Game Thread: Twins v Guardians, 5/6 @ 5:10pm CT

[Squirrel]

Go Gray!

 

 

[CoastiePilot08]

So AK is up but not in the lineup again. What gives?

[CRF]

2 minutes ago, CoastiePilot08 said:

So AK is up but not in the lineup again. What gives?

Agree...kind of surprised he isn't playing. So there's a lefty going for Cleve...get AK in there anyway. 

[Marcos]

Once again, this lineup reinforces my opinion that Baldelli is an incompetent coach. Buxton @leadoff ?! And what!!!… solano cleanup?!! He’s rolling up his sheet of sabremetrics and smoking it. 

[PDX Twin]

12 minutes ago, CoastiePilot08 said:

So AK is up but not in the lineup again. What gives?

 

8 minutes ago, CRF said:

Agree...kind of surprised he isn't playing. So there's a lefty going for Cleve...get AK in there anyway. 

Needs more practice sitting on the bench? Surely they knew who was pitching for Cleveland before they brought him up...

[stringer bell]

If they wanted to bring up Kirilloff before the 10th, they had to pair it with someone going on the Injured List. AK didn’t make it in time to play yesterday and isn’t starting tonight. It probably made that choice pretty difficult.  
 

Hopefully, he will pinch hit and get on the field tonight. 

[USAFChief]

44 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

If they wanted to bring up Kirilloff before the 10th, they had to pair it with someone going on the Injured List. AK didn’t make it in time to play yesterday and isn’t starting tonight. It probably made that choice pretty difficult.  
 

Hopefully, he will pinch hit and get on the field tonight. 

He should have been there yesterday, and been in the lineup instead of Solano.

Today, let him sit and watch the lefty.

[stringer bell]

15 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

He should have been there yesterday, and been in the lineup instead of Solano.

Today, let him sit and watch the lefty.

They didn’t know Thielbar would come up lame, giving them the opportunity to bring up Kirilloff. 

[MGX]

1 hour ago, CRF said:

Agree...kind of surprised he isn't playing. So there's a lefty going for Cleve...get AK in there anyway. 

Agreed. I think Kiriloff's splits are pretty balanced. Hopefully, he will get a PH opportunity today.

 

[brycenation]

AK will be hitting for Solano by the third trip through the lineup after Ind- I mean Guardians go to the bullpen 

[ashbury]

42 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

They didn’t know Thielbar would come up lame, giving them the opportunity to bring up Kirilloff. 

They sent down Larnach, thinking they might go with 14 pitchers for a while, as they brought up DRod?

[ashbury]

I'll go with the consensus that Kirilloff will be the first pinch hitter once Cleveland brings in a righty reliever.

[ashbury]

2 hours ago, Squirrel said:

Go Gray!

Sonny Gray! Everything's A-OK!

[stringer bell]

7 minutes ago, ashbury said:

They sent down Larnach, thinking they might go with 14 pitchers for a while, as they brought up DRod?

No, they were already bringing up Rodriguez and were going to send down another pitcher, probably Winder. The Rodriguez move had been announced and Larnach was listed in the starting lineup, but with Thielbar surprisingly going on the Il, they were able to call up Kirilloff, who otherwise would be frozen in AAA until 5/10. 
 

The rosters are capped at 13 pitchers, so they couldn’t add another pitcher without subtracting one. 

[ashbury]

9 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

The rosters are capped at 13 pitchers

Oh that's true.  Just makes the sequence a bit weirder, and probably less meaningful as to who-went-down-for-whom.

[stringer bell]

Guess who is in second place in the AL Central? If you have noticed, the Motor City Kitties have moved a full game ahead of the Guardians.

[rwilfong86]

3 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Guess who is in second place in the AL Central? If you have noticed, the Motor City Kitties have moved a full game ahead of the Guardians.

I saw that this morning, they're playing really well. 

[ashbury]

10 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Guess who is in second place in the AL Central? If you have noticed, the Motor City Kitties have moved a full game ahead of the Guardians.

[mrtwinsfan]

6 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

I saw that this morning, they're playing really well. 

5 in a row,  all against the N.L.,   . 

[RickOShea]

Yeah, i see them play on TV and they look pretty good.  I have a hard time really rooting for them, as being a divisional foe and AJ Hinch isn't one of my favorite people on this earth.

[RickOShea]

Sonny Gray!  Hope he can continue his excellent pitching.

[ashbury]

What excuse will MLB.tv give me today for not letting me watch the game?  "Oh, sorry, we sold the rights to someone else.  Go ask YOUR MOM."

[mrtwinsfan]

Just saw Guardians of the Galaxy    preview,  And in honor of Playing the Guardians , C.C. NICKNAME,                                                                                   

• Carlos Javier Correa
• Nickname: I Am Groot
• Born: 9/22/1994 in Ponce, Puerto Rico
• Draft: 2012, Houston Astros, Round: 1, Overall Pick: 1
• High School: Puerto Rico Baseball Academy, Gurabo, PR

[Parfigliano]

1st pitch?

[stringer bell]

From what I can see the Guardians don't have lefty in the bullpen. So, if they get Allen out of there, the left handed hitters can come in without fear of a bad matchup.

[PDX Twin]

Mendoza---I  mean Correa---is sure an easy out these days!

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

1st pitch?

A ball called a strike.

[rwilfong86]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

A ball called a strike.

Hopefully Sonny gets the same strike zone

[ashbury]

I was hoping to see Donnie Barrels make a bid to keep his job when Farmer is reactivated.  Not this inning, apparently.

[rwilfong86]

3 minutes ago, ashbury said:

I was hoping to see Donnie Barrels make a bid to keep his job when Farmer is reactivated.  Not this inning, apparently.

Hopefully Farmer doesn't have PTSD from that fastball to the face