Game Thread: Twins vs. Yankees, 4/25/18 @ 5:35pm CT

[Danchat]

The Twins are probably going to need at least 9 runs to win this one.

[Aggies7]

Lance Lynn looking more and more like a bust every time I see him.

[ewen21]

If we put a prime Walter Johnson in uniform, would it even matter?

[notoriousgod71]

At least we'll still have two hours of sunlight by the time I give up on this team tonight.

[Dave The Dastardly]

 

The Twins are probably going to need at least 9 runs to win this one.

Double that.

[Danchat]

Apparently the answer between Lynn, Cobb, and Darvish was none of the above... at least for April.

 

Let's take this time to remember that Lynn asked for $20M a year on a multi-year contract. Not that he's a total bust... but we can see why teams were hesitant to pay these starting pitchers gobs of money.

[Aggies7]

19 pitches and nary an out

[Aggies7]

Thank god stanton looks like the worst batter on the planet right now

[VATwinsFan]

At least Lynn isn’t walking people.

[Blake]

Yeah, even I could read what Lynn said after the Stanton at bat.

[John Kelsey]

He got an out! Only 26 more to go. 

[Aggies7]

At least Lynn isn’t walking people.

Yes the hits are much easier to stomach

[h2oface]

26 pitches. all 2 or 4 seam fastballs except for 3 cutters. That's keeping them off balance.

[Cap'n Piranha]

My thoughts on hating the Yankees;

 

I used to hate the Yankees, when they simply bought every player.  There was no way the Twins could ever hope to compete against a team that shrugged their shoulders at nine-figure contracts, and laughed and spit on the luxury tax.

 

I no longer hate the Yankees--a team that develops a lot of talent, and makes incredibly shrewd trades, as that's exactly what I would hope the Twins would become.

 

So no, I don't hate the Yankees, but I want to be them oh so bad.

[Cap'n Piranha]

Here's a thought--what if tonight we proposed just forfeiting tomorrow's game?  We get to rest our bullpen, and we can fly back to Minnesota tonight to prepare for Friday's game against a team we actually have a chance to beat.

[ewen21]

 

Thank god stanton looks like the worst batter on the planet right now

And we have the bottom three in our order tonight

[Aggies7]

I am way past the point of being able to tolerate the annoyed look on Morrison’s face at every called strike or swing and miss

[Aggies7]

Grossman, a career .118 hitter (11-71) against NYY with the 4 pitch walk

[Aggies7]

Great inning there

[Cap'n Piranha]

I haven't been keeping track--is that the first 1-2-3 inning for Twins pitchers this series?

[VATwinsFan]

Six straight outs by Lynn. This is good.

[Cap'n Piranha]

 

Six straight outs by Lynn. This is good.

 

SHHHHHH!!!  You'll jinx him!

[Cap'n Piranha]

Here's a question for the Twins Daily tech people; why do spaces not appear in between periods/question marks/exclamation points and the beginning of the next sentence in my post.  Example immediately to the left of the word example in this sentence.

[Danchat]

Fun fact: Mauer, Dozier, and Escobar are all hitting .288 at the moment. And they're all going to be free agents once the season is over. Odd.

[Aggies7]

Delayed steal wth sano up and a guy struggling to throw strikes

[wsnydes]

Why?!

[BoofBonser]

Three ball count after three ball count

[USAFChief]

Just catching up.

 

Lynn was pretty unlucky in the first. Two ground balls get through, then one line drive.

 

And this just in: I HATE the Yankees. Hate them with the intensity of a thousand suns, each in super nova, and all in my living room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Danchat]

This Gregorius guy is really good...

[Aggies7]

Have we gotten this guy out YET