Game Thread: Twins vs. Indians 4-17 @ 7:10 PM CT

[Aggies7]

Wow, a ground ball to the right side can score a runner from third with less than two outs.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Sinker that didn't sink enough? Shocking!

 

(Summoning nicksavikong for commiseration)

[Intramural Legend]

Nibble nibble nibble...If at first you don't succeed, try doing the same darn thing over and over

[Aggies7]

Gibson is the Matt Capps of the starting rotation

[bighat]

Only the Twins would be losing this game at this point.  

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I don't do haiku, but I also don't put a noodle arm in RF!

That's a lot of syllables, bordering on sonnet in fact

[70charger]

 

The LOB is really getting frustrating.

 

Especially when it's not happening to the other team.

[Taildragger8791]

Is there a laser show at Target Field tonight? Oh wait, no, that's just hitters teeing off on Gibson again.

[Whammy]

Based on Salazar's numbers after the first trip through the lineup.... we're toast

[Guest]

This is what is frustrating with Gibson. Why is he dinking around with Yan Gomes? It seems like he always pitches well for a few innings, then wakes up and remembers he's not been any good, and starts rallies by giving up hits to weak players.

Another inning for Gibson with a crooked number that was started by someone who is almost an automatic out, then "things happen." He needs a success coach perhaps more than a pitching coach.

[crapforks]

 

Gibson is the Matt Capps of the starting rotation

 

I'm starting to feel about him the way I felt about Pelfrey. I don't get to watch a ton of games and I get really annoyed when I do and its a Gibson game.

[Aggies7]

Another inning for Gibson with a crooked number that was started by someone who is almost an automatic out, then "things happen." He needs a success coach perhaps more than a pitching coach.

I'd love one of those! Oh you said, "success" coach..

[BoofBonser]

 

I'm starting to feel about him the way I felt about Pelfrey. I don't get to watch a ton of games and I get really annoyed when I do and its a Gibson game.

Seriously it's literally impossible for him to throw a first pitch strike

[Aggies7]

I'm starting to feel about him the way I felt about Pelfrey. I don't get to watch a ton of games and I get really annoyed when I do and its a Gibson game.

Pelfrey is probably a better comparison. Or maybe Kevin correia. Or any number of the duds we've had in the last 5 years.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I used to like Gibson. Then he kept pitching.

[Aggies7]

I'm starting to feel about him the way I felt about Pelfrey. I don't get to watch a ton of games and I get really annoyed when I do and its a Gibson game.

Do you remember when we had Sidney ponson? Oofta!

[crapforks]

 

Do you remember when we had Sidney ponson? Oofta!

Pitcherpottomus!

[Aggies7]

Pitcherpottomus!

[kusko_andy]

I don't know if I agree with Bert.  He keeps telling Gibson to be aggressive and trust his fastball... but his fastball isn't all that great.  He even said "look at Salazar, being aggressive, that's how you want to be".... which is easier when you can hit 97. 

[Guest]

I'd love one of those! Oh you said, "success" coach..

Aggies, can we already say this evening that you have been at an Indian Feast?

 

H/t Ben Franklin.

[crapforks]

 

I don't know if I agree with Bert.  He keeps telling Gibson to be aggressive and trust his fastball... but his fastball isn't all that great.  He even said "look at Salazar, being aggressive, that's how you want to be".... which is easier when you can hit 97. 

Also easier when you have a swing and miss change with a pretty good breaking ball. Gibson has a sinker which he doesn't trust, a change which he doesn't trust and a breaking ball that has a tendency to get hit pretty hard.*

 

*eye test hot take. I didn't look any of this up.

[Halsey Hall]

I wish Dick would just forget the phrase "pitch to contact" and just say pitch strikes.

[spinowner]

 

I don't do haiku, but I also don't put a noodle arm in right!

FTFY so it's haiku

[bird]

Anyone ever heard of the Twins or a Twins player seeking out a sports shrink? Hope someone starts dropping handfuls of business cards from a good one around the locker room, slowing down in front of Buxton's and Gibson's lockers.

[bighat]

For all the complaints about Gibson, it's awful to see the Twins fill the bases on offense, knock the ball all over the place, and somehow have only scored 1 run.   How the Twins managed to score just one run over those first few innings is sooooo frustrating.   The Twins just don't get those opportunities enough that they can waste them like that.  Especially with Pelfrey Lite on the mound. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Some teams have psychologists on staff, if I recall

[Taildragger8791]

I don't know why any of these guys are swinging at this junk. The hitter knew he got away with one on that "swinging bunt", he was grinning all the way back to the first base bag.

[crapforks]

I decided to listen to Dickbert tonight. They are much more critical of the players than I remember. Is this a thing now?

 

Im in Oregon and I watch through MLB.tv, so naturally I listen to the opposition broadcasters most of the time.

[Aggies7]

For all the complaints about Gibson, it's awful to see the Twins fill the bases on offense, knock the ball all over the place, and somehow have only scored 1 run. How the Twins managed to score just one run over those first few innings is sooooo frustrating. The Twins just don't get those opportunities enough that they can waste them like that. Especially with Pelfrey Lite on the mound.

 

100%. The offense has been pretty brutal for most of this (young) season. One good inning last series. That's it, one. Heck, didn't Quintana stick around through the 6th on Saturday? Just simply not enough talent in the lineup at this point.

[Bark's Lounge]

I really, really root for Gibson to succeed. But, he is at best a low end 4th starter and 5th starter if that at this point. I don't know if he will last this season as a SP and that is probably a good thing.

 

I do not like watching him pitch and I do not like his results and I have no confidence that he would be better as a reliever.