Game Thread: Guardians (Bibee) v Twins (López), 4/4 @ 3:10pm CT - HOME OPENER!

[Cap'n Piranha]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

To be fair, Cory is really great and Dick is nearing 70 years old. Wonder what the behind the scenes story is?

You get paid more on TV than radio, I reckon.  Accordingly, Provus probably wants to cross over at some point, and the longer you keep Bremer around, the more likely you are to lose Provus.

It's the same as trading Polanco so you can make Julien the starting second baseman.

[Aggies7]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Woof.

Baseball gets harder and harder to watch.  All the K's.

Apparently this Bibee fella has the greatest change up since Tom glavine

[USAFChief]

You can cancel the post-game presser

[Cap'n Piranha]

13 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I mean...gotta swing at that, Eduard

I like patience in a hitter.  I do not like passivity.  Unfortunately, Julien is trending more towards the latter than the former.

[stringer bell]

Uh-oh. 

[USAFChief]

Zero K's from the Cleveland lineup so far.

It can be done. 

[bighat]

Let's see how the Guardians do with a man on 3rd with less than 2 outs, hope the Twins have their notepads out....

[Aggies7]

I would say keep it to one run allowed here, but that might be too much

[stringer bell]

Limit the damage, Pablo.

[Twinsoholic]

The Ks suck. Like I said above, the ghost of Rich Becker (for those of you old enough to remember the suffering of the Becker and Stahoviak years. 

[RpR]

15 minutes ago, rwilfong86 said:

I think Julien strikes out looking more than any other Twin

Don't say such things, Juliens would have hit a home run if he had not been pulled from the game yesterday.🤧

[rwilfong86]

Had Ramirez down but couldn't put him away

[USAFChief]

Why does the Cleveland offense look so much more dangerous than the Twins?

[stringer bell]

And now the sun goes under a cloud. 

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, Twinsoholic said:

The Ks suck. Like I said above, the ghost of Rich Becker (for those of you old enough to remember the suffering of the Becker and Stahoviak years. 

Man, I watched a twins game from 1993 last night (I know I’m a loser). 2 years removed from the WS and the roster was rough. The bullpen, eek

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Why does the Cleveland offense look so much more dangerous than the Twins?

Most are. Not many guys to fear in the current lineup 

[RpR]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Why does the Cleveland offense look so much more dangerous than the Twins?

Because it is?

[USAFChief]

Run down took too long.

[bighat]

Great baserunning by Cleveland there. 

Could Castro have turned 2? 

[Aggies7]

Not a great run down 

[Cap'n Piranha]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Why does the Cleveland offense look so much more dangerous than the Twins?

Because when balls in play are falling, it's hard to stop an offense.

Eventually CLE will hit a time when the balls aren't falling, and their offense will look pathetic.

[nicksaviking]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Run down took too long.

All part of the plan, gives the bullpen more time to warm up.

[bighat]

The hit parade is on. 

[Aggies7]

Good grief how are we going to score 3 (at least)

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

Because when balls in play are falling, it's hard to stop an offense.

Eventually CLE will hit a time when the balls aren't falling, and their offense will look pathetic.

It helps to not strike out all the time 

[Bamboo Bat]

Cleveland just putting the bat on the ball with runners in scoring position. Something the Twins apparently are uninterested in. Frustrating to watch more of this. 

 

[nicksaviking]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Good grief how are we going to score 3 (at least)

No kidding, the rules say you can only use Martin to pinch run once.

[Aggies7]

Just now, Bamboo Bat said:

Cleveland just putting the bat on the ball with runners in scoring position. Something the Twins apparently are uninterested in. Frustrating to watch more of this. 

 

Twins are already averaging 2 more strikeouts per game than cleveland

[USAFChief]

Next time someone try to sell me on "strikeouts are just like any other out" I'm going to punch them in the face.

[jkcarew]

Just now, Cap'n Piranha said:

Because when balls in play are falling, it's hard to stop an offense.

Eventually CLE will hit a time when the balls aren't falling, and their offense will look pathetic.

Best in the league last year at not striking out….and near the very bottom in runs scored.

If their offense is close to average this year, Twins are probably in trouble. Starting the season with 4 games against Oakland will boost your confidence, as well.