Friday,
September 25, 2009
Friday Notes and
FB Picks
Good Morning,
and Happy Friday to you!
SethSpeaks.net
NIGHTLY Minnesota Twins podcast
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On last night’s podcast,
I spent the first part of the show updating on the World Cup, and dissected the
weekend pitching matchups. Then John
Bonnes, The Twins Geek, came on and we talked
about various Twins topics. Next, Lee
Warren, of the Royals blog Royals Reflections, came on
and gave us a few things to watch for this weekend.
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Finally, Twins
relief pitching prospect Alex Burnett
called in and we had a great discussion. He talked about his transition from
starting to being a reliever, from the Florida State
League to the Eastern League, the difference between pitching in the 8th
inning and the 9th inning, the Arizona Fall League and more.
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Again tonight, I
will be hosting another new episode at 10:00 central
time.
Twins / Royals, Tigers / White Sox
The
Tigers beat/swept Cleveland with a 6-5 win for Justin Verlander.
That puts the Twins three games behind the Tigers with ten games left, four
against the Tigers. Here are the pitching matchups for the weekend series:
Friday
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Carl Pavano versus Robinson
Tejeda. Pavano has been
as good as we could have expected when he was acquired from Cleveland. But he
has not been good against the Royals this year. In five starts, he has gone 2-3
with a 6.75 ERA, and Royals hitters have hit .306 against him. Tejeda has been incredible this year. He is 4-1 with a 2.94
ERA on the season. However, he only recently was put into the Royals starting
staff. Check out these September numbers. In four starts, he is 3-0 with a 0.81
ERA, a 0.85 WHIP, and hitters have hit .117 off of him. In August, hitters hit
.087. Right handed hitters this year, are hitting .103 against him.
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Eddie Bonine versus Jake Peavy. Bonine
will be making his third start for the Tigers this year (9th
appearance). Peavy will be making his second start
for the White Sox.
Saturday
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Scott Baker versus Lenny DiNardo. Baker
has been the Twins best starter this year. However, he has gone a combined ten
innings over his last start, and hasn’t made it through the sixth inning. He
will need to step it up over his final two starts of the year. DiNardo came to the Royals this year after being let go by
the A’s. He has made just three starts, and is 0-1 with an 8.22 ERA. However,
he is left-handed, and the Twins haven’t seen much of him, so who knows what to
expect.
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Nate Robertson versus Freddy Garcia. Robertson has been awful this year for the Tigers
(exception, his start last week against the Twins). Garcia will be making his
eighth start for the White Sox this year. He has gone six or more innings in
his past six starts. His last start went eight innings against the Royals.
Sunday
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Francisco Liriano versus Zach Greinke. Not a good matchup for the Twins. The Twins
are going to just try to piece together a pitching performance. They can hope
to get three decent innings from Liriano, but then
the entire bullpen will likely be ready to come in. Don’t be surprised if we
see a lot of Jeff Manship
and Armando Gabino
in this game if it doesn’t start out well. Greinke,
simply put, has been the best pitcher in baseball all year. He is 15-8 with
a 2.08 ERA. In 216.1 innings, he has struck out 229 and walked just 47.
Inexplicably, this will be his first start against the Twins this season. All
due respect to Justin Verlander and Felix
Hernandez, but Greinke should be the AL Cy Young Award winner.
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Edwin Jackson versus Daniel Hudson. Jackson is 13-7 with a 3.25 ERA. He went seven shutout
innings in his last start. Hudson got the loss in his first big league start
last week, against the Twins. Hopefully his different delivery will keep the
Tigers bats off balance.
World Cup Update
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Team USA beat
Cuba 5-3. Trevor Plouffe
went 1-4 with a walk. Terry Tiffee was 1-4 with his fourth homer and two RBI.
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Puerto Rico beat
Chinese Taipei 8-2.
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Canada beat The
Netherlands 11-5. Rene Tosoni went 1-4 with a walk.
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Venezuela beat
Australia 11-5. James Beresford and Luke Hughes were each 1-5.
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On Saturday the fourth
place teams in the two pools play (for 7th place), the third place
teams in each pool play (for 5th place), and the second place team
in each pool play (for third place).
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Finally on
Sunday, the first place teams in each pool will play for the World Cup
championship.
If you have any opinions,
comments or updates, please leave them in the Comments
section.
NFL “Expert”
Picks (Week 3)
The Twins will be playing the
Royals this weekend. The Tigers are playing the White Sox in Chicago. It’s a
big baseball weekend! The NFL is looking to Week 3 of its schedule. Below you
will find our panel’s picks for this week’s games. Again, at any point you
would like know more about our panelists or take a look at the standings, click
on our FB Picks ’09 page.
I understand that posting the
picks on this main page has created a situation where the formatting of this
page is compromised. So I have posted the picks on the Archive page, which you
can see here.
