Game Thread Twins @ Oakland 4/21/2021 2:37 PM CDT

[Mike Sixel]

 

Nobody currently warming in the pen is an indictment on the manager, it’s effing mind boggling

 

Who is a better option? This is the bullpen he's been handed....

[h2oface]

 

It wasn’t this bad in the first 7 or 8 games.

 

What? All three of the first loses were Bullpen loses.

[Aggies7]

 

"Colome will come back out for the 10th"

 

Did I hear that correctly?

Literally a fire able offense if no one else is ready  to come in

[sampleSizeOfOne]

More please.

[Aggies7]

 

Who is a better option? This is the bullpen he's been handed....

Literally anyone. LaTroy is a better option at this point

[Aggies7]

I’ll be thrilled when Willians is no longer on the roster

[Mike Sixel]

What is the pop out record?

[Mill1634]

I'm in the hospital because of this Willians pop-up drinking game, btw

[cHawk]

What? All three of the first loses were Bullpen loses.

5 ER over 26.1 IP

[RickOShea]

Astudillo is  one of the last Twins pitcher with a clean inning?

[Mike Sixel]

 

Literally anyone. LaTroy is a better option at this point

 

Alcala, Farrell (who?), or Smeltzer are your choices.

[cHawk]

Astudillo is one of the last Twins pitcher with a clean inning?

Rogers?

[wsnydes]

I'm in the hospital because of this Willians pop-up drinking game, btw

Where do I send the flowers?

[Aggies7]

 

Alcala, Farrell (who?), or Smeltzer are your choices.

I’ll  take alcala. Colome has shown zilch

[Danchat]

I'd get Tortuga ready with his 46 MPH rainbow. Better than Colome!

[Mike Sixel]

BTW, I'm not loving the choice, but I'm saying there isn't another. This is what the FO brought Colome in to do.....

[RickOShea]

 

A's 13 - Twins 12

[mrtwinsfan]

Thankfully we got 2,   with our strikeout ace back out there

[h2oface]

Great defensive alignment now......

 

[SwainZag]

 

A's 13 - Twins 12

 

Come on, get out of here with that negative energy!

[singlesoverwalks]

Baldelli can't sign new relievers, but he could go back to using Rogers as his highest-leverage reliever (i.e., often the closer) and Duffey as the 2nd-highest-leverage reliever (i.e., often the setup man).

[cHawk]

I just hope the bullpen improves.

[cHawk]

Baldelli can't sign new relievers, but he could go back to using Rogers as his highest-leverage reliever (i.e., often the closer) and Duffey as the 2nd-highest-leverage reliever (i.e., often the setup man).

And Colome as a mid-relief

[h2oface]

Colome has no control. It looks like when he does get a pitch in, he was just lucky.

[Aggies7]

Lol that hit the ground

[h2oface]

 

5 ER over 26.1 IP

 

Which doesn't include the 3 unearned losing runs in extras, and Colome's blown lead by his own error for 3 more... total of 6 more earned "unearned" runs that lost the games, all given up by the ........ bullpen.

 

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

[Aggies7]

This guy simply cannot be the closer.

[h2oface]

Now one swing can win it.

[cHawk]

Which doesn't include the 3 unearned losing runs in extra

 

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

The run expectancy with a runner at 2nd no out is >1

[Mike Sixel]

 

Which doesn't include the 3 unearned losing runs in extras, and Colome's blown lead by his own error for 3 more... total of 6 more earned "unearned" runs that lost the games, all given up by the ........ bullpen.

 

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

 

I'm not blaming that one on stats.....but YMMV.