Cubs (Smyly) vs Twins (Gray): 5/12/23 7:10pm, Apple TV+

[sampleSizeOfOne]

What i miss?

[CoastiePilot08]

Jax has to be leading the team in negative WPA right?

[Kummel]

Twins finally have a tremendous starting rotation, the paltry offense keeps wasting the fine starts!

[rwilfong86]

Just now, CoastiePilot08 said:

Jax has to be leading the team in negative WPA right?

And blown saves i would imagine?

[h2oface]

48 minutes ago, h2oface said:

And Alcala warming. Offense needs to score about 5 more runs.

Well..... 4. Nope. Make that 5 again, then. Last chance.

[minnesotacubsfan]

2 hours ago, IndianaTwin said:

I’m not big on mushrooms, but their leadoff man seems to be a fun guy. 

Morel was hitting the snot out of the ball at AAA Iowa. If he continues to hit in the big leagues......

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

I saw someone refer to it as the American League Comedy Central

Funny because its true

[Beast]

I get the bullpen is largely a crap shoot.  But, the guys they keep running out there just stink.

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

What i miss?

Same thing as me with no Apple TV

[mrtwinsfan]

 American League Comedy Central,       Perfect Analogy!!!!!!!!!

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Beast said:

I get the bullpen is largely a crap shoot.  But, the guys they keep running out there just stink.

It looked like we had something early on with duran being set up by thielbar/jax and then lopez. Kind of in tatters now

[LewFordLives]

1 minute ago, Beast said:

I get the bullpen is largely a crap shoot.  But, the guys they keep running out there just stink.

The biggest mistake of the off-season was not getting another arm for the bullpen. There were guys available for reasonable prices.

[CoastiePilot08]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

It looked like we had something early on with duran being set up by thielbar/jax and then lopez. Kind of in tatters now

Jax should not see any high leverage situations 

[CoastiePilot08]

Just now, LewFordLives said:

The biggest mistake of the off-season was not getting another arm for the bullpen. There were guys available for reasonable prices.

We had Coloumbe!

[USAFChief]

Ignoring the bullpen this past winter looked really bad to me at the time, and looks worse and worse every day.

 

[OvertheHill]

Jax feels like the new Pagan 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

5 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Same thing as me with no Apple TV

What about banana tv?

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, LewFordLives said:

The biggest mistake of the off-season was not getting another arm for the bullpen. There were guys available for reasonable prices.

Bullpen has been Crappy lately,   Hey Offense how about giving them a off night once in a while ?  Hard to be Perfect every time in,  

[CoastiePilot08]

2 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

I cannot go to school today?

What?

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, CoastiePilot08 said:

Jax should not see any high leverage situations 

The list of guys who shouldnt see high leverage situations grows longer while the list of guys who should shrinks.

That could prove problematic in the future.

[minnesotacubsfan]

close game guys, closer than I'd like.

 

see ya tomorrow

 

 

[h2oface]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Bullpen has been Crappy lately,   Hey Offense how about giving them a off night once in a while ?  Hard to be Perfect every time in,  

Very true. But 5 runs in 3.2 innings? 

[LewFordLives]

Yennier Cano has yet to give up a run for the Orioles. You gotta wonder if there's a problem with pitching from an organizational standpoint. Did Cano make adjustments on his own, or did the Orioles see something.

[h2oface]

Sonny Gray gets deGrom'd.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Parfigliano said:

The list of guys who shouldnt see high leverage situations grows longer while the list of guys who should shrinks.

That could prove problematic in the future.

Pagan is working his way into the picture

[USAFChief]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

Pagan is working his way into the picture

Which, in and of itself, is telling. And not in a particularly good way.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Joe Ryan better pitch a shutout tomorrow or we have virtually no chance of winning.  And a shutout might not be good enough. 

Sigh!

[Aggies7]

Land of 10,000 rakes. That had some staying power didn’t it

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, h2oface said:

Sonny Gray gets deGrom'd.

As a Met fan I get that reference.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Just now, CoastiePilot08 said:

Game summary:

Starter pitches well. 
 

offense does little. Best hitters prove incompetent. 
 

bullpen blows late lead. 
 

copy + paste for 50-60 more games. 

Sad, but probably a lot of truth to that statement.