I've been researching a lot about the Twins starting pitchers and I have a few opinions on them. They are all good, but there's certain ones I like more than others.
Of the five starting pitchers, Carl Pavano, Scott Baker, Francisco Liriano, Brian Duensing and, Nick Blackburn, my favorite is Brian Duensing. So far in the pre-season he has pitched in three games and all games were a win. He's fairly new as a starter but he looks like he's going to have a good season. Plus, he has a pretty good ERA!
(Duensing's pre-season Stats below from the last 3 three years)
|
YEAR |
TEAM |
W |
L |
ERA |
G |
GS |
CG |
SHO |
SV |
SVO |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
HR |
HB |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
WHIP |
GO/AO |
|
2009 |
MIN |
0 |
0 |
2.65 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
17.0 |
17 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
.258 |
1.35 |
1.37 |
|
2010 |
MIN |
1 |
2 |
4.50 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
16.0 |
18 |
10 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
.277 |
1.25 |
1.92 |
|
2011 |
MIN |
3 |
0 |
2.49 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21.2 |
24 |
11 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
.270 |
1.25 |
1.45 |
Carl Pavano is the starter for opening day. Last year he pitched 221 innings last year. He's won a game and lost a game so his season could go either way but from past seasons I'm guessing he's gonna have a good year by looking at his ERA of 0.95.
(Pavano's pre-season stats below from the last three years)
|
YEAR |
TEAM |
W |
L |
ERA |
G |
GS |
CG |
SHO |
SV |
SVO |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
HR |
HB |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
WHIP |
GO/AO |
|
2009 |
CLE |
2 |
0 |
5.02 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28.2 |
30 |
17 |
16 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
13 |
.263 |
1.26 |
1.09 |
|
2010 |
MIN |
2 |
2 |
4.71 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28.2 |
30 |
15 |
15 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
16 |
.270 |
1.19 |
1.69 |
|
2011 |
MIN |
1 |
1 |
0.95 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19.0 |
16 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
.242 |
0.95 |
1.81 |
Fransico Liriano also has won 1 game and lost 1 game, and I'm still wondering how his season will go. Last year he had won all his pre-season games, but those were only two games. His preseason ERA isn't very impressive.
Liriano's pre-season stats below from the last three years)
|
YEAR |
TEAM |
W |
L |
ERA |
G |
GS |
CG |
SHO |
SV |
SVO |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
HR |
HB |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
WHIP |
GO/AO |
|
2009 |
MIN |
1 |
2 |
4.94 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
27.1 |
20 |
17 |
15 |
5 |
2 |
12 |
27 |
.202 |
1.17 |
1.90 |
|
2010 |
MIN |
2 |
0 |
2.70 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20.0 |
19 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
30 |
.253 |
1.20 |
1.90 |
|
2011 |
MIN |
1 |
1 |
4.97 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12.2 |
16 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
19 |
.308 |
1.97 |
5.33 |
Scott Baker has lost 3, won 2 so he's doing okay but I don't think he will be a star pitcher this year.
(Baker's pre-season stats below from the last three years)
|
YEAR |
TEAM |
W |
L |
ERA |
G |
GS |
CG |
SHO |
SV |
SVO |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
HR |
HB |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
WHIP |
GO/AO |
|
2009 |
MIN |
1 |
2 |
4.94 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
27.1 |
20 |
17 |
15 |
5 |
2 |
12 |
27 |
.202 |
1.17 |
1.90 |
|
2010 |
MIN |
2 |
0 |
2.70 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
20.0 |
19 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
30 |
.253 |
1.20 |
1.90 |
|
2011 |
MIN |
1 |
1 |
4.97 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12.2 |
16 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
19 |
.308 |
1.97 |
5.33 |
Nick Blackburn has won 3, lost 1 so he's doing pretty good for the pre-season. Last pre-season he didn't play at all.
Blackburn's pre-season stat's from the last three years)
|
|
TEAM |
W |
L |
ERA |
G |
GS |
CG |
SHO |
SV |
SVO |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
HR |
HB |
BB |
SO |
AVG |
WHIP |
GO/AO |
|
2009 |
MIN |
1 |
1 |
2.57 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14.0 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
.167 |
0.64 |
1.64 |
|
2010 |
MIN |
0 |
0 |
3.38 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16.0 |
14 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
.230 |
1.13 |
0.91 |
|
2011 |
MIN |
3 |
1 |
2.05 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
22.0 |
24 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
11 |
.273 |
1.18 |
1.74 |
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