How Do Days Off Between Starts Affect Performance?

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 Posted in Francisco Liriano, Kevin Slowey, Scott Baker, Twins | Comments Off

Ron Gardenhire, like most managers, usually keeps his starting rotation in a continuous order and doesn’t stray from that order, including maintaining the same rotation after off-days (barring injuries or poor performance). However, is there an opportunity for Gardenhire to ...

The Twins’ Other Starters in the First Inning

Monday, February 7th, 2011 Posted in Carl Pavano, Francisco Liriano, Kevin Slowey, Scott Baker, Twins | 1 Comment »

After writing last week that Kevin Slowey is significantly worse in games where he allows a first inning run, I began to wonder if this was true for all Twins starters. During the season I had specifically remembered Slowey being awful ...

The Cause of Slowey’s Poor Starts When Allowing a 1st Inning Run

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 Posted in Kevin Slowey, Twins | Comments Off

In yesterday’s post I theorized that Kevin Slowey had terrible overall starts whenever he gave up a run in the first inning. This was proven to be true; however, I didn’t look into what caused the bad starts, only that ...

What Happens When Slowey Gives up a Run in the First?

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 Posted in Kevin Slowey, Twins | Comments Off

While watching games started by Kevin Slowey in 2010, I was always afraid of him giving up a run in the first inning. It seemed like whenever he gave up a run in the first, it meant his control wasn’t on. ...