LET'S GO SILVA!!!!!
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I really like Carlos Silva. I was not in full support of the Twins re-signing him last year. After the poor season he had in 2006, I thought we could do better. I then decided to do research on Silva's career, and found out he had only one poor season, 2006. I looked back at his stats from Philadelphia in 2002 and 2003 where he was a reliever and was impressed. In fact, it was not until he came to Minnesota when he became a full-time starter in 2004.
The Minnesota Twins saw his potential as a starter, and he's been here ever since. Upon reading this, I turned my support totally toward Carlos, and have kept a close eye on him all season long. Although he has had a few poor outings, over all, Carlos' season has been a good one. Carlos definately gives us a more than 80% chance to win, and his confidence builds every game, especially when he is given run support. Even Ron Gardenhire has seen the improvement in Carlos this year, as proven when he turned to Santana and Silva as the "go to guys," having them pitch on every 5th day rather than every 6th day, and shuffeling the rotation around those two pitchers during interleague play.
I think the Twins need to keep Carlos Silva on the mound and watch him shine in the second half. I am excited to see Carlos Silva's second half of the season get better, and he and the Minnesota Twins make yet another play-off run.
