Game Thread: Twins v Angels, 3:07 and 6:07 CDT, 5/20/21

[Danchat]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

Except his range doesn’t look that diminished and soft hands isn’t exactly one of the first skills to diminish. 

Right, but nothing about this season has made any sense... so of course this is happening!

[TouchEmAllGuy]

Here we go...

[Brock Beauchamp]

I’ll just come out and say it:

**** this team. 

[Cap'n Piranha]

That fly ball is why Luis should not be in left field.  Shades of the Miguel Sano, Right Fielder experiment.

[Danchat]

I hate making excuses, but:

1) That first pitch was a 100% strike that the ump completely missed, and Thorpe had a K there if he called it right

2) A better LF catches that ball

[AceWrigley]

8 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

When exactly did Donaldson’s hands turn to lead?

When preceding a 3-run double.

[stringer bell]

Arraez absolutely had to catch that ball. 

[brycenation]

7 inning game...we are toast....for that matter even if it was 9

[Mill1634]

A real left fielder catches that ball, but Donaldson has been shaky in the field. Makes some good plays and then does that. Safe to say thorpe probably isn’t good after the smoke and mirrors have faded. The hell is a Phil Gosselin?

[Mill1634]

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

That fly ball is why Luis should not be in left field.  Shades of the Miguel Sano, Right Fielder experiment.

Yep. Arraez is a DH. Not a 2nd basemen. Not a 3B. Maybe a 1B but doesn’t have power. I’d try to trade him. 

[tony&rodney]

You cannot have a DH catch and a 2B play LF. The pitcher is afraid to throw in the dirt and routine fly balls score three. There are some decisions to be made.

[USAFChief]

Uffda this team is bad.

[brycenation]

$5 ticket promotion....I don't think paying people only that much will entice them to Target Field

[AceWrigley]

Most of Thorpe's fastballs having trouble getting up to 90 mph.

[Cap'n Piranha]

Dick announces a promotion for tickets starting for $5, and mentions it's for a limited time only.  I think it's cute that the Twins think they'll be able to fill the upper reaches of the outfield for more than $5 this summer.

[Cap'n Piranha]

Just now, brycenation said:

$5 ticket promotion....I don't think paying people only that much will entice them to Target Field

We found the same thing interesting, but went in opposite directions!

[Azviking101]

Always fun to see multiple missed play balls lead to runs, then the top of the lineup is up with the players who caused the misplays also up and they go down 1-2-3 to an awful pitcher.

[Mill1634]

5 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Dick announces a promotion for tickets starting for $5, and mentions it's for a limited time only.  I think it's cute that the Twins think they'll be able to fill the upper reaches of the outfield for more than $5 this summer.

They’d have to pay me at least 100 to watch this ****ty team in the upper deck 

[h2oface]

The Twins don't even swing at the "mistakes". And when and if they do today (like Cruz swinging strike 3) they miss it completely. 

[insagt1]

my vote is 'double the pain'. Angels are a pretty bad team and Otani isn't playing....and still we trail 4-1 after 2 innings of a 7 inning game....and our hitters are back to doing nothing productive.

Refsnyder should be playing everyday until he proves he doesn't belong. The guy has bounced around for years and surely wants to prove he belongs.

Seems to me the Twins were already defeated before they even arrived. Don't think they want any part of the DH and based on our record, it won't matter much....unless somehow somebody lights the fuse...

Do we need to point out Cobb's ERA is over 5.00? Does that matter?

[wavedog]

With 3 unearned runs today I am thinking we are now leading the lead in Unearned runs allowed - from eyeballing the ytd stats  - which is something.    Can't overcome errors or maybe we are just bad so those errors hurt more.    

[brycenation]

Why didn't their third-baseman stumble and fall all while losing the grip on the baseball?

[Azviking101]

Wish I could get a MLB.tv refund. Honestly I think it's just time for me to stop watching. It'll get better at some point, but it's not going to get better enough to matter this season. It sucks but that's the truth.

 

Too many good teams in the AL. The wild cards will likely be at 90-95 wins.

[wavedog]

Put Carew in the lineup for Game #2 - bet he would still get a couple of hits.  

[wavedog]

Nice catch by Larnach - and he did not get hurt

[Cap'n Piranha]

The rook with the D!

[Mike Sixel]

I'm still not sure how they are this bad, but they are. That outfield....yikes.

I don't think Thorpe is going to be a good starter. Maybe he should move to the bullpen?

[insagt1]

20 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

Yep. Arraez is a DH. Not a 2nd basemen. Not a 3B. Maybe a 1B but doesn’t have power. I’d try to trade him. 

Its a bit disappointing that Arraez is hitting in the .260's. The one strength he had was his ability to hit. And that isn't happening. (unless he has been hypnotized into the cult of hard hit ball analytics..where your success is measured by how many MPH you hit the ball, not where it goes or how many runs you produce...its a new world in baseball)

[Cap'n Piranha]

Arraez is just so unathletic.

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

I'm still not sure how they are this bad, but they are. That outfield....yikes.

I don't think Thorpe is going to be a good starter. Maybe he should move to the bullpen?

Unless he gets that velo back up, I think the bullpen is his only chance to succeed in MLB (and that’s assuming he can get the 2-3mph bullpen bump).