Game Thread: Twins @ Guardians, 5/7 @ 12:40 CT

[Parfigliano]

Pinch hit bat boy for Miranda

[notoriousgod71]

What happens if neither the pitcher nor the hitter are ready to play?

[stringer bell]

JM swung at the first pitch out of the zone and takes strike three.

[CoastiePilot08]

Send him down. 

[Aggies7]

The Miranda effect 

[rwilfong86]

Anyone would be better than Miranda at this point. 

[USAFChief]

Sigh.

[Aggies7]

Miranda Miranda can’t stand ya!

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, notoriousgod71 said:

What happens if neither the pitcher nor the hitter are ready to play?

The pitcher doesn't have to be ready.

[mrtwinsfan]

 OUT OF WORDS

[CoastiePilot08]

Just now, stringer bell said:

JM swung at the first pitch out of the zone and takes strike three.

Dude is totally lost. It’s apparent to everyone but the FO. 

[USAFChief]

Just now, stringer bell said:

JM swung at the first pitch out of the zone and takes strike three.

First pitch was literally 8 inches inside. 

[rwilfong86]

Gonna be 0-2 in series in May, with the rest of the month looking daunting. Chicago and Cleveland were the 2 winnable series. This team will be well under .500 by June 1. 

[LewFordLives]

I have the Cleveland feed. The announcers were remarking about what a beautiful curveball it was

No it wasn't. It was a hanger and he just stood there.

[notoriousgod71]

I can honestly say the last two Twins teams have been amongst my least favorite teams to watch in all my 40 years. This shouldn't even be possible for a team that has spent the majority of the past two years in first place. But they're just so ... uninspiring and uninteresting.

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

First pitch was literally 8 inches inside. 

8 inches?  I need your TV, with that resolution.

[mrtwinsfan]

8 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

OMG Polonco 

0-19  OFF THIS CY YOUNG PITCHER,  WHY NOT TRY R.H.

[rwilfong86]

Just now, notoriousgod71 said:

I can honestly say the last two Twins teams have been amongst my least favorite teams to watch in all my 40 years. This shouldn't even be possible for a team that has spent the majority of the past two years in first place. But they're just so ... uninspiring and uninteresting.

They're a 3rd place team disguised as a division leader at the moment. 

[USAFChief]

Gonna see a real MLB lineup with San Diego coming to town.

Tatis, Machado, Soto, Bogaerts top 4. Ouch.

 

[IndyTwinsFan]

38 minutes ago, CoastiePilot08 said:

It’s been said. Quantrill is not good. 

And our hitters are considerably worse than that!

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, notoriousgod71 said:

I can honestly say the last two Twins teams have been amongst my least favorite teams to watch in all my 40 years. This shouldn't even be possible for a team that has spent the majority of the past two years in first place. But they're just so ... uninspiring and uninteresting.

Playing in the worst division in baseball several years running helps. The front office lucked out, they should play powerball 

[notoriousgod71]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

The pitcher doesn't have to be ready.

I'd like to see a game where there are no pitches thrown. Just a bunch of alternating pitch clock violations where someone eventually scores on four consecutive zero pitch walks.

 

Of course each team would need to use five pitchers to accomplish this.

[rwilfong86]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Gonna see a real MLB lineup with San Diego coming to town.

Tatis, Machado, Soto, Bogaerts top 4. Ouch.

 

The Padres are gonna feast. 

[Aggies7]

Gary Sanchez and sano, two guys who started last year are no longer in the game. Kind of says it all eh

[notoriousgod71]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

0-19  OFF THIS CY YOUNG PITCHER,  WHY NOT TRY R.H.

Jacque Jones vs Mark Buehrle > Jorge Polanco vs Cal Quantrill.

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Gonna see a real MLB lineup with San Diego coming to town.

Tatis, Machado, Soto, Bogaerts top 4. Ouch.

 

And  Nelson Cruz

[Nine of twelve]

Yes, Pagan had the one horrific outing, But I find that I no longer cringe when he is brought in. Progress.

[LewFordLives]

If MLB is interested in cutting down the length of the games, they should just start Correa at 0-2.

[notoriousgod71]

5 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

They're a 3rd place team disguised as a division leader at the moment. 

Only in this division.

[rwilfong86]

2 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

Yes, Pagan had the one horrific outing, But I find that I no longer cringe when he is brought in. Progress.

He's been weirdly solid.