Game Thread: Twins (Maeda) v Tigers (Olson), 8/16/23 @ 12:10 CT

[USAFChief]

Kenta the magician 

[ewen21]

All this talk about Gallo.  He is a one year rental and we all pretty much agree that he needed to be DFA'd weeks ago.

 

How about Buxton?

https://www.startribune.com/byron-buxton-likely-out-of-the-twins-lineup-until-september-rocco-baldelli/600297521/

Evidently, his return is "not imminent" and we have five more years of this!

 

By all means....slam Gallo.  He is dreadful.  HOWEVER, we need to have a conversation about Buxton and this should not be deemed what Jim Souhan called "cork sniffing" fans being snooty.  This guy was supposed to be a core player

[SwainZag]

A lot of 1st inning pitches, but great recovery Kenta!  

[Jocko87]

Tough read for Julien.

[RickOShea]

Just now, Jocko87 said:

Tough read for Julien.

He's a very good hitter with a poor baseball IQ.

[USAFChief]

e

 

Well that de-escalated quickly.

[Jocko87]

Just now, RickOShea said:

He's a very good hitter with a poor baseball IQ.

That may be true but I don't think that's what happened on that play.  When a curve ball is spiked 55 feet the proper play is to lean forward, not back. 

[stringer bell]

Julien may have made the most outs on the bases since he's been called up.

[Mortimerkenny21]

That a way Royce!!

[Jocko87]

Beautiful swing Royce.

[USAFChief]

Who's this Lewis kid? Waiver pick up?

[Jocko87]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Who's this Lewis kid? Waiver pick up?

Just like making a trade™️

[USAFChief]

3 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

That may be true but I don't think that's what happened on that play.  When a curve ball is spiked 55 feet the proper play is to lean forward, not back. 

It's never proper to put yourself in the position of getting picked off. You lean forward enough to not get picked.

[stringer bell]

Greedy--without the pickoff, it would have been a crooked number. 

Realistic--hey we got a run off a guy we've struggled to hit.

[Jocko87]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

It's never proper to put yourself in the position of getting picked off. You lean forward enough to not get picked.

Be Aggressive!  Oh no, not like that.

Its a 1 in 50 or 100 that the catcher gets it clean in position to throw. I'll pick nits but not with that one.

[stringer bell]

Too many pitches out of the strike zone for MaeKen.

[Jocko87]

Speaking of aggressive, Miggy lol

 

[RickOShea]

Oh yeah, Keppler was really surprised!

[wsnydes]

"Wheels" Cabrera...

[Jocko87]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Oh yeah, Keppler was really surprised!

Speaking of Kepler getting surprised, did he miss the back half of a double steal again last night?  Can't be getting surprised like that.

[Mortimerkenny21]

3 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

Speaking of aggressive, Miggy lol

 

He must be having a lot of fun out there. Good for him!

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

Speaking of Kepler getting surprised, did he miss the back half of a double steal again last night?  Can't be getting surprised like that.

Possibly. Hard to know as the trail runner when the lead runner goes on his own. 

[rwilfong86]

16 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

He's a very good hitter with a poor baseball IQ.

He's made so many mistakes like that, growing pains for a young player

[Robert Floren]

Why does Vasquez smear greese on his helmet?

[Jocko87]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Possibly. Hard to know as the trail runner when the lead runner goes on his own. 

Its a read he has to make, at least thats what the story was last time. 

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

He's made so many mistakes like that, growing pains for a young player

The disappointing part of that is that most of the mistakes should be ironed out in the minors.  They aren't "welcome to the big leagues" type errors. 

[stringer bell]

Hey, more hits than last time they faced this guy!

[Jocko87]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

The disappointing part of that is that most of the mistakes should be ironed out in the minors.  They aren't "welcome to the big leagues" type errors. 

He can atone here.

[Mike Sixel]

I totally had those three getting back to back to back singles on my bingo card....totally.

[NotAboutWinning]

Way to string those hits together!