Game Thread: Twins @ White Sox 1:10 PM 5/13/2021

[operation mindcrime]

5 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Is it too late to be contracted ?

For the win!

[wsnydes]

6 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Is it too late to be contracted ?

Even if it is, we could always start a new campaign supporting it.

[roger]

What are the odds that Pineda comes out to pitch the 6th inning?

[Mill1634]

If Rocco pulls big mike in the 6th I might explode

[operation mindcrime]

2 minutes ago, roger said:

What are the odds that Pineda comes out to pitch the 6th inning?

100%

[LaBombo]

1 minute ago, roger said:

What are the odds that Pineda comes out to pitch the 6th inning?

Hard to say, but the odds that the bullpen will get torched if he doesn't are pretty good.

[Danchat]

I think Pineda will go out for the 6th, we used up a lot of arms yesterday and Pineda's only at 83 pitches. 

[wsnydes]

Another popup, you say?

 

Launch angle is supposed to have some forward trajectory to it, no?

[LaBombo]

Just now, wsnydes said:

Another popup, you say?

 

Launch angle is supposed to have some forward trajectory to it, no?

Does a ball fouled up and straight back have a negative exit velo?  Because I would like that.

[kydoty]

Maybe I shouldn’t care, but hearing Gladden repeatedly pronounce Pineda’s name like you would say piñata is infuriating.

[wsnydes]

Can someone help me out?  I'm trying to determine if "in play, out(s)" is burned into my screen or if it's just that common an occurrence.

 

Thanks in advance.  

[wsnydes]

Just now, LaBombo said:

Does a ball fouled up and straight back have a negative exit velo?  Because I would like that.

No, but it would have a negative launch angle, I believe.

[operation mindcrime]

Hunter Dozier has no hits in his last 27 at bats with 12 strikeouts. He's really giving Sano a run for his money!

[Mill1634]

Come on blue...

[LaBombo]

8 minutes ago, kydoty said:

Maybe I shouldn’t care, but hearing Gladden repeatedly pronounce Pineda’s name like you would say piñata is infuriating.

Pretty sure he was valedictorian of his graduating class at the Sid Hartman Pronunciation Academy...

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

17 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

If Rocco pulls big mike in the 6th I might explode

Rocco has indeed pulled Pineda in the sixth LOL

we should wish to see such urgency as yours in the front office or the manager’s corner of the dugout 

[wsnydes]

They didn't waste any time tagging the bullpen there, did they?

[LaBombo]

Kind of relieved to have the house to myself this afternoon, because I don't have to explain how all it took to make me laugh was Bremer saying that the Twins hope the bullpen "can keep it a one run game for now".

[Vanimal46]

Is Robles our bullpen fireman now? 

[Aggies7]

Another scrap heap signing paying dividends 

[Cap'n Piranha]

16 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Another popup, you say?

 

Launch angle is supposed to have some forward trajectory to it, no?

No.  As I understand it, launch angle starts at 0 degrees where a batted ball travels straight forward at the same height as the bat.  A pop up directly up would therefore have a launch angle of 90 degrees, a ball that somehow travelled through the bat despite being hit would be 180 degrees, and a ball straight down from the bat would be 270 degrees.

[AceWrigley]

For the Twins, it's not really "relief" pitching at all. It increases stress. Maybe we should call them Stress Pitchers.

[Vanimal46]

Our inherited runs allowed percentage has to be close to 70% now. 

[Cap'n Piranha]

17 minutes ago, LaBombo said:

Does a ball fouled up and straight back have a negative exit velo?  Because I would like that.

All batted balls have positive exit velo, because they are moving away from the bat.  The direction in which the ball exits the point of contact with the bat is irrelevant.

[Cap'n Piranha]

5 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Another scrap heap signing paying dividends 

To be fair to Robles, the expected runs for runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out is 1.352, so it's not like allowing one runner to score is an awful outcome.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Welp, only 1 of 2 inherited runners scored, coulda ben worse 

[LaBombo]

6 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Is Robles our bullpen fireman now? 

He's pretty unselfish so he'd probably say it's a team effort...

[RickOShea]

8 minutes ago, AceWrigley said:

For the Twins, it's not really "relief" pitching at all. It increases stress. Maybe we should call them Stress Pitchers.

and change the name from bullpen to bull----pen

[LaBombo]

5 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

All batted balls have positive exit velo, because they are moving away from the bat.  

That's no fun, but more to the point, I'm not sure it's really true with respect to Rortvedt

[RickOShea]

Geez, every team we face, has 2 or more guys in the pen who throw 97+mph.  Maybe the Twins should try that. No way can the outcome be any worse, than it is now.