GAME THREAD: Minnesota Twins vs. Tampa Bay Rays; June 6th, 2023 at 5:40pm CST

[RickOShea]

On that obvious bunt, you got to throw in the direction of the hitter's head.  

[UpstateNewYorker]

Rays are impressive in all aspects.

[MABB1959]

37 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

In the dugout.

Any good reason?

[Dave Borton]

Molitor doing color on radio. Good insights which help see finer points of the game.

[mrtwinsfan]

Rays played Last Night in Boston,  Wondering if Twins got enough  Rest ?? 

[CRF]

TB is a damn good team from top to bottom, with a smart manager. They're pretty much clicking on all cylinders. They're gonna be tough to beat. 

[PDX Twin]

3 minutes ago, UpstateNewYorker said:

Rays are impressive in all aspects.

Isn't it amazing that they don't feel like they need to hit a homerun on every pitch? They scored three runs that inning without really hitting the ball hard, except for the foul ball triple.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

I was gonna predict the Twins take 2 of 3, cause wouldn’t that just be sumpin’ you wouldn’t expect, but now I revise that down to 1 of 3

[notoriousgod71]

Is it too much to ask to get some guys who can hit the ball? I don't enjoy watching 16k games if we hit six home runs. I certainly don't enjoy 16 k with one hit. I wonder what it would be like to have a guy like arraez. Nevermind.

[UpstateNewYorker]

3 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Isn't it amazing that they don't feel like they need to hit a homerun on every pitch? They scored three runs that inning without really hitting the ball hard, except for the foul ball triple.

They picked up Eflin as a free agent after seven seasons with the Phillies and, based on his 2023 stats, made him about 20% better,

[Craig Arko]

19 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Is that an Ides of March reference? Maybe a D Day reference? 

Yes.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Raley! Oh, no longer a Twin nm

[PDX Twin]

Sure glad we got rid of Raley!

[Mortimerkenny21]

Oooofffdahh! That's a bummer.

[PDX Twin]

Over/under on Twins' runs = 0.5.

Over/under on Twins' strikeouts = 13.5.

Enough for me tonight!

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 hour ago, Nine of twelve said:

The decision was probably made yesterday, or at the latest this morning. But there's no reason to announce the decision sooner than it needs to be announced.

Update, Provus said they just made the decision right before the game. 

[RickOShea]

 This looks like a tremendous mismatch between division leading teams.  We got 2 games to get on track.

[mrtwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, davidborton said:

Molitor doing color on radio. Good insights which help see finer points of the game.

 

[Marcos]

Laudner before game says there no reason Twins can’t take 2 of 3 from Rays…. Thank you sir. I did need a good chuckle.  But you just can’t get an unbiased assessment from that crew. 

[Nine of twelve]

1 minute ago, Marcos said:

Laudner before game says there no reason Twins can’t take 2 of 3 from Rays.

No reason we can't. But probably no reason we should.

[mrtwinsfan]

Well at least we know that No Twin will probably be Voted - Voted into the All Star Game, Might get a Pitcher or 2 ?? when the Manager picks 

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Well at least we know that No Twin will probably be Voted - Voted into the All Star Game, Might get a Pitcher or 2 ?? when the Manager picks 

You mean a current Twin. lol

[mrtwinsfan]

Varland deserved little better today, Give him the 7th Pleez

[Nine of twelve]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Varland deserved little better today, Give him the 7th Pleez

He's at 80 pitches. No need to overpitch the bullpen tonight. Doesn't hurt to let him at least open it up.

[Squirrel]

39 minutes ago, cHawk said:

It seems one of my meatballs went missing just before the meatball pitch. That's strange.

You lost your poor meatball when somebody sneezed

[mrtwinsfan]

One hard hit ball in 7 innings, Keep thinking after all these low hit games , Cant get any worse, And it does ,  Being a fan of these guys is ?????  4-20 Time and a walker with Johnny

[howeda7]

The White Sox will win this God Awful Division. Book it. 

[CRF]

41 minutes ago, notoriousgod71 said:

Is it too much to ask to get some guys who can hit the ball? I don't enjoy watching 16k games if we hit six home runs. I certainly don't enjoy 16 k with one hit. I wonder what it would be like to have a guy like arraez. Nevermind.

Dick just mentioned that Arraez is now at .401.

[IndyTwinsFan]

27 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Well at least we know that No Twin will probably be Voted - Voted into the All Star Game, Might get a Pitcher or 2 ?? when the Manager picks 

Gray and/or Ryan are our best bets, as of today.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

1 minute ago, CRF said:

Dick just mentioned that Arraez is now at .401.

First MLB-er to be batting over .400 in June since Chipper Jones in 2008