Game Thread: Twins v Padres, 5/9 @ 6:40 CT

[cHawk]

I have a feeing our offense is about to go off today.

[PDX Twin]

Aren't ideal leadoff batters suppose to take a few pitches to let the following hitters see the pitchers' stuff?

[OvertheHill]

Wacha is exactly the type of pitcher the Twins should tee off on. Theoretically. 

[mrtwinsfan]

Way to work em Kepler,

[PDX Twin]

1 minute ago, cHawk said:

I have a feeing our offense is about to go off today.

Hasn't it been a little off for the last few games?

[Jocko87]

Just now, PDX Twin said:

Aren't ideal leadoff batters suppose to take a few pitches to let the following hitters see the pitchers' stuff?

Unless they get something to hit 101.5.

[OvertheHill]

Just now, PDX Twin said:

Aren't ideal leadoff batters suppose to take a few pitches to let the following hitters see the pitchers' stuff?

That’s how I was taught the game. 

[Jocko87]

I love the Gallo arm in the outfield.

[OvertheHill]

Pretty clean by Miranda. Maybe the start of a positive trend. 

[stringer bell]

Tight zone. As long as he’s consistent. 

[OvertheHill]

Kim with the lost art of protecting the plate. 

[Jocko87]

2 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Tight zone. As long as he’s consistent. 

Amen brother 🤣

[stringer bell]

Good thing they got the DP. 

[Jocko87]

Just now, OvertheHill said:

Kim with the lost art of protecting the plate. 

He didn't go the other way. Still learning.

[PDX Twin]

Just now, OvertheHill said:

Kim with the lost art of protecting the plate. 

Arraez did it really well, but he didn't hit 40 HRs so the FO got rid of him.

[OvertheHill]

That was the most Miranda AB I’ve ever seen. 

[TFelton]

Going to Twins games in LA next week v Dodgers and Angels. How can I find out who is TV color guy for Twins that trip?  Wife likes Justin and wants to wear his jersey if he is there. 

[CRF]

17 minutes ago, cHawk said:

I have a feeing our offense is about to go off today.

I hope you're right, but I think it already went off...and nobody can find it.

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, OvertheHill said:

That was the most Miranda AB I’ve ever seen. 

But it wasnt strike 3 on an eye high FB

[mrtwinsfan]

Miranda,  Nice to see that Patience is still there,   And  Polanco,  is usually trying to hit that 3rd strike middle -left,  He was in Total Pull mode that whole a.b.,   Day off help ?

[rwilfong86]

Varland is looking good 

[rwilfong86]

10 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Arraez did it really well, but he didn't hit 40 HRs so the FO got rid of him.

And now a contact hitter is the one thing this team desperately needs 

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, rwilfong86 said:

Varland is looking good 

Can he Hit ?

[Robert Floren]

Strong pitching, no hits.  Not new.

[OvertheHill]

3 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

But it wasnt strike 3 on an eye high FB

My issue is less that he jumped on the 1st pitch, but more that he got something to drive  and he dribbled it out to short. Can’t barrel anything right now. He needs to work on that in St Paul me thinks 

[PDX Twin]

1 minute ago, rwilfong86 said:

And now a contact hitter is the one thing this team desperately needs 

Yup. Or maybe two. I'm glad to have a few homeruns, but the strikeouts are really frustrating. And the homeruns mostly going to be solo blasts if no one can get on base.

[Squirrel]

13 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Arraez did it really well, but he didn't hit 40 HRs so the FO got rid of him.

Oh come on. The FO didn’t ‘get rid of him’. They traded him. Like the trade or not but let’s stop with this kind of inflammatory rhetoric

[Parfigliano]

Nuts!

[PDX Twin]

2 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Oh come on. The FO didn’t ‘get rid of him’. They traded him. Like the trade or not but let’s stop with this kind of inflammatory rhetoric

Not inflammatory at all. They got rid of him, deciding that he was expendable in order to get a good starting pitcher. We can't know what other deals were possible or whether Arraez was unwilling to extend or all the other things that were going on behind the scenes. But the fact is they got rid of him. 

I haven't made it a secret that I hate boring baseball, and that's what the FO's computer says they have to do. That's one reason MLB changed the rules this year to try to encourage less boring baseball. But the Twins are still playing tactically by the old rules. I can hope that they will adapt and go to more of a speed-, fielding-, and contact-based approach next year. If you disagree with me, you can hope that they look for more "true outcome" players and enjoy homerun derby. All a matter of taste.

[Aggies7]

How much better would the twins be if correa could just put up his average numbers?