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2009 Standings

Complete 2009 standings (updated: 11-06)

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Rnk American League Central
Win

Loss

Pct
Sorted Ascending
GB

RS/G

RA/G

Diff/G

Pyth
O/U

Hitter
VORP

Pitcher
VORP

Def
Eff

Hit List Rank
(through 10-12)
1 Minnesota Twins 87 76 .534 - 5.01 4.69 0.32 0.4 164.6 205.6 .691 12
2 Detroit Tigers 86 77 .528 1.0 4.56 4.57 -0.01 4.7 68.3 231.5 .695 17
3 Chicago White Sox 79 83 .488 7.5 4.47 4.52 -0.05 -1.2 62.2 234.1 .690 18
4 Cleveland Indians 65 97 .401 21.5 4.77 5.34 -0.57 -7.2 113.8 93.0 .681 25
4 Kansas City Royals 65 97 .401 21.5 4.23 5.20 -0.97 -0.5 19.5 121.3 .675 27

Team Health Reports

03-16 Fantasy content Minnesota Twins
Days Lost: 607
Dollars Lost: $5.9 million
Injury Cost: $18.2 million

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Top 11 Prospects

02-19 Premium content Minnesota Twins
Top prospect: Ben Revere
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2009 Rankings

87 Wins is tied for 9th in MLB, tied for 4th in league, 1st in division
76 Losses is tied for 11th in MLB, 5th in league, 1st in division
.534 Win Pct is 11th in MLB, 5th in league, 1st in division
5.01 RS/G is 5th in MLB, 4th in league, 1st in division
4.69 RA/G is 17th in MLB, 8th in league, 3rd in division
0.32 Diff/G is 9th in MLB, 4th in league, 1st in division
0.40000000000001 Pyth O/U is 15th in MLB, 7th in league, 2nd in division
164.6 Hitter VORP is 14th in MLB, 5th in league, 1st in division
205.6 Pitcher VORP is 13th in MLB, 8th in league, 3rd in division
.691 Def Eff is tied for 14th in MLB, 6th in league, 2nd in division

Projected 2009 Performance

Twins Depth Chart (updated: 08-09)
AL Central W L WPct RS RA AVG OBP SLG
Chicago White Sox 86 76 .531 849 756 .266 .331 .437
Detroit Tigers 82 80 .506 818 837 .264 .331 .431
Minnesota Twins 81 81 .500 819 835 .270 .336 .415
Cleveland Indians 71 91 .438 811 844 .260 .337 .422
Kansas City Royals 69 93 .426 786 791 .265 .320 .410

Top offensive performers by VORP

Joe Mauer
Joe Mauer

91.0 VORP
Jason Kubel
Jason Kubel

45.2 VORP
Denard Span
Denard Span

37.5 VORP

Top pitching performers by VORP

Scott Baker
Scott Baker

33.4 VORP
Nick Blackburn
Nick Blackburn

32.6 VORP
Joe Nathan
Joe Nathan

29.2 VORP

Hitters by VORP descending

(through games of 10-06)

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Rank

Player

PA

R

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB

CS

AVG

OBP

SLG

MLVr

EqA
Sorted Descending
VORP
1Joe Mauer 606 94 30 1 28 96 76 63 4 1 .365 .444 .587 .490 .342 91.0
2Jason Kubel 578 73 35 2 28 103 56 106 1 1 .300 .369 .539 .237 .298 45.2
3Denard Span 676 97 16 10 8 68 70 89 23 10 .311 .392 .415 .115 .282 37.5
4Michael Cuddyer 650 93 34 7 32 94 54 118 6 1 .276 .342 .520 .143 .284 34.2
5Justin Morneau 590 85 31 1 30 100 72 86 0 0 .274 .363 .516 .172 .290 30.0
6Orlando Cabrera 260 42 13 3 5 36 11 32 2 0 .289 .313 .430 -.023 .253 10.1
7Jose Morales 134 14 6 0 0 7 14 22 0 0 .311 .381 .361 .018 .262 5.1
8Delmon Young 416 50 16 2 12 60 12 92 2 5 .284 .308 .425 -.042 .242 3.3
9Bob Keppel 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.220 .000 0.4
10Justin Huber 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 .631 .354 0.3
11Joe Crede 367 42 16 1 15 48 29 56 0 0 .225 .289 .414 -.133 .234 0.2
12Brendan Harris 453 44 22 1 6 37 29 78 0 2 .261 .310 .362 -.141 .228 0.2
13Luis Ayala 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 .265 -0.1
14Anthony Swarzak 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.230 -0.3
15Brian Buscher 164 14 3 1 2 12 24 35 0 0 .235 .360 .316 -.124 .244 -0.4
16Glen Perkins 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 .189 -0.4
17Nick Blackburn 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.227 -0.6
18Kevin Slowey 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.159 -0.6
19Francisco Liriano 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.186 -0.8
20Scott Baker 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.229 -0.8
21Nick Punto 440 56 15 1 1 38 61 70 16 3 .228 .337 .284 -.217 .233 -3.0
22Mike Redmond 147 9 5 1 0 7 11 19 0 0 .237 .299 .289 -.277 .198 -3.7
23Matt Tolbert 231 28 7 1 2 19 21 37 6 2 .232 .303 .308 -.247 .218 -5.3
24Carlos Gomez 349 51 15 5 3 28 22 72 14 7 .229 .287 .337 -.243 .215 -7.9
25Alexi Casilla 256 25 7 3 0 17 22 36 11 0 .202 .280 .259 -.375 .196 -10.8

