Game Thread: Twins (Ryan) @ Braves (Elder), 6/27/23 @ 6:20 CT

[Nine of twelve]

WTF?

[Mortimerkenny21]

Yuck.

[Parfigliano]

Just now, Parfigliano said:

Rut roh.  Trouble.

Insurmountable 2 run lead 3 batters in.

[RickOShea]

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your 2023 Minnesota Twins.

[mrtwinsfan]

6 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Why is Kepler hitting ahead of Royce?!

Rocco dont care about about what we think,  look at the order  L-R- ALL THE WAY TO THE 9TH SPOT

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

21 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

I remember when guys like Jim Perry, Dave Boswell, Brade Radke, etc. would have 'elbow soreness" and still take their turn or maybe miss a start.  Probably not the smartest thing to do, but they still went out and performed.

Radke pitched through a torn labrum in 2006 

[CRF]

They're just sitting on Ryan's FB...he needs to mix it up with some off speed stuff, or throw some inside and back them off.

[RickOShea]

Matt Olson has 80 strikeouts so far this season.  Joey Gallo has 80 strikeouts this season.

Matt Olson has played in 21 more games than Joey Gallo this  season.

[Mortimerkenny21]

Just now, RickOShea said:

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your 2023 Minnesota Twins.

I can't handle the truth. 

[jkcarew]

Well if there’s one thing we’ve learned so far…it’s that Matt Olson sucks.

[Aggies7]

 

“let me check the twins score”

[Parfigliano]

4 minutes ago, Winston Smith said:

Braves are on another level than the Twins.

Its like watching a little league team play a high school team that has 6 surefire MLB 1st round picks.

[kydoty]

Look forward to our playoff losing streak reaching 20 games this season.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

2 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Rocco dont care about about what we think,  look at the order  L-R- ALL THE WAY TO THE 9TH SPOT

I heard a radio interview not long ago. Having left-right staggered like that is a huge consideration for the Twins in creating the lineup. 

[CRF]

2 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Matt Olson has 80 strikeouts so far this season.  Joey Gallo has 80 strikeouts this season.

Matt Olson has played in 21 more games than Joey Gallo this  season.

Olson also has 25 homers and 60 RBI so far.

[Halsey Hall]

What a start!  

[RickOShea]

Just now, Parfigliano said:

Its like watching a little league team play a high school team that has 6 surefire MLB 1st round picks.

Yeah, and one of the kids' dad is the coach, cause he doesn't have a job and can have early practices.

[Craig Arko]

Guess these aren’t the Tiggers.

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, kydoty said:

Look forward to our playoff losing streak reaching 20 games this season.

Not going to even win this Broken Toys Division.

[mrtwinsfan]

Braves studied Ryan well , , Joes Learning  and wil learn from this,  Shout out to our hitters---- it is okay to show some fight here and start hitting the Friggin Ball

[Tlaker]

2 minutes ago, kydoty said:

Look forward to our playoff losing streak reaching 20 games this season.

Well… on a positive note, it won’t go to 20 games when they don’t make the playoffs?🤷‍♂️

[Jocko87]

On the bright side, only 4 runs there is kinda limiting the damage. 

[Marcos]

11 minutes ago, Winston Smith said:

Braves are on another level than the Twins.

Ya think?

[mrtwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, kydoty said:

Look forward to our playoff losing streak reaching 20 games this season.

     Gonna get ther ?

[mrtwinsfan]

Galloping Gallo

[Winston Smith]

1 minute ago, Marcos said:

Ya think?

Falvey running things versus Alex Anthopoulos running things.

[Parfigliano]

Vasquez swings at ball 4 twice to K.

[mrtwinsfan]

Vasquez  in TOTAL Pull mode,  w.t.f.

[CRF]

Rosario hasn't changed. He can hit, but he's a terrible defensive outfielder. He makes mistakes every game. 

[RickOShea]

Just now, Parfigliano said:

Vasquez swings at ball 4 twice to K.

At least it was 2 different pitches.