The Twins are 34-34 on the season and 5-5 in their last ten. Heck, they’re also 6-6 in their last twelve. The point is, they’ve been playing like a .500 for most of the season. While that by itself won’t cut it, it’s kept the Twins in the hunt for the division and the Wild Card and being just 6 1/2 back of the Indians and 5 1/2 back of the Tigers, they’re well within striking distance if they can put together a nice run here heading into the All Star break.
Ty Wigginton appears to be the guy the Twins could scoop up to help their team. As a third baseman, Wiggington would give the Twins another solid bat but you almost hope they shoot a little higher. Other then Johan Santana, the pitching has been only okay and that’s not going to cut it. So we’ll just have to see who’s out there heading into the trade deadline that’s looking to sell.
Justin Morneau has tapered off a little bit in June. He’s hit just four homers and he’s hitting at a .220 clip. That’s not what you want to see from your big stick but we’ve seen this before. We just have to hope the big guy heats up before any type of slide happens.
And of course Johan is Johan. He only has six wins and when it’s said and done, he’ll be the best pitcher in baseball but they’ll deny him a Cy Young because he won only 15 games or so. Boof Bonser has established himself as the second best starter and even he has only five wins despite 81 strikeouts in 79 innings and a 4.33 ERA. So the pitching can definitely get better.
Speaking of Johan, he throws tonight in game two against the Mets. The Twins hitters will have to contend with Jorge Sosa, who’s put together a nice season for the Mets this year.
