Game Thread: Yankees (Stroman) v Twins (López), 5/15 @ 6:40pm CT

[Aggies7]

Have to recognize Lopez for going 6, as off as his stuff was

[RickOShea]

Just now, cheeseheadgophfan said:

He almost had to with the way the ump is giving Strohman the low and outside pitch.....

Very true!

[cheeseheadgophfan]

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

It was a second or two past. I am sure Baldelli has gotten the slack a couple of times, too. The point is, they got it right. Jeffers was out and it was called wrong. It shouldn't have been called wrong in the first place. I hope we can beat the Yankees because we beat them and not cry about something like that, which needed corrected.

Really?  So now there's some "slack" in the rule???  I understand your point, but if you're gonna allow "slack" you're opening up a can of worms.....

[h2oface]

6 innings, 3 earned for Lopez. A certified "quality start". HAHAHA!

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

No runs on 7 hits since Jeffers' leadoff homer last night.  Suffice it to say that's not good at all. 

And as noted, can't blame it on the lineup tonight. Can't chalk it up to a good opposing pitcher. 

 

[IndyTwinsFan]

Just now, USAFChief said:

And as noted, can't blame it on the lineup tonight. Can't chalk it up to a good opposing pitcher. 

 

Very true!

[h2oface]

4 minutes ago, cheeseheadgophfan said:

Really?  So now there's some "slack" in the rule???  I understand your point, but if you're gonna allow "slack" you're opening up a can of worms.....

I can remember Baldelli being late before too, and getting the challenge, and the call being overturned. But yes, best to get all the calls correct that you can, and let the players decide the game, and not the umpiring.

[RickOShea]

Is Dottie Henson a free agent after this season?

[Aggies7]

There isn’t one facet of the game we’ve done better than the Yankees this series.

[Aggies7]

5 pitches that inning 😳 

[RickOShea]

Castro is about as useful as an extra scab on an owie!

[IndyTwinsFan]

Making Stroman look like a Cy Young pitcher tonight.   AARGH. 

Starting to look like we're back to the recent days of the anemic offense.  UGH 

[Aggies7]

Wow Pablo back out

[IndyTwinsFan]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

5 pitches that inning 😳 

Things like that happen when you have an offense as feeble as ours is.

[h2oface]

5 minutes ago, h2oface said:

6 innings, 3 earned for Lopez. A certified "quality start". HAHAHA!

Does a pitcher lose a quality start, if they have it through 6, but come back out and pitch longer, and give up more runs?

[h2oface]

1 minute ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

Things like that happen when you have an offense as feeble as ours is.

But it was Lopez against the Yankees. Lopez only had to throw 5 pitchers in the 6th.

[h2oface]

That didn't take long for Funderburk to give up the thunder.

[RickOShea]

Our outfield play this past week has looked like a baby's diaper.

[Aggies7]

Can we please remove Castro from the game?

[RpR]

Put Margot in center.

[USAFChief]

Castro. Again. Feet stuck in cement as an easily catchable ball sails over his head.

[h2oface]

Twins pitching raises Judge's average twenty some points in one game. 3 doubles and a homer. Damn

[Aggies7]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Castro. Again. Feet stuck in cement as an easily catchable ball sails over his head.

He should have been removed in the second inning. But accountability is old school and not part of new baseball 

[IndyTwinsFan]

Okay, I've seen about as much of this crap as I can handle for one night.

They seemingly can't do anything right tonight. 

[h2oface]

Castro shouldn't even be playing center. Our best center fielder right now is........ Kepler.

Margot sucks, too. This year, maybe worse. This is what the brain trust thought was best. This is the team they designed, with the back end of the bullpen and no plan B for center, and they leave DaShawn Keirsey, a true center fielder that is raking, in St. Paul. Get rid of Margot. Just release him. And try Keirsey.

[RickOShea]

FO is to blame.  Can't afford to have Castro on the ML roster.

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

Okay, I've seen about as much of this crap as I can handle for one night.

They seemingly can't do anything right tonight. 

Nice thing by living in our time zone.  I can head down to the local LL fields and watch some decent play with far more effort.

[RpR]

1 minute ago, h2oface said:

Castro shouldn't even be playing center. Our best center fielder right now is........ Kepler.

Margot sucks, too. This is want the braintrust thought was best.

Margot would be better than Castro.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

"When your luck is batting zero

get your chin up off the floor.

mister, you can be a hero

you can open any door!"

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

Margot would be better than Castro.

Margot Robbie would be better in center at this point