GAME THREAD: 5/11/21 Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox, 7:10 PM CDT

[LaBombo]

21 minutes ago, h2oface said:

Abreau is 6'3". and stands a good head taller than our fist sacker, Astudillo. 

Astudillo's body composition is 99.7% water, so his height varies with the lunar cycle.

He is currently... waning.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Thielbar being taken out 

thats gonna probably do it for me tonight

Please come back y’all. We mods and writers and admin folks and whoever else, we love you all and enjoy your company more than you can know. 

Let’s do this—whatever it is—together

Hosken

G'night!

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

2 minutes ago, HokieRif said:

We have the worst bullpen in baseball.  We may have the worst bullpen in the history of bad bullpens.

‘97 Mariners were bad

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, LaBombo said:

Astudillo's body composition is 99.7% water, so his height varies with the lunar cycle.

He is currently waning.

Tide and Astudillo wait for no hitters' counts...

 

Explains so much.

[Aggies7]

How happy do you think bert is that he longer is contractually obligated to watch this junk? 

[h2oface]

What was that? Either throw it, or don't, but that was tired. Simmons is doing some pretty questionable things these days. Add that to his bonehead 3rd out at third in the 3rd.

[Mill1634]

another IRS given up by the bullpen. Ridiculous. Doesn't matter who you throw out there, they won't get the job done. 

[h2oface]

6 minutes ago, h2oface said:

I got $10 that says both inherited runners score. It is almost a lock with this pen. 

Well, I guess I lose because of the fielder's choice that took my trail runner out. But I was half right, and if Hamilton scores, I'll count it because of the fielder's choice.

[LaBombo]

6 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Thielbar being taken out 

thats gonna probably do it for me tonight

Please come back y’all. We mods and writers and admin folks and whoever else, we love you all and enjoy your company more than you can know. 

Let’s do this—whatever it is—together

Hosken

"I can live with it if you can..."

 

Thanks for hanging in there, man...

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

What was that? Either throw it, or don't, but that was tired. Simmons is doing some pretty questionable things these days. Add that to his bonehead 3rd out at third int the 3rd.

That ball was hit hard enough that they at least had a shot at the runner at first. Certainly a better shot than whatever Simmons did 

[h2oface]

Just now, h2oface said:

Well, I guess I lose because of the fielder's choice that took my trail runner out. But I was half right, and if Hamilton scores, I'll count it because of the fielder's choice.

Yup

[Mill1634]

How long until Nelson Cruz just says F this and stops showing up, NFL holdout style?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

If the score once more, does Astudillo get to pitch?

[Mill1634]

Does Derek Law getting blown up really shock anybody? This is the result of investing zero (well 7M, which is basically zero on a team that was a "contender") into a bullpen. Hitting on a waiver wire/AAAA arm and developing them is great, but it isn't something that a b2b division champ should've trusted in. And us fans for believing in it was silly. 

[Aggies7]

I’m not sure if Law is gonna be the guy 

[Mill1634]

The fact that Garlick didn't decapitate Kepler is a win for this team

[h2oface]

2 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

If the score once more, does Astudillo get to pitch?

Might as well. The gave up an inning ago anyway. And to think all those who were so bragging about how good this team would be, even as they totally tanked Spring Training. Signed mediocre pitchers ala Terry Ryan.....  this is pathetic.

[Danchat]

Yeah, so much for Law being straight fire in Spring Training... we're at the point where they should just claim every single DFA'd pitcher and put them in the bullpen and just pray. 

[h2oface]

2 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

Does Derek Law getting blown up really shock anybody? This is the result of investing zero (well 7M, which is basically zero on a team that was a "contender") into a bullpen. Hitting on a waiver wire/AAAA arm and developing them is great, but it isn't something that a b2b division champ should've trusted in. And us fans for believing in it was silly. 

Yes it was. But I wasn't one of us.

[Aggies7]

Just now, Danchat said:

Yeah, so much for Law being straight fire in Spring Training... we're at the point where they should just claim every single DFA'd pitcher and put them in the bullpen and just pray. 

He might not have been fire, but he was surely gasoline

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Last chance to score!

 

Let's vulture it for Law!

[h2oface]

And Donaldson goes quietly even with no pressure......

[Aggies7]

Get what we can for these players

cruz

donaldson

simmons

sano

[Vanimal46]

Are we still on pace as the 2019 WS Champs Washington Nationals?

[Mill1634]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

Get what we can for these players

cruz

donaldson

simmons

sano

Two of these guys have zero value (Donaldson, Sano), one has a suitor of like 3 teams (Cruz), and the other is an expiring deal, so return will be limited. I agree, trading these guys would be nice, but it isn't like we're going to add multiple top 100 prospects for them 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

3 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Last chance to score!

 

Let's vulture it for Law!

Er... Maybe not.

[operation mindcrime]

Solid finish there!

[h2oface]

That was a pitifully quick 9th. Can they just resign like in chess?

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

Two of these guys have zero value (Donaldson, Sano), one has a suitor of like 3 teams (Cruz), and the other is an expiring deal, so return will be limited. I agree, trading these guys would be nice, but it isn't like we're going to add multiple top 100 prospects for them 

That’s why I said, get what you can. A bag of bat donuts

[Danchat]

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

That was a pitifully quick 9th. Can they just resign like in chess?

If it were, I would have offered a draw before we got to the bullpen!