Game Thread: Twins vs. Angels 7:10pm CDT 6/8/2018 AD

[jtkoupal]

Just can't get both good starting and relief in the same game this year...

[D. Hocking]

I think Gladden just said something like this is something that is going to happen every once in awhile (or something like that).  I think his definition of "every once in awhile" is different than mine.

[Danchat]

Hard to believe Pressly has gone from being demanded to being the closer in April to being demanded to be DFA'd now. Molly has simply overused him (he's pitched 8 times without rest since May 1st!!) and he needs to realize that Ryan is going to have streaks of effectiveness and streaks of bad baseball. As always, Molitor just keeps plugging Pressly (and others, Reed, Belisle 2017, etc.) in these situations and it's costing us games - this is why we continue to lose one run ball games.

[Blake]

Really, Mr. Pressly?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Not over yet...

[TwinsCD]

Hughes probably could have been more effective than Pressly's proving to be.

[Mill1634]

this ****ing ump. Holy cow. 

[Blake]

Thought for sure Pressly would be okay starting with a clean inning.

 

I thought wrong.

[Don Walcott]

Ball four.

[Jham]

The rules suggest that quality minor league relief pitchers who can be shuttled back and forth and kept fresh should be one of the more valuable commodities in the sport. we're one of few teams who could pull that off, but can't because a strategy featuring fresh young bull pen arms would make Molly's had explode.

[David HK]

MoY finally seems to get it, and drops the struggling Sano to the 7 spot.  Good, finally recognizes that a slumping dude should be in a lower-leverage spot.

 

So his #1 struggling reliever?  Does he get a lower-leverage situation to work out his yips?

 

Heck no, let's go ahead and put him in as high a leveraged spot as possible, what could possibly go wrong?

 

I have been done with this dude in the dugout for so, so long.  And more than ready to say 'so long.'

[Aggies7]

I wish the team weren’t losing

[notoriousgod71]

At what point does Hildenberger surpass Pressly in Molly's mind?

[jun]

I never think Pressly could be a closer, he has the stuff and he just does not have the makeup and rhythm. How many times has he given up a winning hit or a walk off homer with 2 strikes? He just never gets it.

[Don Walcott]

Good hustle.

[David HK]

 

At what point does Hildenberger surpass Pressly in Molly's mind?

Hildy was warming in the 6th. Why didn't he get the call?

 

For God's sake, if we win, it's in spite of decisions made on the bridge.

[bighat]

 

Why does Molitor keep using Pressly in these 1 run situations after he's shown that he absolutely cannot be trusted at all currently? Good lord. Let him throw some mop up innings to try to get some confidence back or something. Or just rest him because this was his 33rd appearance already this season.

 

Because the Angels are a stacked right-handed lineup, Molitor couldn't use a lefty out of the pen, and Reed has been stinking it up. The 'pen is terrible, frankly, aside from Rodney. Shoulda put Duff Man in there in hindsight.

[jun]

 

MoY finally seems to get it, and drops the struggling Sano to the 7 spot.  Good, finally recognizes that a slumping dude should be in a lower-leverage spot.

 

So his #1 struggling reliever?  Does he get a lower-leverage situation to work out his yips?

 

Heck no, let's go ahead and put him in as high a leveraged spot as possible, what could possibly go wrong?

 

I have been done with this dude in the dugout for so, so long.  And more than ready to say 'so long.'

Morrison should bat lower in the order as well. I don't think MoY really gets it all.

[Aggies7]

You’d be hard pressed to find a team that takes more god-awful swings in hitters counts than the twins

[Squirrel]

Morrison should bat lower as well. I don't think MoY really gets it all.

You can’t bat the whole team lower. I think Dozier and LaMarre should be swapped in tonight’s order. And play Sano 7th until he shows he’s improving.

[David HK]

Lance Lynn battled his guts out tonight, with a crappy ump dogging him every step.

 

......and then.....

 

He needs to learn some aikido or something, so when MoY comes to pat him on the back, or shake his hand, he can twist it into staying in the game.

[David HK]

 

Morrison should bat lower in the order as well. I don't think MoY really gets it all.

Well, I was trying to at least give him credit for one good move....

[S.]

 

Reed has been stinking it up. The 'pen is terrible

Accurate.

[Aggies7]

The bullpen is back to being poop

[TwinsCD]

Good that we've gotten our recommended daily allowance of Addison Reed 8th inning home runs allowed.

[notoriousgod71]

After Reed gives up a couple we should bring Pressly back into the game. He hasn't pitched in awhile,

[Mill1634]

Neither Twins "good" reliever has been very reliable as of late. 

[David HK]

.... and just as I was in the act of typing, "OMG, now it's the ARE."

 

Right on cue.

[BoofBonser]

This team went from "Very bright future" to "What future?"

[notoriousgod71]

 

I never think Pressly could be a closer, he has the stuff and he just does not have the makeup and rhythm. How many times has he given up a winning hit or a walk off homer with 2 strikes? He just never gets it.

 

I said to my boss in April when he probably still had a 0.00 ERA that he could go the entire season without giving up a run and I would not trust him. He just reminds me of Crain.