Game Thread: Twins @ Indians, 6/6/19 @ 6:10pm CST

[VATwinsFan]

Please god no

4 walks and 24 K's in 15.2 IP, ERA under 3.

[luckylager]

Keuchel to Braves. 

[LaBombo]

 

I actually agree with the Twins decision to not give Kimbrel a 3rd year. However, the Twins bullpen choosing this time to spring a leak is... ironic at best.

Yup, sort of like White Star Line making unsinkability a selling point of the Titanic.

[jz7233]

 

Nice job May. Insurance runs, anyone? I think Schoop owes Berrios a solo HR at the very least.

Schoop just gave the team a big strikeout instead.

[Danchat]

 

That's not going to win the WS, maybe not even one playoff series. Get good players

Giles and a Kintzler-esque guy are good players... unless you don't think so? And I haven't discussed trading for a starter. That would definitely be in my plans, but I was only talking about the bullpen.

[LaBombo]

 

Guess we’ll have to hit 4 more homers to feel comfy

 

They better not be with the bases empty.

[Nine of twelve]

That bender by Rogers faked out the ump.

[USAFChief]

 

Brandon Kintzler wasn't marginal in 2017 and had a very good year, and Rodney was at least OK. So get a Ken Giles, a Kintzler-esque guy who's having a good year but is going to hit FA so he'll come cheaper, and then look for guys that might have been August waiver guys but that's not a thing anymore but they'll be better than Magill/other journeyman AAA guys.

Rodney was OK?

 

Ken GIles will come cheaper? He'll be the number one reliever trade target.

 

And sorry, guys that might have been August waiver guys...is just trading out our marginal relievers for their marginal relievers. You just confirmed exactly what I said.

 

 

[Aggies7]

4 walks and 24 K's in 15.2 IP, ERA under 3.

In mostly low leverage situations

[VATwinsFan]

Rogers doing what he does.

 

Thankfully.

[Nine of twelve]

Glad Rogers has his "A" stuff tonight.

 

If Cron gets on base, or Astudillo, Buxton comes in to PR and play CF in the 9th. In fact he should play CF in the 9th no matter what.

[stringer bell]

May and Rogers, great job so far. I don't want to see Parker in this game. I guess I'd rather see Duffey or Morin, but if Rogers has another inning in him, that would be the best alternative.

[twins_89]

The Twins are in the midst of an interesting experiment. They seem to be trying to find out how long a successful team can survive while only having one reliever who has any business pitching in high leverage situations.

[John Kelsey]

 

May and Rogers, great job so far. I don't want to see Parker in this game. I guess I'd rather see Duffey or Morin, but if Rogers has another inning in him, that would be the best alternative.

Rogers will at least start the 9th. 

[Danchat]

 

Rodney was OK?

 

Ken GIles will come cheaper? He'll be the number one reliever trade target.

 

And sorry, guys that might have been August waiver guys...is just trading out our marginal relievers for their marginal relievers. You just confirmed exactly what I said.

Whoops, I meant that Giles and the Kintzler-esque guy are two separate pitchers. Giles isn't coming cheap.

[MNT1996]

If I see Parker getting trotted out there for the 9th I'm going to lose it

[stringer bell]

 

Glad Rogers has his "A" stuff tonight.

 

If Cron gets on base, or Astudillo, Buxton comes in to PR and play CF in the 9th. In fact he should play CF in the 9th no matter what.

Of course, Buxton came in after the top of the eighth.

[USAFChief]

 

Glad Rogers has his "A" stuff tonight.

 

If Cron gets on base, or Astudillo, Buxton comes in to PR and play CF in the 9th. In fact he should play CF in the 9th no matter what.

DIdn't Buxton play CF in the 8th?

 

Edit: ninja'd. But agree on Rogers!

[Nine of twelve]

 

Of course, Buxton came in after the top of the eighth.

Oops, didn't notice.

[Aggies7]

The Twins are in the midst of an interesting experiment. They seem to be trying to find out how long a successful team can survive while only having one reliever who has any business pitching in high leverage situations.

And this will be Taylor’s arm come august

[Nine of twelve]

 

And this will be Taylor’s arm come august

That's OK, as long as he still has his own left arm.

[jz7233]

 

Schoop looks lost

Schoop often looks lost in clutch situation.

[bighat]

Awful strike 1 call there on Garver. Robot umps now!

[USAFChief]

Dunno about you'se guys, but I wouldn't have been opposed to a couple insurance runs there.

[LaBombo]

 

Jesus kepler!!

 

This reminds me of an early 90's DOS/PC baseball game I had that was licensed by MLB but not the MLBPA. So... real MLB team names and logos, real-ish MLB player stats, but player names were randomly generated from a small but... diverse database of firsts and lasts.

 

And it had no first/last name ethnicity matching algorithm, so Jesus Kepler would've been right at home with teammates Darnell Fujiwara and Sergei O'Callahan.

Edited June 7, 2019 by LaBombo

[Jerr]

Look out fingernails, my teeth could be coming near you soon......

[Nine of twelve]

 

Dunno about you'se guys, but I wouldn't have been opposed to a couple insurance runs there.

Grammar alert -- they ain't no apostrophe in youse.

[jz7233]

 

Awful strike 1 call there on Garver. Robot umps now!

Awful strike 3 taken by Garver. A perfect pitch to hit.

Edited June 7, 2019 by jz7233

[twins_89]

Garver needs to be more aggressive with 2 strikes. There were at least 3 times this series where he watched a fastball right down the middle of the strike zone for strike 3.

[Aggies7]

Rogers looks like an alien