Game Thread: Twins @ Cleveland, 6/27/22 @ 6:10pmCT

[Rik19753]

Can anyone guess who this Twins player is? This is one of the more surprising Statcast pages that I've seen.

[RpR]

Has Jeffers picked up some base running speed?

[Mill1634]

Just now, wsnydes said:

I like that order.  Especially considering how today's game is going.  Less pressure on Winder to go out and do something special.  And if he does, all that much better.

I think it also helps save the bullpen (maybe). He only threw 59 pitches in his last outing, so that puts him around 75 pitches or so which maybe gets you through 5 innings if everything goes correctly, where as Smeltzer can certainly give you 100 pitches if the game is lopsided one way or the other. 

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Rik19753 said:

Can anyone guess who this Twins player is? This is one of the more surprising Statcast pages that I've seen.

Kirilloff?

[Vanimal46]

Good news about Polanco 

[Mill1634]

2 minutes ago, Rik19753 said:

Can anyone guess who this Twins player is? This is one of the more surprising Statcast pages that I've seen.

Nick Gordon

(Sprint speed is a giveaway)

[Danchat]

I don't mind challenging a play even when up 9 runs (try to get Jeffers a hit for his stats), but can't they speed up the review? I though it was clear he was out.

[Tlaker]

2 minutes ago, Rik19753 said:

Can anyone guess who this Twins player is? This is one of the more surprising Statcast pages that I've seen.

Jeffers

[snotboogie]

1 minute ago, Rik19753 said:

Can anyone guess who this Twins player is? This is one of the more surprising Statcast pages that I've seen.

I'm old. I'm tired. I don't know what half of this means.  Please tell me. ?

[Vanimal46]

2 minutes ago, Rik19753 said:

Can anyone guess who this Twins player is? This is one of the more surprising Statcast pages that I've seen.

Smeltzer?

[Nine of twelve]

10 minutes ago, Winston Smith said:

Is this game safe for Duffy time?

We don't have a player named Duffy.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, snotboogie said:

I'm old. I'm tired. I don't know what half of this means.  Please tell me. ?

It means that you don't need to look at any more of these and use the time to smoke more animal flesh!

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Smeltzer?

Well played.

Exit velo the giveaway?

[Rik19753]

Just now, Mill1634 said:

Nick Gordon

We have a winner!

Honestly, if it weren't for Nick Gordon being labeled a bust before he made his 1st major league PA, I think we would be as excited about him as we are about guys like Kirilloff and Larnach.

[wsnydes]

Just now, Rik19753 said:

We have a winner!

Honestly, if it weren't for Nick Gordon being labeled a bust before he made his 1st major league PA, I think we would be as excited about him as we are about guys like Kirilloff and Larnach.

I've maintained that he's got an important role on this team.  Guys like him are important.

[Vanimal46]

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Well played.

Exit velo the giveaway?

It was the outfield jump ?

[Mill1634]

1 minute ago, Rik19753 said:

We have a winner!

Honestly, if it weren't for Nick Gordon being labeled a bust before he made his 1st major league PA, I think we would be as excited about him as we are about guys like Kirilloff and Larnach.

I'm not sure I'd quite go that far. He has an OPS in the .650's and isn't a plus defender anywhere and can't really play shortstop, but he's perfectly fine in the role he has now 

[snotboogie]

Guardians taking a page out of the Twins' playbook.  Get a base runner, hit into a DP.

[bighat]

The way Perkins has been mispronouncing "Urshela" the entire night is bothersome. It's not that hard, is it?

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, Mill1634 said:

I'm not sure I'd quite go that far. He has an OPS in the .650's and isn't a plus defender anywhere and can't really play shortstop, but he's perfectly fine in the role he has now 

He’s a more versatile Willians Astudillo. Probably less fun, more versatility, but once he’s due more than the absolute minimum he gone. 

[Rik19753]

1 minute ago, bighat said:

The way Perkins has been mispronouncing "Urshela" the entire night is bothersome. It's not that hard, is it?

I'm guessing he's a Friends fan. He's been saying "Ursula" every time.

[wabene]

Gordon's OPS is 690 in June trending up. That's a league average hitter these days. 

[Vanimal46]

Oh boy. Another position player pitcher appearance. Have I mentioned that I’m incredibly bored of this? 

[Vanimal46]

Is Contreras proud of getting his first hit off a player who’s literally not trying on the mound?

[Tlaker]

11 minutes ago, Rik19753 said:

We have a winner!

Honestly, if it weren't for Nick Gordon being labeled a bust before he made his 1st major league PA, I think we would be as excited about him as we are about guys like Kirilloff and Larnach.

Where did you get these stats? MLB has Gordon with 41 strikeouts and Jeffers with 52?

never mind I need to look closer 

[RpR]

13 minutes ago, Rik19753 said:

We have a winner!

Honestly, if it weren't for Nick Gordon being labeled a bust before he made his 1st major league PA, I think we would be as excited about him as we are about guys like Kirilloff and Larnach.

A lot of the excitement here is for the chosen few; actual performance numbers , no matter how meh, keep them above other with just as good or better numbers.

[Schmoeman5]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Oh boy. Another position player pitcher appearance. Have I mentioned that I’m incredibly bored of this? 

You may not like it but you'll have to get used to it in blow outs

[Aggies7]

Position players pitching does nothing for me. I don’t find it neat or fun to watch. I keep thinking one of these guys is going to get a 100 mph line drive at his head. Looks more dangerous than anything else 

[Mill1634]

Cleveland finally gets AK out...with their DH pitching of course.

[wsnydes]

4 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Oh boy. Another position player pitcher appearance. Have I mentioned that I’m incredibly bored of this? 

You were kinda wishy-washy in your blog.  Can you clarify your stance on the matter for those keeping score at home?