Game Thread: Twins @ Kansas City, 7/21/18 @ 4:15 PM PT (6:15 PM CT)

[jtkoupal]

Can't wait to get Lance Lynn off the books!

 

I was pumped when the Twins signed Lance Lynn. It's unfortunate to see how utterly useless he has been. Sad. Him putting up numbers consistent with his career numbers could have the Twins a lot closer to contention. I like Lance Lynn, but I can't wait until his roster spot is open.

[VATwinsFan]

An hour and 20 minutes for three innings of a 3-1 game?

 

Oh, wait, Lynn is pitching for the Twins.  Sorry.

 

And Junis isn't much better.  A combined 150 pitches so far.  

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Did we win yet?

 

Oh, i see. Only the 4th inning.

 

Glad to hear about Mr. Mauer's milestone.

 

Looks like more needs doing though, down 3-1.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Mauer due up this inning, just a home run and triple short of the cycle

[jimmer]

Mauer sets double record for Twins.  Very impressive when you consider Mauer has less PAs than Kirby had AND more than twice as many walks. So his 2B/AB ratio is much better.

 

Then again, Puckett put 60+ more in the seats, so...

[ChrisKnutson]

Can we sell already? Cuz I’m getting real tired of FSN’s oblivious optimism.

[jun]

Dozier is not doing much in today's game. GIDP, strikeout, strikeout. Whoever lets Dozier hit 3rd in the lineup is creative. It's a creative way to lose games.

[jimbo92107]

Another reason to love Rosie: Cave lost the ball in the lights on the previous play, waves his arms, Kepler swept in for the save. Next play fly ball, Rosie waves his arms like he's lost the ball too, but it's a fake! He almost catches the runner on second drifting too far from the base. 

 

Clever human!

[jun]

Another RBI when RISP, that's why Escobar is so valuable.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Is this another one of those 1 run games?

[Don Walcott]

We all live in a Yellow Submarine! A Hildenberger submarine!!

[Danchat]

Is this another one of those 1 run games?

It’s looking like it. Too bad we aren’t the Mariners.

[yarnivek1972]

Is this another one of those 1 run games?

Probably not for long.

[Danchat]

It’s looking like it. Too bad we aren’t the Mariners.

I spoke too soon... about a minute too soon. I like our chances better now!

[operation mindcrime]

Go Twins! \m/

[yarnivek1972]

Cave with the golden sombrero to end the game.

[Otto von Ballpark]

And Cleveland is up 10-2 in the 7th inning. So we've likely lost 2 games in the standings just in the first 2 games of the second half, down to 9.5 games out of first.

[operation mindcrime]

And Cleveland is up 10-2 in the 7th inning. So we've likely lost 2 games in the standings just in the first 2 games of the second half, down to 9.5 games out of first.

That's awesome!

[luckylager]

July 21. End of the Twins (competitive) 2018 season.  Goodbye Dozier, Lynn, Rodney, Escobar (hopefully you come back).  I had high hopes for this season. Nothing seemed to go as planned after Week 3. Bad luck (Santana, Buxton, Castro), bad choices (Sano, Polanco), bad/mediocre seasons (Morrison, Grossman, Dozier, Mauer, Lynn, etc).  I am done watching for awhile. Hopefully there will be some roster churn in the next few weeks to give me something to tune in for.  Blah. 

[jimmer]

 

July 21. End of the Twins (competitive) 2018 season.  Goodbye Dozier, Lynn, Rodney, Escobar (hopefully you come back).  I had high hopes for this season. Nothing seemed to go as planned after Week 3. Bad luck (Santana, Buxton, Castro), bad choices (Sano, Polanco), bad/mediocre seasons (Morrison, Grossman, Dozier, Mauer, Lynn, etc).  I am done watching for awhile. Hopefully there will be some roster churn in the next few weeks to give me something to tune in for.  Blah. 

WAAAAY before July 21st. With all due respect to my fellow Twins fans, I think a good chunk were a bit delusional about our chances going into this season. The combination of our record last year (in which our record was better than the talent) and an active offseason (by our standards) made many think this team was way better than it was.  We had much farther to go, didn't take into account our non-established players likely still had some growing to do, and didn't take into account improvements by other teams or how much better the Indians still were.  The Indians are under-performing and will still take this division by 15+ games.  Maybe even 20+.

[VATwinsFan]

“Sell, sell, sell!!!”

Duke, Randolph, not Zach

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I forget. I s this a 3 game series?

 

Or can we settle for a split by winning out?