Game Thread: Twins (Varland) v Blue Jays (Gausman), 7:10 CT, 5/26/23

[Dave Borton]

MAT 6 Ks in last 8 ABs. Something is wrong.

[Aggies7]

5 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_In_Texas said:

At what point do we find a new hitting. Coach? 

Sad part is they have two hitting coaches AND an assistant hitting coach.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 minute ago, danielp19653 said:

The more I watch the twins the more impressed I am they've won this many games, the approach at the plate is atrocious. Swinging at more balls in the dirt than they watch and watching more balls in the zone than they swing at.

Their minor leaguers are struggling too. It’s gotta be a system thing. Sometimes good coaching is less coaching but i don’t know what’s going on here 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Group hug for de Leon

[wsnydes]

4 minutes ago, cHawk said:

Way too much ice for that cocktail!  

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, davidborton said:

MAT 6 Ks in last 8 ABs. Something is wrong.

Tired , and it shows,  , 

[h2oface]

No bounce. Apparently Correa has figured out it gets there faster if he doesn't bounce it. I hope.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Couple of nifty dp’s tonight 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

No bounce. Apparently Correa has figured out it gets there faster if he doesn't bounce it. I hope.

Any coaches out here, who actually spend time firing one-hoppers at fielders? I would have loved if my T-ball coach had done that for me 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

2 minutes ago, h2oface said:

No bounce. Apparently Correa has figured out it gets there faster if he doesn't bounce it. I hope.

It’s kind of a strategy for not throwing wildly, but much harder to handle 

[I wish the twins were good]

29 minutes ago, I wish the twins were good said:

I'm not usually one of these Rocco haters but he needs to stop pinch hitting Willi freaking Castro for any player that can actually hit. I don't care if he gives you some slight platoon advantage on paper. Kirilloff is a far better hitter and now you're stuck with Castro in the lineup for the rest of the game.

And now we could have potentially had Kirilloff up in a huge spot against a righty, but we get..... Castro.

[Dave Borton]

5 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Tired , and it shows,  , 

Yes, 46/50 games.

[danielp19653]

2 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

It’s kind of a strategy for not throwing wildly, but much harder to handle 

Yeah I don't hate the bounce, you pretty much guarantee every ball is catchable. If you misfire high it's a short hop or knee high instead of in right field and and a long hop is no harder than a throw across chest high.

[Parfigliano]

Just tired of Dick saying right on that pitch when middle-middle is fouled straight back.  Right on it would go screaming forward.

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, davidborton said:

Yes, 46/50 games.

#  should read 30--50

[Aggies7]

I usually don’t get this disinterested and turned off to the twins until about mid-late august

[h2oface]

2 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Any coaches out here, who actually spend time firing one-hoppers at fielders? I would have loved if my T-ball coach had done that for me 

I wasn't my boys' coach, but I would play catch with them all the way through Pony League (maybe it was Babe Ruth League), and bounce it with a short hop all the time. They asked for it, too. Good practice.

[Danchat]

3 minutes ago, I wish the twins were good said:

And now we could have potentially had Kirilloff up in a huge spot against a righty, but we get..... Castro.

Thanks for the jinx!

[MABB1959]

When was Buxtons last HR?

[PDX Twin]

Unfortunately. Buxton has trouble beating out fly balls and strikeouts, which is mostly what he hits.

[danielp19653]

Everybody apologize to Castro 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Just now, MABB1959 said:

When was Buxtons last HR?

Tomorrow? 

[Aggies7]

We’re so bad lol

[cHawk]

Loozah.

[OvertheHill]

The horror……..the horror 

[IndyTwinsFan]

Yet another game with a whole lot of gross incompetence at the plate, resulting in a loss.

Unfortunately, we've been saying that a lot recently.  And no apparent end in sight. 

[Aggies7]

[h2oface]

Twins show pop-up power to negate 9 walks. Not a great plan.

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

We’re so bad lol

A classic understatement. 

[h2oface]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

Clever graphic.