Game Thread: Rangers @ Twins, 8/19/22, 7:10pm CDT

[howeda7]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Had him 0-2 and walked him

Same thing he did against the Angels...

[mrtwinsfan]

OOh FOR ****  Sake

[stringer bell]

Throw strikes!

[LVTwinsfan]

Quit nibbling

[AussieG]

Duran only through 10 pitches in the 8th, 7 strikes

[Tlaker]

When did Opie Taylor become our pitching coach?

[Aggies7]

What did the orioles know and when did they know it?

[howeda7]

Throw 98 down the middle if you have to. Jesus. 

[LVTwinsfan]

[stringer bell]

Yipes!

[Aggies7]

Duran and Lopez should be flip flopped 

[wsnydes]

Why?

[LVTwinsfan]

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Why?

got Lucky

[Shaitan]

Just like you draw it up, haha.

[Tlaker]

Yahoo!

[howeda7]

Rick Aguilera and Joe Nathan spoiled us. This guys is Eddie Guardado Part II.

[AussieG]

Good Game! Only 2 runs isn't great though

[wsnydes]

I love it when a plan comes together.

[stringer bell]

Got him!!!!!

[TwinsCD]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

He's the closer. This is why I don't come to game threads anymore. 

So a real-time comment about the game is too sensitive?

[Tlaker]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

He's the closer. This is why I don't come to game threads anymore. 

Yet here you are….Lopez is still a question mark…

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, TwinsCD said:

So a real-time comment about the game is too sensitive?

They traded for a closer.  Why would they not use him accordingly?

[mrtwinsfan]

Hey Buxton -Correa -polanco -kepler   - Arreaz and Miranda would like some help !!   get em Tomorrow

[Shaitan]

Just now, Tlaker said:

Yet here you are….Lopez is still a question mark…

Every player is a question mark. Isn't that why you watch games?

[TwinsCD]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

They traded for a closer.  Why would they not use him accordingly?

Let's just say that John McKay would be in favor of his execution recently (if you know the quote, you'll know the context)

Yes, he's the closer.  The Twins have 2 of them and I just feel like the one that has an overpowering fastball that mowed down the lineup in 10 pitches the previous inning should have been able to keep his groove going into the 9th.

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

They traded for a closer.  Why would they not use him accordingly?

But I thought rocco and company don’t really believe in the closer role? Not arguing with you, I’ve just been told a zillion times on this site that that closer role isn’t really important. I personally would ride the hot hand in that role (I believe that closers are important), and to me, duran has been steady Eddie all year 

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, TwinsCD said:

Let's just say that John McKay would be in favor of his execution recently (if you know the quote, you'll know the context)

Yes, he's the closer.  The Twins have 2 of them and I just feel like the one that has an overpowering fastball that mowed down the lineup in 10 pitches the previous inning should have been able to keep his groove going into the 9th.

I know the context.

The other school of thought is that you can now use Duran again tomorrow.  

[Danchat]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

But I thought rocco and company don’t really believe in the closer role? Not arguing with you, I’ve just been told a zillion times on this site that that closer role isn’t really important. I personally would ride the hot hand in that role (I believe that closers are important), and to me, duran has been steady Eddie all year 

That's actually something that frustrates me about Rocco - he takes a very non-analytical approach to closers, like last year opting to give Colome as many chances as possible to prove he sucked and then even in September keep using him there, only using Alcala once. Now he's fixated on using only Lopez here when he should go with the hot hand. I can guarantee you if Rogers were still here, Rocco would still be using him in the 9th even though he's pitching really poorly.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

But I thought rocco and company don’t really believe in the closer role? Not arguing with you, I’ve just been told a zillion times on this site that that closer role isn’t really important. I personally would ride the hot hand in that role (I believe that closers are important), and to me, duran has been steady Eddie all year 

I don't really disagree with any of this, but I also don't disagree with bringing in Lopez to finish the game.  I think that's what he was brought in to do, so I find it odd that that is questioned to such a degree.  Especially when he got the job done.