GAME THREAD: Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins, 8/21/2022, 1:10 PM CDT

[RickOShea]

No Miranda?   The hell with off days and getting some rest.  The stretch drive is here.  You need to go with the guys who should be able to produce.  Like the old saying "  You got the whole off season to rest".  Come on rocco, pull your head out of your rectal zone.

[Parfigliano]

Done.  Unwatchable. 

[h2oface]

3 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

No buxton for pinch hitting yet?  Rocco waiting for him to hit a 5-run homer?

Probably not needing a strikeout, so passing on Buxton right now. I can't believe we are at this point in the season, and we have Cave and Beckham and Leon on the MLB team. Not even the cellar dwellers would be playing these guys.

[Montdak]

Nice if we ever got a semblance of our real lineup on the field.

[USAFChief]

26 minutes ago, h2oface said:

And you wanted Ryan, with a 2-hitter and 88 pitches out of the game, eh? Not me. 

Who started that rally?

No ******* way I send Ryan out for the 7th. He was extremely lucky to get through the 6th.

Just can't do **** like that in a pennant race.

[mrtwinsfan]

Look at the Saints roster,  zero help 

[RickOShea]

Well at least Pagan hasn't disappointed.

[notoriousgod71]

If pagan is on this roster next year they are not serious about winning.

[RickOShea]

Here's a riddle:   What's old, knows how to play baseball, and messes in their pants?  The Twins Hall of Fame Class members!

[Twins_Fan_For_Life]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Well at least Pagan hasn't disappointed.

Pa - GONE!

[LVTwinsfan]

The season has caught up with the Twins, a team with a bad bullpen and no offense will not play in the post season

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, RickOShea said:

Here's a riddle:   What's old, knows how to play baseball, and messes in their pants?  The Twins Hall of Fame Class members!

Yeah that’s a real knee slapper

[Twodogs]

2 minutes ago, notoriousgod71 said:

If pagan is on this roster next year they are not serious about winning.

Knowing the Twins they'll have him back.  He's got a year left?  Right?  

[LVTwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, notoriousgod71 said:

If pagan is on this roster next year they are not serious about winning.

When have they been

[RickOShea]

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

The season has caught up with the Twins, a team with a bad bullpen and no offense will not play in the post season

Afraid, you're right.  It's just that it takes 6+months of frustration to enable it.

[CRF]

Even though it doesn't mean a damn thing at this point, we need to DFA Pagan immediately.

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

The season has caught up with the Twins, a team with a bad bullpen and no offense will not play in the post season

Yes   sir

[USAFChief]

I really wanted OF help at the deadline. It was obvious they were really short. 

I mentioned Robbie Grossman as a cheap option who takes good ABs and might get hot for a couple months.

Atlanta got him for a couple Starbucks coupons and he's hitting 257/.386/.486 since. He's hit like Lin Manuel Miranda's cousin. 

Meanwhile we are using Tim Beckham. In a corner OF spot.

 

 

[Winston Smith]

6 minutes ago, notoriousgod71 said:

If pagan is on this roster next year they are not serious about winning.

But but his K rate!

[mrtwinsfan]

Saints are on tv,  4-*4 in the 9th

[RickOShea]

2 minutes ago, CRF said:

Even though it doesn't mean a damn thing at this point, we need to DFA Pagan immediately.

I think it would be cool to wait til the day before the season ends to DFA, him.  Maybe, he'll get the point.

[USAFChief]

1 hour ago, jkcarew said:

Absolutely…with this roster, for 2023, you’d probably like Miranda to be capable over there, and have a true slugger at 1B…(not to mention DH)

Yeah I think I'd roll with Miranda at 3rd next year. 

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Meanwhile we are using Tim Beckham. In a corner OF spot.

But, but,  but... he was hitting .400 at AAA.

With a babip of .500, bless his heart.

[Winston Smith]

I haven't looked up the stats on this but I think it's hard to win a game when you don't score any runs.

[LVTwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

I think it would be cool to wait til the day before the season ends to DFA, him.  Maybe, he'll get the point.

He got his money, he gets the last laugh

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Winston Smith said:

But but his K rate!

only given up 11 bombs in 44 innings, and all the meltdowns to cleveland,  K-rate in todays baseball to me means nothing for a pitcher, Batters are trying to hit bombs ,  different game than years ago, And with Pagan they have given him a chance in every part of the game, from closing to Mop up,  Get rid of him!!!!

[RickOShea]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Yeah I think I'd roll with Miranda at 3rd next year. 

Is Eric soderholm still playing?  I saw Plouffe alive and well at the LLWS.

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Yeah I think I'd roll with Miranda at 3rd next year. 

 

4 minutes ago, ashbury said:

But, but,  but... he was hitting .400 at AAA.

With a babip of .500, bless his heart.

 

[LVTwinsfan]

The best way to send Pagan a message….make him finish this game 

[IndyTwinsFan]

I wonder what kind of excuses Rocco is going to invoke in the post-game presser.  Something new or some of the same old  worn out ones he often uses.

That could be worth some laughs. 

[CRF]

Pagan...or El Gasolino, if you prefer...is giving us his usual awesome performance.