Game Thread: Twins (Gray) v Mariners (Gilbert), 7/17/23 @ 8:40 CT

[Mortimerkenny21]

Yikes, they must really want to save the bullpen.

[Aggies7]

4 minutes ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

I'm guessing not a lot.  What contender really wants a guy who can go 4 or 5 innings and then completely fall apart at the blink of an eye?

Only a team that's extremely desperate, IMO.

Every contender will want a decent SP. Esp an All star. Look what the twins gave up last year when everyone knew they had no real shot.  Reds are loving spencer steer

[Schmoeman5]

1 minute ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

A little surprised Gray is back out there again.

A little?

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, Schmoeman5 said:

A little?

OK.  VERY surprised. 

I stand corrected. 

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, Schmoeman5 said:

A little?

I'm not.  He has his normal hiccup.  This time it was a big belch, but he did keep himself from upchucking.

[gunnarthor]

Sorry I'm late. So, this article didn't age well?

 

[stringer bell]

On Buxton, I guess the question is his health. Is he more injured than he was at the beginning of the season? The team knows--the trainer, the manager, etc.--and if he is as healthy or more so, there is no reason to expect that he won''t hit as he has the past few years if he's acceptably healthy. None of us fans know that answer. We've seen Buxton  slump and then get really hot and while it is frustrating to watch him slump, eventually things will even out. 

I will add that the slump may be deepened by being a DH. He's probably thinking too much. 

 

[LaBombo]

3 minutes ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

Yikes, they must really want to save the bullpen.

There's saving the bullpen, and then there's leaving the shrink wrap on the bullpen so you can return it without paying the re-stocking fee.

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, gunnarthor said:

Sorry I'm late. So, this article didn't age well?

 

 

[IndyTwinsFan]

3 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Every contender will want a decent SP. Esp an All star. Look what the twins did last year when everyone knew they had no real shot.

I don't necessarily disagree.  However, the potential "haul" gets smaller with each outing that goes like the recent ones, including this one.

[USAFChief]

Chalk that run up to Rocco.

[Mortimerkenny21]

2 minutes ago, LaBombo said:

There's saving the bullpen, and then there's leaving the shrink wrap on the bullpen so you can return it without paying the re-stocking fee.

Time to remove the shrink wrap.

[USAFChief]

7 minutes ago, Danchat said:

 Gray is by far the best rental piece out there, not counting Ohtani.

Giolito?

[RickOShea]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Giolito?

Who wants an Italian dessert?

[Parfigliano]

8 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Every contender will want a decent SP. Esp an All star. Look what the twins gave up last year when everyone knew they had no real shot.  Reds are loving spencer steer

Id love to have Steer

[USAFChief]

Just now, RickOShea said:

Who wants an Italian dessert?

Everyone?

[ashbury]

5 minutes ago, gunnarthor said:

Sorry I'm late. So, this article didn't age well?

 

It got pretty scathing reviews right and left, if I recall.

[IndyTwinsFan]

4 minutes ago, gunnarthor said:

Sorry I'm late. So, this article didn't age well?

 

I think it would be pretty hard to say that today.  Seemingly, in the last month or so, he's been unraveling right before our eyes.

[stringer bell]

Okay hitters, do some hitting. 

 

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Who wants an Italian dessert?

Rather have cannoli

[RickOShea]

I think sonny is still distraught about not being let to pitch 5 or more innings at the ASG.

[Mortimerkenny21]

Could've cranked out the taco sauce just a little bit sooner. Seemed to do the trick.

[RickOShea]

Just now, Parfigliano said:

Rather have cannoli

But, leave the gun.

[USAFChief]

The only thing I can figure is Cole Sands is in the witness protection program.

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

The only thing I can figure is Cole Sands is in the witness protection program.

Oh Cole, Cole, have you been threatening witnesses again?

[IaBeanCounter]

Can the bats bailout the SP for the 4th game in a row?

[Schmoeman5]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

The only thing I can figure is Cole Sands is in the witness protection program.

Possibly the witless protection program

[IndyTwinsFan]

10 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

I'm not.  He has his normal hiccup.  This time it was a big belch, but he did keep himself from upchucking.

And gave up another run, due in part to his continued inability to find the strike zone with something resembling a quality pitch.

[USAFChief]

Morneau: "Nice AB."

Chief: "PA"

[IndyTwinsFan]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

The only thing I can figure is Cole Sands is in the witness protection program.

With numbers like his, that's probably the safest place for him now.