WEEK 3 Picks
Alright, here are our picks for the second week of the season:
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San
Francisco @ Minnesota |
Tennessee
@ NY Jets |
Jacksonville
@ Houston |
Cleveland
@ Baltimore |
Kansas
City @ Philadelphia |
Atlanta
@ New England |
Washington
@ Detroit |
NY
Giants @ Tampa Bay |
Green
Bay @ St. Louis |
Chicago
@ Seattle |
New
Orleans @ Buffalo |
Miami
@ San Diego |
Denver
@ Oakland |
Pittsburgh
@ Cincinnati |
Indianapolis
@ Arizona |
Carolina
@ Dallas |
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Seth Stohs |
SethSpeaks.net |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Lions |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Dan Slowey |
Blogonoscopy |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Kevin Slowey |
Twins SP |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers by 13 |
Cardinals |
Cowboys |
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Jeff Manship |
Twins SP |
Vikings |
Jets |
Jaguars |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Kyle Waldrop |
Twins Pitching Prospect |
Vikings |
Titans |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Steve Singleton |
Twins IF Prospect |
49ers |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Falcons |
Lions |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Raiders |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Alex Burnett |
Twins Pitching Prospect |
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Matt Fox |
Twins Pitching Prospect |
Vikings |
Titans |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Michael McCardell |
Twins Pitching Prospect |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Raiders |
Bengals |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Joe Benson |
Twins OF Prospect |
Vikings |
Titans |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Dan Osterbrock |
Twins Pitching Prospect |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Raiders |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Steve Blevins |
Twins Pitching Prospect |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Lions |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Shooter Hunt |
Twins Pitching Prospect |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Falcons |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Raiders |
Steelers |
Cardinals |
Cowboys |
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Kyle Gibson |
Twins Pitching Prospect |
Vikings |
Titans |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Lions |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Dolphins |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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LaVelle E.
Neal |
Twins Insider |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Raiders |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Howard Sinker |
A Fan's View |
49ers |
Titans |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Rams |
Bears |
Bills |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Cardinals |
Cowboys |
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Jonathan Mayo |
MiLB.com |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Seahawks |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Phil Mackey |
PhilMackey.com |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Doogie Wolfson |
GopherHole.com |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Lions |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Bills |
Chargers |
Raiders |
Steelers |
Cardinals |
Cowboys |
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John Bonnes |
TwinsGeek.com |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Cardinals |
Cowboys |
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Nick Nelson |
Nick's Twins Blog |
Vikings |
Titans |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Lions |
Giants |
Packers |
Seahawks |
Saints |
Chargers |
Raiders |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Parker Hageman |
Over the Baggy |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Falcons |
Lions |
Giants |
Packers |
Seahawks |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Bengals |
Cardinals |
Cowboys |
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Josh Johnson |
Josh's Thoughts |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Seahawks |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Travis Aune |
Travis Twins Talk |
Vikings |
Titans |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Lions |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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SBG |
Stick & Ball Guy |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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John Meyer |
Twins MVB |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Falcons |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Seahawks |
Saints |
Dolphins |
Raiders |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Brian Pietrzak |
Examiner.com Twins |
Vikings |
Jets |
Jaguars |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Seahawks |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Andrew Kneeland |
Twins Fix |
Vikings |
Titans |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Seahawks |
Saints |
Chargers |
Raiders |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Blake Meyer |
Twins Cards |
Vikings |
Titans |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Falcons |
Lions |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Dolphins |
Raiders |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Roger Dehring |
Twinkie Town |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Falcons |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Seahawks |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Jack Michaels |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Falcons |
Lions |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Vic Quick |
KOTA-TV |
Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Raiders |
Steelers |
Cardinals |
Cowboys |
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Cory Hepola |
WROC-TV |
Vikings |
Titans |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Raiders |
Steelers |
Cardinals |
Cowboys |
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Melissa Lien |
Vikings |
Titans |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Patriots |
Redskins |
Giants |
Packers |
Seahawks |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Steelers |
Colts |
Cowboys |
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Michael Brasel |
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Vikings |
Jets |
Texans |
Ravens |
Eagles |
Falcons |
Lions |
Giants |
Packers |
Bears |
Saints |
Chargers |
Broncos |
Bengals |
Cardinals |
Cowboys |
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Vikings 32-2 |
Jets 23-11 |
Texans 32-2 |
Ravens 34-0 |
Eagles 34-0 |
Patriots 26-8 |
Redskins 23-11 |
Giants 34-0 |
Packers 33-1 |
Bears 25-9 |
Saints 32-2 |
Chargers 31-3 |
Broncos 22-12 |
Steelers 31-3 |
Colts 25-9 |
Cowboys 34-0 |
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