Game Thread: Twins @ Cleveland, 9/27/17 @ 6:10 PM CT

[Puckett34]

 

I'm stuck at work watching gamecast. Man, what hex does Salazar have over our hitters this season?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvrzntd2pRk

[jimmer]

 

I'm stuck at work watching gamecast. Man, what hex does Salazar have over our hitters this season?

Salazar averages over 12Ks per 9 IP.  Don't think it's just our batters :-)

[FlauerPauer]

Yeah, he's got nasty stuff.  Odd his ERA is that high.

[h2oface]

Another dead red first pitch take by the mauer.

[h2oface]

Wow. 3 balls to Buxton. Three swinging strikes instead.

[Aggies7]

I guess we'll just keep letting encarnacion reach

[Aggies7]

Mejia giving up some rockets

[jimmer]

 

Yeah, he's got nasty stuff.  Odd his ERA is that high.

His FIP is almost a run lower and his BABIP is high.  The guy is nasty.

[Aggies7]

Mejia really hurting himself by continuing to fall behind.

[Pius Jefferson]

Everyone's heard the Twins will be the first team to go from 100 or more loses and make the playoffs.  

 

1962-League reaches twenty teams, Add one more playoff teams per league. Nothing.

 

1968-93-Division format. Add two more playoff teams per league. Nothing.

 

1996-2011-WIldcard era. Added now the second wildcard team. Wildcard era would have started in 1994 but you know what happened that year and 1995 was a shortened season. Nothing.

[Aggies7]

Mejia 64 pitches, 35 strikes. Is he hurt or just this terrible at control?

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

So we adopted this good looking doggo on the left last week, ever since then the Twins have been on fire (ditto with Vikings)
Twins win tonight 9-1, and lose tomorrow 7-1 due to the hangover

Meet Frank  [Viola]
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Left, to me at least, is the picture on the wall. I'm guessing you might be posting premature celebration. 

 

Which one is frank?

 

[Aggies7]

Another short start. Can't do this in October

[twinsnorth49]

Why....why?

 

Wtf are you doing that for at 1-2?

 

Ffs, its Yan frickin Gomes.

[mickeymental]

season is over.

[notoriousgod71]

 

Another short start. Can't do this in October

 

Tell that to every other MLB manager in the game who apparently think you get extra points per pitching change.

 

That said, I do not want to see Mejia in a postseason game.

[twinsnorth49]

Mejia 64 pitches, 35 strikes. Is he hurt or just this terrible at control?

Yes

 

Obligatory.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

season is over.

sell?

[Aggies7]

Tell that to every other MLB manager in the game who apparently think you get extra points per pitching change.

 

That said, I do not want to see Mejia in a postseason game.

So, 3 man postseason rotation?

[Broker]

Not looking good so far. . .

[Aggies7]

Indians announcers miffed by Paul's pitching staff approach these last two nights. "Can't do this in the playoffs" they say

[FlauerPauer]

 

Mejia 64 pitches, 35 strikes. Is he hurt or just this terrible at control?

 

He seems to land in a different spot every time.  Hopefully he makes a mechanical adjustment over the off-season.  He's got decent stuff.  He just needs to control it.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Indians announcers miffed by Paul's pitching staff approach these last two nights

*insert sad violin music*

[TwinsCD]

3 man rotations worked well in 87 and 91.  Not quite sure what changed over the years that everyone decided they had to go to 4-man rotations and the series schedules were in the same amount of days.  I'd be fine with a rotation of Berrios-Gibby-Erv (since Erv will start the WC game).  Have Gee as a long man and maybe even have Mejia as a situational lefty.  I just wonder what the impetus was to insert Mejia back into the rotation and not at least give Slegers another shot.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

So, 3 man postseason rotation?

yeah, it's a pretty open question who would be the fourth starter.

 

Let's also hope that becomes a real question

[Aggies7]

Thank god

[notoriousgod71]

Francona should be fired. Come on. This is just ridiculous.

[notoriousgod71]

 

 

So, 3 man postseason rotation?

 

 

If they are only going to throw 60 pitches why not?

[notoriousgod71]

 

Indians announcers miffed by Paul's pitching staff approach these last two nights. "Can't do this in the playoffs" they say

 

Then they watch the masterful Francona burn through his staff night after night.

[h2oface]

 

Everyone's heard the Twins will be the first team to go from 100 or more loses and make the playoffs.  

 

1962-League reaches twenty teams, Add one more playoff teams per league. Nothing.

 

1968-93-Division format. Add two more playoff teams per league. Nothing.

 

1996-2011-WIldcard era. Added now the second wildcard team. Wildcard era would have started in 1994 but you know what happened that year and 1995 was a shortened season. Nothing.

 

2012 -2017 Adding a 2nd Wild Card era. Bingo. Only took 6 years.

Teams around .500 can now, some seasons, be a playoff team. I am not discounting the accomplishment, but pointing out something that is a significant change that was recently added.