Game Thread: 4/17/19 Twins vs. Bluejays 6:40 CST

[Mill1634]

Nice to see Marwin hitting the ball hard the last few nights. He's been one of the few Twins not hitting the ball hard.

[wabene]

And on the third base Crom rested

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

And on the third base Crom rested

Not sure what you mean but it seems Biblical.

[DocBauer]

Odorizzi is a good, solid SP who is really quite fine as a 5th SP. Unfortunately, he's our 4th SP.

 

I would love to see, this year at least, what his ERA is for the first 4-5 IP because it's probably really good! And he's a good SO guy who frustrates hitters with high stuff.

 

But can we ever get more than 5 IP?!

 

Do we dare start the 6th with him?

[ScrapTheNickname]

Rocco rolls the dice.

[Aggies7]

Can we please move the mic away from the idiot screaming after every pitch?

[mrtwinsfan]

Here we go again, Bad Odor, 

[h2oface]

That single should have been enough to get out of the dugout and get a new pitcher to worry about.

[h2oface]

4 soft pitches up in the zone. or even too high for the zone... talk about a hanging curve.

[mrtwinsfan]

O.M G= ALMOST

[ScrapTheNickname]

Earlier in the game Dick said every team is complaining about their relief pitching, but in fact the Twins relief pitchers rank 13th in the AL in WHIP.

[wabene]

I reckon he's got about eight left

[DocBauer]

He gets a lot of strikes and SO high in the zone. It's when he just suddenly loses control is where he loses it.

[wabene]

Seven

[mrtwinsfan]

meija next = ???????????

[Aggies7]

Let him finish, one less out for the bomb squad to get

[ashbury]

I would love to see, this year at least, what his ERA is for the first 4-5 IP because it's probably really good!

b-r.com offers "splits" for any pitcher's season. Here's Odo's for this season so far:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=odorija01&year=2019&t=p

 

Scroll down to "By Inning", and maybe linger on some of the other delights on your way there.

 

Four first inning runs in 3 games. Scoreless seconds and thirds, in 2 games. A run in two fourths. Three runs in two fifths.

 

His page for 2018, with greater sample size of course, demonstrates a 3-inning pitcher to my eye.

[DocBauer]

Time for Mejia to be the pitcher he is and DEAL!

[ashbury]

And on the third base Crom rested

He ran himself ragged last night. Let the man get his rest.

[John Kelsey]

Throwing Mejia in sure is ballsy. 

[LaBombo]

 

Do we dare start the 6th with him?

 

I was thinking we daren't. But we got away with it, and he lowered his ERA by about a run tonight.

[h2oface]

The excitement when the 9.39 relief comes in.

[Blake]

 

Throwing Mejia in sure is ballsy. 

Closer to doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.

[wabene]

Throwing Mejia in sure is ballsy.

 

Love is the answer

[mrtwinsfan]

Phew

 

[h2oface]

at least he gets to start with a 1.95 hitter....

[wabene]

Mejia!

[Nine of twelve]

I'll gladly take that inning after the screaming leadoff single.

[Mill1634]

Like the decision to go to Mejia. Telez is HORRIBLE against lefty, and these are these situations he will be pitching in most nights. Get him his confidence back. 

[ashbury]

Mejia working efficiently.