Game Thread: Twins vs KC 5:10 PM PST (7:10 PM CDT) 8/2/2019

[jud6312]

 

Funny things happen in small sample sizes

 

Spoiler alert: he had basically the same number of appearances there and on the road, but did not have nearly the same results.

[IndyTwinsFan]

 

Step off the ledge people. 

 

He will be fine. I promise.

 

I agree. But it's still frustrating to watch.

[Aggies7]

He’s gotta pitch the 9th I guess? What a shambles

[jz7233]

They traded 3 good prospects for this guy...

[glunn]

Romo stops the threat. Now we need crooked insurance runs until the Royals finally put in a position player to pitch.

[jud6312]

 

26.1 IP at AT&T vs. 24.1 IP not at AT&T

 

Yeah, but that doesn't fit the "Dyson's good, you just have to cut him some slack" narrative.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

So now we know where the bad luck is coming from!

Weren't for bad luck, i wouldn't have no luck at all...

 

And i'm fuzzy on this whole good/bad thing.

[twins1095]

 

26.1 IP at AT&T vs. 24.1 IP not at AT&T

 

And....

[mikeee]

maybe we can score 5 more...   who needs pitching?

[operation mindcrime]

Thank God for Sergio Romo!

[MNT1996]

 

And....

 

People were saying that the differences in ERA was due to a small sample size

[jud6312]

 

They traded one mediocre prospect and got back another, plus him, plus a PTBNL.

 

But hey, don't let facts get in the way of your narrative.

 

Pretty sure they're talking about Dyson, not Romo.

[glunn]

 

Why does it feel like we're losing?

Because we have been spoiled by having the most successful season in a long time?

 

Because we have high hopes going forward?

 

Because baseball is by its very nature often frustrating?

[TwinsCD]

 

FIFTEEN hits for the royals tonight, folks. The same royals we laughed at when the Indians mopped the floor with them

 

Still a major league team.

[nicksaviking]

Yuck... though I will say this about Dyson, he gave up a legit double and single and then did his job - he induced some groundballs, but had Sano butcher the throw and had the shift thwart a routine groundout.

That’s why strikeouts > groundouts by a landslide.

[MNT1996]

 

They traded one mediocre prospect and got back another, plus him, plus a PTBNL.

 

But hey, don't let facts get in the way of your narrative.

 

I don't get how you can look at Jaylin's numbers this year and call him mediocre.

[twins1095]

 

People were saying that the differences in ERA was due to a small sample size

 

Dyson is a good pitcher.  The differences in ERA are due to small sample size.  He's not absolutely elite but somewhere just below that.  

 

He's been unhittable at home and hittable on the road you've made that point.  

[Aggies7]

Still a major league team.

Yeah, and a bad one at that. 30 games under and they have 40 wins. Not. Good.

[twins_89]

In 49 appearances in SF Dyson compiled an impressive 2.43 ERA. After two appearances in MIN, that impressive ERA has jumped up by over a run and is not looking nearly as good anymore.

[jz7233]

3 earned runs per inning for Dyson so far. That's consistent.

[twins1095]

There are 5 players with an OPS above 1.000 this season.  Cruz is the 5th of those 5.  The other 4 are under 30.  

[twins_89]

 

3 earned runs per inning for Dyson so far. That's consistent.

 

It's actually 3 earned runs per appearance, he's only completed 0.2 innings.

[Mill1634]

Alright Romo, slam the door. 

[HawksNest]

3 righties due up for Romo, let's go!

[twins1095]

 

Wow. Save some straws for the rest of us to grasp at.

 

Lol are you really putting the burden of proof on me to prove that a guy who has been anywhere from good to really good his whole career except 1 year is not somewhere between good and really good?  

 

There's one person grasping at straws here.  There's really no need to be reactionary to a bad 2 innings . I'll stick with the larger sample size of his track record and be confident in it.

[nicksaviking]

***Moderator Note

 

That’s enough of the bickering and personal attacks.

[operation mindcrime]

We've got this!

[70charger]

 

No, I think it's cute that you think he's cute. It's super adorbs.

 

But if you would be so kind as to explain when SSS for a reliever becomes non-SSS that would be helpful. Because I would say that 50ish appearances wouldn't qualify anymore. So, please enlighten me.

 

The stats I quoted before were 50ish appearances. Those stats are stellar.

 

He's had two bad appearances for the Twins. Those stats are bad.

 

What are you asking?

[jz7233]

 

Dyson is a good pitcher.  The differences in ERA are due to small sample size.  He's not absolutely elite but somewhere just below that.  

 

He's been unhittable at home and hittable on the road you've made that point.  

That means Dyson is a good pitcher in SF and he is below average everywhere else. Unfortunately he is going to have to play everywhere else now except SF.

[Mill1634]

WOW 

 

What a catch by Jorge