John Danks
27 August 2008
ion for pretty much the entire season. Solid starting pitching from two unexpected sources in John Danks and Gavin Floyd have carried Chicago this far, and Carlos Quentin's breakout year has sparked the offense. If Chicago's rotation continues to roll, and the home runs keep flowing (Chicago leads the majors in homers), they should outlast the less experienced Twins and win the division.
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3 August 2008
Only youngsters Gavin Floyd and John Danks are even adequate, with Floyd winning half of his last ten, and Danks winning four of them.
The Twins, on the other hand, seem to be peaking at just the right time. After losing four straight, including a sweep by the Yanks, after the break, they've won seven of nine, including three of four against Chicago last week. Their upcoming schedule is mighty soft, too. Nine of their next twelve are against last-place Seattle and Kansas City, and only fourteen of their remaining games this season are against teams not named Seattle, Kansas City, Toronto, Baltimore, Detroit, or Cleveland. Chicago's remaining games, on the other hand, have twenty-one games not featuring this same pack of teams, and three of those twenty-one are against the Twins.
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