Pitchers by VORP descending

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Rank

Player

W

L

SV

G

GS

IP

H9

BB9

SO9

HR9

ERA

SNLVAR

WXRL
Sorted Descending
VORP
1Scott Baker 15 9 0 33 33 200.0 8.55 2.16 7.29 1.26 4.36 4.2 0.000 33.4
2Nick Blackburn 11 11 0 33 33 205.7 10.50 1.79 4.29 1.09 4.03 4.6 0.000 32.6
3Joe Nathan 2 2 47 70 0 68.7 5.50 2.88 11.67 0.92 2.10 0.0 5.158 29.2
4Matt Guerrier 5 1 1 79 0 76.3 6.84 1.89 5.54 1.18 2.36 0.0 3.477 27.3
5Jose Mijares 2 2 0 71 0 61.7 7.30 3.36 8.03 1.02 2.34 0.0 3.425 23.6
6Brian Duensing 5 2 0 24 9 84.0 9.00 3.32 5.68 0.75 3.64 2.1 -0.183 18.6
7Carl Pavano 5 4 0 12 12 73.7 10.38 1.95 7.21 0.86 4.64 0.9 0.000 9.8
8Kevin Slowey 10 3 0 16 16 90.7 11.22 1.49 7.44 1.49 4.86 1.4 0.000 9.6
9R.A. Dickey 1 1 0 35 1 64.3 10.35 4.20 5.88 1.12 4.62 0.0 -0.444 8.3
10Jon Rauch 5 1 0 17 0 15.7 7.47 3.45 8.04 0.57 1.72 0.0 0.574 7.3
11Jesse Crain 7 4 0 56 0 51.7 8.36 4.70 7.49 0.52 4.70 0.0 -0.598 6.1
12Bob Keppel 1 1 0 37 0 54.0 10.50 3.50 5.33 0.67 4.83 0.0 0.279 5.7
13Luis Ayala 1 2 0 28 0 32.3 10.58 2.23 5.85 1.11 4.18 0.0 -0.535 3.3
14Ron Mahay 1 0 0 16 0 9.0 7.00 3.00 8.00 1.00 2.00 0.0 0.214 2.9
15Jeff Manship 1 1 0 11 5 31.7 11.08 4.26 5.97 1.14 5.68 0.2 0.085 0.0
16Glen Perkins 6 7 0 18 17 96.3 11.21 2.15 4.20 1.21 5.89 1.0 0.000 -0.5
17Craig Breslow 1 2 0 17 0 14.3 6.91 6.91 6.91 1.88 6.28 0.0 -0.429 -1.5
18Sean Henn 0 3 0 14 0 11.3 7.15 6.35 7.15 1.59 7.15 0.0 -0.517 -1.6
19Philip Humber 0 0 0 8 0 9.0 17.00 9.00 9.00 1.00 8.00 0.0 -0.116 -2.0
20Francisco Liriano 5 13 0 29 24 136.7 9.68 4.28 8.03 1.38 5.80 0.4 -0.005 -2.7
21Kevin Mulvey 0 0 0 2 0 1.3 40.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 27.00 0.0 0.003 -3.2
22Juan Morillo 0 0 0 3 0 2.0 13.50 13.50 4.50 4.50 22.50 0.0 -0.007 -3.6
23Anthony Swarzak 3 7 0 12 12 59.0 11.59 3.05 5.19 1.83 6.25 0.6 0.000 -3.8
24Armando Gabino 0 0 0 2 1 3.7 22.09 12.27 4.91 2.45 17.18 -0.1 -0.006 -4.6

Recent Transactions

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11-20: Purchased the contracts of RHPs Alex Burnett, Deolis Guerra, Loek Van Mil, and Rob Delaney, MI-S Estarlin De Los Santos, and 3B-R Danny Valencia; ou ... for complete analysis of this transaction and much more, subscribe to Baseball Prospectus

11-17: Released RHP Juan Morillo. [11/16]

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11-13: Exercised their club option on OF/1B-R Michael Cuddyer for 2010. [11/7]
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