Twins (Lopez) vs Yankees (Stroman): 6/6/24, 6:05pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

I hate late start times on a getaway day.

[CRF]

Would LOVE to see Pablo shut these guys down. Can we at least win one game against them?

[wabene]

Ya think these Yankees pitchers are a little more relaxed tossing in front of that stacked lineup? So many times the Twin's pitchers are holding on to a goose egg in the 3-4 inning waiting for the lineup to do something.

[IndianaTwin]

IT Jr. reminds me that 23 years ago today, the Twins drafted Mauer. He was followed by Mark Prior, Dewon Bradenton and Gavin Floyd. 

Well played, Twins. 

[Doctor Gast]

Yes, Pablo shut them down! Line-up whoever you are, pulloff a win.

[Doctor Gast]

6 minutes ago, Doctor Gast said:

Yes, Pablo shut them down! Line-up whoever you are, pulloff a win.

Dang! NO Lewis or Buxton, Come on Twins give a s***.

[Road trip]

That didn't take long... only 3 games after Julien is sent down we have the dreaded "Farmer starts vs right-handed pitcher" scenario.  Add in Lewis on the bench and I think I'll find something else to do tonight.

[howeda7]

46 minutes ago, Doctor Gast said:

Dang! NO Lewis or Buxton, Come on Twins give a s***.

Or Jeffers. Vazquez time again. He will now have started 35 games at catcher to Jeffers 29. There is no possible defense for that.

[Azviking101]

One game played for Jeffers in a span of 4 days and Lewis sits instead of playing field one day and DHing the other two.

what a magical lineup 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

42 minutes ago, Azviking101 said:

One game played for Jeffers in a span of 4 days and Lewis sits instead of playing field one day and DHing the other two.

what a magical lineup 

Don't wanna wear them out....

[ashbury]

1 hour ago, howeda7 said:

There is no possible defense for that.

Defense.  🙂

[Craig Arko]

Pablo better be flawless.

[Mike Sixel]

1 hour ago, howeda7 said:

Or Jeffers. Vazquez time again. He will now have started 35 games at catcher to Jeffers 29. There is no possible defense for that.

Truly Mind. Boggling. Truly. 

[Mike Sixel]

1 hour ago, Road trip said:

That didn't take long... only 3 games after Julien is sent down we have the dreaded "Farmer starts vs right-handed pitcher" scenario.  Add in Lewis on the bench and I think I'll find something else to do tonight.

This is why I hate this veteran stuff and platoon stuff. Sigh.

[Mike Sixel]

12 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Defense.  🙂

I was told he was so good at catcher that zero offense didn't matter, and that he magically made the pitchers better (how's that worked these two games?)

[Schmoeman5]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

Truly Mind. Boggling. Truly. 

No big deal. Cleveland will fold. Nothing to worry about. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

13 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

No big deal. Cleveland will fold. Nothing to worry about. 

More likely than not, Twins with a chance to pick up a game tonight. 

Then I look at Cleveland’s schedule and they play Miami this weekend. Thats another 2-of-3 for them. Every matchup easier than the last. Who does Cleveland play next week? Probably someone like Little Sisters of the Poor, or some hyphenated teams, etc

[CRF]

Rocco-Ball is real hard to stomach. Pablo better put plenty of zero's up there. 

[bighat]

Yankees 5, Twins 0. 

The Twins know it, the Yankees know it, the crowd knows it and so does every baseball fan. 

It's not a curse, it's not a jinx. It's an organization-wide failure 20 years in the making, and it's an inexcusable embarrassment. 

[mnfireman]

As I stated the other day, if Lewis can't play every day he should have stayed on the rehab assignment longer.

[jaimedude]

Can someone please stick some pins into an Aaron Judge Bobblehead, burn some sage or smoke some legal weed wishing some voodoo on Judge's or Volpo's bat's? Anything to cool off the Yankees bat,'s. Would be nice if Twins didn't wet their pants when playing the Yankees or so it seems. 

[Aggies7]

I was hoping the thunderstorms in the region today might miraculously give us a night off from the abuse. Not looking like it though 😂

[OvertheHill]

Stroman walks a lot of guys. Here’s hoping that the Twins (and umps) don’t expand the strike zone and make the guy work a little. 

[Doctor Gast]

KC beat CLE today

[Craig Arko]

Lopez pitches a complete game shutout and Lewis hits a pinch hit ‘tater. Twins win 1-0. Life is good. Have a beer.

[jkcarew]

2 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

I was told he was so good at catcher that zero offense didn't matter, and that he magically made the pitchers better (how's that worked these two games?)

Unfortunately, he makes the opponent’s pitcher much better, as well.

[jkcarew]

Buxton earning a day off the old fashioned way…

by being terrible for two weeks.

[LA Vikes Fan]

Not surprised Buxton and Kepler aren't playing tonight. Neither is hitting a lick whereas Miranda, Margot and Santana have been carrying the team offensively for the last 2 weeks.  Now playing Vasquez instead of Jeffers and not DHing Lewis instead of Kirilloff? Hard to stomach. 

[Doctor Gast]

We need a lot of good ABs

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, Doctor Gast said:

We need a lot of good ABs

And I need a million dollars 😂