Game Thread: Twins @ Brewers PM 4/3/2024

[nicksaviking]

Just now, RpR said:

My, my, my, reality hurts.

It wasn't meant to hurt, it was meant to question your logic.

[stringer bell]

Gasp! AK gets an AB vs. a lefty....and gets a knock.

[USAFChief]

14 minutes ago, RpR said:

Maybe it is Julien's massive .133 batting average.

You're a big fan of spring training stats, no?

Margot "hit" .091/.108/.091 this spring.

 

Which, BTW, is even more useless as a measuring tool than Julien's current BA>

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Just now, stringer bell said:

Gasp! AK gets an AB vs. a lefty....and gets a knock.

Was waiting for Rocco to PH Vazquez there and have him play LF...

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Paddack as a fourth starter, there's nothing wrong with it. The problem is, you already have 4th starters in Ryan and Ober and a fringe 5th starter in Varland. Oh, and a line up that has scored 11 runs thus far. Good times.

Innings limit is a problem, especially if you throw 82 pitches in 4 innings. Remember the archer/bundy days? Shudder

[MABB1959]

this team is going to be frustrating this year, only 2 hits so far and Varland at 82 pitches in just 4 innings?  8 hitters at or under a .250 BA, including Buxton and Correa with no HR's?  Actually I think there is only 1 HR so far this season,  Kepler 0 for 3 today with a .091 BA?

[nicksaviking]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Gasp! AK gets an AB vs. a lefty....and gets a knock.

Well it was either that or let Martin hit, and that's also something they seem reluctant to do.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Stop fighting. This team isn't worth the energy. Just revel in the misery and pain that this season will bring.

[Schmoeman5]

4 minutes ago, RpR said:

Maybe it is Julien's massive .133 batting average.

Or Keplers stout .100 

[Azviking101]

I’m not that upset about Margot coming in. He’s had success against lefties but playing for 1 run there when you’re down 1-0 has  an extremely low run expectation. Analytics will say that was a terrible decision. 
Once again the twins are an analytic driven organization until they’re not. Pick one or the other. I understand that the lefty lefty matchup wasn’t ideal but to replace Julien for that was absolute insanity and the complete opposite of “analytics driven”

[Aggies7]

Kepler fails to move the runners

[danielp19653]

2 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Gasp! AK gets an AB vs. a lefty....and gets a knock.

That's illegal, he's getting cut tomorrow 

[mrtwinsfan]

GLADDEN COMPLAINING ABOUT a.k. not tagging,  not watching was he right ?

[Azviking101]

1 minute ago, MABB1959 said:

this team is going to be frustrating this year, only 2 hits so far and Varland at 82 pitches in just 4 innings?  8 hitters at or under a .250 BA, including Buxton and Correa with no HR's?  Actually I think there is only 1 HR so far this season,

I think you’re looking at yesterdays box score

bad news, outside of the pitcher change, the results are mostly the same 😂 

[Azviking101]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

GLADDEN COMPLAINING ABOUT a.k. not tagging,  not watching was he right ?

No he was out by a few feet if he tags. 

[Aggies7]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

GLADDEN COMPLAINING ABOUT a.k. not tagging,  not watching was he right ?

Borderline, probably could have made it IMO

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Kepler fails to move the runners

Only because Kirilloff for some reason doesn't tag on a deep-ish fly to center. Idiotic baserunning.

[Parfigliano]

9 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Rocco has zero feel for the game. He goes into it with his mind already made up - he was pinch hitting for Julien the moment a lefty came in.

And all of MLB knows it

[MABB1959]

1 minute ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Or Keplers stout .100 

Down to .091 now!  I could be too old but RF was a position that would be a good or great hitter with maybe subpar defense?

[Dave Borton]

8 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

...This isn't rocket science. The manager is just totally brain dead.

Baldelli, a listless manager, is convinced that micromanagement is equivalent w/leadership. Falvey is content and encourages it. Ownership wanted them to come in underbudget. All is well on Main Street.

[mnfireman]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Kepler fails to move the runners

The runner failed to advance on a "deep enough" fly ball...

[Aggies7]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Only because Kirilloff for some reason doesn't tag on a deep-ish fly to center. Idiotic baserunning.

Would have been close I think 

[RpR]

5 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Gasp! AK gets an AB vs. a lefty....and gets a knock.

Prbably some thing to do with his above .300  batting average.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

I did enjoy those off-season fluff pieces about Max and how he finally figured 'it' out in the second half last year...oops, maybe he didn't.

[Schmoeman5]

3 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Gasp! AK gets an AB vs. a lefty....and gets a knock.

That must be an anomaly. The analytics sheet says so.

[Azviking101]

Sounds like Margot did that on his own. Worth a benching if so. 

[stringer bell]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Borderline, probably could have made it IMO

Down two runs with the $33M man on deck, I wouldn't take the chance.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Azviking101 said:

No he was out by a few feet if he tags. 

No. He wouldn't have been. 

and for the record, the throw went to 2nd.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Just now, Azviking101 said:

Sounds like Margot did that on his own. Worth a benching if so. 

If he did it on his own, its because his confidence to start the season is hot - couldn't hit a baseball with a redwood tree right now. You'd think the manager would have some feel for that.

[nicksaviking]

I'm open to Carlos Santana proving me wrong here.