Twins 3, Orioles 2: Twins Walk Off Orioles on a Buxton Homer

[Richie the Rally Goat]

1 minute ago, wabene said:

I'll bet that at the beginning of the season Twins fans were told Buxton would play 120 games (current pace), the majority would take it. 

If he does, it will be the second most innings in a season of his career.

I’ll gladly take that 

[jorgenswest]

8 minutes ago, wabene said:

I'll bet that at the beginning of the season Twins fans were told Buxton would play 120 games (current pace), the majority would take it. 

I will still take it if it goes with health in the playoffs

[beckmt]

2 hours ago, Squirrel said:

Again, yes, our BP needs help. But that was still not a meltdown nor the problem in last night’s win. It is not realistic to expect a BP to never give up a run, ever. Giving up 4 in the bottom of the 10th after we scored 3 in the top of the inning, that’s a meltdown. Last night was almost a loss due to an inconsistent offense, once again. Thankfully they came through.

Again then I guess you are fine with a bullpen ERA of 4.5.  We are 29th now the last I looked.  That is a big problem.

[Squirrel]

54 minutes ago, beckmt said:

Again then I guess you are fine with a bullpen ERA of 4.5.  We are 29th now the last I looked.  That is a big problem.

Quit being disingenuous here and arguing against things I’ve never said. I stated a few times already that the BP needs help and is not okay. But we are talking about last night’s game which you made the claim the BP melted down again. It did not. That doesn’t mean I think the BP is okay, and I stated that. But in this one game, which this thread is about, the BP wasn’t the problem.

[AlwaysinModeration]

2 hours ago, rv78 said:

The Twins have played 80 games to date and Buxton has played in 60 of them. 

Fixed that for you.  Also, Buxton is 9th in the AL with 2.7 WAR.

[AlwaysinModeration]

7 hours ago, AlwaysinModeration said:

Can’t tell if you are joking because he gave up a walk-off homer or serious because he’s been one of the best relievers in baseball.  If the Twins trade for him, sign me up.  You know what they say—of you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

On a related note…do you think the Guardians might be interested in a  former Marlins / Padres reliever whose name has a certain devil-worshiping connotation?

[2wins87]

5 hours ago, Eephus said:

I do wonder if Buxton is starting to fall in love with homers, but still top 15 in OPS. Twins overall seem to be on the verge of warming up to a top 5 OPS MLB team, especially if Miranda and Kiriloff continue to hit and Polanco gets it going.

Buxton has some uppercut to his swing, which leads to a lot of balls in the air and also more swing and miss than you might like.

That swing last night was just trying to make contact though, and the ball still just explodes off his bat. He's probably had 4 or 5 of those just making contact homers this year.

Bottom line, he's found an approach that works for him. Compared to where he was 4 years ago, it's night and day. If he just stays on the field most of the time for the rest of his contract he'll be one of the Twins' all time greats, and I'll be very happy to watch it.

[ashbury]

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