Twins and Braves win again. Looks like the Twins bats are waking up. 3 homers today including an absolute bomb by Park. One estimate had it at 440' another at 462. The Twins announcers said it was a huge blast.
Twins and Braves both won their first games of the season today. No more winless teams left, nor are there any undefeated teams.
If the Twins win again tomorrow, they will have the same record (2-9) as they did in 1991 after 11 games. They won the WS in 1991 over the Braves.
Here is where the top 100 prospects according to MLB.com are starting the season:
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/170971948/where-top-100-prospects-are-starting-season
If they are playing anywhere near you, you might want to check them out.
I've suffered a similar injury, in a similar situation. Schwarber will be fine, but this year will be a lot harder work than it would have been.
The Cubs have a lot of outfield depth and they should be fine, but they will miss his bat in the lineup. They have a couple of kids at AAA that...
Yesterday, it appeared that Joe Mauer had his swing back. He homered to right-center on a pitch that was up and in and nearly hit another to left on a pitch that was down and away. Its been a couple of years since he first had his concussion issues and said this spring that he finally feels OK...
One rule I would like to see changed is the rule that a player can be tagged out on a "pop-up" slide. If the player simply loses contact with the base without oversliding or attempting to advance to another base, they should not be in jeopardy of being tagged out.
Players need to have better awareness of their surroundings. They need to know who is running and how to avoid contact. If contact is unavoidable, the players need to be sure their bodies are in proper position to allow contact with minimal chance of injury.
This said, intentional contact is...
Tigers look aggressive on the basepaths. Thats a good sign for them. Verlander is looking like he has in the past. His stuff looks like it is biting well.
AL East: Jays
AL Central: Royals
AL West: Astros
NL East: Nats
NL Central: Cubs
NL West: Giants
AL Wild Card: Twins
AL Wild Card: Rangers
NL Wild Card: Cardinals
NL Wild Card: Pirates
World Series: Jays V. Cubs
World Series Winner: Jays