Article: Game Thread: Twins @ Royals, 5/28 @ 6:15pm CT

[glunn]

I am my office "watching" on Gamecast and hoping that Buxton will bunt.

[OTPS300]

Sometimes the Twins infield looks like the Keystone Cops. 

[OTPS300]

Buxton base hit and Dozier tries to hit it into the stratosphere and pops out.

[Mill1634]

Has buxton tried to steal since being hurt

[bighat]

Three curveball strikeout for Sano. He's looking very overweight, pretty sure that month-long layoff didn't help.

[OTPS300]

Sano K's on 3 pitches, 1 of them was in the strike zone. 

[Platoon]

Buxton base hit and Dozier tries to hit it into the stratosphere and pops out.

That's the general direction of the stratosphere........ . But he came up short.

[bighat]

 

 

Has buxton tried to steal since being hurt

He's only been on base like 3 times since he got back. But yeah I believe he stole a base against Detroit last week.

[Riverbrian]

The crowd is really quiet in Kansas City. 

[OTPS300]

LoMo walks, bases loaded. Now what?

[Blake]

Well, phooey. 

[Rosterman]

The batting order and the batting averages makes me shudder. What can be done to jumpstart the offense.

 

[Mill1634]

Gotta stop playing with fire

[Platoon]

The crowd is really quiet in Kansas City.

 

Those blue seats are known to be soft spoken but very knowledgable baseball fans...

[Riverbrian]

 

The batting order and the batting averages makes me shudder. What can be done to jumpstart the offense.

 

Dozier has to stop trying to pull the outside pitch

 

Sano has to stop swinging at pitches out of the zone

 

Buxton needs to level his swing out for better contact. 

 

Morrison needs to lay down a couple of bunts against the shift to loosen things up. 

 

Garver needs to play more than Wilson

 

Falvey and Lavine has to provide alternatives that Molitor will play on occasion in case these guys don't do what they need to do.  

[bighat]

 

The batting order and the batting averages makes me shudder. What can be done to jumpstart the offense.

The only thing that can be done is to hope the guys playing start hitting. Or maybe a statement move like firing Molitor or the hitting coach.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

 

The batting order and the batting averages makes me shudder. What can be done to jumpstart the offense.

 

get this guy back

 

 

 

[jun]

 

The batting order and the batting averages makes me shudder. What can be done to jumpstart the offense.

Dozier, Sano and Morrison should hit lower in the order. Petit and LaMarre should play more.

Kepler

Rosario

Escobar

Garver

Dozier

Morrison

Grossman

Sano

LaMarre or Buxton

 

 

 

Edited May 29, 2018 by jun

[Riverbrian]

 

The only thing that can be done is to hope the guys playing start hitting. Or maybe a statement move like firing Molitor or the hitting coach.

 

Firing is a little extreme but I would like Molitor to not be so willing to ride it out. 

 

 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

 

Dozier, Sano and Morrison should hit lower in the order. Petit and LaMarre should play more.

Kepler

Rosario

Escobar

Garver

Morrison

Grossman

Sano

Petit

LaMarre or Buxton

yeah that's not a bad idea. I'd move those three down, too, but that means moving guys up who don't deserve to be up there. 

 

I'd bat Buxton 6th or 7th, not sure why. When he's on base, he affects the game, and batting him 9th assures he'll have the least chances to get on base. Not that he's getting on base much now. Also, I'd hope Mauer comes back soon, although that's not likely. 

[twinsbaby]

Buxton can't get on base. His OBP is .186. That's a joke if you want him hit 6th/7th.

[jtkoupal]

Junis gets a lot worse when he faces the lineup for the third time. His pitch count is a bit lower than ideal, but as long as Lynn keeps pitching well, this looks promising.

[nicksaviking]

The crowd is really quiet in Kansas City.

 

I mean, oof, this matchup, can you blame them?

[twinsbaby]

Also, Buxton puts a lot of GBs in play. It's a joke if he wants to be an All-star.

Edited May 29, 2018 by twinsbaby

[jimmer]

Twins games have gotten boring.  It's sad.

[GameDay]

If Sano wasn't 300 pounds he would've gotten to that ball.

[drock2190]

A lighter Sano would have caught that

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

 

Buxton can't get on base. His OBP is .186. That's a joke if you want him hit 6th/7th.

[twinsbaby]

If Sano wasn't 300 pounds he would've gotten to that ball.

He is another overhyed player in the world. Terrible defense and contact, no speed.

[jimmer]

Why wasn't Escobar on the shortstop side?  We've seen the shift where Sano is on the 2B side and Escobar is on the shortstop side by himself.  That's an out if Escobar is on the shortstop side.