Twins (Ober) vs Yankees (Gil): 6/4/24, 6:05pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Well, here we go again.

[Muppet]

When not playing the Royals, Ober is 5-1 with a 3.01 ERA and a 0.87 WHIP. 
Not bad. Time for the Twins to show they can beat good teams too. 

[CRF]

Bout time we opened a can on these dudes.

[Vanimal46]

What are the odds the National broadcast on TBS is blacked out?

[Squirrel]

2 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

What are the odds the National broadcast on TBS is blacked out?

Not for me ... (I know, not helpful) 😜

[Doctor Gast]

It'll be a tough game but I hope the Twins can pull it out on my birthday! I'm excited to see Lewis play!

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Doctor Gast said:

It'll be a tough game but I hope the Twins can pull it out on my birthday!

happy birthday.

[Mike Sixel]

Yankees are the best team in baseball, so I'm not expecting wins here......just want Lewis to be healthy and get his feet wet.

[Doctor Gast]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

happy birthday.

Thanks

[Jocko87]

In today's episode of did you know....Luis Gil was briefly associated with your Minnesota Twins in his late teens! 

This fact means nothing. Stop it. 

[Dave The Dastardly]

25 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

In today's episode of did you know....Luis Gil was briefly associated with your Minnesota Twins in his late teens! 

This fact means nothing. Stop it. 

Is that a little known Cliff Claven factoid?

[Mike Sixel]

nvm

[Squirrel]

Well, here it is … Royce playing 3rd, Miranda 1st, Castro 2nd, Larnach DH

 

[howeda7]

Swingin Vazquez in the line-up tonight (and probably tomorrow). It's his turn and those are the rules.

[Danchat]

Glad to see Castro at 2B. Hopefully he isn’t too rusty.

[stringer bell]

A lot to like about the lineup—younger players Kirilloff, Larnach and Miranda all in with Santana on the bench. Miranda gets first base, AK in left and Larnach DH. Castro gets his first start at second. This was an opportunity to play Jeffers at catcher in consecutive games, but no. 

[stringer bell]

5 minutes ago, howeda7 said:

Swingin Vazquez in the line-up tonight (and probably tomorrow). It's his turn and those are the rules.

You mean tonight and on Thursday, correct?

[Mike Sixel]

3 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

A lot to like about the lineup—younger players Kirilloff, Larnach and Miranda all in with Santana on the bench. Miranda gets first base, AK in left and Larnach DH. Castro gets his first start at second. This was an opportunity to play Jeffers at catcher in consecutive games, but no. 

Heaven forbid they use the catcher that adds value more than half the games....

[MMMordabito]

6 minutes ago, howeda7 said:

Swingin Vazquez in the line-up tonight (and probably tomorrow). It's his turn and those are the rules.

(Sigh) Even with the off day.

[Hubie29]

5 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

What are the odds the National broadcast on TBS is blacked out?

I live 50 miles from downtown, I find games are only blacked out on MLB Network. FS1 and TBS I am fine, never blacked out. 

[IaBeanCounter]

I was disappointed not to see Jeffers catching, so I looked at Ober's ERA when pitching to each.  Vaz has caught 7 games with Ober going 39.2 innings with an ERA of 3.18.  Jeffers has caught 4 games with Ober going 17.1 innings with an ERA of 8.83.  If you throw out the KC disaster to start the season (Jeffers) and the recent Cle poor performance (Vaz), Ober's ERA is 5.06 to Jeffers and 2.27 to Vaz.

For what ever reason Ober may feel more comfortable pitching when Vaz is catching.  JMHO

[howeda7]

58 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

You mean tonight and on Thursday, correct?

No. I believe the Yankees have a lefty tomorrow and Rocco won't play Lewis 2 days in a row to start. So I expect Vazquez to catch tomorrow too with Jeffers DH'ing, Margot and Farmer in the line-up etc.

[Patzky]

1 hour ago, howeda7 said:

Swingin Vazquez in the line-up tonight (and probably tomorrow). It's his turn and those are the rules.

What you thought Royce was in, it'd be all Jeffers all the time! 

[Schmoeman5]

21 minutes ago, howeda7 said:

No. I believe the Yankees have a lefty tomorrow and Rocco won't play Lewis 2 days in a row to start. So I expect Vazquez to catch tomorrow too with Jeffers DH'ing, Margot and Farmer in the line-up etc.

Why wouldnt Rocco play Lewis 2 days in a row? If he's cleared to play, is the plan to ease him back? He might not be at 3rd. But I would expect him to at least dh. Especially with a Lefty going on Wednesday 

[Mike Sixel]

10 minutes ago, Patzky said:

What you thought Royce was in, it'd be all Jeffers all the time! 

how about half the time? After tonight, Vazquez will have caught 4 more games than Jeffers, or 14% more often.....

[sampleSizeOfOne]

3 hours ago, Jocko87 said:

In today's episode of did you know....Luis Gil was briefly associated with your Minnesota Twins in his late teens! 

This fact means nothing. Stop it. 

And Jake Cave is long gone, eh.

 

Nothing comes from nothing...

[Craig Arko]

For exactly the second time in their careers (not counting ST), Correa, Buxton, and Lewis are taking the field together. I find this something to celebrate.

[howeda7]

38 minutes ago, Patzky said:

What you thought Royce was in, it'd be all Jeffers all the time! 

 There's no longer any excuse to DH Jeffers, so I was hoping Vazquez could be limited to one game per series which should have been the case all along.

[Patzky]

27 minutes ago, howeda7 said:

 There's no longer any excuse to DH Jeffers, so I was hoping Vazquez could be limited to one game per series which should have been the case all along.

There are going to be a lot of juicy lineup combinations.. if they somehow have a late lead I expect to see Santana at first.

[Shaitan]

2 hours ago, howeda7 said:

Swingin Vazquez in the line-up tonight (and probably tomorrow). It's his turn and those are the rules.

I support Jeffers having 2 days off in a row. He's played a lot this year at a demanding position and we're still only at the 1/3 mark.