Game Thread Twins vs Dodgers 12:10pm 4/10/2024ad

[USAFChief]

33 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

Paxton had a pretty large reverse split and Rocco loaded up with Right Handers 1 through 9. 

All reverse splits are a mirage. All of em

 

[USAFChief]

Heh. Paddack.

 

Awesome start.

 

[Schmoeman5]

The difference between the good teams and the Twins. Opponents marquee players are doing what's expected. Twins, not so far. Yeah it's early. But how far can they fall before it's too big of a hole to climb out of?

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Betts, Ohtani and Freeman at the top of your lineup. Dodgers are just loaded.

[mrtwinsfan]

Amazing what happens  when the BAT hits the BALL , WITH NO K

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

1 minute ago, Schmoeman5 said:

The difference between the good teams and the Twins. Opponents marquee players are doing what's expected. Twins, not so far. Yeah it's early. But how far can they fall before it's too big of a hole to climb out of?

Do the Twins really have any marquee players though? Royce Lewis and Carlos Correa are the only two, IMHO. Buxton is marquee in the field but average at the plate.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Okay, limited the damage there.

[UpstateNewYorker]

1 minute ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Do the Twins really have any marquee players though? Royce Lewis and Carlos Correa are the only two, IMHO. Buxton is marquee in the field but average at the plate.

I would include Lopez and Duran as marquee/elite players. Correa is elite defensively but not offensively, IMHO.

[Mortimerkenny21]

Julien!

 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Just now, UpstateNewYorker said:

I would include Lopez and Duran as marquee/elite players. Correa is elite defensively but not offensively, IMHO.

Yeah, agreed on Lopez / Duran. Was only think of the hitters rather than the pitchers but they are marquee for sure. I think Correa, if healthy, fits the bill both at the plate and in the field.

[Hubie29]

4 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Betts, Ohtani and Freeman at the top of your lineup. Dodgers are just loaded.

When I said they are in a different league, that's just a fact.  NL vs. AL isn't the only league

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Nice job, Eddie. Homers starting to become a thing again.

[Cap'n Piranha]

Just now, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Do the Twins really have any marquee players though? Royce Lewis and Carlos Correa are the only two, IMHO. Buxton is marquee in the field but average at the plate.

The Twins are paying him like he's a marquee player, in the sense that the Twins would not give him $14M/yr if they though he was only ok.

[RpR]

Julien makes the Dodgers take notice.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Just now, Hubie29 said:

When I said they are in a different league, that's just a fact.  NL vs. AL isn't the only league

Baseball's a crap shoot. Saw it last year with the Rangers. But if the Dodgers are healthy in October and they fail to win the WS, I wonder how many more opportunities Roberts gets...

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

1 minute ago, Cap'n Piranha said:

The Twins are paying him like he's a marquee player, in the sense that the Twins would not give him $14M/yr if they though he was only ok.

True and they need him to be a marquee player. I just don't think that's a realistic ceiling for Buxton.

[Cap'n Piranha]

Another middle middle called strike 3. Blech.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Buxton is completely lost at the plate.

[Robert Floren]

Let's go Twins, Dodgers just another team.

[Cap'n Piranha]

Just now, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

True and they need him to be a marquee player. I just don't think that's a realistic ceiling for Buxton.

Oh it's absolutely realistic as a ceiling.  It's not realistic as a 70th percentile outcome, and that is the true problem; the Twins have too many guys with 70th percentile outcomes at the "ok" level, as opposed to good.

[Schmoeman5]

Eddie. Good things can happen if you swing at good pitches

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Good rebound inning from Paddack.

[RpR]

I am watching the game on TV and following on MLB, it is wierd, MLB is so far ahead of the TV,  that I know what happens the next pitch before the pitcher throws it.

[UpstateNewYorker]

Nice to see Martin foul off a pitch with two strikes and then work a walk.

[Aggies7]

0-31 now with risp.

[USAFChief]

Why is this thread already in the archives?

[cheeseheadgophfan]

1st and 2nd....no out....2-0 count on Santana......fastball right down the middle and he pops up to 3rd.  BARF

[IaBeanCounter]

0-3 RISP, not even a productive out.

[mrtwinsfan]

4 minutes ago, UpstateNewYorker said:

Nice to see Martin foul off a pitch with two strikes and then work a walk.

HE GOT JOBBED ON THE CHECK SWING ALSO

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Why is this thread already in the archives?

Did we win ?