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Three takeaways from first three weeks of the Twins’ season
Minnesota leads the majors with 31 ABS challenges as Ryan Jeffers, Josh Bell and Byron Buxton help power a top-five offense.
- The Minnesota Twins lead the major leagues with 31 hitter challenges using the new Automatic Ball-Strike Challenge System, gaining a league-high 10 strikeouts on challenges.
- Entering Thursday, the Twins ranked sixth in the majors with a.732 team OPS, powered by 26 home runs and 103 runs scored in the American League.
- New addition Josh Bell boasts a 129 OPS+ with 14 runs driven in, while Byron Buxton has started to heat up, collecting four hits on Tuesday.
- Manager Derek Shelton said the team needs 30 to 45 games before evaluating the system's effectiveness. Buxton added, "Everybody is picking each other up, we're talking, communicating about what's going on."
- Though the team lost on Wednesday, the Twins are just over 10 percent through the season after completing 15 games in as many days.
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Three takeaways from first three weeks of the Twins’ season
Though the Twins lost on Wednesday, they hit their off day after a stretch of 15 games in as many days with plenty going for them. After dropping each of their first three series, the Twins responded by sweeping the Detroit Tigers — the team predicted to win the American League Central Division — in a four-game set, taking two of three from the Toronto Blue Jays, the reigning American League champions, and winning two of three against the Bosto…
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Leaning Left0Leaning Right7Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution78% Right
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- 78% of the sources lean Right
78% Right
C 22%
R 78%
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