Game Thread: Twins vs. Rays, 6/11/22 @ 1:10pm CT

[ashbury]

Polanco.  In play.  Run(s).

[rwilfong86]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Despise the contact play. Never understood just running into an out 

Doesn't make any sense. Thankfully Polanco bailed them out there.

[rwilfong86]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

Running into an out with your best hitter on deck makes no sense.

but polanco makes it irrelevant 

Agreed.

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Pretty standard strategy though. I get it. If it's not right at someone, it works.

Was the infield playing in? If it’s not hit right at someone playing in then you’re probably scoring anyway

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Was the infield playing in? If it’s not hit right at someone playing in then you’re probably scoring anyway

Yes

[USAFChief]

3 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Was the infield playing in? If it’s not hit right at someone playing in then you’re probably scoring anyway

The infield was WAY in.

 

[Aggies7]

Just now, USAFChief said:

The infield was WAY in.

 

So like I said, odds are you’re scoring unless it’s hit literally right at someone. I’d alway rather that man at third rather than first.

[USAFChief]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

So like I said, odds are you’re scoring unless it’s hit literally right at someone. I’d alway rather that man at third rather than first.

Well, no. The idea is with the infield in, if an infielder has to move at all, right or left, or in, the runner has time to score. Doesn't always work. Neither does hoping for a two out hit if you don't try to score. 

[Aggies7]

So much better having Gordon at short rather than correa

[ashbury]

Welp, Jharel Cotton isn't the answer this afternoon.

[USAFChief]

Unlike Megill, I am not intrigued by Cotton. At all.

[rwilfong86]

Nick Gordon should stay in the outfield.

[PDX Twin]

Gordon looked distracted from the start. First by the leaping runner, then he looked to third (why?), then sped up the throw to first.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Well, no. The idea is with the infield in, if an infielder has to move at all, right or left, or in, the runner has time to score. Doesn't always work. Neither does hoping for a two out hit if you don't try to score. 

I think I’ve seen it work maybe twice in the last few years. And that’s being generous

[rwilfong86]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

So much better having Gordon at short rather than correa

Should have made a defensive substitution 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

2 hours ago, Twins_Fan_For_Life said:

Chi Chi is Spanish for "meat"

No, carne is Spanish for meat.

[USAFChief]

This makes me nervous 

[Schmoeman5]

Just now, rwilfong86 said:

Nick Gordon should stay in the outfield.

Oh really. So he can make plays like he did last night

[PDX Twin]

Cotton is done if he puts another Rayon.

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Unlike Megill, I am not intrigued by Cotton. At all.

Hikers and backpackers in the backcountry know this mantra well: Cotton Kills.

[Aggies7]

Duran is going to need to get 2, isn’t he?

[Parfigliano]

Seems he wasnt all that in CF the other day

[Aggies7]

Just now, ashbury said:

Hikers and backpackers in the backcountry know this mantra well: Cotton Kills.

This is well done 

[ashbury]

Just now, PDX Twin said:

Cotton is done if he puts another Rayon.

Ha! Ninja'd, and yet really not.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

I think I’ve seen it work maybe twice in the last few years. And that’s being generous

Well, it's pretty standard. Whether it's the right call is certainly debatable. 

On my team, we run the contact play.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, PDX Twin said:

Cotton is done if he puts another Rayon.

No THIS is well done

[ashbury]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

No THIS is well done

IKR? Such an embarrassment of riches!

[USAFChief]

Whew.

[Aggies7]

Wow I had time to bite my entire thumbnail while that ball was in the air

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Whew.

And only two more innings of this ****fest to go!