Game Thread: Cleveland at Minnesota for the Series, 3/31 @ 1:10 CST

[RedBull34]

Base open for Astudillo. The numbers say give him a free pass. I bet they don’t.

I'd take another 2B.

[Blake]

 

Have you been reading the Indians' website?

I should edit that, and, more accurately, "from what I remember reading."

 

Maybe it's just an impression I've had and that impression doesn't resemble what I've seen on the field.

[Aggies7]

man, cleveland looks bad.

[ashbury]

LOLOLOLOL. Indians are the self-destructors this game!

[PseudoSABR]

I'm going to go ahead and credit Astudillo for that second run too; other players just panic when he's at bat.

[twinssporto]

I know its still early in the season and its a SSS, blah, blah, blah...

 

But boys and girls I think we have a real team this year.  Just sayin'.

[nicksaviking]

Ha, Cleveland deserves those runs! Why do you pitch to a guy who doesn’t strikeout with 1B open, one out and two runners on?!

[glunn]

If they had walked Astudillo those two runs would not have scored.  

[operation mindcrime]

Woooooooooooo!!!!!!

[Danchat]

Schoop shouldn't have been running there, but thankfully that throw to 3rd was 4 feet over the guy's head. Wow. 

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Andrew Wiggins needs to drink some of that koolaid

That would be wishful drinking.

[GCTF]

 

Can not be stopped.

[GCTF]

 

If they had walked Astudillo those two runs would not have scored.  

He would've found a way to get them in anyway.

[LaBombo]

 

Yeah Schoop!

 

Such a catchy name, and fun to say. Would make a good song lyric...

 

[nicksaviking]

Schoop shouldn't have been running there, but thankfully that throw to 3rd was 4 feet over the guy's head. Wow.

 

The gods were smiting Francona for his hubris in thinking Neal Rameriz would strike out the world’s most un-strike-out-able hitter.

[LaBombo]

 

 

If they had walked Astudillo those two runs would not have scored.  

 

For sure. But just seeing 'walk' and 'Astudillo' in the same sentence makes me think 'improbable' and 'missed opportunity for wacky fun'.

[GCTF]

 

un-strike-out-able

Webster's 2019 word of the year.

[ashbury]

Kepler base hit. Finally.

[ashbury]

 

 

Such a catchy name, and fun to say. Would make a good song lyric...

 

[gil4]

 

High marks for properly identifying your audience.

[twinssporto]

Having Cruz in this lineup adds a whole other level of depth.  It will be fun to see Sano join him soon.  

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Wow, the Twins havent had a hitter like Cruz in a long time. Probably since the 2010 version of Morneau 

[BoofBonser]

Okay... Astudillo needs to be in the lineup almost every day

No reason for him not to be, he's the perfect situational hitter

[Joe A. Preusser]

Okay... Astudillo needs to be in the lineup almost every day

No reason for him not to be, he's the perfect situational hitter

If he is indeed the perfect situational hitter, then he is just as valuable off the bench, if not more so.

[IndianaTwin]

La Tortuga — so awesome he scores on his own sac fly.

[IndianaTwin]

See previous note on La Tortuga — not even Chuck Norris or the Dos Equis guy can do that!

[John Kelsey]

This Cleveland offense looks brutal, not sure how much even Lindor will change that. 

[Joe A. Preusser]

La Tortuga doesn't always drink beer. But when he does, he prefers Dos Equis.

[twinssporto]

I know Clevelands got some great pitching but I am certainly not convinced they will win the division.  I think they are WAY over hyped. Their lineup is not intimidating at all...I would take the Twins team over the Cleveland team any day of the week. I know Cleveland's missing Lindor but even then this team doesn't seem all that scary.  

 

I think people will be surprised at the end of September.

[PseudoSABR]

Boo pinch hitting.  Pile on the runs!