The Minnesota Twins have had a rough year. However, Eddie Rosario and Eduardo Escobar are breaking out by adding launch to their games.
The Minnesota Twins are having somewhat of a disappointing 2018 season. After shocking the world and grabbing the second AL Wild Card last year, the expectation was that the team would be competitive for the same spot this year.
Despite bringing in reinforcements to the Cinderella ’17 squad (Logan Morrison, Jake Odorizzi, Lance Lynn and Fernando Rodney), the Twins boast a 32-37 record, 5 and 1/2 games out of first, and have just a 6.7 percent chance of making the playoffs, per Fangraphs Playoff Odds.
They have not been particularly skilled on either side of the ball, although their offense has been more of the problem than anything. This has been the biggest story for the Twins, which were carried by their offense last season.
In fact, they posted the 6th-best wRC+ in all of baseball at 102 in 2017. This season has been a considerable departure, cratering to a team wRC+ of 94 (18th in MLB).
The drop has been very precipitous for the Twins. It is especially frustrating because they did not subtract any of their main pieces in the offseason. This fall has been driven by underperformance from players who were supposed to better than they are playing.