Game Thread Twins vs Guardians 6/21/22 6:40 PM CDT

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, Mill1634 said:

I'm curious who goes down when Megill/Winder are back. Alcala too eventually, hopefully. The three obvious canidates are Devin Smeltzer, Tyler Duffey, and Dylan Bundy, but I would be surprised if the Twins cut bait on two of these three, let alone all 3. My guess is Smeltzer goes down when Winder is back, and someone else will likely be headed to the shelf whenever Megill is back a week from now. 

I think you nailed it. Duffey and Bundy’s days are probably numbered here in Minnesota. Smeltzer has been a very pleasant surprise, but I am concerned it’s not sustainable. 

[Tlaker]

3 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Fun fact, the Twins lead the AL in average with runners on base. 3rd in AL in average with runners in scoring position. They are far from a below average offense. 

Can you please provide the breakdown vs teams below .500 vs above.500? Asking for so many Twin fans

[sampleSizeOfOne]

5 minutes ago, Tlaker said:

Anyone listening to the radio….. I am thinking Cory got his knuckles rapped for his Foghorn Leghorn impression?

Dan’s response after the break was the first clue

Man, now i wish Mel Blanc had been an announcer!

[LVTwinsfan]

Not a strike

[Vanimal46]

This ump is expanding the zone, that’s for sure. 

[Mill1634]

This ump has been terrible all night for both sides on pitches around the border's of the plate. 

[RpR]

Just now, Mill1634 said:

This ump has been terrible all night for both sides on pitches around the border's of the plate. 

Its pitch framing.

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, Tlaker said:

Can you please provide the breakdown vs teams below .500 vs above.500? Asking for so many Twin fans

No. That’s not readily available stats that FanGraphs or baseball reference cares about. 

[bighat]

Just now, cHawk said:

They’re Top 5 in the AL in Runs Scored, OBP, SLG, OPS, and wRC+.

Please explain how they’re “well below average”

They've been shut out 9 times, and held to 3 runs or less THIRTY FIVE (35) times. Horrific.

They've exploded for 11 runs, 12 runs, 10 runs every blue moon and that's inflating the stats.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Jeffers!!

[LVTwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, Tlaker said:

Can you please provide the breakdown vs teams below .500 vs above.500? Asking for so many Twin fans

You could check out the ESPN stats page, they have a lot more splits than the other sites….. but Im not doing it

[RpR]

Lordy, Jeffers brings a pitcher change, my, my, my.

[Vanimal46]

Jeffers continues his hot streak since reverse jinx Nick Nelson’s article about him. 

[cHawk]

1 minute ago, bighat said:

They've been shut out 9 times, and held to 3 runs or less THIRTY FIVE (35) times. Horrific.

They've exploded for 11 runs, 12 runs, 10 runs every blue moon and that's inflating the stats.

They’ve been hit with several injuries as well. Thirty five isn’t that big of a number when it’s only half of the time. That’s not as big of a problem as it was last year when at one point that was happening two-thirds of the time.

[Aggies7]

6 minutes ago, cHawk said:

They’re Top 5 in the AL in Runs Scored, OBP, SLG, OPS, and wRC+.

Please explain how they’re “well below average”

They’ve scored 3 or less run 35 times (51% of games)

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Arraez!!!!

[Vanimal46]

ARRAEZ!!!!

[Mill1634]

LUIS ****ING ARRAEZZZZZZ

[cHawk]

We take those

[Vanimal46]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

They’ve scored 3 or less run 35 times (51% of games)

Not this game. 

[Aggies7]

Wow.

[LVTwinsfan]

What a terrible hitting team

[Shaitan]

Horrific.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, Vanimal46 said:

ARRAEZ!!!!

(Sorry... I forgot the caps lock. My bad.)

[Aggies7]

Just now, Vanimal46 said:

Not this game. 

Literally pressed “post” as the ball left his bat

[Schmoeman5]

Just now, Vanimal46 said:

Jeffers continues his hot streak since reverse jinx Nick Nelson’s article about him. 

It was supposed to be a secret

[cHawk]

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

What a terrible hitting team

I’m assuming you’re being sarcastic

[RpR]

Arraez earns his praise.

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, cHawk said:

I’m assuming you’re being sarcastic

Just going with the status quo

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Literally pressed “post” as the ball left his bat

One thing I’ve learned this year. Best to wait before posting something negative about this team. They make people look silly on a daily basis here.