YTD: 18-16 (53%)
CHICAGO WHITE SOX -103
Neither of these teams are quite out of the race in the AL-Central, but I feel like the White Sox need to make a statement on the road in this series. They need to play with a sense of urgency, starting tonight. They are going up against a struggling pitcher for the Twins in Nick Blackburn who had a decent start to the year, but has recently lost his last 5 decisions. He has put up horrific numbers since the All-Star break, going 0-5 with an 8.22 ERA and a 1.96 WHIP! Furthermore during that time, the Twins have lost 7 out of the 8 games he has started. The White Sox have not been playing great ball themselves, losing 7 of their last 8. But if you look closer, their last six games were at Boston and at New York, two of the more hostile environments you will find in the Major Leagues. Not many teams could go into those two places consecutively and come out with many wins. Even though they are 1-9 in their last 10 at the Metrodome, I think that just leaving Yankee Stadium will be a breath of fresh air for this team. Gavin Floyd has been one of their most consistent starters all year, and I think he gets the Sox off their slide tonight. BOL everyone, and I will have one more a little bit later.
-Ole Nubbs
CHICAGO WHITE SOX -103
Neither of these teams are quite out of the race in the AL-Central, but I feel like the White Sox need to make a statement on the road in this series. They need to play with a sense of urgency, starting tonight. They are going up against a struggling pitcher for the Twins in Nick Blackburn who had a decent start to the year, but has recently lost his last 5 decisions. He has put up horrific numbers since the All-Star break, going 0-5 with an 8.22 ERA and a 1.96 WHIP! Furthermore during that time, the Twins have lost 7 out of the 8 games he has started. The White Sox have not been playing great ball themselves, losing 7 of their last 8. But if you look closer, their last six games were at Boston and at New York, two of the more hostile environments you will find in the Major Leagues. Not many teams could go into those two places consecutively and come out with many wins. Even though they are 1-9 in their last 10 at the Metrodome, I think that just leaving Yankee Stadium will be a breath of fresh air for this team. Gavin Floyd has been one of their most consistent starters all year, and I think he gets the Sox off their slide tonight. BOL everyone, and I will have one more a little bit later.
-Ole Nubbs
