Game Thread: Twins (Ryan) v Tigers (Vest), 6/16/23 @ 7:10 CT

[OptimisticTwinsFan]

Also Ryan's velocity is down about 2mph today and his stuff is a little less crisp than normal -- something to monitor.

[Riverbrian]

Just now, Steven Trefz said:

that fact has not escaped me either...Gray has to be fuming!  Ryan's been throwing way more meatballs tonight than Gray was yesterday...

Can't have a bullpen game going into a bullpen game. 

Ryan was going to have to tough it out. 

[Tlaker]

23 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

Ok

This team is worth following for much longer. 

Yes I know, since I have followed them from’61 on, but for the love of gawd this version is just flat awful!!

[cHawk]

7 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Spot on ,  Call me a old timer I always thought winning was more important than Pampering Certain  Players, 

I agree, but that's just how business works.

[OptimisticTwinsFan]

3 minutes ago, Steven Trefz said:

that fact has not escaped me either...Gray has to be fuming!  Ryan's been throwing way more meatballs tonight than Gray was yesterday...

I think there's a number of factors to consider there. I think in general a manager is going to keep in a pitcher who is throwing strikes versus one that isn't even if you could say both have had some command issues in different ways. Second, game score, it might have been different if the Twins were up and Rocco saw Ryan had below his average stuff/command for the day. 

[OvertheHill]

Buxton. Nothing. 

[Steven Trefz]

6 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

Can't have a bullpen game going into a bullpen game. 

Ryan was going to have to tough it out. 

Tigers will have three bullpen games in a row and win all three...

[Riverbrian]

1 minute ago, Tlaker said:

Yes I know, since I have followed them from’61 on, but for the love of gawd this version is just flat awful!!

Not really. 

If you followed them since 1961. You've seen awful. I'll take this over 50% of the years of our existence. 

[OptimisticTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, OvertheHill said:

Buxton. Nothing. 

To be fair he ripped 2 line drives 1 foot foul. 

[TWTwinsFan]

I think at this point,

Buxton is hurting this team, offensively and defensively

[Beast]

3 minutes ago, cHawk said:

I agree, but that's just how business works.

No, it doesn’t.  That’s how business fails.  You can see it happening right in front of your eyes.

[Riverbrian]

4 minutes ago, Steven Trefz said:

Tigers will have three bullpen games in a row and win all three...

Ok... But I should point out that they have only won 3 games since May 31. 

[RickOShea]

Just now, Beast said:

No, it doesn’t.  That’s how business fails.  You can see it happening right in front of your eyes.

Que Sera, Sera !

[TWTwinsFan]

when your DH strikes a ton in every circumstance

that's manager's fault to put him in the middle of the lineup

[mrtwinsfan]

Would using Artificial intelligence A.I.  As a manager be better or is that what we are using now with Rocco ? 😎 

[srjr19]

Take out Kiriloff's home run and the Twins have scored in 2 of their last 24 innings.  The talk is of inconsistent offense, whien in reality the offense is consistently bad.

[TWTwinsFan]

who's pitching top of the eighth?

Cole Sands?

[Riverbrian]

Well... I'm calling it a night. I'm not much for hanging around misery. 

Have fun... The Gasoline and the Matches are in the garage. 

Please turn the lights off after you burn the place down. 

 

[cHawk]

1 minute ago, Riverbrian said:

Well... I'm calling it a night. I'm not much for hanging around misery. 

Have fun... The Gasoline and the Matches are in the garage. 

Please turn the lights off after you burn the place down. 

I will have the fire extinguisher handy.

[RickOShea]

Just for kicks, I would like to see the Twins hitters go through the line-up just once, trying to make contact and forget the warning track power swings.  Just for kicks.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

3 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

Well... I'm calling it a night. I'm not much for hanging around misery. 

Have fun... The Gasoline and the Matches are in the garage. 

Please turn the lights off after you burn the place down. 

 

Protip.  Turn the lights off before you burn things. Flames look cooler in the dark.

[Dave Borton]

Buxton BA:

Last 7 games, 0.40. PA/K: 25/11
Last 15 games, .185. 54/19
Last 30 games, .187, 107/35

Talk about a boat anchor...

[RickOShea]

Geez, he only got a single. That's not very cool.

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Just for kicks, I would like to see the Twins hitters go through the line-up just once, trying to make contact and forget the warning track power swings.  Just for kicks.

Vasquez heard you

[cHawk]

"Taylor has some power in his bat."

No, Justin. No, he does not.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

And let's win this one just to spite RB for callin' it a night.

 

(I wasn't paying attention did he say knight? Making it a game would be thr chivalrous thing to do)

[OvertheHill]

1 minute ago, davidborton said:

Buxton BA:

Last 7 games, 0.40. PA/K: 25/11
Last 15 games, .185. 54/19
Last 30 games, .187, 107/35

Talk about a boat anchor...

And compounding that is the fact that he’s not being allowed to contribute in the field. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Just now, cHawk said:

"Taylor has some power in his bat."

No, Justin. No, he does not.

Maybe he is swinging a battery?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

27 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

Can't have a bullpen game going into a bullpen game. 

Ryan was going to have to tough it out. 

I'm confused. Should doing something a second time mean you're likely to do it better?

[IndyTwinsFan]

8 minutes ago, srjr19 said:

Take out Kiriloff's home run and the Twins have scored in 2 of their last 24 innings.  The talk is of inconsistent offense, whien in reality the offense is consistently bad.

We seem to be able to score runs in bunches, but the many innings in between those events are generally just a whole lot of absolutely nothing. 

That means that I basically agree that our offense is consistently bad.