American League Central · 2018
Minnesota Twins
- Team WAR
- 29.6 17.8 bat / 11.8 pitch
- Win %
- .481 pyth .478
- Run diff
- -37 4.56 / 4.78 per g
- wRC+
- 99
- ERA
- 4.39 FIP 4.18
- Home runs
- 168
The Minnesota Twins went 78-84 in 2018, a .481 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 738 runs and allowed 775, a run differential of -37. The offence ranked 13th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.39 staff ERA was 22nd of 30. Their 99 team wRC+ was 1% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Eduardo Escobar led the position players at 4.0 WAR, and José Berríos the rotation at a 3.84 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,387 team hits
Batting
28 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B | 150 | 631 | 154 | 23 | 84 | 2 | .272 | .334 | .489 | .350 | 122 | 4.0 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 136 | 592 | 161 | 24 | 77 | 8 | .288 | .323 | .479 | .343 | 117 | 2.5 |
| Jorge Polanco | SS | 77 | 333 | 87 | 6 | 42 | 7 | .288 | .345 | .427 | .340 | 115 | 2.0 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 151 | 632 | 119 | 21 | 72 | 12 | .215 | .305 | .391 | .308 | 93 | 1.9 |
| Mitch Garver | C | 95 | 335 | 81 | 7 | 45 | 0 | .268 | .335 | .414 | .328 | 107 | 1.9 |
| Max Kepler | RF | 156 | 611 | 119 | 20 | 58 | 4 | .224 | .319 | .408 | .321 | 102 | 1.5 |
| Jake Cave | CF | 87 | 309 | 75 | 13 | 45 | 2 | .265 | .313 | .473 | .336 | 112 | 1.5 |
| Robbie Grossman | RF | 128 | 465 | 108 | 5 | 48 | 0 | .273 | .367 | .384 | .337 | 113 | 1.4 |
| Willians Astudillo | C | 28 | 97 | 33 | 3 | 21 | 0 | .355 | .371 | .516 | .382 | 144 | 0.9 |
| Ehire Adrianza | SS | 110 | 366 | 84 | 6 | 39 | 5 | .251 | .301 | .379 | .297 | 85 | 0.9 |
| Joe Mauer | 1B | 127 | 543 | 137 | 6 | 48 | 0 | .282 | .351 | .379 | .322 | 102 | 0.7 |
| Miguel Sanó | 3B | 71 | 299 | 53 | 13 | 41 | 0 | .199 | .281 | .398 | .298 | 86 | 0.4 |
| Ryan LaMarre | CF | 67 | 180 | 46 | 2 | 18 | 2 | .279 | .322 | .382 | .309 | 94 | 0.3 |
| Kyle Gibson | P | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .879 | 488 | 0.1 |
| Gregorio Petit | SS | 22 | 67 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .246 | .313 | .279 | .272 | 68 | 0.0 |
| Juan Graterol | C | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .274 | 69 | 0.0 |
| Adalberto Mejía | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Zach Duke | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Matt Magill | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Fernando Romero | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| José Berríos | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Lance Lynn | P | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Jason Castro | C | 19 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .143 | .257 | .238 | .234 | 42 | -0.1 |
| Jake Odorizzi | P | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.2 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 47 | 151 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .178 | .242 | .281 | .235 | 43 | -0.2 |
| Taylor Motter | RF | 16 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .147 | .237 | .235 | .221 | 32 | -0.2 |
| Logan Morrison | 1B | 93 | 359 | 59 | 15 | 39 | 1 | .186 | .276 | .368 | .286 | 78 | -0.6 |
| Byron Buxton | CF | 27 | 94 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .156 | .183 | .200 | .172 | -1 | -0.7 |
Pitching
30 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| José Berríos | 32 | 32 | 192.1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 202 | 3.84 | 3.90 | 1.14 | 9.5 | 2.5 |
| Lance Lynn | 31 | 29 | 156.2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 161 | 4.77 | 3.84 | 1.53 | 9.2 | 2.1 |
| Kyle Gibson | 32 | 32 | 196.2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 179 | 3.62 | 4.13 | 1.30 | 8.2 | 2.0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 72 | 0 | 68.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 2.63 | 2.33 | 0.95 | 9.9 | 1.7 |
| Ryan Pressly | 77 | 0 | 71.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 101 | 2.54 | 2.47 | 1.11 | 12.8 | 1.7 |
| Jake Odorizzi | 32 | 32 | 164.1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 162 | 4.49 | 4.19 | 1.34 | 8.9 | 1.6 |
| Zach Duke | 72 | 0 | 52.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 4.15 | 3.01 | 1.50 | 8.8 | 0.9 |
| Oliver Drake | 44 | 0 | 47.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 5.29 | 3.24 | 1.45 | 9.6 | 0.7 |
| Fernando Romero | 11 | 11 | 55.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 4.69 | 4.35 | 1.42 | 7.3 | 0.4 |
| Trevor May | 24 | 1 | 25.1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 3.20 | 3.08 | 1.03 | 12.8 | 0.4 |
| Fernando Rodney | 68 | 0 | 64.1 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 70 | 3.36 | 4.03 | 1.46 | 9.8 | 0.4 |
| Kohl Stewart | 8 | 4 | 36.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3.68 | 3.92 | 1.42 | 5.9 | 0.4 |
| Adalberto Mejía | 5 | 4 | 22.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.01 | 4.06 | 1.16 | 5.2 | 0.2 |
| John Curtiss | 8 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5.68 | 2.84 | 1.89 | 9.9 | 0.1 |
| Andrew Vasquez | 9 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5.40 | 3.36 | 1.40 | 12.6 | 0.1 |
| Trevor Hildenberger | 73 | 0 | 73.0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 70 | 5.42 | 4.53 | 1.38 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Chase De Jong | 4 | 4 | 17.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3.57 | 4.92 | 1.36 | 6.6 | 0.0 |
| Mitch Garver | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Gabriel Moya | 35 | 6 | 36.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4.71 | 4.76 | 1.32 | 7.7 | -0.0 |
| Ryan LaMarre | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 22.66 | 1.50 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Aaron Slegers | 4 | 2 | 13.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5.27 | 5.79 | 1.39 | 4.0 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Duffey | 19 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7.20 | 5.36 | 1.20 | 6.8 | -0.2 |
| Matt Belisle | 33 | 0 | 34.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 7.86 | 5.20 | 1.75 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
| Stephen Gonsalves | 7 | 4 | 24.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6.57 | 5.71 | 2.03 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| Zack Littell | 8 | 2 | 20.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6.20 | 5.91 | 1.77 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| Willians Astudillo | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 29.16 | 5.00 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Matt Magill | 40 | 0 | 56.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 3.81 | 5.08 | 1.43 | 8.9 | -0.3 |
| Addison Reed | 55 | 0 | 56.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 4.50 | 5.11 | 1.43 | 7.1 | -0.3 |
| Alan Busenitz | 23 | 0 | 25.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7.82 | 7.11 | 2.01 | 9.2 | -0.7 |
| Ervin Santana | 5 | 5 | 24.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8.03 | 7.94 | 1.62 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
Record versus run differential
Minnesota Twins are 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -37 run differential implies .478. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.