Game Thread: Twins (Ryan, SWR) @ Tigers (Maeda, Manning), let’s play 2; 4-23-24

[MABB1959]

Can’t afford having Buxton on the bench with Correa and Lewis out. How long will Correa be out?

[Azviking101]

Perkins- “Margot couldn’t hit it any harder”

89.9 mph, basically Perkins fastball when he was a starter 

[Azviking101]

2-0 count, castro dribbles a pitch nowhere close to the zone. 
Their gameplan is incredible 

[mrtwinsfan]

Wallner has  1 Hit  this year and 3 H.B.P.

[mrtwinsfan]

Ryan  is  Looking great so far,   other than after Mirandas error

[Azviking101]

I would love to see what Joe Ryan’s career stats are from the windup vs the stretch. As far as I’m aware it doesn’t exist but he just seems to struggle from the stretch while he dominates from the windup. 

[Schmoeman5]

Yeah. That WOBA x+ super duper high positive direction for Vasquez. It'll start clicking for him soon. 

[RpR]

Amazing, Vazquez can get the bat on crap pitches but misses one down the pipe.

[Azviking101]

With Larnach potentially out for a while with turf toe and Wallner likely continuing to struggle does anyone see any chance Emmanuel Rodriguez comes up if he keeps crushing it? I doubt it because they won’t want to lose him to FA early but it’s worth a thought. 

[Azviking101]

Julien with 3 of the worst ABs I’ve ever seen against one of MLBs worst pitchers

it makes zero sense 

[mrtwinsfan]

Thanx Maeda, we needed that 

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, Azviking101 said:

With Larnach potentially out for a while with turf toe and Wallner likely continuing to struggle does anyone see any chance Emmanuel Rodriguez comes up if he keeps crushing it? I doubt it because they won’t want to lose him to FA early but it’s worth a thought. 

Makes perfect sense , thats why we wont see it,  its sad

[Schmoeman5]

Tigers playing Christmas in April. Twins need to cash in 

[mrtwinsfan]

[Azviking101]

This is becoming a new level of embarrassing each game. How does Popkins hang around 

[Azviking101]

Reminder that Michael A Taylor has a .789 ops and only cost the Pirates 4 million and plays GG defense. 

Margot and whatever the hell that was  is costing 4 million and cost a prospect

[sampleSizeOfOne]

What i miss?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

8 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

 

 

What's he up to mow?

[Schmoeman5]

E 7. Advance runner on a grounder to 2nd. Pull in infield. A routine grounder scores the go ahead run

[Dave Borton]

1 hour ago, RpR said:

La Tortuga got a home run that way.

...and a 1-way ticket back to Venezuela on Sundance.

[RickOShea]

we\re making the Tigers look like definite playoff material/

[mrtwinsfan]

14 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

What's he up to mow?

Willians Astudillo, nicknamed "La Tortuga", is a Venezuelan professional baseball utility player for the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican League. 

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Willians Astudillo, nicknamed "La Tortuga", is a Venezuelan professional baseball utility player for the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican League. 

He also is a leading stadium vendor.  His mdse includes both edible and non-edible mdse.

[mrtwinsfan]

58 minutes ago, MABB1959 said:

Can’t afford having Buxton on the bench with Correa and Lewis out. How long will Correa be out?

Sounds like 10 day d.l. only ?

[Dave Borton]

Okert, 72% sliders this year.

Refreshing to have Molitor in the booth rather than Dan0. Provus used to know how to involve Molitor in the booth. Atteberry doesn't as Atteberry is too busy talking.

[RickOShea]

3 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Sounds like 10 day d.l. only ?

Rocco will figure a way with rest and rehab to keep buck out for close to a month.

[mrtwinsfan]

I missed that play by Margot  in L.F. , should of he had it ?

[danielp19653]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

I missed that play by Margot  in L.F. , should of he had it ?

absolutely, terrible jump and bad route, and didn't look like he ran hard once

[danielp19653]

Twins are now 0-10 to start the year with pinch hitters

[RickOShea]

4 minutes ago, davidborton said:

Okert, 72% sliders this year.

Refreshing to have Molitor in the booth rather than Dan0. Provus used to know how to involve Molitor in the booth. Atteberry doesn't as Atteberry is too busy talking.

My only knock on Provus is that he thinks he was one of the guys.  He tries to give off that attitude that he played the game, and that he's one of the guys.  He's not.