I have read numerous times how Tony Batista and Rondell White are the reason the Twins are where they are this year.  Below are the standings and the major differences between last year and this year.  

2006 Stats
Team      Win    Loss  GB    vs Central    RS    RA
Detroit    45    24    -      23-10        345    263
Chicago    43    25    1.5    21-13        374    310
Minnesota  33    34    11      8-18        313    331

2005 stats
Team       Win   Loss  GB    vs Central    RS    RA
Chicago    46    22    -      20-5        323    261
Minnesota  38    29    7.5    16-12       311    272
Detroit    33    33    12     10-11       299    291

I would say this points to other areas for the Twins problems such as pitching and not being able to defeat teams in your own division.  It is interesting how last year the Twins were on a 9 game winning streak and this year a 6 game streak at the same point.

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As of this writing the Fort Myers Miracle are in second place with a 25-19 record.  The strength of the team has been its starting pitching.  Lately the team has fallen from near the top of the league in ERA to 9th of 12 teams.  A good reason is the team is 5th in allowing hits and 3rd in allowing walks.  Couple that with 3rd in home runs allowed and you can see why the team has fallen near the bottom.  Now to the break down

Player                W  L      ERA     G  SV     IP    H   R  ER BB  SO     WHIP  OBA Grade       
Kevin Slowey       2  1      1.33    9   0    54.1  33  15  8     2  70    0.64 .169  A+       
Matt Garza           5  1      1.42    8   0    44.1  27  13  7    11  53  0.86 .169  A+       
Daniel Powers      1  0      2.25    6   1    12     9    3   3     1  13  0.83  .220  A+       
Julio DePaula       1  1      0.00    8   3    15.1   8    4   0    6  10  0.91  .145  A+       
Kyle Aselton        4  1      3.50    9   0    46.1  46  19 18    22  39  1.47  .264  A-       
J.P. Martinez        0  0      3.38   17  8   26.2  26  10 10     12  26  1.43  .260  B       
John Thomas       1  1      4.01    5   0    24.2  27  12 11    3  24  1.22  .273  B       
Ryan Callahan     2  2      3.68    12  0    22    19  13  9    11  18  1.36  .238  B       
Angel Garcia        2  1      2.93    8   0    15.1  11   5  5     9  13    1.30  .204  B       
Anthony Swarzak 2  3      4.70    9   0    44    51  24 23    21  43  1.64  .291  C       
Timothy Lahey     3  0      6.12    15  1    25    33  17 17     7  16  1.60  .333  C-       
Jose Mijares        0  3      5.40    6   0    16.2  18  10 10    12  15  1.80  .281  C-       
Joshua Hill          1  2      7.77    14  0    24.1  26  26 21    9  16  1.44  .263  D       
Alexander Farfan 0  1    14.81    7   0    10.1  15  19 17    14   4  2.81  .326  F       
Chris Schutt        1  1      7.00    7   0     9     10   7  7     8   12  2.00  .286 inc       
Colby Miller        0  1      3.86     2   0     7      8   3  3      3   3  1.57  .286 Inc       
Justin Jones        0  0      3.38    1   0    2.2     4   1  1       0   1  1.50  .400 Inc     

A+ Pitchers  Mat Garza and Kevin Slowey have dominated the Florida State League.  So much so that Slowey allowed 2 earned runs his last game and it was deemed a bad outing.  Garza used power and Slowey uses a little more finesse.  His last game he had at least 3 St Lucie Mets batters break their bat.  This has been the norm for these two.  The  relievers that have done awesome are Danny Powers and Julio DePaula.  Powers was promoted from Beloit to replace DePaula, after he went to New Britain.  Powers hasn't missed a beat allowing opponents to hit .220 while only walking 1 batter in 12 innings.

A- Pitcher  Kyle Aselton is the overlooked starter of the Miracle.  After people look at the stats they are surprised to see where Aselton rates.  Until yesterdays game his ERA was 2.68 with 17 walks in 44 innings.  Normally he is good for 5-6 solid innings and has made a very good 3rd starter in hte present rotation.

B Pitchers   I grouped 3 current relievers in here and one starter who was promoted to New Britain, John Thomas.  Ryan Callahan has pithed much better than his stats show.  He was the victim of a 6 run 2 out effort against Palm Beach when the Miracle lost 17-0.  Until that game his ERA was a little over 1 and a WHIP barely over 1 as well.  He has done very well I middle relief.  Another in this group is the Miracle closer JP Martinez.  he strikes out about 1 batter an inning but walks way too many batters in that role.  Angel Garcia has done well as a reliever as well but has been on the DL for quite a bit of time.

C Pitcher   Anthony Swarzak had come into the year with high hopes after last year with the Miracle.  Thus far he has pitched decent but not outstanding.  His walks are way too high and have got him in trouble numerous times.  Opponents are also hitting .290 against him.

C- Pitchers  Jose Mijares and Tim Lahey make up this category.  Lahey is still learning to pitch as he is a converted catcher in the Twins system.  He is a big guy that throws hard but opponents are hitting .333 against him.  The good thing is he doesn't walk many but for a guy that throws hard he doesn't strike out many either.  Jose Mijares gets in this category as well.  Many people were talking about him and how fast he should progress through the system.  So far he has allowed almost 2 runners per inning.  His box scores will sometimes mislead you into thinking he pitched well despite constant battling with each hitter.  

D and F pitchers   Josh Hill earns a D for giving up so many runs.  His WHIP isn't that high and opponents hit at a 263 clip which isn't all that bad but he manages to give up lots of runs.  This is his 3rd part of a year with the Miracle and 6th year overall with the Twins system.  I don't see him making it through the end of the season unless his future games are near perfect.  The last pitcher was a human rain delay.  Alexander Farfan was taken in the Rule V draft and performed like he had I previous years, horribly.  he was released after 10.1 innings where he walked 14 batters and gave up 17 runs.

Incompletes  Justin Jones, Colby Miller and Chris Schutt   Schutt I will give an incomplete because he is coming off an outing much like Callahan in the blowout loss to the Cardinals.  All three pitchers have pitched at higher levels.  Miller is on rehab while Jones and Schutt are looking to find their ways of the past.  Of the three I see Jones having the best future and time running out on Miller.