Game Thread: Twins (Ober) @ Tigers (Flaherty), 4/14 @ 12:40pm CT

[Schmoeman5]

Not going to be too hard on the pen. Although I think Thielbar strikes out Baez if he bounced one up there. And the defense wasn't exemplary.  It was bound to happen at some point. 

[Schmoeman5]

Hinch on Julien. Show me!

[Brock Beauchamp]

No matter the outcome, walking Wallner to face Julien is DUMB.

[danielp19653]

I just can't believe Rocco was like bottom 9 we gotta make sure Santana and Wallner get up, my two hottest hitters combined they hit like .150

[IndianaTwin]

2 minutes ago, danielp19653 said:

I just can't believe Rocco was like bottom 9 we gotta make sure Santana and Wallner get up, my two hottest hitters combined they hit like .150

Regretfully, if you're looking solely at batting average, Miranda's .154 (after the AB) and Wallner's .083 are both improvements on who they were hitting for. 

[jkcarew]

It’s hard to believe you can lose when one of your 12 players played so well.

[danielp19653]

3 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Regretfully, if you're looking solely at batting average, Miranda's .154 (after the AB) and Wallner's .083 are both improvements on who they were hitting for. 

yeah I don't mind Miranda for Vazquez feels like the same hitter, both make contact relatively often but with not great results. But Santana and Wallner right now I don't know if there's anyone on the AAA roster I wouldn't pick over those two

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Yesterday, a lot of positive vibes. Today, none. That's baseball though. Gotta manage to win the series in Baltimore and come home for two very winnable series.

[jkcarew]

8 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Not going to be too hard on the pen. Although I think Thielbar strikes out Baez if he bounced one up there. And the defense wasn't exemplary.  It was bound to happen at some point. 

But against this team? Really hard to give up 4 runs in one inning to this club.

What I don’t get is why Rocco went Stewart, Thielbar…instead of Thielbar, Stewart. The first two guys Stewart faced were lefties. Basically, can’t pitch pitch Thielbar against right-handlers except in the very lowest of leverage.

[Schmoeman5]

4 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Regretfully, if you're looking solely at batting average, Miranda's .154 (after the AB) and Wallner's .083 are both improvements on who they were hitting for. 

OK. I get Wallner but Miranda for Vasquez who already homered today. What happened to the hot hand? Oh well. On to Baltimore 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

2 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

But against this team? Really hard to give up 4 runs in one inning to this club.

What I don’t get is why Rocco went Stewart, Thielbar…instead of Thielbar, Stewart. The first two guys Stewart faced were lefties. Basically, can’t pitch pitch Thielbar against right-handlers except in the very lowest of leverage.

This. Thought for sure Thielbar would come in and face Carpenter. Very odd decision by Rocco or maybe it isn't odd considering his track record.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Also, Baez should not have seen a pitch that wasn't bounced to home plate. Three run lead. Don't even come close to the zone.

Unforced mistakes across the board today.

[Schmoeman5]

I guess when Buxton gets a day off, he gets a day off. 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

1 minute ago, Schmoeman5 said:

I guess when Buxton gets a day off, he gets a day off. 

Buxton needs to wake up at the plate with Correa and Lewis out. That narrative last year about not playing in the field impacting his hitting, it's looking like pure nonsense.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Royals lost. Guardians won. So 3.5 out.

This week will be interesting.

Royals get the gift of White Sox.

Tigers get Texas before going to Minneapolis.

Guardians go to Boston.

My goal would be 9-11 or 10-10 at the 20 game mark.

[MABB1959]

56 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Buxton needs to wake up at the plate with Correa and Lewis out. That narrative last year about not playing in the field impacting his hitting, it's looking like pure nonsense.

Could he be injured?  Maybe using him sparingly to avoid an injury?

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Just now, MABB1959 said:

Could he be injured?  Maybe using him sparingly to avoid an injury?

Perhaps and maybe he does need more time to get into a groove but he just looks utterly lost right now. And they can't afford him to be an automatic out.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Just now, MABB1959 said:

Could he be injured?  Maybe using him sparingly to avoid an injury?

Perhaps and maybe he does need more time to get into a groove but he just looks utterly lost right now. And they can't afford him to be an automatic out.

[FilthyMogwai]

2 hours ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

This. Thought for sure Thielbar would come in and face Carpenter. Very odd decision by Rocco or maybe it isn't odd considering his track record.

Ohhhhh.... you've activated the Baldelli apologists. Be prepared to be told how wrong you are. 

I'm sure everything is fine here. 😆

[Schmoeman5]

7 hours ago, ashbury said:

Guessing, or did you see something stated?

He told his momma and I he was flying to Baltimore tomorrow a.m. Don't know the corresponding move so I won't speculate.

[MABB1959]

6 hours ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Perhaps and maybe he does need more time to get into a groove but he just looks utterly lost right now. And they can't afford him to be an automatic out.

LOL. They can’t afford most of the lineup.  It will be a long season if they don’t wake up soon 

[jud6312]

On 4/14/2024 at 1:08 PM, Brock Beauchamp said:

Robbie Grossman, 2016. I've never seen anything that bad, Margot isn't even in the realm of that performance.

Was that the year he made two errors on the same play? (Or at least could've been charged for two.)

[Brock Beauchamp]

44 minutes ago, jud6312 said:

Was that the year he made two errors on the same play? (Or at least could've been charged for two.)

I'm pretty sure that was the one. He was really bad ONE YEAR and was a pretty meh fielder in all other years. It's one of the most inexplicable performances I've seen watching baseball.