Game Thread: Twins vs KC 4:40 PM PST (6:40 PM CDT) 9/19/19

[mrtwinsfan]

 

So, have you all been dying to know how the Top Ten teams in RISP stacks up?

 

10) Pirates     .269

9)   Astros      .270

8)   Braves      .272

7)   Reds        .273

6)   Nationals .279

5)  Rockies    .282

4)  Red Sox   .283

3)  Dodgers  .283

2)  Twins       .287

1)  ... drum roll... Yankees .293

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=0&season=2019&month=29&season1=2019&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=&enddate=

We would be over 300 w/o Schoop

[VATwinsFan]

 

Thorpe facing Soler?  Seriously?

(watch him strike him out)

Called that.

[70charger]

 

So, have you all been dying to know how the Top Ten teams in RISP stacks up?

 

10) Pirates     .269

9)   Astros      .270

8)   Braves      .272

7)   Reds        .273

6)   Nationals .279

5)  Rockies    .282

4)  Red Sox   .283

3)  Dodgers  .283

2)  Twins       .287

1)  ... drum roll... Yankees .293

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=0&season=2019&month=29&season1=2019&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=&enddate=

 

I am honestly shocked that they've had that many chances with the RISP but without the bases loaded!

 

[twinsnorth49]

Good start, keep going. 

[FlauerPauer]

 

Thorpe facing Soler?  Seriously?

(watch him strike him out)

 

Nice call.

[tvagle]

 

holy cow....Thorpe again???? Is our pen that thin:????? Playing with fire for sure.

That's alright most in the GT had burned their hair off earlier

[tvagle]

 

Thorpe facing Soler?  Seriously?

(watch him strike him out)

I just did

[USAFChief]

That's alright most in the GT had burned their hair off earlier

30 years earlier.

[MNT1996]

For all the heat that Thorpe got here he didn't pitch awful. 4 innings. 2 runs. That's a quality start pace. 

[gocgo]

 

Thanks but I'm waiting for how they stack up with Men in Scoring position?

I just took my sensitivity training the other day and then I liked this comment....did I learn nothing?

[70charger]

Great inning

[notoriousgod71]

Thorpe earned another 100 pitches with that inning.

[bighat]

Okay, Thorpe can ride off into the sunset on a high note.

 

Now let's pad the lead!

[FlauerPauer]

Way to go, Lewis. Again, get that man a Foster's!

[Danchat]

That was a shockingly good inning from Thorpe. But I'd like it if we could move on to somebody else in the bullpen, now.

[twinsnorth49]

Didn't see that inning coming but I'm glad I kept my mouth shut. 

 

Well done Thorpedo. 

[VATwinsFan]

Well, it appears that while Thorpe isn't the greatest pitcher, he does seem to have some mental toughness, so there's that.

 

Now then, on to Duffy, Romo, and Rogers please.

[VATwinsFan]

 

Thorpe earned another 100 pitches with that inning.

For the rest of the year you mean, right?

[insagt1]

I'll give him this...he's a gamer. And finally a 1-2-3 inning. Now for some insurance please.

[gocgo]

 

Thorpe facing Soler?  Seriously?

(watch him strike him out)

I bow to your wisdom.

[twinsnorth49]

 

I just took my sensitivity training the other day and then I liked this comment....did I learn nothing?

 

If it's possible to learn nothing...………..then yes you did...….or is that, no you didn't?

[mrtwinsfan]

Put up 10+ here so we can see Kohl stewart

[VATwinsFan]

 

I bow to your wisdom.

I amaze myself sometimes.

[tvagle]

 

If it's possible to learn nothing...………..then yes you did...….or is that, no you didn't?

yes

[gocgo]

 

If it's possible to learn nothing...………..then yes you did...….or is that, no you didn't?

I think just yes?  I dunno.  I'd need another class to answer that.

[twinsnorth49]

 

Way to go, Lewis. Again, get that man a Foster's!

That's for the tourists mate, locals don't drink that piss. 

[mrtwinsfan]

Schoop misses alot of meatballs

[gocgo]

Odds of Gardy keeping his job?  

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

We would be over 300 w/o Schoop

Prove it. The board is yours!

[bird]

 

Garver walks across home  plate and adjusts his collar, "I'm cool".

 

 

Here's a fun fact for y'all: In 2019, there have been 49 catchers with at least one plate appearance who were drafted in their draft year higher than Garver was as a 9th rounder in 2013. One of those, Realmuto, has accumulated more WAR than Garver (4.0 WAR). Realmuto (4.4 WAR) has about 585 plate appearances. Garver has about 345.