Game Thread: Twins @ Royals, 3/28@3:10pm CDT

[Vanimal46]

 

Almost forgot about this gif. 

[ashbury]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

All true. But the decision to run/not run when a ball gets past the catcher is on the runner.

I'm past that question (without disagreement), and am concerned about Kirilloff's instincts when the decision is his.  Not just this one play either; I expected his transition to 1B to be smoother than it's been.

[MMMordabito]

Weiner, Weiner, Cheekin' Deener

[IndianaTwin]

Captain Jax got us by tonight. 

[Parfigliano]

Winner winner brats for dinner.

[Mike Sixel]

Typical Twins game:

Star gets hurt.

SP and Bullpen great.

Other team's bullpen not so great.

[ashbury]

Nice crisp 2:29 full 9-inning game.  Thank you, Pitch Clock.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

I'm past that question (without disagreement), and am concerned about Kirilloff's instincts when the decision is his.  Not just this one play either; I expected his transition to 1B to be smoother than it's been.

concur. THe only thing is, as pointed out above, it's possible his view of the ball was blocked. 

[Parfigliano]

Me likey health foot Correa.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Captain Jax got us by tonight. 

And come Saturday night, he'll still be hanging around.

[ashbury]

Ha ha, KC celebrating their loss with a fireworks display.

[RpR]

Lewis had a good start before the owie;  the longest ever hit streak consecutive is 12 at bats.

I wonder what his OPS would be if he duplicated that.

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In other news: what could have been a Twins team , Arraez, Gordon , Rooker, Sano, Hicks are all hitless in their first game, with Arraez going 0-5.

[KirbyDome89]

2 runs in the 9th (to put the game out of reach for KC's anemic offense) on one ball hit out of the infield.

Single, BB, chopper, WP, BB, Chopper, throwing error, K, FB. Woof.

No clue why KC was a trendy offseason pick to make any amount noise. 

Take the W, they all count the same, but this looked a lot like the ugly offensive baseball MN played for a lot of last season; long stretches of nothing, high Ks, and getting bailed out by pitching/a dog**** division.  

[akmanak]

Thought it was a good first game. 

[AussieG]

34 minutes ago, RpR said:

Lewis had a good start before the owie;  the longest ever hit streak consecutive is 12 at bats.

I wonder what his OPS would be if he duplicated that.

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In other news: what could have been a Twins team , Arraez, Gordon , Rooker, Sano, Hicks are all hitless in their first game, with Arraez going 0-5.

Joey Gallo 0-4 3k's

[ashbury]

3 hours ago, AussieG said:

Joey Gallo 0-4 3k's

He made the final out.  Considering his team was behind 8-2 at the moment he came up with the bases empty, I'm a little surprised he didn't hit one out of the park for a meaningless run.

Bitter much? Oh no, not me.

[nicksaviking]

21 minutes ago, ashbury said:

He made the final out.  Considering his team was behind 8-2 at the moment he came up with the bases empty, I'm a little surprised he didn't hit one out of the park for a meaningless run.

Bitter much? Oh no, not me.

Shulda pinch hit for him.

Holy cow, just looked at the Washington roster. Gallo's batting 5th? Wow that is a really bad lineup. Their #3 and #7 hitters were MiLB deals with spring training invites. I feel like I need to reiterate that their #3 hitter was signed to a non-roster contract, if I say it again, will it make more sense? That's weird right?

[USAFChief]

9 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Shulda pinch hit for him.

Holy cow, just looked at the Washington roster. Gallo's batting 5th? Wow that is a really bad lineup. Their #3 and #7 hitters were MiLB deals with spring training invites. I feel like I need to reiterate that their #3 hitter was signed to a non-roster contract, if I say it again, will it make more sense? That's weird right?

Eddie Rosario opening day CFer. Yeeesh.

[nicksaviking]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Eddie Rosario opening day CFer. Yeeesh.

I didn't even see that part. Washington knows that MLB has a lottery for the first pick right?

[USAFChief]

14 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

I didn't even see that part. Washington knows that MLB has a lottery for the first pick right?

Can't win the lotto if you don't buy a ticket.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

On 3/28/2024 at 5:34 PM, akmanak said:

Brooks Lee is now out for a month. :(

Which month?

 

(hoping it is December)

Maybe it is time for me to learn patience...

[sampleSizeOfOne]

On 3/28/2024 at 11:23 PM, USAFChief said:

Eddie Rosario opening day CFer. Yeeesh.

Congrats to him!

[sampleSizeOfOne]

On 3/28/2024 at 11:39 PM, USAFChief said:

Can't win the lotto if you don't buy a ticket.

Only winning move is not to play....

 

(i could go for a wopr about now)