Game Thread Twins @ White Sox 1:10pm cdt 7/1/2021 ad

[RpR]

3 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

No one hates Rosario.....some of just look at the outcomes and think he's not all that great, and certainly not worth what this team would have had to pay him. Also, what if he is here? What REALLY changes? Like, less hits from the corner OF, but other than that?

Larnach is slow afoot, weaker arm and has yet to show he is as good with a bat.

I would bet a large amount the Astudillo would have caught the ball Jeffers just missed; half of the twins newbies fielding skills are still in A ball.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

..wonder what I said?

Don't feel bad, Mike, we all often wonder what the **** you said.

[MMMordabito]

I'm not watching this live, but I'd be interested in knowing what Berrios composure looked like during the Goodwin PA.  He often seems to need an injection of ice in his veins when bad things happen so that the snowball doesn't come rolling down the hill.

[h2oface]

That sure was a fine curveball that the umpire missed.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Of all the things to question the FO about--and there are a lot of those things--not retaining Rosario is pretty far down the list.

But an underperforming eighth corner fielder could have pushed this team over the top, 28th place pitching staff be damned.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Larnach is slow afoot, weaker arm and has yet to show he is as good with a bat.

He's significantly outperforming Rosario with the bat this season, which I'm pretty sure matters when speaking about which corner outfielder the Twins should have this season.

[Aggies7]

boston leads the royals 15-0 in the 9th. royals about to lose their 9th straight.

this weekend should be a doozy

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, RpR said:

Larnach is slow afoot, weaker arm and has yet to show he is as good with a bat.

so much for me deleting that fast.....

I'm not sure what that "yet to show" part means....of course he hasn't shown anything yet. He's barely been up. But he's 100% outhit Rosario this year so far. And it isn't close.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

That sure was a fine curveball that the umpire missed.

We got into the middle innings today without this comment.

[Mike Sixel]

Considering the error, that wasn't too bad an outcome......sigh. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

boston leads the royals 15-0 in the 9th. royals about to lose their 9th straight.

this weekend should be a doozy

The moveable object meets the stoppable force.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

boston leads the royals 15-0 in the 9th. royals about to lose their 9th straight.

this weekend should be a doozy

Is this code for "buy more Scotch"?

Because that's what I read.

[h2oface]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

Larnach is slow afoot, weaker arm and has yet to show he is as good with a bat.

I would bet a large amount the Astudillo would have caught the ball Jeffers just missed; half of the twins newbies fielding skills are still in A ball.

Jeffers should have caught that - seemed to be shy about the impending danger of the rail, but I would take that bet in a heartbeat. Alas, we will never know as Astudillo is batting under .200 in St. Paul.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

boston leads the royals 15-0 in the 9th. royals about to lose their 9th straight.

this weekend should be a doozy

Somebody's Oh has got to go!

[LVTwinsfan]

5 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I'm actually quite a fan of Rosario, I merely refuse to bestow mythical greatness on his ability to get everyone around him to overperform.

I didn’t really say that either, those qualities are very rare, like Brett Favre with the  2009 Vikings. And I know he made some defensive blunders, but if that’s why the Twins got rid of him they  overlooked a few, this years defense is horrible. But he was a good clutch hitter, something the Twins desperately need. 

[wsnydes]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Somebody's Oh has got to go!

What's the polar opposite of Clash of the Titans?

[RpR]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

He's significantly outperforming Rosario with the bat this season, which I'm pretty sure matters when speaking about which corner outfielder the Twins should have this season.

Rosario as 45 rbi, and seven stolen bases with a batting average that was 4 points higher than Larnac, so it seems you are wrong.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Is this code for "buy more Scotch"?

Because that's what I read.

Pro tip: the cheap stuff works just fine, and is more befitting the situation. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

I didn’t really say that either, those qualities are very rare, like Brett Favre with the  2009 Vikings. And I know he made some defensive blunders, but if that’s why the Twins got rid of him they  overlooked a few, this years defense is horrible. But he was a good clutch hitter, something the Twins desperately need. 

He wasn't really clutch, though. He was pretty close to the same guy all the time, which was fine, he was a pretty good player some years.

Clutch Stats

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+
	2 outs, RISP	276		334	308	113	76	14	2	11	105	10	2	25	61	.247	.305	.412	.718	127	0	1	0	0	9	3	.275	87
	Late & Close	350		478	440	69	122	27	5	17	78	9	2	26	97	.277	.317	.477	.794	210	8	1	8	3	6	1	.319	105
	Tie Game	511		798	753	86	200	44	3	29	114	11	6	33	150	.266	.294	.448	.742	337	10	1	3	8	4	5	.294	91
	Within 1 R	687		1588	1488	217	411	82	12	66	238	25	13	77	300	.276	.310	.481	.790	715	18	1	10	12	8	11	.304	103
	Within 2 R	737		2104	1967	288	548	106	18	82	301	35	14	103	388	.279	.312	.476	.788	936	27	2	12	20	11	12	.307	103
	Within 3 R	747		2444	2289	332	617	121	19	92	336	39	18	120	468	.270	.304	.460	.763	1052	30	2	12	21	12	14	.300	97
	Within 4 R	754		2685	2511	364	681	130	21	101	366	46	21	137	505	.271	.307	.460	.767	1156	34	2	12	23	15	15	.301	98
	Margin > 4 R	245		441	423	62	125	17	2	24	67	2	1	13	80	.296	.315	.515	.831	218	5	1	0	4	0	3	.313	112
	Ahead	484		1231	1152	186	330	59	13	50	193	23	13	63	199	.286	.321	.490	.811	565	17	1	3	12	8	10	.306	109
	Behind	473		1097	1029	154	276	44	7	46	126	14	3	54	236	.268	.303	.459	.762	472	12	1	6	7	3	3	.305	96

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/1/2021.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

What's the polar opposite of Clash of the Titans?

Dunno, but he's on 3rd.

[Mike Sixel]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

I didn’t really say that either, those qualities are very rare, like Brett Favre with the  2009 Vikings. And I know he made some defensive blunders, but if that’s why the Twins got rid of him they  overlooked a few, this years defense is horrible. But he was a good clutch hitter, something the Twins desperately need. 

Of Eddie's 7 seasons, he's hit the same or worse in clutch situations 5 years (including this one) than he did in normal ones.

[MMMordabito]

 

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

What's the polar opposite of Clash of the Titans?

Care Bears Hugging?

[LVTwinsfan]

5 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

We got into the middle innings today without this comment.

PlayStation would never miss that call

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Rosario as 45 rbi, and seven stolen bases with a batting average that was 4 points higher than Larnac, so it seems you are wrong.

I see you left out the part where Larnach's OPS is literally 102 points higher than Rosario's.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Pro tip: the cheap stuff works just fine, and is more befitting the situation. 

Don't worry, I save the good stuff for the playoffs.  I'll save lots of money this year.

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

Of Eddie's 7 seasons, he's hit the same or worse in clutch situations 5 years (including this one) than he did in normal ones.

Which is better than a whole team performing consistently worse in those situations

 

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, MMMordabito said:

 

Care Bears Hugging?

I was thinking something a little more cringeworthy.  That seems too pleasant of a description.  But, I'm not sure that you're wrong.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Don't worry, I save the good stuff for the playoffs.  I'll save lots of money this year.

And the good stuff doesn't age much in the playoff years.

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

Which is better than a whole team performing consistently worse in those situations

 

?

[RpR]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I see you left out the part where Larnach's OPS is literally 102 points higher than Rosario's.

I will take 45 rbi over any computer geek number that Baldelli is using to turn the Twins into a farce.