“High Stakes Clash: Will the Twins Outshine the Royals in a Nail-Biting Early Season Showdown?”

I’ve said it before, and I’ll certainly say it again, but the reality is that you can’t win a division very early in the season. However, you certainly can put yourself in a position to make it incredibly difficult to win the division. Neither of the teams in today’s game will lose the division as a result of this series, but they also could use a nice boost to their team. Tonight, the series starts between the Twins and the Royals and both need to get going in the AL Central battle.

The Twins are struggling to a 3-6 record and they are just 2-4 on the road to start the young season. Minnesota is a good team, but they’ve also somewhat performed below expectations. I suppose if the expectation is to win the division each year, that does make things difficult as well. So far, the Twins just aren’t really getting anything going on offense. They have just 59 hits and 35 runs in nine games. The pitching staff hasn’t been much better though. Collectively, the team is throwing to almost a five run ERA and they have a 1.40 WHIP. Opponents are also hitting .272 against the Twins pitchers so they aren’t missing many bats. Tonight Simeon Woods Richardson makes his second start of the season. He went just four innings and allowed five hits, one walk, and two earned runs in his season opener. He has been good against the Royals hitters though as they are just batting .125 against him. 

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