Game Thread: Twins @ Mets 4:10 PM PT (6:10 PM CT) 4/9/2019

[Blake]

 

Any chance deGrom is tipping his pitches?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[bighat]

Awful AB by Schoop. This is a great game for the Twins - but it might be worth mentioning that he doesn't appear to be the player the Twins thought they were getting.

[lecroy24fan]

Everything is beautiful!

[IndianaTwin]

May 2014 since deGrom has given up three homers at home.

[Mr. Brooks]

Not sure why Schoop’s in lineup tonight, but go Schoop!

He's the starting second baseman, why wouldn't he be in the lineup?

[Blake]

 

It's early, but with three HR we are having fun. Hope you are enjoying the game too.

Eh.

[RGR71]

That was 1 of the funnest innings I've seen in awhile.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Everything is beautiful!

said the optimist, in the third inning

[Danchat]

 

He's the starting second baseman, why wouldn't he be in the lineup?

Yeah, it's him or Adrianza, and so that's a pretty easy choice.

[Nine of twelve]

Just exactly what we didn't want.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

He's the starting second baseman, why wouldn't he be in the lineup?

later

[RGR71]

well 1/2 inning

[DocBauer]

Just got home, listened to a few pitches in the car, threw something in the oven for supper, sat down to work on the checkbook...UGH...put put the game on just in time to watch BACK TO BACK HR from Rosario and Garver!

 

Twins for the Twins!

 

Yea for the good guys!!

 

With all due respect to Castro, this shows further what Garver is capable of, not to mention Astudillo. No move should be made until it has to happen, but it's stuff like this that makes me feel when a roster crunch hits, it's time to think about youth, potential and the future.

 

Let's go Gibby!

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Wow, here have a strikeout Gibby

[David HK]

Wow, just when you're wondering where all that thunder came from- against a premier pitcher, no less.

 

Ahhhhh..... Gibby. Thanks for bringing us all back to earth.

[David HK]

 

Just got home, listened to a few pitches in the car, threw something in the oven for supper, sat down to work on the checkbook...UGH...put put the game on just in time to watch BACK TO BACK HR from Rosario and Garver!

Twins for the Twins!

Yea for the good guys!!

With all due respect to Castro, this shows further what Garver is capable of, not to mention Astudillo. No move should be made until it has to happen, but it's stuff like this that makes me feel when a roster crunch hits, it's time to think about youth, potential and the future.

Let's go Gibby!

I will be surprised if Castro is a still a Twin by the time the deadline rolls around.

[Nine of twelve]

Geez, Astudillo would have to hit four home runs every game to make up for his deficiencies as a 1B.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Yeah, it's him or Adrianza, and so that's a pretty easy choice.

You could go Cron-Gonzalez-Polanco-Astudillo around the infield for a game or two, with Schoop not really doing much yet. Just my opinion..

 

And as I type, I think we’ve seen our last game with Astudillo at first.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Awful AB by Schoop. This is a great game for the Twins - but it might be worth mentioning that he doesn't appear to be the player the Twins thought they were getting.

he does appear to be the player the Brewers let walk...

[Nine of twelve]

Erk.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Rocco gonna be doing some managin’ tonight

[drock2190]

Kepler played that ball off the 2nd deck perfectly.

 

That's a ballplayer, man.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Gibson is not pushing off his heel.

 

I think that was a thing back in spring training.

[bighat]

Hope Rocco hits for Gibby here this time around. He's got nothing left unfortunately.

[LaBombo]

 

Awful AB by Schoop. This is a great game for the Twins - but it might be worth mentioning that he doesn't appear to be the player the Twins thought they were getting.

 

The weird thing is that his average and power are bad, but his OBP is so much higher than last season that his wRC+ is only a little worse than last year (77 vs 80).

 

If he can play good D and eventually get the bat going by the time one or two other hitters inevitably cool off, then I'm not gonna worry.

 

If the D isn't there and he's still scuffling along with a sub-.300 slugging average at the end of May... then I think I'll be schooped out.

[bighat]

Hey Gibby with the sac bunt, how about that?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Hey Gibby with the sac bunt, how about that?

big insurance run out there

 

And we’re talking about insurance runs in the 4th inning

[Nine of twelve]

Prototype NL run!

[VATwinsFan]

Kepler mit dem Run machen.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Nice closeups of Kepler squinting, like he just walked out of the gas chamber in boot camp with his arms flapping in the air.

 

And of course he gets the RBI single