Twins @ Reds 9/18/2023 5:40pm CT. Magic #5

[rwilfong86]

Ryan serving meatballs for dinner

[USAFChief]

Just now, RickOShea said:

I saw Gibson pitch several times in St Louis. he was the epitome of hard work, fear, and intimidation.

Nobody pimped a HR off Gibson more than once, guaranteed  

[mrtwinsfan]

Okay Twins your allowed to start hitting,  Big Time Home run park here

[GusGus11]

Can we stop having our catcher who cant hit start games that Lopez and Ryan start?

Vazquez is awful with the bat and shouldnt play regardless. But how bad both of those two are with him as their catcher is not a small sample size. There is a clear issue.

Stop starting our weaker catcher who doesnt gel with two of your better pitchers. Its simple stuff.

[rwilfong86]

I wonder if other teams take strike 3 right down the middle as much as the Twins do

[rwilfong86]

And another one right down the middle. Geeze.

[MABB1959]

Our hitters have a hard time working a count

[mrtwinsfan]

Hard to hit when we strike out looking as much as twins do,   Lead the league  by far,   Its Tragic

[RickOShea]

5 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

I wonder if other teams take strike 3 right down the middle as much as the Twins do

The Center city Bears in, whitehall, louisiana.

[USAFChief]

I wonder if hitters are picking up Ryans change. To me it looks like his motion slows.

[mrtwinsfan]

8 minutes ago, GusGus11 said:

Can we stop having our catcher who cant hit start games that Lopez and Ryan start?

Vazquez is awful with the bat and shouldnt play regardless. But how bad both of those two are with him as their catcher is not a small sample size. There is a clear issue.

Stop starting our weaker catcher who doesnt gel with two of your better pitchers. Its simple stuff.

3 years and over 30 million , Sad to say buts thats why

[Parfigliano]

14 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

To get an idea how impactful Lewis' hrs are, one would think he has hit over 20.  He's got only 15, but they come at such opportune times, they seem so more impactful.  Good job, my man!

Lewis mostly hits them with guys on base.  Last year Buxton had 28 with around 55 RBI.  Year before Buxton around 20 HR's with 40+ or so RBI.  Buxton HR's are solo shot game out of reach.  Vike fans think Cousins 4th quarter stats in a loss they were already out of.

[RickOShea]

Mrs rocco:  "Hurry up and make out a lineup.  I need to know who gets fed first, burped and diapered."

[RpR]

11 minutes ago, GusGus11 said:

Can we stop having our catcher who cant hit start games that Lopez and Ryan start?

Vazquez is awful with the bat and shouldnt play regardless. But how bad both of those two are with him as their catcher is not a small sample size. There is a clear issue.

Stop starting our weaker catcher who doesnt gel with two of your better pitchers. Its simple stuff.

Blaming Vazquez for Ryan's failures is silly.

[Nashvilletwin]

Steer would be the best hitter on the Twins this year. That Mahle trade was literally the worst ever: a) was an unnecessary, risky strategic move; b) we gave up a ton and got zippo; and c) its utter failure precipitated the Lopez Arraez trade.  

[rwilfong86]

Just now, Parfigliano said:

Which/both

Mahle. 

[rwilfong86]

Just now, Nashvilletwin said:

Steer would be the best hitter on the Twins this year. That Mahle trade was literally the worst ever: a) was an unnecessary, risky strategic move; b) we gave up a ton and got zippo; and c) its utter failure precipitated the Lopez Arraez trade.  

He would be a good option as a right handed hitter who can play multiple positions.

[GusGus11]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

Blaming Vazquez for Ryan's failures is silly.

I mean the numbers are staggering for both Ryan and Lopez. Look it up

Clearly coincidence or not, it aint working

[mrtwinsfan]

Just now, Nashvilletwin said:

Steer would be the best hitter on the Twins this year. That Mahle trade was literally the worst ever: a) was an unnecessary, risky strategic move; b) we gave up a ton and got zippo; and c) its utter failure precipitated the Lopez Arraez trade.  

They were to high on Miranda, Steer also played 3b,  

[CRF]

We sure have a knack for making these rookie/marginal pitchers look like Cy Young candidates.

[rwilfong86]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

They were to high on Miranda, Steer also played 3b,  

Miranda was injured, I'm not sure it was completely to blame for his struggles but it seems like it had something to do with it

[Azviking101]

1 minute ago, rwilfong86 said:

He would be a good option as a right handed hitter who can play multiple positions.

Steer may have played multiple positions this year, but he can’t play any position at a major league level.

 

[Azviking101]

Fans giving up on Miranda’s major league career already are making a mistake 

[rwilfong86]

1 minute ago, Azviking101 said:

Fans giving up on Miranda’s major league career already are making a mistake 

Hopefully a healthy Miranda will have a future with this team

[Parfigliano]

Keuchel coming in to right the ship.  Dick babbling about how many oppo handed batters the Reds have on bench to PH.

Dick PH to get an oppo hand hitter up in the 6th against a reliever is not normal baseball strategy.  Its Rocco 

[Mortimerkenny21]

37 minutes ago, 9moons27 said:

Kiriloff has done diddly since he's been back.

Glad he did slightly more than diddly just now.

[mrtwinsfan]

As much as Correa has struggled batting, i would rather see him hitting over Farmer in any at bat,  Hurry back C.C.

[Mortimerkenny21]

Still in it, but we're going to need more than a couple solo shots.

[Parfigliano]

13 minutes ago, CRF said:

We sure have a knack for making these rookie/marginal pitchers look like Cy Young candidates.

Almost as good as they make soft toss/junk lefties look like prime Carlton.

[CRF]

WOW! That was an impressive AB by Vazquez!