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Game Thread: Minnesota @ Cleveland 9/6/21, 5:10pm CST

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Cleveland (68-66) has recovered a bit in recent weeks after falling below .500 when basically their entire rotation was injured. Minnesota (59-77), on the other hand, continues to stink up the joint after having a pretty decent August. Thankfully, today might be a total loss for Twins fans, as they have Bailey Ober taking the mound against a quite bad Logan Allen (6.62 ERA*). As most of you know, Ober's overall stat line isn't that impressive but in the "what have you done for me lately" category, he shines.

Date Tm G GS GF CG Rslt Dec DR IP H R ER BB SO HR HBP ERA BF BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip Pit Str StL StS GB FB LD PU Unk GSc IR IS SB CS PO AB 2B 3B IBB GDP SF ROE aLI WPA acLI cWPA RE24 DFS(DK) DFS(FD)
Jul 25 to Aug 30, 2021 MIN 7 7 0 0 5-2 W-L:1-1 4.9 36.2 34 11 10 5 36 5 0 2.45 144 .246 .271 .406 .677 .296 521 68% 16% 13% 0.54   23% 11% 0 57   ---% 0 1 0 138 5 1 0 4 1 0 .92 0.717 .00 0.00% 7.58 115.10 200.00
per 162 games 34 34 0 0     24 178 165 53 49 24 175 24 0   699           2531             53 0       0 5 0 670 24 5 0 19 5 0   3.5   0.0% 36.8 559 971

*While that looks great and everything, unfortunately Logan Allen is left-handed, which means the Twins offense will be lucky to post two runs against him over eight innings. After all, there's a reason why Bailey Ober has just a 1-1 record over the past month+ while posting a 2.45 ERA. This team is bad, y'all.

By the way, have you read my new blog post? You should check it out because you definitely want the prize we're giving away at the end of the season.

As for the offense, it's the usual suspects. Simmons is still there. Astudillo gets a start because a lefty is on the mound. Same for Refsnyder. It's increasingly difficult to care about over half this roster, as we all know they'll be gone by the time Opening Day 2022 comes around next year.

But hey, on the bright side we watch Ober today and Ryan on Wednesday! That's fun, right?

Minnesota
1. Byron Buxton (R) CF
2. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B
3. Rob Refsnyder (R) RF
4. Josh Donaldson (R) DH
5. Miguel Sano (R) 1B
6. Brent Rooker (R) LF
7. Ryan Jeffers (R) C
8. Willians Astudillo (R) 3B
9. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS

Cleveland
1. Myles Straw (R) CF
2. Amed Rosario (R) SS
3. Jose Ramirez (S) 3B
4. Franmil Reyes (R) DH
5. Bobby Bradley (L) 1B
6. Owen Miller (R) 2B
7. Daniel Johnson (L) RF
8. Austin Hedges (R) C
9. Oscar Mercado (R) LF

And remember, as always:

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I can't say I'm mad with Ramirez bunting to beat the shift... we need there to be a movement for batters to punish the shift, thus forcing defensive alignments to trend back towards standard alignments. 

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Just now, Danchat said:

I can't say I'm mad with Ramirez bunting to beat the shift... we need there to be a movement for batters to punish the shift, thus forcing defensive alignments to trend back towards standard alignments. 

I believe every LHB should bunt to beat the shift and have been saying that since long before Twins Daily existed.

Yet here we are.

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2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

That was a helluva throw by Refsnyder.

And it was close, too ... I was going 'hmmm' until I saw the replay ... definitely safe, but not by much

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5 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I believe every LHB should bunt to beat the shift and have been saying that since long before Twins Daily existed.

Yet here we are.

Agreed, even found a couple of instances where Bryce Harper bunted to beat the shift....

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1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

And it was close, too ... I was going 'hmmm' until I saw the replay ... definitely safe, but not by much

Yeah, I didn't think he had a chance at the runner but then almost nailed him at second. Perfect play all around.

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5 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Agreed, even found a couple of instances where Bryce Harper bunted to beat the shift....

The thing is that people have been saying this since the shift was deployed so heavily against Ortiz and other potent LHB, yet to this day none of them have employed bunting often enough to negate the shift.

At some point, we need to acknowledge that players are not going to bunt in large enough numbers to prevent shifting and deal with the actual shift instead of hypotheticals that continue to not happen.

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2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Man ... I wish we could see Sano throw more often ... 

Wonder what kind of a pitcher he'd have made?

I think we saw two throwing errors from him in a span of a couple games not too long ago....

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Nice to see Buxton get back on track. I really hope they get that extension done. I also have no problem giving him huge incentives on basis of games played. When Buck is healthy, he is a superstar. 

Also, hitting looks too easy for Jorge Polanco. Swing... double. Swing... home run. Swing... oh yeah, he adds another double. 

Fun game so far!

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1 hour ago, MMMordabito said:

If it weren't for Marcus Semien, Polanco might be looking at a Silver Slugger.

As if on cue, it's possible Polanco has a higher OPS than Semien after tonight and he definitely has a higher OPS+ (the two entered the night tied).

edit: Actually, Polanco definitely has NOT passed Semien in OPS, as Marcus went 2-5 with 2 HR tonight!

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