Game Thread: Twins (Ryan) v White Sox (Lynn), 7/21/23 @ 7:10 CT

[wsnydes]

Edited July 21, 2023 by wsnydes
Added White Sox lineup.

[wsnydes]

The Correa day off thing clearly didn't work.  No more off days for him.

[Mike Sixel]

Gallo in center! Looking for offense......

[ashbury]

18 hours without Internet and Chez Ashbury be like:

[Parfigliano]

2 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

Gallo in center! Looking for offense......

If they were looking for offense Buxton would not be DH. Unfortunately he is.  Again.

[wsnydes]

40 minutes ago, ashbury said:

18 hours without Internet and Chez Ashbury be like:

But Pa, when will the internet be back?!?!

[wabene]

Rocco is sneaking Buxton down the order one spot at a time hoping he won't notice.

[IaBeanCounter]

Is Keuchel's opt out date today or next Friday?

[wabene]

Today

[ashbury]

4 hours ago, wsnydes said:

But Pa, when will the internet be back?!?!

When the good lord says it's time, he will send us a sign and... oh look there's the AT&T truck!

[ashbury]

18 minutes ago, wabene said:

Rocco is sneaking Buxton down the order one spot at a time hoping he won't notice.

Give him a few more days.  10th would be about high enough to suit me at present.

[msukirbycarew]

Time for Buck to break out of the slump today against the Sox.   Just focus on making contact and the woeful sox defense will do the rest.  Hopefully Ryan keeps the ball in the park and returns to the brilliance he was flashing earlier.

[IaBeanCounter]

This is a big series for Chicago.  If they lose the series the will certainly be sellers at the trade deadline.  If they win the series they will still have hope.  Hoping the Twins can take care of business at home and win the series.

[RpR]

Chicago took a series from Atlanta drubbing them 8-1 in the last game.

They are not woeful.

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

Gallo in Center is interesting.  If the defense is palatable, he is pretty big upgrade to with the bat over Taylor whose bat has gone extremely cold.  

[Schmoeman5]

25 minutes ago, RpR said:

Chicago took a series from Atlanta drubbing them 8-1 in the last game.

They are not woeful.

See post.  It says woeful Sox defense

[wsnydes]

Added Pale Hose lineup above.

[RpR]

32 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

See post.  It says woeful Sox defense

Winning 8-1 is not a woeful defense.

[USAFChief]

2 hours ago, ashbury said:

18 hours without Internet and Chez Ashbury be like:

A more recent pic:

 

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

A more recent pic:

 

The Chief family Christmas card is looking good this year!

[wsnydes]

13 minutes ago, RpR said:

Winning 8-1 is not a woeful defense.

Since we're cherry picking, what about 12-3, 16-6 and 13-9 losses?

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Since we're cherry picking, what about 12-3, 16-6 and 13-9 losses?

Woeful pitching. 

Duh

 

[Schmoeman5]

10 minutes ago, RpR said:

Winning 8-1 is not a woeful defense.

OK 👍 Maybe White Sox pitchers struck out 27. Watch mlb. The Sox aren't good defensively. Especially when it's so Important to you. You know. Like max. Greatest right fielder in mlb history. An 8-1 drubbing doesn't mean they filled the highlights with defensive gems. Maybe. I didn't see the game.

[Schmoeman5]

8 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Since we're cherry picking, what about 12-3, 16-6 and 13-9 losses?

Nah. They lost those due to the fact they left too many guys on base. Just couldn't get that timely hit. The defense was impeccable 

[USAFChief]

I have to admit I didn't see Gallo in CF as very likely.

At least they're trying to squeeze more offense out of the lineup. 

Hopefully Wallner proves an upgrade to MAT. 

 

[ashbury]

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

A more recent pic:

 

Mrs Ash and I see now that we should have been more specific when we asked the realtor to find us a rustic home.

Or perhaps we failed to proofread carefully, and typed in "rusty."

[IndyTwinsFan]

3 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

If they were looking for offense Buxton would not be DH. Unfortunately he is.  Again.

But he's batting sixth, instead of third, so that's an improvement. Kind of, sort of.

[RpR]

1 hour ago, wsnydes said:

Since we're cherry picking, what about 12-3, 16-6 and 13-9 losses?

Twins have been blown out, is our defense woeful?

Plus, the 8-1 was not long ago.

[wsnydes]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Twins have been blown out, is our defense woeful?

I'm not arguing a point either way, only that one game out of 98 hardly proves your point.  

[RpR]

5 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

I'm not arguing a point either way, only that one game out of 98 hardly proves your point.  

How did the Twins do against Atlanta, how many victories?