Game Thread: Twins vs. Tigers, 7/9/21 @ 7:10pm

[bighat]

It's not as exhausting as watching Kyle Gibson - but just sitting in a chair watching Maeda when he's nibbling is physically tiring. His numbers are good tonight but I gotta be honest it's not been fun to watch. Dare I say I miss the old "pitch-to-contact" days?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, bighat said:

It's not as exhausting as watching Kyle Gibson - but watching Maeda when he's nibbling is exhausting. His numbers are good tonight but I gotta be honest it's not been fun to watch. Dare I say I miss the old "pitch-to-contact" days?

Dare!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We don't have very many rbis...

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Anyhow, i will fetch me some cool dew.

 

And maybe do some laundry.

[RickOShea]

Manfred is taking a page from the WWE.  If the american league beats the national league,  he'll take his mask off in front of the crowd,

[Platoon]

14 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I cannot wait until Garver is back on the roster, hope he catches enough to give Rortvedt the boot. 

Whenever I see Garver play I hope he catches enough……. Baseballs. Which on some days is questionable? 

[wsnydes]

Just now, sampleSizeOfOne said:

We don't have very many rbis...

I initially read this as "we don't have very many ribs" and was rather confused...

[RickOShea]

I think Haase's bat was plugged with malt-o-meal.

[RickOShea]

Maeda needs some anger management classes.

[Mike Sixel]

25 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I cannot wait until Garver is back on the roster, hope he catches enough to give Rortvedt the boot. 

Truth. Though.....Berrios and Garver for the Dodgers top two prospects (pitcher and catcher) interests me.....ducks

[Mike Sixel]

22 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Rortvedt can control the run game, right?

He can't hit my pitching.....

[Danchat]

Getting no-hit by a guy with a 7+ ERA... good job, Twins.

[bighat]

Twins are being shut-out - wait, no hit -  by a rookie who's got 5 starts under his belt and a 7.80 ERA....Kaat added said that the kid just learned how to throw a slider last WEEK.

I've accepted the season was over months ago, but there's something about watching this particular team fail in this particular way that makes the whole experience feel just as painful as it did in April.

[bighat]

3 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Getting no-hit by a guy with a 7+ ERA... good job, Twins.

You got your jab in first, but yeah I'm thinking the same thing. Yuck.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Kepler!

[bighat]

A hit!

Okay, Miguel Sano. All you need to do is hit a fly ball. Or a slow ground ball to the hole.

Just. Don't. Strike. Out.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Bat that there run in!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Rortvedt's got this.

[bighat]

Just now, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Rortvedt's got this.

Rortvedt up there making Sano look like Rod Carew.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 minute ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Rortvedt's got this.

Well, maybe not.

 

Needed to be a step or two faster to beat that out.

[RickOShea]

Just now, bighat said:

Rortvedt up there making Sano look like Rod Carew.

Ah, No.

[operation mindcrime]

2 hours ago, twinssporto said:

My pick-to-click tonight is Larnach. Bet on it!

My pick-to-click tonight is Sano. Bet on it!

[RpR]

Just now, bighat said:

Rortvedt up there making Sano look like Rod Carew.

Why is Rortvedt playing and not Astudillo?

[notoriousgod71]

Taking Maeda out at 84 pitches seems to be a Rocco move.

[operation mindcrime]

3 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Rortvedt's got this.

Said no one ever!

[MMMordabito]

god, I hate Baldelli.

[Aggies7]

I’m confused as to why the current pitcher is not maeda

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, operation mindcrime said:

My pick-to-click tonight is Sano. Bet on it!

The aforementioned horrible beers seem an appropriate wager for this one.

[Aggies7]

God I’d love to hear the unfiltered opinion of Kaat. Guy pitched in 4 decades, under 7 US presidents, and threw 19 CGs in one year. Bet he has a thought or two

[Brock Beauchamp]

15 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Truth. Though.....Berrios and Garver for the Dodgers top two prospects (pitcher and catcher) interests me.....ducks

If someone is willing to pay big for Garver right now, trading him is fine. I’m just skeptical anyone will pay a premium right now after the up and down of the past 1.5 seasons.