Rangers 6, Twins 2: Seager Goes Off as Rangers Avoid Sweep

[Blyleven2011]

3 hours ago, Doctor Gast said:

With the anemic offense, the rotation has taken up the slack & is showing some fatigue. IMO Lopez didn't have that little extra to blow away a batter in critical situations. IMO they should bring up Varland for a spot start as soon as possible & push back each SP, I'd keep Varland up in long relief/ spot start to help give support to the SPs & BP. We need to to do this to maximize quality innings & avoid any future injuries. Personally, I'd like to have this done sooner.

How's varland doing in AAA ?  , haven't heard any highlights of him ...

[Doctor Gast]

10 minutes ago, Blyleven2011 said:

How's varland doing in AAA ?  , haven't heard any highlights of him ...

He's been up & down, mainly down but his last outing wasn't bad. IMO nothing would bring him up faster than being brought up

[JD-TWINS]

20 hours ago, FilthyMogwai said:

Awesome - Pablo Lopez is just trash now.  Fantastic.  Along with Correa not living up to his contract and Buxton being bad/injured - this is really great!  

Buxton is what he is - hang in for another 4-5 years…….,CC is playing just fine. Assuming you’re trolling here. 

[JD-TWINS]

20 hours ago, D.C Twins said:

I haven't seen Pablo pitch this year.... For those who have...

Is this a velocity issue, command, control, pitch mix, movement.... all of the above?

Something is not going well and... Make It Official!.... this is definitely a worrying trend.

Generally, similar to Duran previously, not throwing fastball enough. He misses once in a while with fastball but it really sets up his other pitches. He’s only throwing it 36% of the time…….hitters can do math. If he throws 2 fastballs early in the count, they can sit on his change-up (as guys were sitting in Duran’s curve). His change-up is not down, in or out of the zone, often enough……he’s leaving it up & it’s getting hammered.

I think he’d have more latitude (margin for error) with his command if he threw more fastballs. Command is his issue with off speed for the most part, but his pitch mix could use a tweak IMO.

I think it’s a thing he’ll work through. Obviously, the opposition has made some adjustments to his strengths and he needs to counter………..watching Ryan Monday afternoon and he gets swing and misses with off speed because he throws 55-60% fastballs. Guys have to look for hard stuff and that’s what makes off speed work effectively.

[JD-TWINS]

20 hours ago, D.C Twins said:

If Kepler keeps this up.... 

we give him a qualifying offer and get a nice draft pick when someone else signs him in free agency...right?

With out OF prospect pipeline... I'm OK letting him go. 

I think, in his mind & with his personality, if the Twins are close to fair, he’s a Twin for life. A QO would be something he’d sign, IMO. I think they offer him 3 years at $16M/year prior to end of July…….his price goes up from there with decent production……”he keeps this up.” If he hits .270 plus he’s a 3 to 4 WAR guy at a minimum. He may be offended by that offer but more than that range is awfully risky! 

[JD-TWINS]

20 hours ago, Blyleven2011 said:

It's been a tough stretch for Pablo ,  we expect he will pitch better  , let's wait and see ...

The twins still have no real identity  , they win 12 , lose 7 , win 4 ...

We now play royals , let's play good ball , today's loss was not good  , consistently is all we ask for ...

I would take a 81 -81 season every year if they would play exciting consistent baseball  ...

First Royals game got ugly at the end!! Hopefully better tomorrow night.

Pablo will clean it up through June.

I don’t get the desire to lose as many games as you win…….or more accurately, to be satisfied with that?

“Consistency” being the chief goal?….. “81-81 & exciting, consistent baseball”……..I don’t know how a team excites someone if they lose as often as they win, seriously, it doesn’t register with me.

Why is it imperative to not have streaks during the year? There are streaks every year - some years they are longer. I understand not wanting losing streaks!! The team was 7–13 & losing twice as often as they won. No long streaks, just poor offense and generally poor execution. Since then they have gone 22-11 through Monday’s game. Currently 29-24. If they are fortunate enough to win tomorrow they will be on a clear 90 win pace through 1/3 of the season.

I’m a Lombardi guy - “winning is the only thing!” ……..worrying about how a Team gets to a record and being concerned is OK - natural - I guess? 

It’s tough to win 17 of 20 games without one or two prominent streaks. Do we hope the Team doesn’t win 17 of 20? ……….I get not liking the 7 straight losses - that streak was hard to fathom! It’s bigger than just the team’s being played! …….why though, is it a bad thing (inconsistent thing) to win 4 straight? Why should this be pointed out as “not good”?

Just a difference of opinion I guess? All good.