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

[OvertheHill]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

That was a really bad PA from Gallo. I expect better from him, even if it still results in a K.

I wonder what it is with him. Sometimes he looks like he can work a pitcher, be selective, etc. Other times he's missing the ball by mile.

[Montdak]

Another one for Gallo.  Also on strikeouts there is never any moving the runner or getting a sac fly or having a chance to get on on an error.  Do all these fancy stats they come up with take note of that?

[CoastiePilot08]

1 minute ago, Schmoeman5 said:

10 min later and the negative vibe left. And they're all great again.

Jax is pitching now so…

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

That was a really bad PA from Gallo. I expect better from him, even if it still results in a K.

I said ill have Gallos back as long as he can stay above 200,    your right he is the Enigma in a ball uniform

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, Schmoeman5 said:

10 min later and the negative vibe left. And they're all great again.

Some of us were at the 50% mark and are still at the 50% mark. It's a few innings of a 162 game season. I do not understand why people get so up-and-down about baseball, it feels mentally unhealthy.

[CoastiePilot08]

Dude stop nibbling to the 9 batter 

[RickOShea]

Is there a prettier sight than seeing a white baseball nestle in the green grass behind the cf wall?

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

I said ill have Gallos back as long as he can stay above 200,    your right he is the Enigma in a ball uniform

If he's .200/.325/.500, I'm totally fine with that.

But it's pretty aggravating to watch.

But I kinda like Joey Gallo, with that said.

[OvertheHill]

That's not the first super awkward play covering 1st for Jax. Something to work on methinks.

[CoastiePilot08]

Just now, RickOShea said:

Is there a prettier sight than seeing a white baseball nestle in the green grass behind the cf wall?

That was a pretty swing 

[wabene]

4 minutes ago, 2wins87 said:

This Royce Lewis kid, could be something special.

Paired with AK. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, Montdak said:

Another one for Gallo.  Also on strikeouts there is never any moving the runner or getting a sac fly or having a chance to get on on an error.  Do all these fancy stats they come up with take note of that?

Several, yes. But the actual impact is a lot smaller than you think.

[CoastiePilot08]

Correa with the plantar facitis (sp?) flare up 

[CoastiePilot08]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

Several, yes. But the actual impact is a lot smaller than you think.

Not sure why people can’t figure out that if you bat .200 but hit 30 HRs, that’s more valuable. 
 

[wabene]

Kwan was befuddled 

[CoastiePilot08]

Good for Jax. Needed that. 
 

let’s walk these goobers off

[Parfigliano]

12 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

What recent game does this game resemble? I’d say it is a lot like yesterday’s except the balls are finding holes against the Twins. Cleveland put together an inning by finding holes aided most by López walking the first batter. Some games you aren’t meant to win. 
 

I’m wondering how many go on the IL. What a strange game baseball is sometimes. 

CLE put together an inning by making contact and not trying to reconstruct BOMBA.

[mrtwinsfan]

Jax   tonight you get a 

[Jocko87]

4 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Is there a prettier sight than seeing a white baseball nestle in the green grass behind the cf wall?

Depends on how it got there.

[RickOShea]

Just now, CoastiePilot08 said:

Not sure why people can’t figure out that if you bat .200 but hit 30 HRs, that’s more valuable. 
 

Tickets, baby!

Just now, wabene said:

Kwan was befuddled 

 

[Nine of twelve]

Just now, CoastiePilot08 said:

Good for Jax. Needed that. 

Also good for Pagan. Needed that too.

[wabene]

Clean as a whistle

[CoastiePilot08]

1 minute ago, Parfigliano said:

CLE put together an inning by making contact and not trying to reconstruct BOMBA.

Yeah and the twins tied it up with 3 swings 

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, CoastiePilot08 said:

Not sure why people can’t figure out that if you bat .200 but hit 30 HRs, that’s more valuable. 
 

And you can't hit into a double play if you don't put the ball in play.

There are a lot of reasons why batting average is so devalued in modern baseball.

And it's not because these guys* who run billion-dollar franchises are stupid about baseball.

*Kim Ng runs the Marlins so we should probably stop saying "guys" here, me included

[Jocko87]

Kudos Pagan.

[mrtwinsfan]

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

[RickOShea]

Kepler out with migraine.  I didn't know he had a history of migraines.  Hard to believe he tells the trainer/Rocco, that he has a bad headache, and its diagnosed as a migraine.  I had migraines as a kid, so I'm somewhat familiar,

[tony&rodney]

28 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Dunno, maybe. Maybe not. The most likely outcome is probably mediocrity but with variables like Correa, Miranda, Kirilloff, Buxton, Lewis, Wallner, et al in play, the ceiling should be pretty high.

I'm on the positive but wondering side too. I see upside in a bunch of spots: Jeffers, Kirilloff, Polanco, Lewis, Castro, Larnach, Wallner, Julien, and have hope for Buxton, Correa, Kepler, Gallo, Vasquez, Farmer, Taylor, and Miranda. That's just on the position side.

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, wabene said:

Clean as a whistle

Hey !!!!

[Vanimal46]

Just catching up… We’ve been waiting for over a decade to see a home grown super star. Royce Lewis could potentially be that guy.