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Game Thread: Twins vs Tigers, 4/18 @ 12:10pm CT

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It is at Ashbury Estates as well. Come on over!

You paying for my travel and time and labor?

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What we know so far:

 

The offense is good, and will get better, especially once Sano gets back. Marwin seems to be the only guy on the team that we should be legitimately concerned about, offensively.

 

Pitching is a huge problem, this team could be looking a lot like the Texas Rangers pretty soon with lots of losses with scores like 12-8.

 

The two biggest MLB players still available are pitchers. The ghosts of Keuchel and Kimbrel are going to haunt the Twins every time there's a bad pitching performance, fair or not.

bighat Cedar Rapids Kernels

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Why does a manager not pinch hit Garver for Cron or Gonzales in this situation?

 

Because Baldelli doesn't want to blatantly disrespect either guy and wants to get them at bats. Both of them are kinda struggling, but both have hit HRs in this series and Rocco wants to keep giving them plate appearances.

WLFINN College Ball

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What we know so far:

 

The offense is good, and will get better, especially once Sano gets back. Marwin seems to be the only guy on the team that we should be legitimately concerned about, offensively.

 

Pitching is a huge problem, this team could be looking a lot like the Texas Rangers pretty soon with lots of losses with scores like 12-8.

 

The two biggest MLB players still available are pitchers. The ghosts of Keuchel and Kimbrel are going to haunt the Twins every time there's a bad pitching performance, fair or not.

Size matters?

Doomtints FCL Twins

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What we know so far:

 

The offense is good, and will get better, especially once Sano gets back. Marwin seems to be the only guy on the team that we should be legitimately concerned about, offensively.

 

Pitching is a huge problem, this team could be looking a lot like the Texas Rangers pretty soon with lots of losses with scores like 12-8.

 

The two biggest MLB players still available are pitchers. The ghosts of Keuchel and Kimbrel are going to haunt the Twins every time there's a bad pitching performance, fair or not.

 

It feels like Twins pitching is terrible and Twins hitting is fine.

 

Looking at the numbers, the Twins are in the bottom half of the AL in many hitting categories and in the top half of the AL in many pitching categories.

 

They are in the bottom half in hitting in Runs, Hits, Stolen Bases, Walks, Total Bases

They are in the top half in pitching in hits allowed, Runs allowed, home runs allowed, walks, saves, and are right in the middle for ERA.

 

The quickest path for the Twins to improve is for them to hit better, even if our senses tell us differently.

ashbury GOAT

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Pro tip....

 

Never assume the circuit breaker is off.....

It probably didn't take many seconds for the equipment to rectify this problem on its own.

twinsbaby College Ball

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It feels like Twins pitching is terrible and Twins hitting is fine.

 

Looking at the numbers, the Twins are in the bottom half of the AL in many hitting categories and in the top half of the AL in many pitching categories.

 

They are in the bottom half in hitting in Runs, Hits, Stolen Bases, Walks, Total Bases

They are in the top half in pitching in hits allowed, Runs allowed, home runs allowed, walks, saves, and are right in the middle for ERA.

 

The quickest path for the Twins to improve is for them to hit better, even if our senses tell us differently.

Umm, Twins just play 16 games, that's why in the bottom half. They are top 5 in wRC+.

USAFChief GOAT

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It feels like Twins pitching is terrible and Twins hitting is fine.

 

Looking at the numbers, the Twins are in the bottom half of the AL in many hitting categories and in the top half of the AL in many pitching categories.

 

They are in the bottom half in hitting in Runs, Hits, Stolen Bases, Walks, Total Bases

They are in the top half in pitching in hits allowed, Runs allowed, home runs allowed, walks, saves, and are right in the middle for ERA.

 

The quickest path for the Twins to improve is for them to hit better, even if our senses tell us differently.

Total numbers of anything at this point are pretty deceptive. The Twins have played fewer games than any other AL team.

ashbury GOAT

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It feels like Twins pitching is terrible and Twins hitting is fine.

 

Looking at the numbers, the Twins are in the bottom half of the AL in many hitting categories and in the top half of the AL in many pitching categories.

 

They are in the bottom half in hitting in Runs, Hits, Stolen Bases, Walks, Total Bases

They are in the top half in pitching in hits allowed, Runs allowed, home runs allowed, walks, saves, and are right in the middle for ERA.

 

The quickest path for the Twins to improve is for them to hit better, even if our senses tell us differently.

They have several fewer games than other teams, so counting stats may tell you less than rate stats for a while yet.

 

R/G scored is 3rd in the AL.

 

R/G against isn't terrible either, at 7th in the league.

 

I'll take improvement anywhere it is provided, though.

Mike Sixel GOAT

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It probably didn't take many seconds for the equipment to rectify this problem on its own.

Surprisingly not! My wife requests she be home while I do wiring.

 

Not sure if she wants to watch me die, or what....

wsnydes MVP

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Surprisingly not! My wife requests she be home while I do wiring.

Not sure if she wants to watch me die, or what....

It's so that she can laugh at you. At least that's why my wife makes the same request.

bighat Cedar Rapids Kernels

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So we're sure that was foul off the bat of Polanco? Could Baldelli challenge that?

ashbury GOAT

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Surprisingly not! My wife requests she be home while I do wiring.

 

Not sure if she wants to watch me die, or what....

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ashbury GOAT

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Seems like that's a better way to go than Cholera...just sayin'!

Dysentery was always my go-to in that game.

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I started at 84 wins, but that was based on winning three of these ... I didn't expect a sweep in KC, so I'm down to 83 wins ... Probably not enough for a WC game

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Hate to overreact, but some pitching warts exposed big time in this series.

Not an overreaction...those warts were there when they were winning games too

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