How Twins are trying to pitch their way back into playoff contention with ‘nasty stuff in the zone’

Boston – Few teams relyed on their porosity of the twins. They could even trust that approach in hope that it could land in October.

“We always walk to the power of the jurisdiction,” said Volkes of Gemini, who recently told CBS Sports. “It’s easy to call a game.”

In fact, positive results have not been easy for the twins to start this season. They enter 16-20 records on Wednesday, al-central in the fourth place. The player of their most effective position. Harrison Bader – Veteran Outfielder has been grossing more often in recent years. In 36 games, Minnesota launched only 30 homer and the average of the average team of $ 237 is the 22nd in baseball. While he is still a lot of plus a defender, he is able to defeat his glove, short-lived Carlos Korrea, cut only 0.33 / .270 / .341.

However, the power of twins remains. They are the eighth in the MLB in the age (3.53), sixth in K/9 (9:25) and first of all strike-walking (3.44). Their project has become a model of entire league organizations. The director of Red Bestin Willard, who spent six seasonals with twins, used the approach of his former club in the hope that it would increase the Boston’s attack staff.

“Obviously, I started with the twins and it boils to a very simple expression that is really difficult to actually carry out, but it is throwing unpleasant things in the belt. “And realizing what every boy can do to develop unpleasant things, then” good, I’m going to throw in the strike zone. ”

Tossing your best items in the belt requires more than just skill. That means conviction. Trust and strategy go hand. One rarely works without the other, and more often than no, trust in your belongings in the zone that remains.

The twins, however, have mastered it. And with Wilard, the Minnesota system products. Red Sox has started mirror mirror parts. The twins are most part in a plate that has reached 0 and 2 count. Red Sox is near the second.

Gemini gave only 93 walks in this season, which is connected to the lowest sign of the major. Meanwhile, SOX is connected to the seventh, 111.

“If you throw [quality strikes in the zone] 100 times success will happen 90 times, “Wilard said.

For twins, some of this intention is built in both the regular season and in the spring region. During the latter, they spend three weeks during the meetings, which were aimed at self-knowledge, internal, as from time to time to “get to know meetings.”

“We enter our video room and ask us who we are and what we are trying to do,” said Pablo Lajes.

Then the pitchers answer who they think they are before the crew counters, what the data and numbers show.

“From the point of view of good statistics, this is your fastball for you,” said Lusz, summing up the types of conversations during those sessions. “This is when it’s playing. This is when your fastball is played. This is when your offspeed is playing against the right and left. “

Then, when the pitcher is on the hook, the twins follow what they consider “early.”

In its simplest form, “early and forth” is about a pitcher that or in the first three holes ends at-Bat or at least two strokes throw that last. For example, if you reach 0 and 2, it is considered a successful “early”. The same goes for a score of 1 and 2.

“It motivates us to be aggressive in the zone,” Luze added. “It puts you in the best situation to get deep into the game to reach the leverage calculations.”

The teaching order, however, is not always easy, so it has become a basic level if you want for twins.

“I think twins also do good work, just gaining pitchers, which, of course, goes to it, throwing many strikes.”

The baseball command also means throwing effective lands out of the zone, avoiding hurting after damaging.

For example, López, ideally wants its 0 and 2 holes to strike before 80% of the road to the zone. When he receives these calculations, most of the works are done, feeling like he is controlling control, it is his fault.

“If they beat 0 and 2 in the zone, I’m like that I’m better than that,” said Luszes. “It simply came to our notice then. So these are counting my murder [try to get to] And then I will try to chase them. “

Although some leakage from a pussy, the twins’ snacks are as good as advertised this year. Twin snacks have 365 era with 36 games, the fifth best MLB sign.

But the victories are difficult for Minnesota, which is Minnesota, which continues to improve. And while the section goes up, the rest of the American league seems to take a step back, offering twins to stay home home.