Game Thread: Orioles (Irvin) v Twins (Ober), 7/7 @ 7:10pm CT

[Rik19753]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I'm skeptical of anyone thinking Castro was going to be something, the front office included.

But hey, it worked out so good for them.

Hey, they signed him and selected him for the opening day roster, didn't they?

If we're going to complain about them letting go of guys like Coulombe, we need to give them credit for signing guys like Castro and Brock Stewart.

Castro is really looking like a quality asset. I love that his plate discipline has been improving recently. If he can maintain his 7.0% BB rate (career rate is 5.0%), with his speed and defensive versatility, he is going to be a very good utility player.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Leave it to a Twins player to hurt themselves because they can't run to first base without stumbling.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Just now, Rik19753 said:

Hey, they signed him and selected him for the opening day roster, didn't they?

If we're going to complain about them letting go of guys like Coulombe, we need to give them credit for signing guys like Castro and Brock Stewart.

Castro is really looking like a quality asset. I love that his plate discipline has been improving recently. If he can maintain his 7.0% BB rate (career rate is 5.0%), with his speed and defensive versatility, he is going to be a very good utility player.

Oh, I'm not ripping them for the likes of Coulombe, either. Teams pick up and lose players who turn into something for a few minutes all the time; as long as it all washes out close to even, I don't get worked up about it either way.

[Danchat]

This is now two straight years of Correa being generally terrible with runners on base...

[jkcarew]

5 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I'm skeptical of anyone thinking Castro was going to be something, the front office included.

But hey, it worked out so good for them.

Him or Gordon in 2024? They’re both signed, but which sticks?

Maybe neither?

[Squirrel]

30 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

Regardless…bless her heart for trying. My mother and grandmother were HUGE Twins fans. I’m not at all sure if they would have even tried to engage today’s technology, however.

I set up her MLB app on her TV and showed her how to use it (she’s out of market), but she figured out the AppleTV thing all on her own

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

Him or Gordon in 2024? They’re both signed, but which sticks?

Maybe neither?

Oh boy, I don't even know how to answer that. Right now, probably Castro but there's still quite a bit of baseball left to play in 2023.

[Squirrel]

Wow, the pitcher warming up for the O’s is huuuuge

[Brock Beauchamp]

Duran locking guys up.

[Squirrel]

Didn’t that happen to Kepler not that long ago?

[stringer bell]

It has happened a couple times to the Twins, usually looking like the runner was inside the line. This play easily could have gone the other way. 

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

It has happened a couple times to the Twins, usually looking like the runner was inside the line. This play easily could have gone the other way. 

Bad throw by Duran

[jkcarew]

Battle of the domination (and large) closers now.

[Squirrel]

I hate these announcers … worse than Bremer with these long shots

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Did we win yet?

[Squirrel]

Ugh. Hate extras.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

3rd out caught stealing?! Arrgh!

[Squirrel]

And that’s the game and why Duran isn’t an All-Star

[jkcarew]

101 mph fastball and 99 mph splitter. But we feel the need to go with the 88mph curve.

[Rik19753]

6 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

And that’s the game and why Duran isn’t an All-Star

Agree that the game is over. But that is unfair to Duran. Even the best relievers give up runs.

[Dave Borton]

Mop up man is in.

 

[mnfireman]

Why is Vazquez hitting instead of Jeffers??

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, mnfireman said:

Why is Vazquez hitting instead of Jeffers??

amen

[Richie the Rally Goat]

[9moons27]

I guess a closer can go 2 innings without blowing up.

[jkcarew]

Not one off-speed pitch in the 10th from Bautista.

Because why would you?

[jkcarew]

1 minute ago, 9moons27 said:

I guess a closer can go 2 innings without blowing up.

Didn’t blow up. Got hurt on two curve balls. Why? Why? Why?

[Squirrel]

16 minutes ago, Rik19753 said:

Agree that the game is over. But that is unfair to Duran. Even the best relievers give up runs.

Agreed that relievers do give up runs. He’s young, and still phenomenal, but has blown a few games this year and why he’s not an ALL-Star.

[insagt1]

Ober was great again...was not rewarded. Mullins with a highlight reel catch against Buck. O's really wanted to win this one and didn't trust anyone to close it out but Bautista, who pitched 2 full innings. O's now just 1 back of TB in the loss column. TB really slumping at the moment.

Neither team did much hitting tonite. The pitching was pretty good.

(Arraez was 1-4 dropping him to .384..thought he might get to the ASG at .390, but guess not)

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

54 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

What's he playing?

 

I can't tell...