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

[Aggies7]

Hey a decent at bat

[RpR]

5 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Or Keplers stout .100 

Kepler, Julien and Castro have some splainin to do.

[Parfigliano]

9 minutes ago, RpR said:

My, my, my, reality hurts.

I thought it bites

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Azviking101 said:

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

Of course he did.

Nobody is calling for a bunt in that situation. 

[mrtwinsfan]

Carlos has more walks than hits, 

[nicksaviking]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Of course he did.

Nobody is calling for a bunt in that situation. 

You'd be wrong. Danny Gladden thought it was  brilliant idea.

[MABB1959]

6 minutes ago, Azviking101 said:

I think you’re looking at yesterdays box score

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

I don't think so: Pitches-strikes:Paddack 82-47; 

 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

How much longer before we start to hear about how hard it is to hit in frigid temperatures...

[Aggies7]

Damn, just bad luck there

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

How much longer before we start to hear about how hard it is to hit in frigid temperatures...

Tomorrow 

[MABB1959]

7 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

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

The $33 m man is the king of walks so far.

[Aggies7]

Getting sick of hearing about this cheerio fella

[Aggies7]

Ha, one swing erases the previous inning 

[Aggies7]

Justin says it’s “neat to witness history” with chourio’s first homer

Gonna go ahead and disagree with you there, morny 

[Schmoeman5]

Yum. Churros are good. Congrats 👏 

[nicksaviking]

1 minute ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

When Falvey and Levine were hired, I remember reading a lot about how they were going to produce a pitching pipeline similar to what was going on in Cleveland. Thus far, aside from Bailey Ober, there hasn't been anyone drafted on their watch that has come close to being a ML pitcher and I'm not sold on Ober as being anything more than a fringe guy.

Cleveland never produced a pitching pipeline. They traded for just about every one of their pitchers. Like the Twins have done.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Loved Morneau as a player but not so much in the booth. Not sure he's capable of having a negative or objective thought about the Twins.

[hitterscount]

Is this what a team looks like when you announce you are slashing payroll, follow through with it and expect to field a competitive team? Brewers have more homeruns in five innings then we have all year.  

This team is absolutely garbage, with a terrible manager that is clueless. I will be at the two games I have early tickets for... that is it, I would StubHub them but would need to take a loss or give them away. 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Just now, nicksaviking said:

Cleveland never produced a pitching pipeline. They traded for just about every one of their pitchers. Like the Twins have done.

And what point in their career did they trade for them? If they acquired them as prospects, and had the system in place to develop them, that's not the same as trading for guys like Lopez, Gray and Paddack - already established. Maybe you can give them credit for Joe Ryan but I'm not really banking on him doing much.

[Aggies7]

Now bring out homered 9-1 on the young season 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

1 minute ago, hitterscount said:

Is this what a team looks like when you announce you are slashing payroll, follow through with it and expect to field a competitive team? Brewers have more homeruns in five innings then we have all year.  

This team is absolutely garbage, with a terrible manager that is clueless. I will be at the two games I have early tickets for... that is it, I would StubHub them but would need to take a loss or give them away. 

This is a 75 win team.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Justin says it’s “neat to witness history” with chourio’s first homer

 

I'm not sure I agree with you 100 percent on your analysis work there, Morny

 

[nicksaviking]

Just now, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

And what point in their career did they trade for them? If they acquired them as prospects, and had the system in place to develop them, that's not the same as trading for guys like Lopez, Gray and Paddack - already established. Maybe you can give them credit for Joe Ryan but I'm not really banking on him doing much.

Just about every one of them were like Joe Ryan. They were either already called up, or in AAA and immediately promoted. Trevor Bauer, Corey Kluber, Mike Clevenger, Carlos Carrasco. Shane Bieber was pretty much the only guy they drafted and developed.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Obviously, you can't hit homeruns in subarctic temps...

[UpstateNewYorker]

1 minute ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

And what point in their career did they trade for them? If they acquired them as prospects, and had the system in place to develop them, that's not the same as trading for guys like Lopez, Gray and Paddack - already established. Maybe you can give them credit for Joe Ryan but I'm not really banking on him doing much.

It's almost impossible for a small/mid-market team to be competitive if they can't produce pitchers out of their system. I agree Falvey hasn't done that.

[RpR]

Umpite seems to have a tight strike zone.

[MMMordabito]

3 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Cleveland never produced a pitching pipeline. They traded for just about every one of their pitchers. Like the Twins have done.

Bieber, Allen, Williams, Bibee and McKenzie were all Cleveland draft picks and will be their rotation when healthy.  They are pretty good about trading away their pitchers though.

[Aggies7]

Jeffers is now 2 for 37 going back to last postseason 

[stringer bell]

The tone of this thread is very similar to early last season.

[nicksaviking]

Just now, UpstateNewYorker said:

It's almost impossible for a small/mid-market team to be competitive if they can't produce pitchers out of their system. I agree Falvey hasn't done that.

I actually think they were doing it right prior to this year. Trading prospects for young controllable pitchers seems like a much more reliable method of building a rotation than crossing your fingers that your draft picks in A ball will be what you need in three years.