.

I feel very good about the Twins chances of winning the division and feel even better about making the playoffs in any way. But we must remember the Twins are closer to Chicago, and dropping out of the playoffs than they are to winning the division.

I still like their chances. Before yesterdays game Baseball Prospectus had the Twins with an 11% chance of winning the division and a total of a 67% chance of making the playoffs. Those numbers have gone up since yesterday. The Tigers are still have an 87% chance of making the playoffs. But it is dropping.

The Twins face Oakland this week and Liriano will return on Wednesday. But Silva is still in the rotation. Here are the matchups.
Mon. 11 Silva (8-13) Blanton (15-10)
Tue. 12 Guerrier (0-0) Saarloos (7-7)
Wed. 13 Liriano (12-3) Haren (13-11)


Then we face Cleveland. They are playing better and are still a good team, though they just lost their best hitter in Hafner.

Do you realize that there are only 6 series left?