Game Thread: Royals @ Twins, 9/14/22, 6:40PM CDT (4:40PM PDT)

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, LVTwinsfan said:

I’ve seen Palacios play second. I’m not impressed, his bat is nothing to write home about either.

Easy Fellas , not a fan of Palacious myself, hes here for what reason i get it, Just something about seeing Garlick in the # 1  spot   in any order  Hurts the game, 

[mnfireman]

40 pitches to get through the 1st, now at 59 after a 5 pitch 3rd. Way to let him off the hook and save an inning or 2 for the BP.

[LVTwinsfan]

Urshella can play 

[PDX Twin]

Pickles is cruising.

[mnfireman]

Quit swinging at the first pitch for crying out loud!!

[RpR]

Just now, mnfireman said:

Quit swinging at the first pitch for crying out loud!!

It is better to go 0-1?

[LVTwinsfan]

Just now, RpR said:

It is better to go 0-1?

Better than grounding out yes

[stringer bell]

Gray very impressive through 4. I think picking him up was a good trade for both teams. 
 

I think if three of four of Gray, Mahle, Maeda, and Paddack can be in the rotation for most or all of 2023, the Twins can be legitimate with their rotation. 

[RpR]

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

Better than grounding out yes

It is better to ground out on the second or third or fourth pitch, or fall behind 0-2 and have to swing at crap?

[solomon1930]

8 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

Urshella can play 

Yes he can.  Do we keep him another season?

[mrtwinsfan]

Steal Sandy , 

[RpR]

1 minute ago, solomon1930 said:

Yes he can.  Do we keep him another season?

I hope so.

[PDX Twin]

2 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Steal Sandy , 

Would we miss him if someone stole him?

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, solomon1930 said:

Yes he can.  Do we keep him another season?

if Correa stays ? Hopefully,-- Want to see Miranda at 1st and 3rd and Royce Lewis also at 3rd,  Gio   done a good job, but NO

[LVTwinsfan]

7 minutes ago, RpR said:

It is better to ground out on the second or third or fourth pitch, or fall behind 0-2 and have to swing at crap?

He swung at crap on the first pitch and grounded out

[stringer bell]

Nice catch Gilberto. 

[Squirrel]

22 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Fellas

Not all of us are fellas. Just sayin

[Dave The Dastardly]

6 minutes ago, solomon1930 said:

Yes he can.  Do we keep him another season?

No. The plan is for Miranda to move to 3rd. Urshella and one of our top prospects get traded for a pitcher with a bad wing.

[PDX Twin]

Buxton would have caught that (and injured himself on the wall).

[stringer bell]

1 minute ago, PDX Twin said:

Buxton would have caught that (and injured himself on the wall).

I dunno. Celestino was running  pretty close to parallel to the fence. 

[KirbyDome89]

10 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Gray very impressive through 4. I think picking him up was a good trade for both teams. 
 

I think if three of four of Gray, Mahle, Maeda, and Paddack can be in the rotation for most or all of 2023, the Twins can be legitimate with their rotation. 

I'll give you Gray. Mahle is a total wait and see. There should be little to no importance placed on Paddack or Maeda if the team is serious about winning next year. 

[LVTwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Not all of us are fellas. Just sayin

Can’t please everybody

[mrtwinsfan]

Cleveland gets these awesome Royals the last 6 games of the year at home, even if we  Sweep the Guardians  being Optimistic, , Does not  look good,, Go Twins

[PDX Twin]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Cleveland gets these awesome Royals the last 6 games of the year at home, even if we  Sweep the Guardians  being Optimistic, , Does not  look good,, Go Twins

I'm not worried. We should have clinched third by then and not have to worry about the Royals getting hot.

[stringer bell]

3 minutes ago, KirbyDome89 said:

I'll give you Gray. Mahle is a total wait and see. There should be little to no importance placed on Paddack or Maeda if the team is serious about winning next year. 

Isn't the standard one year recovery for TJ? Maeda will be about 18 months out and Paddack had his about May 1.  Maeda is in his mid thirties, but Paddack and Mahle are still in their 20s. I would think a large part of their careers are in front of them.

[mrtwinsfan]

5 minutes ago, KirbyDome89 said:

I'll give you Gray. Mahle is a total wait and see. There should be little to no importance placed on Paddack or Maeda if the team is serious about winning next year. 

With Rocco babysitting all the pitchers with a 4-5 inning limit because of injuries,  At least he is getting us used to it, Gonna be alot of Bullpen  issues again

[RpR]

15 minutes ago, LVTwinsfan said:

He swung at crap on the first pitch and grounded out

A ground out is a ground out it actually makes little difference which pitch, but Twins batters have watched so many first pitches go down the middle of the plate and strike out because they get down 0-2 and have to swing at crap.

[RpR]

16 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

No. The plan is for Miranda to move to 3rd. Urshella and one of our top prospects get traded for a pitcher with a bad wing.

Miranda should replace Cruz and nothing more, he is NOT a good fielder at any position.

[Squirrel]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

Miranda should replace Cruz and nothing more, he is NOT a good fielder at any position.

Stop it. You say this every day in multiple threads. Enough already.

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

A ground out is a ground out it actually makes little difference which pitch, but Twins batters have watched so many first pitches go down the middle of the plate and strike out because they get down 0-2 and have to swing at crap.

We were specifically talking about the first pitch and you asked if it was better to go 0-1. Well in that case it most certainly was because Celestino swung at a first pitch curve ball and grounded out…so you were wrong, end of story