GAME THREAD: 8/4/22, Twins vs Blue Jays, 6:40PM CT

[cHawk]

Just now, IndyTwinsFan said:

Just don't break your hand!

I said it makes me want to…I’m not actually going to do it for that reason alone.

[mrtwinsfan]

later

[IndyTwinsFan]

Now it's over, after yet another bullpen implosion. 

AARGH!

[cHawk]

Time to DFA Duffey, Megill, & Pagan.

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

And likely with the FO. 

I guarantee you the FO isn't deciding which relievers are available on a game by game basis.

That's the bench staff with possible input from the trainer(s).

[IndyTwinsFan]

Just now, cHawk said:

I said it makes me want to…I’m not actually going to do it for that reason alone.

Glad to hear that!

[rickybeathard]

Flipped it to the Sox game, rooting for them to lose. 

[nicksaviking]

3 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Maybe, on the plus side, this is the end for a certain pitcher..... Though I doubt it. 

I don’t know. The FO got lots of praise at the deadline, they’re not going to like this. Moran didn’t deserve to go down and the rest of the team probably knows Duffey needs to go. I could see it happening.

It was a good run for him.

[Aggies7]

Good grief there’s only one out

[RickOShea]

WE have an opportunity this weekend to see a (poser- Twins) versus a contender.  Baldelli schooled by a rookie manager who looks more like the 'cookie monster".  .

Just pathetic.  Great way to open a series.   On the other side, we can sweep the next three, at least mathematically.

[kydoty]

Here’s me being negative.

Get ready, this is what our October is gonna look like.  Only it’ll be against Tampa Bay or Seattle.  

[Aggies7]

More boo birds.

[Winston Smith]

Not the best night by the new and improved bullpen.

[USAFChief]

8 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Don't Forget the Alimo?

Definitely ******* Awful.

[insagt1]

This one is over. Pagan and Duffey should be gone. Magill wasn't very good either.  Starter pitches 5 scoreless; pen gives up 9 in 3 innings...so far. May as well keep Duffey in there to take his lumps. Then handshakes and good-bye fellas.

Jays are a better team overall than the Twins but maybe not THIS good.

[Aggies7]

Just now, kydoty said:

Here’s me being negative.

Get ready, this is what our October is gonna look like.  Only it’ll be against Tampa Bay or Seattle.  

Better hope it’s seattle. That’s the only team in the playoff field the twins might be better than. Might

[Rosterman]

The Twins cut the wrong relief pitchers. Bring back Moran and Cotton now!

[RickOShea]

Pagan and Duffey need to buy a tandem bike, and pedal themselves across the river.

[nicksaviking]

4 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

I think at some point you’ve got to try a few other people from in house 
 

how much worse could it honestly be at this point

Yeah, I’d dip down to Witchita perhaps.

Also, I still want Juerys Familia.

[Aggies7]

If duffey could dig a hole in front of the mound and disappear right now, I bet he would 

[Danchat]

3 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

There’s no closer in AAA. The best relievers tend to get transferred on and off of the MLB club.

 

Yeah, Minaya is the only guy left with more than one save. Sisk and Schulfer are the only guys with upside.

[RickOShea]

If the Target Field fans had any cajones, they'd empty the entire place, right now.

[nicksaviking]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I guarantee you the FO isn't deciding which relievers are available on a game by game basis.

That's the bench staff with possible input from the trainer(s).

This front office is meticulous, this is totally something they micromanage.

[LVTwinsfan]

36 minutes ago, ashbury said:

We need Mighty Mouse right about now.

[Vanimal46]

[USAFChief]

28 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Maybe someone should just annoyingly rub a balloon near his ears for a few hours 

Something you'd like to share with the group, Ag? Get it off your chest?

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, Danchat said:

Yeah, Minaya is the only guy left with more than one save. Sisk and Schulfer are the only guys with upside.

OK.

Then they should bring back Minaya and Cotton, at a minimum. 

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

If the Target Field fans had any cajones, they'd empty the entire place, right now.

And miss the post game concert?! Fat chance!

[insagt1]

Twins with a charmed life though. Guardians have lost and Sox may also lose (down 3-2 in the 8th)

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

If the Target Field fans had any cajones, they'd empty the entire place, right now.

That'd only be about 40 percent of the crowd.