Game Thread Twins vs BoSox 6:10 Pre Mortem Can't Do Trigonomtry

[Mike Sixel]

43 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

And this is why a team cannot play positionless players all over the field. Jax should he sitting down, thinking he had a pretty okay game against a good offense. 

Neither Rooker nor Arraez is a defender. At least one can hit, though.....I really want Martin or Celestino in left next year.....

[Mike Sixel]

36 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Wish the FO felt the same.

What makes you think they didn't, don't? 

[RpR]

Gordon's big chance.

[a-wan]

5 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Neither Rooker nor Arraez is a defender. At least one can hit, though.....I really want Martin or Celestino in left next year.....

Agree about Rooker and Arraez can't field, but not sure Celestino is overall that much to be looking forward to either.

[h2oface]

Tragically ironic that the Twins signed Simmons to go with Donaldson and tighten up the defense of the left side. The Twins lead MLB in errors, with 88 now, and it isn't even close (Marlins next with 80 unless they have some today). Simmons has 12 of them, and Donaldson has 10 (Sano and Polanco with 13, and next highest is Arraez, with 7), and the two of them have committed 25% of the Twins MLB leading errors.

[Aggies7]

Gordon showing a bit

[Mike Sixel]

Berrios, Maeda, Pineda, Happ, Shoemaker, Dobnak, Ober were all in front of Jax and Barnes. If Winder is healthy, he is also. That makes those two around 8th or later on the depth chart to start the year. If the season goes as most expected, they likely deal for a starter at the deadline.....

[garn from vancouver]

what happened? i went to the kitchen and ....

[h2oface]

If only Baldelli would manage to win in the earlier innings....... absolutely ridiculous to leave Jax in so long. We should be ahead in this game now.

[RpR]

Gordon increased his chance of staying in the Big Show.

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, h2oface said:

If only Baldelli would manage to win in the earlier innings....... absolutely ridiculous to leave Jax in so long. We should be ahead in this game now.

It's a lost season. The goal is to see what Jax can do under pressure.....

[a-wan]

Just now, h2oface said:

If only Baldelli would manage to win in the earlier innings....... absolutely ridiculous to leave Jax in so long. We should be ahead in this game now.

Dude, the season is over. Let Jax pitch through it.

[RpR]

OK , who is ptiching, Duffey or Doofus?

[RpR]

1 minute ago, a-wan said:

Dude, the season is over. Let Jax pitch through it.

That is why the Twins are the laughing stock of Baseball.

[RpR]

Gordon almost reduced his good showing but Sano's long reach saved him.

[glunn]

This has turned into an interesting game. A comeback win tonight would be memorable, and heal some of the pain from the Yankee series.

[a-wan]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

That is why the Twins are the laughing stock of Baseball.

Seriously, the Orioles have lost 18 games in a row, the Twins are no where near the laughing stoxk.

[Aggies7]

Lucky for Gordon, the twins might not be so quick to give up on a young guy after what happened with Lamonte Wade

[RpR]

1 minute ago, a-wan said:

Seriously, the Orioles have lost 18 games in a row, the Twins are no where near the laughing stoxk.

Oriioles were assumed to be lousy; Twins were supposed to in the play-offs.

Early on the Orioles had some good series; Twins have stunk since the first month.

[glunn]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

That is why the Twins are the laughing stock of Baseball.

Before the Yankees, they were beating division leaders.  And I think that Baltimore is the worst team in baseball.

[a-wan]

Just now, RpR said:

Oriioles were assumed to be lousy; Twins were supposed to in the play-offs.

Early on the Orioles had some good series; Twins have stunk since the first month.

Are you being purposely obtuse, like the TV talking heads?

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Twins have stunk since the first month.

14 games under .500 at mid May, basically .500 since.  Ya got that one backwards.

[glunn]

I think that this is a very good game, and we should focus on enjoying it. This could be a great victory that builds team confidence.

[Aggies7]

Good inning from the Duffman

[glunn]

Duffey!!!

[Mike Sixel]

2 minutes ago, glunn said:

I think that this is a very good game, and we should focus on enjoying it. This could be a great victory that builds team confidence.

You haven't been in game threads much this year? Several posters only come to complain, angrily. These used to be about fun.....

[RpR]

1 minute ago, glunn said:

Before the Yankees, they were beating division leaders.  And I think that Baltimore is the worst team in baseball.

Baltimore swept series from Boston, Houston and split a series with New York, so what the Twins did is no better than them.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

You haven't been in game threads much this year? Several posters only come to complain, angrily. These used to be about fun.....

While correct, he's right.  We should be enjoying the game!

Unfortunate that some apparently can't.

[h2oface]

18 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

It's a lost season. The goal is to see what Jax can do under pressure.....

If it is a lost season, where is the pressure, eh? Jax kept throwing hanging curves with 2 strike counts. Over and over tonight. Just about all the scoring was on 2 strike hanging curves. Jax doesn't seem to be a quick learner. His ERA was over 5 with tons of homers given up. In the past you have called for pulling young pitchers (Jax had over 90 pitches before the last 3 run homer!) to not demoralize their fragile brains, and now you are supporting letting them get murdered for 9 runs in less than 5 innings? Hmmm. What do you think one is going to learn about Jax, who coming into the game had given up 11 homers in 44 innings.... now 14 in 48.2? Not much more. You learn he should be in AAA and is only here because you have nothing else. But you already know that.

And if this game means nothing, kids... how can winning now be inspirational and meaningful to now win?

It's because it doesn't mean nothing.

[Aggies7]

I don’t understand why we’re trying to steal bases with 0 outs and the top of the order up?