Twins 9, Royals 3: Twins Turn Back the Royals on Independence Day

[jmlease1]

1 hour ago, wabene said:

There is another excellent, wide ranging game recap by Dan Hayes behind the paywall at The Athletic.

https://theathletic.com/4666653/2023/07/04/twins-max-kepler-royals-zack-greinke/

In it the Twins talk about changing their IL routine and how they will have players go on rehab stints at St Paul to get dialed in enough to actually help the big club upon return. Ya think? 

This FO seems to miss the simple things and react very slowly. 

I think a lot of teams have handled veterans coming back from injury the same way, though. There's frequently deference to the veteran player (especially position players) in coming back from an injury on whether they go out on a rehab assignment. I also wonder if there's any rules about it in the CBA? For the Twins it's going to be easier to convince a guy to go down on a rehab assignment when they can just slide over to Saint Paul for a week, another potential advantage to having their AAA affiliate on the opposite end of a light rail line.

This is one of those clubhouse management aspects. Easy for us to say "Go down to the minors for a week or two and get your timing back", but some of the veterans might easily respond with "I'm a professional, I'm ready to go, I don't need that, stop wasting my time." How you manage your way through those potential conflicts will matter.

[Eephus]

I liked the at bats in the 7th inning. Clutch Kiriloff hit. Somewhat dismayed when Witgren then went walk, Hbp, walk and up comes Vazquez. First pitch ball. Vazquez then swings at a pitch out of the strike zone. 😒

[wabene]

1 hour ago, jmlease1 said:

I think a lot of teams have handled veterans coming back from injury the same way, though. There's frequently deference to the veteran player (especially position players) in coming back from an injury on whether they go out on a rehab assignment. I also wonder if there's any rules about it in the CBA? For the Twins it's going to be easier to convince a guy to go down on a rehab assignment when they can just slide over to Saint Paul for a week, another potential advantage to having their AAA affiliate on the opposite end of a light rail line.

This is one of those clubhouse management aspects. Easy for us to say "Go down to the minors for a week or two and get your timing back", but some of the veterans might easily respond with "I'm a professional, I'm ready to go, I don't need that, stop wasting my time." How you manage your way through those potential conflicts will matter.

You would think a walk back to the dugout to don the Golden Sombrero would help in convincing them.

[dogsday]

17 hours ago, jkcarew said:

Fwiw…Orioles now 6-10 in their last 16. Run differential down to +13. Then come the A’s.

The schedule is soft all July. Perfect situation for the FO to misjudge what this team is heading to the trade deadline.

I know I'd have felt better if the Royals swept the Twins and Greinke struck out maybe 25 batters in 4 perfect innings.😜 

[JD-TWINS]

23 hours ago, William K Johnson said:

Enough with the Miranda experiment at third.   Castro/Farmer there until Lewis returns.

He gets one - maybe two more starts. Slow grounders to 2B & pop ups in the infield are no way to work your way back into the line-up. Errors and wild throws over 3-4 games don’t help either.

Gotta let Castro & Farmer cover 3B and get Wallner in Miranda’s spot after the break.

[DJL44]

16 hours ago, JD-TWINS said:

Gotta let Castro & Farmer cover 3B and get Larnach in Miranda’s spot after the break.

FTFY