Game Thread Twins @ Royals 6:05pm cdt 8/8/2020ad

[Nine of twelve]

Thud.

[Aggies7]

are you bleeping kidding me

[70charger]

Well that took about two seconds to turn sour...

[bighat]

So Thorpe was the call here, eh? Hmmm.

[IndianaTwin]

 

I have an '84 Fleer Update Kirby Puckett, his official rookie card. My favorite.

I also have a '61 Topps Twins Team card, but I cheated and bought that one from a shop.

 

No cheating there. I’ve gotten most of my Oliva cards that way. When my son moves out after getting married next spring, we’ll have our first “office,” and I’m hoping to do something interesting with a display of them. 

[Aggies7]

7 and 8 hitters tie it up in an instant. inexcusable 

[Mill1634]

Thorpe didn't look like an MLB caliber arm against Pittsburgh, and hasn't looked like one in a few batters tonight.  I do not understand the love for him in rankings

[ashbury]

For those of you that stepped away, thank you. 

 

Now, here's a chance for Thorpe to prove his a big leaguer with a future.

Welp.

 

[Danchat]

Yikes, looks like Thorpe is going the way of Gonsalves. Mediocre stuff and poor command is a surefire combination for failure. Doesn't matter how good your minor league numbers are if your stuff is bad.

[Aggies7]

hard to expect 5-6 innings out of the bullpen almost every night

[wabene]

Thorpe needs to go back to the drawing board

[Nine of twelve]

At least Rocco got him out of there ASAP.

[Aggies7]

well that was an absolute f-ing disaster

[70charger]

Welp. Not Thorpe's day. But, as they say in Oz "she'll be right." 

[Danchat]

 

Thorpe didn't look like an MLB caliber arm against Pittsburgh, and hasn't looked like one in a few batters tonight.  I do not understand the love for him in rankings

Someone here ranked him as our #6 prospect this preseason! Thorpe had a good strikeout rate last year in both AAA and MLB, so it is surprising to see him look this bad... at least point you'd have to hope he's hurt and not throwing at 100%.

[IndianaTwin]

 

Figure Odo's done.

Who's next?*

*also my favorite album cover of all time.

 

It’s on first? 

[operation mindcrime]

Trade him. Byron's a bum.

You misspelled Lewis!

[Aggies7]

 

Thorpe needs to go back to the drawing board

yes, he should go host pictionary or something instead

[Aggies7]

oh my god it's only the 4TH inning? 

[stringer bell]

One of the few times a pitcher was taken out mid-inning.

[bighat]

Lewis Thorpe is awful. There I said it.

[stringer bell]

 

oh my god it's only the 4TH inning? 

I notice you really loooove these long drawn out games.

[ashbury]

oh my god it's only the 4TH inning? 

It's OK. In this shortened season, the games are only 5 innings long.

 

[Aggies7]

 

It's OK. In this shortened season, the games are only 5 innings long.
 

they should only be 7.

[stringer bell]

The worm is turning, not a good thing.

[LVTwinsfan]

I swear Bremer is a Royals fan

[h2oface]

So many writers and fans were always praising Thorpe's "stuff". I never saw it and I certainly don't now. I don't get the fascination. Plus, did you read that TD article about his massive drop in velocity? 

 

Our two biggest contrats this year are not contributing. And so it goes...... 

[Aggies7]

i'm not big into the analytics or all these new fangled stats, but I don't believe this would be considered a shut down inning

[Aggies7]

what a joke

[70charger]

Oh for ****'s sake.