Game Thread x2: Twins @ Guardians, Noon:10 and 6:10 CT

[wsnydes]

Swinging freely thus far, I see.

[Cap'n Piranha]

27 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

There's also fewer Taco John's to stop at at 30,000 feet.

Not necessarily.  If indeed the Easternmost Taco John's is in Ohio, then any flight between two eastern seaboard locations would feature the same number of Taco John's as a direct driving route would.

[Cap'n Piranha]

3 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Swinging freely thus far, I see.

Just like those cheap Pohlads to charge hitters for swings.

[SwainZag]

Pleasac almost always goes to that slider....which he throws very well...when he gets ahead.  Hopefully they are patient with it today.  Twins didn't do much of anything against him last week.

Edit: Correa is patient and earns the walk as I typed this out

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Not necessarily.  If indeed the Easternmost Taco John's is in Ohio, then any flight between two eastern seaboard locations would feature the same number of Taco John's as a direct driving route would.

But airliners won't fit through a drive-thru!

[James]

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Just like those cheap Pohlads to charge hitters for swings.

As a player, I wonder what the cost/benefit analysis would look like in that scenario.

[Doctor Gast]

4 hours ago, IowaBeancounter said:

big dog

 

Posted 32 minutes ago

"Defensively, are we better off with this lineup, or putting Garlick in left, moving Gordon to 2nd, and DHing Arraez? Just wondering."

With Smeltzer being a contact pitcher, I believe that we need the best defense available.  I don't believe having Garlick in the outfield is a good defensive move (look at the 4/15 game at Boston where he allows a very catchable ball to become a homerun).  I would have preferred Urshela at 3rd over Miranda, which means that Miranda will probably have a big game.  I had hoped Buxton would be DH for both games.

Agreed, I'd take out Garlic all together (for a righty) and put Arraez at DH would be much better defensively.

[wsnydes]

3 minutes ago, James said:

Or not, apparently.  

[James]

Just now, wsnydes said:

Or not, apparently.  

I will hold off on posting nything about walks until they actually haunt.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, James said:

I will hold off on posting nything about walks until they actually haunt.

"Walks haunted"

[SwainZag]

Max with 34 BB's to 39 K's so far this season.  Both his BB% and K% are career bests. On the flip side his ISO and SLG would be career lows...take it for what it's worth.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

They got a hit off Smeltzer?

 

Unpossible!

[TouchEmAllGuy]

Ugly double

[Jerr]

Ohhh, please not one of these games where defense makes errors!

 

[big dog]

9 minutes ago, Doctor Gast said:

Agreed, I'd take out Garlic all together and put Arraez at DH would be much better defensively.

Excellent point

[wsnydes]

Ish.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

5 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

They got a hit off Smeltzer?

 

Unpossible!

They got another? And RBI two out pop up?

 

Oh i got it. We just want them to feel they are doing well.

[LVTwinsfan]

WTF

[Cap'n Piranha]

That's a freaking little league play right there.  Someone call that, and get there.  Just embarrasing.

[big dog]

Just now, TouchEmAllGuy said:

Ugly double

With two outs that’s a single, maybe even a force out if the runner on first is as confused as the defense was. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Well, that was varying shades of pathetic.

[Cap'n Piranha]

15 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

But airliners won't fit through a drive-thru!

Oh, I'm sure with some modifications that could be corrected.

[SwainZag]

Max had to lose that in the sun.  There's no way he just stops like that if he knew where the ball was at.

[big dog]

One run won’t win this game. At least not that one. 

[big dog]

Does not scoring walks also haunt? 
 

ok let’s go twins

[wsnydes]

Just now, big dog said:

One run won’t win this game. At least not that one. 

It did 5 days ago.  

Just sayin'.

[LVTwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Well, that was varying shades of pathetic.

Practice is underrated 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Uphill battle. Makin' it interesting!

[tarheeltwinsfan]

Lots of reason to hustle in this game, and every game, Kep.