Game Thread: Twins (Varland) @ Orioles (Irvin), 4/15 @ 5:35pm CT

[jkcarew]

One school of thought would be to let Varland continue until his arm falls off at this point.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

3 minutes ago, Azviking101 said:

Any time someone can throw 98 almost 90 pitches into the game, that’s impressive 

The raw stuff is there and so is the movement but he just doesn’t come anywhere close to spotting the ball where it’s supposed to be and more often than not it’s left over the heart of the plate 

Any good hitter is going to hit that stuff. 

Kind of counterintuitive to say the movement is there but he's leaving the ball over the heart of the plate.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

I'd rather have Sands starting and Varland in the pen.

[h2oface]

4 minutes ago, Azviking101 said:

Any time someone can throw 98 almost 90 pitches into the game, that’s impressive 

The raw stuff is there and so is the movement but he just doesn’t come anywhere close to spotting the ball where it’s supposed to be and more often than not it’s left over the heart of the plate 

Any good hitter is going to hit that stuff. 

Our guys like to just watch that stuff go by, this year, unfortuneately.

[$tryf4Life]

Santana playing such inspiring baseball. He must be the clubhouse leader. 

[Azviking101]

2 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

Not sure about the movement part. Gets squared up at an alarming rate.

His fastball run was in the 74th percentile last year. That’s solid. It just doesn’t matter if it’s in the hitters hot zone 

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, jkcarew said:

One school of thought would be to let Varland continue until his arm falls off at this point.

Bench inflicted, RI?

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

I'd rather have Sands starting and Varland in the pen.

I’ll take “things never said before in the history of mankind” for $1,000, alex

[IndyTwinsFan]

I think it's time to move Varland to the pen and try SWR as a starter instead.  Can't hurt to try at this point.

Unsure on the corresponding roster move at this point.

[RickOShea]

On 4/12/2024 at 7:25 PM, Aggies7 said:

Is that the new rule for utility players to pitch? 8 run lead?

 

On 4/13/2024 at 11:53 AM, mrtwinsfan said:

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

 

On 4/13/2024 at 11:56 AM, mrtwinsfan said:

Sounds like 10 day d.l. only ?

 

On 4/13/2024 at 12:18 PM, danielp19653 said:

Pinch runner after stealing 2nd is an odd one 

 

On 4/13/2024 at 1:49 PM, Squirrel said:

For whenever game 2 begins:

 

 

On 4/13/2024 at 2:13 PM, Parfigliano said:

Buxton .  Bat. Ball

 

On 4/14/2024 at 10:52 AM, USAFChief said:

Wallner catches that.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Irvin's stuff is meh, at best. Twins should tee off on this guy.

 

25 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

That's a hideous at bat.

 

23 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

Meh…he’s no Don Mossi

 

18 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Jeffers has really picked it up 

 

10 minutes ago, RpR said:

Yep, they let Taylor go.

 

Just now, $tryf4Life said:

Santana playing such inspiring baseball. He must be the clubhouse leader. 

Twins screwed up when they signed Santana.  Falvey thought he hired a Santa for the Twins off season caravan.

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

I’ll take “things never said before in the history of mankind” for $1,000, alex

Another approach to take.

[Aggies7]

Just now, RickOShea said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twins screwed up when they signed Santana.  Falvey thought he hired a Santa for the Twins off season caravan.

What in the world did you just post lol

[jkcarew]

3 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

One school of thought would be to let Varland continue until his arm falls off at this point.

Or…

go to the bottom of the bullpen…same either way

[Aggies7]

Just now, IndyTwinsFan said:

Another approach to take.

I know, I was just teasing

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

This one got away from them. And tomorrow they get Rodriguez. At some point, the offense has to be addressed.

[h2oface]

This is about where Baldelli gives up. Shades of the opener against Detroit.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Yet another game this season with no pitching and not nearly enough pitching.  UGGH!

[Hubie29]

4 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

I'd rather have Sands starting and Varland in the pen.

What a luxury!

[jkcarew]

2 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twins screwed up when they signed Santana.  Falvey thought he hired a Santa for the Twins off season caravan.

Smooth.

[Aggies7]

Thank god we snapped those playoff streaks last year, yikes 

[Jocko87]

6 minutes ago, Azviking101 said:

Any time someone can throw 98 almost 90 pitches into the game, that’s impressive 

The raw stuff is there and so is the movement but he just doesn’t come anywhere close to spotting the ball where it’s supposed to be and more often than not it’s left over the heart of the plate 

Any good hitter is going to hit that stuff. 

There's something to work with here. Location sucks, pitch execution sucks, two strike thought process sucks.  All things that can be fixed.

But throwing 98 at the 90th pitch can't be taught. He needs some time as he just figured out the 98 thing last year.  Living at 96 with more movement and dotting 98 occasionally late in the game is ace level ****. 

[UpstateNewYorker]

The Orioles are loaded with talent.  They're outclassing us.

[Dave Borton]

I'm out. Spinning over to a game, Jays vs Yanks, 3-1 in the 4th.

 

[USAFChief]

57 minutes ago, Shaitan said:

What inning do we see Bowman?

The wrong one.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Take out the marathon game in Detroit where 6 runs came at the hands of Matt Vierling, the Twins have 18 runs in their last 8 games. 

[Aggies7]

Just now, UpstateNewYorker said:

The Orioles are loaded with talent.  They're outclassing us.

Didn’t want to like this but did 

[Azviking101]

5 minutes ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

I think it's time to move Varland to the pen and try SWR as a starter instead.  Can't hurt to try at this point.

Unsure on the corresponding roster move at this point.

So we’re moving Varland to the pen and the only legit backup plans are Dobnak and Festa (who is being limited to like 65 pitches a game)?

not going to happen without them acquiring a starter 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Hopefully these guys wake up soon but losing hope and I don't mean for this game. 

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

There's something to work with here. Location sucks, pitch execution sucks, two strike thought process sucks.  All things that can be fixed.

But throwing 98 at the 90th pitch can't be taught. He needs some time as he just figured out the 98 thing last year.  Living at 96 with more movement and dotting 98 occasionally late in the game is ace level ****. 

that’s a lot to fix.

[Jocko87]

Just now, Azviking101 said:

So we’re moving Varland to the pen and the only legit backup plans are Dobnak and Festa (who is being limited to like 65 pitches a game)?

not going to happen without them acquiring a starter 

Varland isn't going to the pen anytime soon. August maybe.  St Paul, likely.