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

[sweetmusicviola16]

This could possibly be the worst team in modern ML history. The CWS.

[jkcarew]

4 minutes ago, UpstateNewYorker said:

	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

And yet, Julien has infinitely more SB than our fastest guy.

[jkcarew]

105 of the bat of Vaughn. Seems like when a team is bad, they never seem to get lucky, either. 

[Tlaker]

7 minutes ago, sweetmusicviola16 said:

This could possibly be the worst team in modern ML history. The CWS.

I think we might need to hold off on that kind of call…. Twins are not that far ahead of them just yet 

[RpR]

47 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. 

I think you said, or some one said; the pitchers have adjusted to his style faster than he has altered his style.

[RpR]

25 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?

Vazquez's shadow?

[jkcarew]

Is Robert injured? Moncada? He was actually off to a good start.

[UpstateNewYorker]

6 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

Is Robert injured? Moncada? He was actually off to a good start.

Robert is on the 10 day IL (hip). Moncado is on the 60 day IL (adductor).

[Parfigliano]

Grossman just wont retire

[D.C Twins]

Wow... the CWS are one baaaaaaaad baseball team.

Good thing they evened out the schedules because the East would go bonkers if we got to play them more. 

[Parfigliano]

Paddack lookin good against this AAAA competition

[jkcarew]

7 minutes ago, D.C Twins said:

Wow... the CWS are one baaaaaaaad baseball team.

Good thing they evened out the schedules because the East would go bonkers if we got to play them more. 

Schedules are still ‘unbalanced’. ALC gets 13 games against them…ALE, ALW get 6 or 7.

Just not AS unbalanced as before.

[Winston Smith]

Twinks are back baby!

[David HK]

🐶🐕🌭🐕‍🦺 It just occurred to me there couldn't be 2 more fitting teams to go head to head on "Dog Night." 

[D.C Twins]

2 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

Schedules are still ‘unbalanced’. ALC gets 13 games against them…ALE, ALW get 6 or 7.

Oh my..... good for us... but I wouldn't blame the ALE/ALW if they submitted an official protest to the MLB if the ALC pulls any of the wild card slots :)

[Mike Sixel]

Where's all the regular comments? Just got back from a remarkable win by the HS team I help coach, was excited to see this score also!

[Jocko87]

14 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Grossman just wont retire

But why would he?

[Hubie29]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

Where's all the regular comments? Just got back from a remarkable win by the HS team I help coach, was excited to see this score also!

Who do you help coach Mike?

[jkcarew]

7 minutes ago, D.C Twins said:

Oh my..... good for us... but I wouldn't blame the ALE/ALW if they submitted an official protest to the MLB if the ALC pulls any of the wild card slots :)

Yes and no.

Those teams don’t want to give up revenue from hosting the Yankees…and the media outlets don’t want fewer Yankees/Red Sox games (for instance)

[jkcarew]

Not a good look for MLB IMHO, that you can have a lineup like the White Sox and a lineup like the Dodgers in the same league.

The gap between best and worst keeps growing.

[Mike Sixel]

8 minutes ago, Hubie29 said:

Who do you help coach Mike?

Golf team in Oregon. Assistant coach .We won without our best player, who's one of the three best in the state, give or take. Next week determines if we go to state, it need to go to regionals. I'd guess we're one of the five best teams in the state, but one the others in our league is also. 

[Mike Sixel]

3 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

Not a good look for MLB IMHO, that you can have a lineup like the White Sox and a lineup like the Dodgers in the same league.

The gap between best and worst keeps growing.

The Sox have been awful at their jobs, and have lots of injuries. It isn't, imo, an MLB issue like the A's....

[OvertheHill]

I know it’s just Chicago, but good for Paddack. He’s giving us exactly what we needed. 

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

The Sox have been awful at their jobs, and have lots of injuries. It isn't, imo, an MLB issue like the A's....

A's are 9-14

[Parfigliano]

Paddack ERA down to 5.57

[stringer bell]

Just now, Parfigliano said:

Paddack ERA down to 5.57

It was 4.15 before he faced Baltimore. 

[jkcarew]

5 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

The Sox have been awful at their jobs, and have lots of injuries. It isn't, imo, an MLB issue like the A's....

I think the Sox are tanking the year. Robert and Jimenez are young enough to make it “work” if that’s the word to use…but if everyone is healthy, they’re still bad…but yes, not as embarrassingly bad.

[LaBombo]

Special on Prime this week...

[stringer bell]

Seven innings for Paddack. I don’t think we’ll see many outings where he gives the Twins seven IP. 

[Parfigliano]

Nice Henriquez