Game Thread Twins vs Pirates 4/24/21 1:10 CDT

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Does that include winterball?

I didn't think of that. Yes, he walked twice in winterball in 2020-21.

[stringer bell]

Kirilloff get his first regular season hit this inning.

[ashbury]

I had the same thought. Defensive substitution in the 9th?

IMO he'll make a decent defensive sub if Cruz needs to sit.

 

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

This confuses me... Dave didn't actually say "Awesome writing, Dave!", did he?

 

Something's wrotten in the state of Dave-mark...

 

(If i figure it out, i'll let ya know)

 

But it is a true statement never-the-less. And a good story to boot!
 

Did you just put words in my mouth? If so, mumble, well.

[stringer bell]

Next inning.

[stringer bell]

Next inning.

[bighat]

Awful defense. Awful positioning in the outfield. Pop ups and little grounders getting runs.

 

Big Mike must be furious.

[ashbury]

With Simmons on the shelf, we really don't have a shortstop on the active roster, do we.

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Awful defense. Awful positioning in the outfield. Pop ups and little grounders getting runs.

 

Big Mike must be furious.

Nobody gets that popup, I don't think. The routine grounder, a mailman could have got that.

[Dave The Dastardly]

What's with the errors?

[bighat]

Pirates have one well-hit ball and they're up 3-0.

[Nine of twelve]

Cripes. One well-hit ball in the inning and 3 runs score.

 

Edit:ninja'd by bighat. Great minds think alike.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

What's with the errors?

Who actually got credit for them?

 

That one looked like a team effort...

[ashbury]

Buxton, wow!

[bighat]

Now THERE is a guy who can play defense.

[ScrapTheNickname]

Can't throw a guy out at first on a high school grade grounder and then Buxton, no words.

[ashbury]

Who actually got credit for them?

 

That one looked like a team effort...

The feed on mlb.com shows Polanco with the error, but that could be changed.

 

[MMMordabito]

Buxton is awesome. Twins need Simmons back.

[bighat]

 

Great minds think alike.

Indeed! I think Buxton will get on base here and the Twins will start chipping away at Cahill shortly!

[ashbury]

Now THERE is a guy who can play defense.

Watching that play develop, I thought there was no chance for even Buxton. At some point I will learn...

 

[bighat]

 

 

The feed on mlb.com shows Polanco with the error, but that could be changed.
 

Yeah - I mean, it wasn't a good throw and it should go on Polanco. That said, if Tortuga could have held on to the throw and tagged the runner (which IMO 80% of MLB 1st basemen would do) there would be no error at all.

[mnfireman]

At least most of us can't watch or listen..... 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

 

The feed on mlb.com shows Polanco with the error, but that could be changed.
 

I should probably watch it with a higher bandwidth, and see how close Astudillo came to catching and applying the tag...

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

At least most of us can't watch or listen..... 

But can you taste or smell?

[ashbury]

Yeah - I mean, it wasn't a good throw and it should go on Polanco. That said, if Tortuga could have held on to the throw and tagged the runner (which IMO 80% of MLB 1st basemen would do) there would be no error at all.

Good first basemen save their fellow infielders from a lot of errors. But still, I think the official scorer is supposed to look at who made the initial misplay, and not at what another defender could have done to pull the fat from the fire. Official fielding stats are way insufficient to the task, and better analytics still are far from complete.

 

[bighat]

Naptime, gotta sleep off this 2nd moderna shot. Godspeed.

[ashbury]

Warning track power for Kirilloff so far.

[mnfireman]

Yes I can!!

[ScrapTheNickname]

 

Naptime, gotta sleep off this 2nd moderna shot. Godspeed.

Rest well.

[bighat]

 

 

Good first basemen save their fellow infielders from a lot of errors. But still, I think the official scorer is supposed to look at who made the initial misplay, and not at what another defender could have done to pull the fat from the fire. Official fielding stats are way insufficient to the task, and better analytics still are far from complete.
 

No doubt it belonged to Polanco, just saying it is unfortunate that Tortuga couldn't save him from that.