Game Thread: Twins vs. Royals, 8/4/19 @ 1:10pm CDT

[MNT1996]

 

I think I would have rested Rogers extra for Atlanta and Cleveland. Seven games next week.

 

I think it was better to use our most dependable guy to get the win today instead of sweating out the 9th with Harper or May. 

[rkevin]

Today was a real feel-good story, watching that young man Smelzer win his first MLB game. Good Good. I hope we get to see a few more like this.

[notoriousgod71]

 

I worry about Rogers being overused. I hope that he is not needed for another few days.

I hope he IS needed the next few days.

[Dave The Dastardly]

 

In fact, Counterpoint was one of my favorite classes. Our final was fugue writing ... we had to write 2-part and 3-part fugues. I still have them somewhere.

Fugue - a state or period of loss of awareness of one's identity, often coupled with flight from one's usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.

 

Sounds like the typical Twins fan.

[Danchat]

Mission accomplished boys, we went 8-2 against 3 bad teams. Now it's time to tussle with a couple good teams and see if we can beat them too.

[mrtwinsfan]

 

What a catch by Cave!!! I'm surprised it didn't roll to the wall!!!!

so was cave

[twinsnorth49]

[Pardon My Dinger]

Yay for Smeltzer! My favorite Twin! That’s a golldern ballplayer.

[Nine of twelve]

 

I worry about Rogers being overused. I hope that he is not needed for another few days.

 

 

I hope he IS needed the next few days.

I hope he is not, and I hope the reason he is not is that we are well ahead in the ninth inning.

[jokin]

 

I hope he IS needed the next few days.

 

I get what you're saying, but Roger's arm is bound to fall off at his current rate of appearances plus the times he's warmed up in the bullpen and not used- as apparently the only one Rocco trusts to close out the close ones- he's going to end up with arm fatigue. As of now, he's only 17 innings less than his career high set last year- and it's only the 3rd of August.

 

And look how well Rogers has pitched his last 4 games.... AFTER.... getting 7 days off from his previous last appearance vs. the Yankees.

 

It would be nice to being able to have Rogers at full effectiveness in October by giving him a few more 7 day respites in August and September.

Edited August 5, 2019 by jokin

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Did we win yet?

 

(a busy weekend...)