Game thread: Twins vs Jays, 4/16, 6:40 pm CST

[Heezy1323]

 

I don’t know much about analytics and all that fancy pants baseball stuff, but I feel like the pitching is going to need to be about 300% better if we are to contend.

There is a 500% chance this is absolutely correct

[mickeymental]

season is over.

[twinssporto]

Dear Mr. Falvey - 

 

I hope you're having a great start to your week.  As a more than casual Twins fan, I was wondering if you could please, please find some more bullpen support for this otherwise really good looking lineup that was constructed over the off season.

 

Let me know how I can help. Thanks again or your consideration.

 

Best regards,

Twinssporto

TwinsDaily Member since 2015

[Aggies7]

Maybe we can convert May back to a starter again!

He needs to play more fortnite

[Joe A. Preusser]

I don’t know much about analytics and all that fancy pants baseball stuff, but I feel like the pitching is going to need to be about 300% better if we are to contend.

Statistics can be used to prove anything. 14% of all people know that.

[Linus]

I don’t know much about analytics and all that fancy pants baseball stuff, but I feel like the pitching is going to need to be about 300% better if we are to contend.

And this has been painfully obvious since Falvine got here. It has to be hubris- we are so smart we can turn a sows ear into a silk purse

[Aggies7]

I would enjoy better swings from Mr Ehire than I’ve seen tonight

[Brock Beauchamp]

It’s hard not to be a little concerned about May at this point. He was supposed to be one of the stable relievers.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I’ve never seen infield shifting backfire so spectacularly, as it has in this inning

also... season is not over!

To repeat for those getting caught up:

 

1. Sogard singles to right field, between Polanco and Adrianza who are standing right next to each other;

 

2. With one out, tailor made double play ball to second, but it’s no one’s job to cover second base because they’re all out of position;

 

3. With May standing on mound with the baseball, baserunner on second walks over to third base, because it’s no one’s job to cover third, because shift.

 

I’m a huge Twins rube obviously, but... Just brutal.

 

 

 

Also, season is not over

[Danchat]

 

I would enjoy better swings from Mr Ehire than I’ve seen tonight

I think I know who I'm DFA'ing when Sano gets healthy. Plus, Torreyes is almost as good as he is, so we wouldn't be losing much.

[Joe A. Preusser]

I would enjoy better swings from Mr Ehire than I’ve seen tonight

Yeah, that guy is as even keel as they come. No mood swings at all.

[denarded]

Area Man Shakes Head

...Getaway Day lineup...

...Gibson "nibbling"....

...May just rough again...

I know it's one game, but we have no business losing to this crap team 2 in a row at home.

These are the kind of games you HAVE to wind to provide padding if you're hoping to be in the Post Season. 

[twinssporto]

 

Statistics can be used to prove anything. 14% of all people know that.

I read that online somewhere too.  It's gotta be true!

[Aggies7]

To repeat for those getting caught up:

1. Sogard singles to right field, between Polanco and Adrianza who are standing right next to each other;

2. With one out, tailor made double play ball to second, but it’s no one’s job to cover second base because they’re all out of position;

3. With May standing on mound with the baseball, baserunner on second walks over to third base, because it’s no one’s job to cover third, because shift.

I’m a huge Twins rube obviously, but... Just brutal.

Also, season is not over

I was in the other room when they literally just took third base because no one was covering. I thought I misheard Dick

[LaBombo]

Ehire Adrianza's name is an anagram for 'diarrhea hardener'.

 

If you throw away the Z and use some other letters twice.
 

So... maybe not a perfect anagram in the classic sense... but still not worth noting.

Edited April 17, 2019 by LaBombo

[Joe A. Preusser]

I read that online somewhere too.  It's gotta be true!

Everything ever written online anywhere is 100% completely true fact. Believe it.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

It’s hard not to be a little concerned about May at this point. He was supposed to be one of the stable relievers.

I fear howie has been right all along...

[Brock Beauchamp]

After almost every plate appearance this season, I’m more convinced the Buxton we were sold is actually real.

[yarnivek1972]

I'm sure it's hard to figure out if you have the strength to go six innings until you try to go six innings.

How long was his last ST start? Honest question. I don’t know. He only pitched 7 2/3 innings in “A” games. But that doesn’t mean much. Odorizzi only pitched 3 innings in “A” games.

 

It doesn't help that Gibson has been very good through four innings in two of his three starts. Hard to get a read on where a guy is physically if you don't push him into situations where he begins to weaken.

That’s what ST is for. As I said, if he wasn’t ready, he shouldn’t have been rostered.

[Joe A. Preusser]

Ehire Adrianza's name is an anagram for 'diarrhea hardener' if you throw away the Z and use some other letters twice.

It is also "Secret Agent Jason Bourne" if you use very different letters...

 

Really makes you think.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Wow that’s a hook

[David HK]

 

I don't know who A T A is (or possibly A+A) but you need to make sure they are a part of your life until the bitter end.

Heh... they are, and shall be--  

 

My Kiwi rugby mate, (who for a time, was HK's only winemaker), and his lovely American wife...

[Blake]

 

Depends. Do you like lemons?

 

Reminds me of a story which has nothing to do with the game, so is perfect for a game thread. My wife and I had tea with a prim and proper Cypriot lady in Limassol one afternoon. We set up in her courtyard, which was full of lemon trees, to the point where they were littering the ground. She mentioned she had more than she knew what to do with, and my very Minnesotan wife immediately suggested making lemon bars. Being the supportive (read: loves lemon bars) husband that I am, I enthusiastically agreed.

 

I looked up that recipe too after we left, and it begins something like this: "squeeze half a lemon into four cups of sugar..."

[akmanak]

Same Twins different year. Bullpen is falling apart and we will be heading into May with a losing record.

[Linus]

Who did we send down so I can enjoy the Tyler Duffy experience for the 17th time?

[twinssporto]

I bet Duffy overpowers these guys.

 

Being Pheeeeshishhhhhh

Edited April 17, 2019 by twinssporto

[Danchat]

Wait... Duffey's pitching? What?! I must have missed the transaction, I thought we usually create threads on moves like this?

[Linus]

Dick just gave me my answer

[Vanimal46]

Who did we send down so I can enjoy the Tyler Duffy experience for the 17th time?

Vazquez this time... But if Duffey has shown us anything over the last couple of years, they bought a round trip ticket back to Rochester.

[LaBombo]

 

Depends. Do you like lemons?

 

Reminds me of a story which has nothing to do with the game, so is perfect for a game thread. My wife and I had tea with a prim and proper Cypriot lady in Limassol one afternoon. We set up in her courtyard, which was full of lemon trees, to the point where they were littering the ground. She mentioned she had more than she knew what to do with, and my very Minnesotan wife immediately suggested making lemon bars. Being the supportive (read: loves lemon bars) husband that I am, I enthusiastically agreed.

 

I looked up that recipe too after we left, and it begins something like this: "squeeze half a lemon into four cups of sugar..."

 

You had me at "has nothing to do with the game".