Photo by David Berding/Getty Images It’s overreaction week! In case you’re unfamiliar, OPS+ is a fairly basic stat. It starts with a player’s OPS (on base percentage + slugging percentage) and then adjusts it to the league average OPS in a given season with 100 as exactly average. An OPS+ of 80 means your OPS is 20% worse than league average, 120 means 20% better. In a … [Read more...] about How to Fix the Twins’ Offense
Game 10: Twins at Royals
Jordan Johnson-Imagn Images All eyes forward, Twins look to bounce back after losing series to Astros at home. First Pitch: 6:40 p.m. TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN Opposing Team’s site: Royals Review The Minnesota Twins are in Kansas City for a four-game series against the 4-5 Royals. The Twins are returning to Kauffman Stadium where the team collapsed last September, … [Read more...] about Game 10: Twins at Royals
Game 9: Astros at Twins
RIP George Foreman First Pitch: 1:10 PM CT TV: Twins.TV Radio: TIBN Know Thine Enemy: The Crawfish Boxes My dad is potentially the biggest 1970s boxing fan that has ever existed. As such, I grew up in a household where names like Muhammad Ali & Joe Frazier were dinnertime topics. Another big (literally) one: George Foreman—a Houston area native who passed away on March … [Read more...] about Game 9: Astros at Twins
Astros 9, Twins 7: That man again
Photo by David Berding/Getty Images Yordan does it to the Twins again Up until the 9th inning of today’s series rubber match, the Minnesota Twins had done a remarkable job of keeping Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez out of the box score. As you may recall, he almost single-handedly bounced MN from the 2023 ALDS. But today, not even an early 7-1 Twins lead could … [Read more...] about Astros 9, Twins 7: That man again
Game 8: Astros at Twins
Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images I’m not Ober you. First Pitch: 1:10 pm CDT TV: Twins.TV / ~ / Radio: TIBN, WCCO 830, The Wolf 102.9 FM <div data-anthem-component="actionbox" data-anthem-component-data='{"title":"The Crawfish Boxes","description":"A Houston Astros Community","label":"KNOW THINE ENEMY","url":"https://crawfishboxes.com"}'>As … [Read more...] about Game 8: Astros at Twins