Game Thread Twins @ Royals 1910 cdt 4/20/2022 ad

[RickOShea]

The only way Jeffers drives the ball is by putting it on the seat of his car.

[bighat]

Still waiting on any meaningful contribution from Correa.....

[snotboogie]

2 hours ago, USAFChief said:

I shall be bowling with some of the grandkids.

 

I plan to spot them 10 pins/game and see if I can snooker them into bowling for $1 a pin.

 

Heh. Suckers.

Wait.  There are children in Arizona?!?!?!?!

[RpR]

Well at least the Twins are hitting the ball some where.

[Aggies7]

I can’t think of anything more deliciously Minnesota sports than for the twins to go totally out of character and spend money on a guy like Carlos Correa, one of the best in the game with years left of good production, only for him to come here and be total but. It’s poetry in motion. 

[wsnydes]

5 minutes ago, snotboogie said:

Wait.  There are children in Arizona?!?!?!?!

I thought that is what a 65 year old classified as there.  ?

[twinssporto]

1 hour ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

Six batters at or below the Mendoza Line, one barely over it and no Arraez, the only Twin who can hit. And a pitcher sporting a 6.75 ERA? I am deeply saddened.

I saw Jeffers at DH and actually laughed out loud. 

[Squirrel]

Just now, wsnydes said:

I thought that is what a 65 year old classified as there.  ?

Well, compared to Chief, yes, 65 is rather young

[snotboogie]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

I thought that is what a 65 year old classified as there.  ?

It just occurred to me that Chief's grandkids are probably in their 80's.

[D. Hocking]

Chief was actually a pretty good bowler when he was younger.

[bighat]

6 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

I can’t think of anything more deliciously Minnesota sports than for the twins to go totally out of character and spend money on a guy like Carlos Correa, one of the best in the game with years left of good production, only for him to come here and be total but. It’s poetry in motion. 

Meanwhile back to the game, getting shut out by a guy who came in with a 10.45 ERA.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, Iloverocco45 said:

I don't understand why Arrez is not in the lineup and Jeffers is.

Also not sure why Kyle Garlick get's so much love from this manager. He can field, hit or run.

Can someone please explain to me what Rocco is doing?

Playing the left-handed matchup. Arraez doesn't hit well against lefties while it's the one thing Garlick does moderately well.

[snotboogie]

Now I see why Rocco keeps putting in Garlick for Gordon.

[Squirrel]

2 minutes ago, snotboogie said:

It just occurred to me that Chief's grandkids are probably in their 80's.

Maybe great great grandchildren ... 

[Squirrel]

5 minutes ago, D. Hocking said:

Chief was actually a pretty good bowler when he was younger.

That always kind of freaked me out watching Fred walk on his toes like that

[Aggies7]

4 minutes ago, bighat said:

Meanwhile back to the game, getting shut out by a guy who came in with a 10.45 ERA.

After last night’s meatballer we let off the hook….

[wsnydes]

Paddack has settled in nicely.

[Cap'n Piranha]

24 minutes ago, RpR said:

What is his obsession with Larnach whose strike out percentage equals his batting average?

To be fair, the league strikes out at a 22.9% rate, while getting hits at a 23.1% rate.  That's just baseball in 2022.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Paddack looking good tonight so that's a plus.

[snotboogie]

1 minute ago, Squirrel said:

That always kind of freaked me out watching Fred walk on his toes like that

Was it the pizzicato sound effect?

[wsnydes]

Miguel Cabrera is one hit shy of 3,000 and is leading off the 8th.

[twinssporto]

Is this game really boring or am I just too bored to imagine it?

[bighat]

According to Dick these Twins hitters are "right on it" as they constantly miss cookies right down the heart of the plate.

[wsnydes]

Just now, twinssporto said:

Is this game really boring or am I just too bored to imagine it?

Yes.

[Danchat]

Gotta love how our starting pitching has been way better than expected so far, but then the hitting has been mostly atrocious. 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

10 minutes ago, Iloverocco45 said:

I don't understand why Arrez is not in the lineup and Jeffers is.

Also not sure why Kyle Garlick get's so much love from this manager. He can field, hit or run.

Can someone please explain to me what Rocco is doing?

In a very small sample Garlick has 1000 OPS against lefties this year, and 189 wRC+ or 89% above average in terms of run contribution.

he can’t do much, but he hits lefties pretty well.

[twinssporto]

Maybe we need a streaker to run across the field to fire this team up....

 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

4 minutes ago, twinssporto said:

Is this game really boring or am I just too bored to imagine it?

I was just about to ask the group:

Have all the Twins games this year been this exciting?

[Aggies7]

Man, I think the front office moves got me fooled again. I was ready to expect nothing and then they reeled me back in. Lucy and the football vibes. This fella with the career ERA near 6 is throwing a gem

[RpR]

GEE, for catcher we could have had not so good bat but excellent fielding, or not so good  bat and not so good fielding; sure glad they took the latter.