Game Thread: Twins v White Sox, 4/22/24 @ 6:40 CT

[USAFChief]

Among all the disappointments so far this dreary season, the player I'm most disappointed in so far is Julien. He looked like such a dangerous hitter last season. 

[Mortimerkenny21]

Welcome back Kepler!

[OvertheHill]

This is fun. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Where the **** has this been all season?

[USAFChief]

A 2 RBI double? With 2 out no less??

 

Be still my beating heart!!

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Among all the disappointments so far this dreary season, the player I'm most disappointed in so far is Julien. He looked like such a dangerous hitter last season. 

Easily the most disappointing, at least in part because I was so confident he’d be just fine. 

[Parfigliano]

Bark

[OvertheHill]

Jeffers had a nice AB. Took a low and away pitch back up the middle as opposed to taking a wild home run swing. Little things that give hope. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

I’m totally fine with striking out looking against Cannon, as it means you’re forcing him to throw strikes instead of unhittable pitches six inches off the ground. 

[Riverbrian]

Big game for Chicago. 

If the White Sox lose today... they are mathematically eliminated. 

[OvertheHill]

4 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Easily the most disappointing, at least in part because I was so confident he’d be just fine. 

He’s hard to read, and it seems like narrative around him has changed. I read him last year as a potential high OBP guy, patient hitter, but the buzz this year is that he’s swinging for the fences and/or guessing on pitches. 

[Teflon]

Tonight's Promotion at Target Field is not to be confused with the La Crosse Loggers "Park in the Bark" night.

[USAFChief]

8 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Bark

Bark not in the Park.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Alright, that’s how you know the White Sox really suck. 

[UpstateNewYorker]

Miranda pretty slow getting to first on that DP.  I checked his sprint speed on Baseball Savant, but apparently he doesn't have enough attempts on the season to register. Vazquez ranks as the slowest Twin (24.5 ft/sec). Any guesses as who is the second slowest?

[OvertheHill]

1 minute ago, UpstateNewYorker said:

Miranda pretty slow getting to first on that DP.  I checked his sprint speed on Baseball Savant, but apparently he doesn't have enough attempts on the season to register. Vazquez ranks as the slowest Twin (24.5 ft/sec). Any guesses as who is the second slowest?

Santana?

[Schmoeman5]

1 minute ago, UpstateNewYorker said:

Miranda pretty slow getting to first on that DP.  I checked his sprint speed on Baseball Savant, but apparently he doesn't have enough attempts on the season to register. Vazquez ranks as the slowest Twin (24.5 ft/sec). Any guesses as who is the second slowest?

Correa. 

[Teflon]

Nice seeing Matt LeCroy again and hearing the Gardy stories. I seem to recall Gardy referring to Matt as "Softball Sammy" a time or two in his postgame comments.

[David HK]

4 hours ago, IndianaTwin said:

Twins offense: 

Chicago offense: 

We're crushing them!

Welp, thanks to SSS Trevor Larnach, we actually have 3 players with an adult OPS.  Which is 1 more than the Sox.  

Yippee.

[UpstateNewYorker]

2 minutes ago, OvertheHill said:

Santana?

Good guess, he is the third worst at 25.2 ft/sec.  By the way only three Twins rank above the league average (27.0): Buxton, Martin, and Castro,

[jkcarew]

29 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Among all the disappointments so far this dreary season, the player I'm most disappointed in so far is Julien. He looked like such a dangerous hitter last season. 

Just like the stock market…it won’t bounce until everyone has sold!

[UpstateNewYorker]

4 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Correa. 

Correa has the fifth best sprint speed among the 11 Twins who have enough attempts to qualify for this list.

[OvertheHill]

2 minutes ago, UpstateNewYorker said:

Good guess, he is the third worst at 25.2 ft/sec.  By the way only three Twins rank above the league average (27.0): Buxton, Martin, and Castro,

Vazquez then?

[Parfigliano]

3 minutes ago, David HK said:

Welp, thanks to SSS Trevor Larnach, we actually have 3 players with an adult OPS.  Which is 1 more than the Sox.  

Yippee.

Yea us.

[AceWrigley]

soooooo, the Twins CAN score runs on base hits.

[jkcarew]

Someone told Kepler two things…

1…you’re playing the White Sox

2…it’s August

[OvertheHill]

1 minute ago, OvertheHill said:

Vazquez then?

Short attention span 😂 

[jkcarew]

12 minutes ago, UpstateNewYorker said:

Miranda pretty slow getting to first on that DP.  I checked his sprint speed on Baseball Savant, but apparently he doesn't have enough attempts on the season to register. Vazquez ranks as the slowest Twin (24.5 ft/sec). Any guesses as who is the second slowest?

Today’s lead off hitter.

[UpstateNewYorker]

1 minute ago, OvertheHill said:

Vazquez then?

	I mentioned that Vasquez was last. Next worst is actually Julien
	Rk. Player Team Age Position Competitive Runs Bolts HP to 1B Sprint Speed (ft / sec) 1 Buxton, Byron MIN 30 CF 20     28.6 2 Martin, Austin MIN 25 LF 20     27.9 3 Castro, Willi MIN 27 SS 19     27.2 4 Kirilloff, Alex MIN 26 DH 32   4.47 26.9 5 Correa, Carlos MIN 29 SS 12     26.9 6 Margot, Manuel MIN 29 RF 11     26.5 7 Farmer, Kyle MIN 33 3B 18     26.2 8 Jeffers, Ryan MIN 27 C 24     26.2 9 Santana, Carlos MIN 38 1B 16     25.2 10 Julien, Edouard MIN 25 2B 20     24.5 11 Vázquez, Christian MIN 33 C 11     24.5

[Hubie29]

Nothing like a HUGE dose of false hope offered up by the Chicago White Sox.  Can't wait to get back to reality after this series.