Game Thread: Twins (Maeda) @ Royals (Yarbrough), 7/30/23 @ 1:10 CT

[CRF]

15 minutes ago, RpR said:

IS Gallo playing today; or is this Sunday whine?

Just my 2 cents. One guy should be on the roster...and one guy shouldn't. Signing Gallo was a mistake. 

[mrtwinsfan]

?  in heat like this  could Pete Maki   use a mound visit  and bring Water for the Pitcher, ?? 

[CRF]

Yeah, I think Kenta is wilting a little bit out there. I can't even imagine being out there when it's around 120 on the field. 

[mrtwinsfan]

Alright Twins ive seen enough of the right fielder today

[RpR]

24 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

? -- This is not your quote but it is difficult to remove the quote box.

 

[RickOShea]

I think gallo meets the criteria of a dead horse.

[rwilfong86]

Embarrassing performance.... again. 

[RickOShea]

Our BP stinks when they're healthy. Now we have a pitcher with a possible hand/finger injury and they're doing everything they can to keep him in the game. SMH.

[CRF]

Can we please get a few runs off this guy? Getting swept down in KC is embarrassing. 

[mrtwinsfan]

[Vanimal46]

This team is certainly doing their best to force Falvey’s hand to sell. I don’t know how you can possibly look at buying trades if we get swept by KC. 

[annismark]

How's this...of the 9 batters playing today, Buxton has the 3rd highest OPS. Yuck, what a lineup.

[RickOShea]

Smalley: "low pitch count, due to guys swinging early".

Translation:  "It's too hot and uncomfortable to be out here.  I'm just gonna go out and swing at anything I can".

[RickOShea]

I think Joaquin Phoenix is Wallner's double.

[Aggies7]

2 pages of comments! Reflects the play of the team these last 4-5 days

[Parfigliano]

Another nothing lefty making TC look the fool

[Aggies7]

10 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

This team is certainly doing their best to force Falvey’s hand to sell. I don’t know how you can possibly look at buying trades if we get swept by KC. 

The first 10 games after the break fooled some folks. Going 5-1 against Oakland and the white Sox ain’t worth a hill of beans 

[RpR]

That is why this team needs to keep Castro!

[mrtwinsfan]

6 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

I think Joaquin Phoenix is Wallner's double.

And Double the size,  your right he does

[Cris E]

Castro is a utility guy because he CAN make some great plays but he also makes some serious bonehead moves, and underlying this inconsistency his average performance is not that good.  He may improve, he's better than Gordon, but right now he's not a starter on a good team.

[mrtwinsfan]

   

[Vanimal46]

4 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

The first 10 games after the break fooled some folks. Going 5-1 against Oakland and the white Sox ain’t worth a hill of beans 

Yeah, it was nice to see the offense be okay for a stretch of time. The offense today is what I’ve seen more often that not over the first 90 games. 

Wouldn’t surprise me if we hear from Rosenthal and other National guys that The Twins are open for business after this game. 

[rwilfong86]

That meltdown against Seattle was the start of the downward spiral for the 2023 Minnesota Twins.

[Danchat]

Just checking in... 7 innings from Yarbrough, just one run... I was told at the start of the year that we'd be fine against lefties, but here we are, another game against a middling lefty and we get dominated. If only we knew that we'd need RH hitting help in the offseason... oh wait, we did.

Feels like Correa's hot streak is over, now he's back to being a sub .700 OPS hitter who is now the leadoff hitter. We had better hope he's a new hitting coach away from being back to himself again, or we are paying a lot of money to defense-first shortstop.

[Vanimal46]

Gotta love when a reliever with a 10.22 ERA mows down the top of our lineup with ease. 

[Tlaker]

14 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

2 pages of comments! Reflects the play of the team these last 4-5 days

Apathy…..if this organization doesn’t care, neither will I

[Danchat]

2 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Yeah, it was nice to see the offense be okay for a stretch of time. The offense today is what I’ve seen more often that not over the first 90 games. 

Wouldn’t surprise me if we hear from Rosenthal and other National guys that The Twins are open for business after this game. 

I don't think they're going to sell for prospects, the front office is going to do what they can to win the division this year to prevent from being fired. I don't think they can afford to have a third straight losing season.

That being said, they might opt to move a couple MLB players for other MLB players, like trading Gray or Maeda for RH hitting / moving an outfielder for a reliever.

[Aggies7]

Has a team ever been swept by another club with a winning percentage in the .270’s this late in the season? Lol

[mrtwinsfan]

100  percent - only a pull hitter,  Pitchers know it, and he falls for that pitch all the time,  Streak hitters  !!!

[Danchat]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Has a team ever been swept by another club with a winning percentage in the .270’s this late in the season? Lol

I'm sure it has happened several times, with how random baseball can be at times, but we are only a few ticks over .500...