Game Thread: Twins @ Baltimore, 5/4/22 @ 6:05pm CT

[stringer bell]

6-0 again. 

[CRF]

WOW...time to get Bundy outta there!

[Mill1634]

My goodness. As good as Bundy was his first few starts, you're seeing his faults now. He isn't a very good pitcher, and he isn't getting outs right now. Just tough. 

[Mill1634]

Just now, CRF said:

WOW...time to get Bundy outta there!

Think this is going to be similar to his last start. The Twins are pretty much out of this one, but they gotta save the bullpen now. They don't really have a long man in the pen with Winder going to the rotation, unless you're going to ask Jax to go back to that role. 

[LVTwinsfan]

Oh well, There’s hockey tonight, maybe we will see if the Wild can win in the playoffs

[Aggies7]

Just now, Mill1634 said:

Think this is going to be similar to his last start. The Twins are pretty much out of this one, but they gotta save the bullpen now. They don't really have a long man in the pen with Winder going to the rotation, unless you're going to ask Jax to go back to that role. 

Bundy and archer are both great candidates for that role. Just need gray and Ober back

[RickOShea]

Thank God Buxton gets a few hours of rest.  We really didn't need our 'platinum" glove fielder tonight.

[stringer bell]

Bundy will wear all 6 runs there, but the Twins gave Baltimore five outs and immediately after each misplay, the next player went deep. 

[chaderic20]

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, stringer bell said:

Bundy will wear all 6 runs there, but the Twins gave Baltimore five outs and immediately after each misplay, the next player went deep. 

Yeah well, Bundy gets rattled too easily

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Looks like the clock struck midnight for Bundy

  
 

[bighat]

Second straight game that Bundy has us down 6-0 in the third inning or less.

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

Looks like the clock struck midnight for Bundy

  
 

It was fun while it lasted!

[Mill1634]

4 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Bundy and archer are both great candidates for that role. Just need gray and Ober back

Yeah. I think Archer has potential to be an actual weapon as a semi-high leverage multi-inning reliever come the latter part of the season with a (hopefully) healthy rotation of Gray-Ryan-Ober-Maeda-Winder/trade deadline pickup. There is almost zero chance Archer has any shot at starting a playoff game, but there is a chance he can make an impact out of the pen. However, I don't think Bundy has any sort of chance to have his stuff play up out of the bullpen and you're simply looking at $5M long-man. 

[bighat]

5 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

My goodness. As good as Bundy was his first few starts, you're seeing his faults now. He isn't a very good pitcher, and he isn't getting outs right now. Just tough. 

His first 4 starts for the Angels last year were similar to what he gave the Twins early this year. Looked lights out in April, then just got absolutely shelled and finished with an ERA close to 7.00.

[tony&rodney]

Miranda catches that ball in a week. MLB hitters crush the ball. You just don't see that in the minors. I would not fault Miranda on that line drive. He had a millisecond to move his glove and it popped out. None of us reading here would have seen that ball much less touched it. Bundy has thrown some good pitches but left a number of others right in the sweet zone for hitters. 

[bighat]

Attaboy Correa!

[tony&rodney]

There's two.

[snotboogie]

[Mill1634]

C4!!!!

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, bighat said:

His first 4 starts for the Angels last year were similar to what he gave the Twins early this year. Looked lights out in April, then just got absolutely shelled and finished with an ERA close to 7.00.

So, you're saying that we all should have seen this coming, eh?

[Mill1634]

The Twins aren't out of this, but Miranda's error really hurts. 

[wsnydes]

Chip away.  Just need to chip away.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Miranda catches that ball in a week. MLB hitters crush the ball. You just don't see that in the minors. I would not fault Miranda on that line drive. He had a millisecond to move his glove and it popped out. None of us reading here would have seen that ball much less touched it. Bundy has thrown some good pitches but left a number of others right in the sweet zone for hitters. 

You don't see line drives in the minors??

[Richie the Rally Goat]

[stringer bell]

Three or four this inning will make the game much more interesting.

[snotboogie]

48 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

Bit late with my prediction, but I don't like it tonight for some reason. Bundy hasn't gotten swings and misses this year, and the O's haven't swung and missed much this series. Combine that with our "B" lineup, and I see a struggle bus tonight.

 

O's 5, Twins 2

This is scary.

[stringer bell]

These innings are like mirror images. I hope the Twins can end their fourth the way Baltimore finished their third.

[Mill1634]

Larnach hit that ball 110.6 MPH. Crushed.

[wsnydes]

There ya go, Larnach.