Tigers 6, Blue Jays 2: The Keith and Carp Show
Losing streak? Gone! Home runs? You bet! Stellar relief pitching? Ehhh, mostly.
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Losing streak? Gone! Home runs? You bet! Stellar relief pitching? Ehhh, mostly.
If you need a reason to believe your team can make October magic, we've found a historical blueprint for success.
Baseball writers have struggled to elect starting pitchers to the Hall of Fame in recent election cycles because changing usage patterns require us to alter how starters are judged. Johan Santana was one of the best pitchers of his generation, and the Twins can find ways to help his Hall of Fame case.
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Rick Reed seemed like a Quad-A player for all of his 20s. He pitched just 266 innings from 1988-95, never appearing in more than 19 games in a single season. Then his career took off.