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Game Thread: Twins v A's, 4/9@ 12:10pm CT

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Mike Sixel GOAT

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"we are building the staff so we can stay in games, and not get buried right away" looks about as accurate sof far this year as "we are planning to play meaningful games in September" was last year.

zchrz Draft Eligible

zchrz

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This review stuff has been terrible, let them go out and yell at each other for 45 seconds and get on with the damn game.

James FCL Twins

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Completely agree - there has to be a better / faster way.

That sounds like you're about to sell us something, Billy Mays style.

LaBombo Wichita Wind Surge

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Well at least we are keeping up the chase for most strikeouts by a team in a season.

 

On pace for 1620 record is 1935. Always nice to have goals!

Gaining ground on the record so far today. On pace for 15 in the game.

JB_Iowa Ft Myers Mighty Mussels

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Anyone think Phil is going to pitch a complete game today?

 

He's on pace to throw 252 pitches in 9 innings.

 

 

Well, that's an improvement. He was on pace for over 360 after the 1st.

LaBombo Wichita Wind Surge

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Anyone think Phil is going to pitch a complete game today?

 

He's on pace to throw 252 pitches in 9 innings.

 

In addition to the pitch count, the pace for 12 ER's and 9 walks may be an issue.

gocgo FCL Twins

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Good news - we have 4 guys in the lineup all hitting over .300 and none of them are named Joe Mauer.

 

Bad news - we have 4 guys in the lineup all hitting under .200 and none of them are named Joe Mauer.

gocgo FCL Twins

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Is anyone concerned that Mauer has 8 Ks in 29 ABs?

 

No. He usually starts slow and one of the K's was on a pitch 6 inches outside. I'm finding that the umps are really having a tough time figuring out the strike zone early and so are the batters.

John Kelsey FCL Twins

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Good news - we have 4 guys in the lineup all hitting over .300 and none of them are named Joe Mauer.

 

Bad news - we have 4 guys in the lineup all hitting under .200 and none of them are named Joe Mauer.

 

Bad news- We have one guy hitting under .100 and his name is Pedro Florimon

LaBombo Wichita Wind Surge

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Nice job by Herrmann cutting off the gapper. Hoping he and Colabello will continue to give Ron absolutely no reason to play Bartlett in an outfield corner again.

LaBombo Wichita Wind Surge

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Well, at least Florimon didn't strike out.

Baby steps...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tfGC7tOlrdk/SrsBfIvcrSI/AAAAAAAAIwY/jpcnv71-3As/s400/baby-steps.png

LaBombo Wichita Wind Surge

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No. He usually starts slow and one of the K's was on a pitch 6 inches outside. I'm finding that the umps are really having a tough time figuring out the strike zone early and so are the batters.

After 7 straight seasons of swinging strike rates that never exceeded 4.3%, Mauer swung and missed nearly 6% of the time last year, and he's started out this season at 6.9%.

 

It's too early to be worried, but it's something to watch. Two percent doesn't sound like much, but over the course of the season it's dozens of additional swings and misses.

 

It will be interesting, especially after two more looking K's today, to see if Mauer gets tired of letting umpires still struggling with their strike zones determine the outcomes of his AB's.

Westgaard66 Prep Ball

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1.) Jesus Christ on Ice Skates is Mauer's approach to hitting frustrating. At bats like his last one make me want to scream at him. His 2nd at bat he jumped on the 1st pitch for a single. Why doesn't he do that more often?!?!?!?

 

2.) That base running by Plouffe just made me cringe.

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