In Friday night’s game, Minnesota got big contributions from Michael A.
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If you want some optimism that the Twins will be able to put things together offensively, look no further than the first two games of the series against the Toronto Blue Jays this weekend. It’s possible that once those three players are back healthy, they will be able to help bring a spark to an offense that has been seriously lacking it recently. As a result, the team has been unable to put out its strongest lineups lately. Joey Gallo, Byron Buxton, and Jorge Polanco are on the injured list. Strikeouts have been a problem for the Twins all year, as Minnesota has the worst strikeout percentage in the majors (26.8%).Īnother part of the Twins’ difficulties on offense recently is the injuries the team has had to deal with. Instead of hard contact that was just not producing runs, the offense was not making much contact. Between Sunday and Wednesday’s contests, the Twins struck out 37 times in total. In these games, the offense’s struggles were primarily due to poor at-bats, which their strikeout totals reflect. On Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the Twins registered an xBA of under. The numbers for the other three losses in the skid tell a much different story. 289, another solid number not reflected in the actual number of runs they scored.
In their 4-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians last Saturday, the Twins registered an xBA of. They had quality at-bats with good contact that did not pan out for them in the end. That suggests that the Twins should have performed much better than they did at the plate in that game. According to Baseball Savant, xBA “tells the story of a player’s season based on quality of and amount of contact, not outcomes.” Minnesota had a much higher xBA than the Rays in the series finale on Thursday. Is the lack of run production from the offense due to roster construction and poor at-bats? Or is the lineup just running into some bad luck and injuries? Let’s take a closer look and find out.Įxpected Batting Average (xBA) is a statistical category that can tell us a lot about whether or not the Twins offense is actually playing poorly or just dealing with a stretch of bad luck.
But perhaps the run totals don’t tell the whole story of the team’s hitting woes. Therefore, the blame for the losing skid falls squarely on the bats’ inability to produce. But other than allowing seven runs in a loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday, the Twins have been solid in the pitching department in that span. During their losing streak that began last Saturday, the Twins scored six runs combined over a five-game stretch. The Minnesota Twins offense has struggled to score runs over the past week.
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