Game Thread: Twins (Ryan) v Giants (DeSclafani) @ 12:10 CT, 5/24/23

[wsnydes]

Edited May 24, 2023 by wsnydes
Added Giants lineup.

[wsnydes]

No Correa again.  Anyone know anything more about this heel of his?

Here's to hoping that Wallner can get off the schneid!

[USAFChief]

How to determine if your offense blows:

1. Is Donovan Solano hitting third?

If yes, skip remainder of quiz.

 

[wsnydes]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

How to determine if your offense blows:

1. Is Donovan Solano hitting third?

If yes, skip remainder of quiz.

 

What if I want to take the rest of the quiz anyway?

[raindog]

52 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

What if I want to take the rest of the quiz anyway?

2. Is Willi Castro in the lineup?

[Jerr]

58 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

What if I want to take the rest of the quiz anyway?

I'd be careful of what you ask for....

[Squirrel]

I'm reminding you all not to drive this thread into a dumping ground, please. Yes, we are in frustrating times and being critical is warranted, but if you are going to post non-stop negativity beyond that, your posting privileges in this thread will be blocked.

[wsnydes]

3 minutes ago, Jerr said:

I'd be careful of what you ask for....

Sage advice, indeed!

I'm in a "living dangerously" mode this morning.

[Craig Arko]

1 hour ago, wsnydes said:

No Correa again.  Anyone know anything more about this heel of his?

Here's to hoping that Wallner can get off the schneid!

I read something that indicated it might be the weekend. Also curious about Gallo’s leg, and Kepler’s status.

[chpettit19]

1 hour ago, wsnydes said:

No Correa again.  Anyone know anything more about this heel of his?

Here's to hoping that Wallner can get off the schneid!

3 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

I read something that indicated it might be the weekend. Also curious about Gallo’s leg, and Kepler’s status.

Yeah, I believe they said it was "unrealistic" he'd be ready today, but they hope the off day tomorrow gives him enough time to be ready for the weekend. 

No idea what's up with Gallo. Hoping it's the same thought that give him (most of) today off, plus tomorrow, and he's back to 100ish% for the weekend. But I haven't seen any statements come out. A few days ago they mentioned Kepler was running at like 75% or something, but don't remember there being a timeline to his return.

We can't get to the end of the month quick enough. I need some Royce Lewis in my Twins life.

[ashbury]

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

How to determine if your offense blows:

1. Is Donovan Solano hitting third?

If yes, skip remainder of quiz.

 

Solano's on the roster because of his bat, not his glove.

Rocco forgot that the above logic is an indictment of the glove.  Not an endorsement of the bat.

Ah well.  It's time for the hitters to bust out against someone.  How about today.  Maybe today's the day DeSclafani goes fewer than 5 complete.

[MMMordabito]

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

How to determine if your manager blows:

1. Is Donovan Solano hitting third?

If yes, skip remainder of quiz.

 

FTFY

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

An underrated skill for dealing with uncomfortable quiz questions you don’t like (or internet posts you don’t like, or shaky #3 hitters, or emerging shortstop controversies) is to do nothing and keep scrolling

[MMMordabito]

Joe Ryan, please show us thy grace and keep thine pitch count low.

[CRF]

We need to salvage the finale today, because it's not getting any easier...the Jays are here next, and then we go to Hou. Back here for four with Cleve, then go to TB and to Toronto for the Jays again! We could be 10 games under .500 by the end of this stretch. Time to get some things straightened out and start winning games. 

[Parfigliano]

Go back to scoring Ryan some runs

[jkcarew]

In keeping with the spirit of positivity for this thread...

I just check Baseball Reference, and almost every guy in today's lineup has POSITIVE bWBR.

[HokieRif]

[HokieRif]

while i'm on Giphy - why isn't the gif lookup feature working?

[Squirrel]

1 minute ago, HokieRif said:

while i'm on Giphy - why isn't the gif lookup feature working?

Good question ... I'll have Brock look into it

[CRF]

SF has runners on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out in the 1st inning. Not a good way for Ryan to start. 

[Craig Arko]

34 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

An underrated skill for dealing with uncomfortable quiz questions you don’t like (or internet posts you don’t like, or shaky #3 hitters, or emerging shortstop controversies) is to do nothing and keep scrolling

Actually I sometimes find thinking about what makes me uncomfortable or non-liking. If I’m going to invest time it might as well be with the goal of sharpening my own priors.

[HokieRif]

Nice throw by Wallner.  That should make them think twice about trying to run on him.

[CRF]

Ryan might get out of the jam...2 out now. Fingers crossed. 

[CRF]

Just now, CRF said:

Ryan might get out of the jam...2 out now. Fingers crossed. 

Did it! Now let's score some runs!

[Craig Arko]

Well done, Joseph.

[Tlaker]

Julien!

[CRF]

That's the way!

[HokieRif]

[MMMordabito]

2 minutes ago, CRF said:

Did it! Now let's score some runs!

There's 1.  Need two more for Joe, and five for the pen.