Game Thread: Twins (Lopez) v Guardians (Bibee), 6/1/23 @ 6:40 CT

[AceWrigley]

8 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Kepler with a Migrane,  Hope he wasent reading  Twins Daily on them i pads

He was checking his stats.

[cHawk]

Well, uh, it looks like I missed quite a game.

[Jocko87]

Team game, that.

[AceWrigley]

6 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I get why it happened and it's the absolute right move but subbing Jeffers for Vazquez as a pinch-runner is objectively hilarious.

Fresh legs I guess.

[Montdak]

Good job Castro but it’s Polo.  And Royce in the prior inning. 

[Parfigliano]

4 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I get why it happened and it's the absolute right move but subbing Jeffers for Vazquez as a pinch-runner is objectively hilarious.

Dont know how old you are BUT here goes....remember you could buy those little turtles  in stores...my money is on La Tortuga J for the win

[Longdistancetwins]

Confession time: I quit watching with Pablo’s meltdown!  But I came back in the 9th and am still in shock!

[wabene]

Fresh blood when it was sorely needed. 

[PseudoSABR]

Come back wins build character. Team depth shows up again.

[Parfigliano]

5 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

or blizzards.

Twinkie Blizzard.  Alert the DQ Suits

[tony&rodney]

4 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

More accurately, you need a dose of both. Contact without power leads to the worst OPS in baseball and one of the lowest runs scored in baseball. Teams need power in today's game and with power comes strikeouts.

Cleveland is struggling without any power. Still I do believe the Twins need more of what we saw in Castro's at bat, which is contact when called for. Willi took a very measured short cut to loft the ball to the middle of the field. Also, full long crazy swings with two strikes is a pretty low percentage play. I always felt that I could get a whiff or weak out when I got a batter swinging too hard at my crappy two strike pitches. We see it too often with several Twins this year. 

[AceWrigley]

2 minutes ago, PseudoSABR said:

Come back wins build character. Team depth shows up again.

And I like that it was against the I n d i a n s Guardians. Stomp em while we can.

[Brock Beauchamp]

5 minutes ago, AceWrigley said:

Fresh legs I guess.

Jeffers is quite a bit faster.

[Schmoeman5]

There was some rumblings about this team and how they lacked heart. These guys came back tonight. And with little support from the superstars. That a good win for them

[AceWrigley]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Jeffers is quite a bit faster.

Yeah, Vazquez runs like he's going the wrong way on one of those airport people movers.

[Brock Beauchamp]

4 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Cleveland is struggling without any power. Still I do believe the Twins need more of what we saw in Castro's at bat, which is contact when called for. Willi took a very measured short cut to loft the ball to the middle of the field. Also, full long crazy swings with two strikes is a pretty low percentage play. I always felt that I could get a whiff or weak out when I got a batter swinging too hard at my crappy two strike pitches. We see it too often with several Twins this year. 

The thing is that the team wasn't built to be so strikeout-heavy. Miranda isn't a K fiend under good circumstances, neither is Correa. Those are just two examples of players that have wildly underperformed to date. There are others.

And there are guys like Kirilloff who are not strikeout-heavy, either. This roster has shifted into whiff-heavy, it wasn't really built that way.

[wabene]

Another great game at the plate for the natural, AK

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, AceWrigley said:

Yeah, Vazquez runs like he's going the wrong way on one of those airport people movers.

Okay, I laughed out loud.

[mnfireman]

1 hour ago, CoastiePilot08 said:

Strike 2 and 3 were balls. 

Baseball Savant shows a very good game called by the HP ump, only a couple missed calls - borderline strikes called balls. Do not use MLB Gameday to see how an ump is doing, Baseball Savant is way better, despite what others may say.

[stringer bell]

3 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Jeffers is quite a bit faster.

Vázquez is one of the very slowest runners in baseball. Jeffers is better by over a foot per second, still below average. 

[2wins87]

4 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Jeffers is quite a bit faster.

The funny part is that it is is true while Jeffers is still like the 2nd or 3rd slowest on the team

[mrtwinsfan]

would like to see Sonny Gray win pitcher of the month,   And he had 5 starts without a win,   theres a Talker ?????

[LewFordLives]

Maybe the appearance of Royce Lewis will motivate Correa to get it together.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Vázquez is one of the very slowest runners in baseball. Jeffers is better by over a foot per second, still below average. 

Oh yeah, they're both slow, which is why I found the substitution hilarious.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, LewFordLives said:

Maybe the appearance of Royce Lewis will motivate Correa to get it together.

I don't really think Carlos Correa, one of the best players in baseball over the past eight years, needs motivation. He's just struggling, let's not make this a work ethic issue.

[mnfireman]

3 minutes ago, 2wins87 said:

The funny part is that it is is true while Jeffers is still like the 2nd or 3rd slowest on the team

Catcher running for catcher, saves a bench player for later if needed.

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I don't really think Carlos Correa, one of the best players in baseball over the past eight years, needs motivation. He's just struggling, let's not make this a work ethic issue.

i trust Correa to figure it out, alot more than either Buxton and to some extent Kepler and Gallo

[stringer bell]

Heroes—Lewis, Solano, Castro, Vázquez, Pagán, Jax and designated runner Billy Hamilton Ryan Jeffers. 

[2wins87]

1 minute ago, mnfireman said:

Catcher running for catcher, saves a bench player for later if needed.

It was actually the only bench move left. It's a good thing Castro hit it in the air though because Jeffers probably isn't scoring on a ground ball anywhere in the infield.

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

i trust Correa to figure it out, alot more than either Buxton and to some extent Kepler and Gallo

I view those players very differently.

Correa will figure it out unless he's injured or old.

Buxton will figure it out unless he's injured.

Gallo is a volatile player but is still pretty good.

Kepler will never figure it out.