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

[Aggies7]

Sands!

[Patzky]

Jones (PIT) shut down the Dodgers tonight. We will see him at PNC.

[TwinsCD]

1 minute ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Vázquez was set up for low and away, curve came in the high and in corner. Ober missed his location by a mile—granted should still be called a strike 

 

@TwinsCD

@mnfireman

Correct.  At the MLB level, if a catcher sets up where Vazquez was, you're expecting the pitch there.  But I feel like you still need to see the whole picture.  Speaking from my experience at the HS level, just because the catcher sets up there, doesn't mean the pitch will be anywhere near there (as I hope not to flinch because of all that exposed space).

[Azviking101]

would this not be a good time for a Jeffers PH appearance lol?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

3 minutes ago, TwinsCD said:

Correct.  At the MLB level, if a catcher sets up where Vazquez was, you're expecting the pitch there.  But I feel like you still need to see the whole picture.  Speaking from my experience at the HS level, just because the catcher sets up there, doesn't mean the pitch will be anywhere near there (as I hope not to flinch because of all that exposed space).

Plus, isn’t the inside edge the easiest to see? (Yeah the pitch went right to the flinch area)

[Aggies7]

Just now, Azviking101 said:

would this not be a good time for a Jeffers PH appearance lol?

Yeah. But he’s got half our hits!

[SwainZag]

1 minute ago, Azviking101 said:

would this not be a good time for a Jeffers PH appearance lol?

I think if Jeffers was going to pinch hit, it's not going to be for Vasquez so he doesn't have to catch tonight.  

[Aggies7]

Could not have been more overmatched that inning 

[Patzky]

Throwing Thielbar to the wolves. Eh?

[TwinsCD]

2 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Plus, isn’t the inside edge the easiest to see? (Yeah the pitch went right to the flinch area)

Yes.  A professional umpire should never miss a pitch on the inside edge of the plate.  The only grace I'd give on that is if the batter is hanging out over the edge of the plate and the catcher is set up inside and then the umpire has a very small sliver to see the pitch clearly.

[wabene]

Excess leaks from the Pitching Pipeline® being used against us tonite.

[Azviking101]

2 minutes ago, SwainZag said:

I think if Jeffers was going to pinch hit, it's not going to be for Vasquez so he doesn't have to catch tonight.  

Yet with the top of the lineup coming up there’s nowhere for him to pinch hit. 
Jeffers sitting after the off day is just an incredible thing. Jeffers is not a 35 yr old catcher nearing the end 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We are going to score 2 runs in the top of the 9th, right? More is also acceptable.

[Patzky]

2 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

We are going to score 2 runs in the top of the 9th, right? More is also acceptable.

The Thielbar Effect is real.. 

[Aggies7]

Who’s this guy pitching? He looks good 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

3 minutes ago, wabene said:

Excess leaks from the Pitching Pipeline® being used against us tonite.

Ian Hamilton from 2022-good catch. You sure you want to make that information public to critics like me? 😆

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Who’s this guy pitching? He looks good 

That’s what I get for trying to be positive 😂

[OvertheHill]

Darn 

[OvertheHill]

It seems like we’ve given up an inordinate amount of 0-2 homers this year. 

[h2oface]

Nelson keeps writing about how good the bullpen is. It's his fault.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

The Thielbar situation reminds me of the Tyler Duffey situation from a couple years ago 

[Azviking101]

Thielbar should never pitch to righties. It’s the closest thing to batting practice in the league 

[h2oface]

Just now, OvertheHill said:

It seems like we’ve given up an inordinate amount of 0-2 homers this year. 

Just lazy.

[Aggies7]

About to drop to 44-121 [.267) since 2002 against these fellas

[Patzky]

Seeing Ober Sands Thielbar in the box score says Everything l need to know..

[Azviking101]

Just now, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

The Thielbar situation reminds me of the Tyler Duffey situation from a couple years ago 

It was no different last year either. He was dominant to lefties as usual and gave up a combined 1.000 ops in the regular season and playoffs to righties. He’s a LOOGY in an era where that is against the rules 

[Patzky]

3 walks and a Royce Dinger' surrrrree

[SwainZag]

1 minute ago, Patzky said:

Seeing Ober Sands Thielbar in the box score says Everything l need to know..

Really wouldn't matter who was pitching when the offense mustered up a whole 1 run on 2 hits.

[TwinsCD]

1 minute ago, Patzky said:

Seeing Ober Sands Thielbar in the box score says Everything l need to know..

The 1 run and 2 hits should be more informative.  Ober and Sands did fine.  Thielbar is a junkballer who should get lit up if the hitter keys on just the slow stuff.  Stanton must have read his scouting report.

[SwainZag]

3 minutes ago, OvertheHill said:

It seems like we’ve given up an inordinate amount of 0-2 homers this year. 

A hanger on an 0-2 pitch to a player like Stanton is just ridiculous.  That ball has not business being anywhere near the plate.