Game Thread 6/16: Twins v A’s, Split Doubleheader, Game 1 @ 1:10pm; Game 2 @ 6:40pm

[OvertheHill]

Really pumped for Ober. I get that it’s Oakland but he really needed this kind of outing. 

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, OvertheHill said:

Really pumped for Ober. I get that it’s Oakland but he really needed this kind of outing. 

Would love to see him go 6 plus trouble.

[Schmoeman5]

19 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

He was pressing in 2022 and the team as a whole fell off the rails in August.

Last year, he played on one leg.

What we're seeing now, this is C4.

What was he pressing?  Dress shirts?

[OvertheHill]

16 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Credit Sears with battling through four and saving their BP a bit. I wouldn't mind the Twins picking that guy up if the cost isn't too much.

What do you imagine it would take? Like a Walner type player? 

[USAFChief]

I guess Rocco only PHs for his good hitters.

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

What was he pressing?  Dress shirts?

Mucho  Dollar Bills

[mnfireman]

A pitchers best friend....

[Schmoeman5]

14 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

For not being a super star, according to many on this site, he’s giving a good impression lately

He's a really good player. 2 weeks ago he was hitting .250ish. He's on a roll. Enjoy it. Doesn't mean he's a HOF type player or superstar. Are Matt Olson or Kyle Schwarber superstars? That's rarefied air.

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, mnfireman said:

A pitchers best friend....

I can only guess.

 Was watching the Cards dispatch the Cubs.

[TwinsCD]

Wallner has 2 dingers today, one of which banged off the scoreboard above the Taphouse in right, a 481-foot shot.

[stringer bell]

With the way Lewis, Correa, Miranda and sometimes Buxton are going, this is a tough lineup for a lefty. I suppose this is what the front office envisioned, but now they are a bit more vulnerable to right handed pitching.  One or some of the demoted left handed hitters and/or Larnach need to step up to balance the club out offensively. 

[stringer bell]

Great outing for Ober. Most of the year, I believe the ball stays in the park, but it's warm and the wind blows out a bit to left. 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

33 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

For not being a super star, according to many on this site, he’s giving a good impression lately

He's definitely a super star, IYAM. 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Santana! 

[Patzky]

28 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I guess Rocco only PHs for his good hitters.

Maybe preserving folks for game 2.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

41 minutes ago, OvertheHill said:

Really pumped for Ober. I get that it’s Oakland but he really needed this kind of outing. 

He used the change up really well today. Was nice to see.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Farm Dog on the base paths...oof.

[Patzky]

Farmer just keeps getting picked off. Shouldn't a Farmer want to stay in the field?

[Patzky]

Guards down 7-6 in the 9th with two on two out.

[Shaitan]

3 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Farmer just keeps getting picked off. Shouldn't a Farmer want to stay in the field?

He's trying to get out to the field faster.

[stringer bell]

Alcala looks like a different player this time up. 

[AceWrigley]

Don't look now, but Farmers OBA is higher than Bucks . . . whaaaaaaaaat?

[thelanges5]

1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Alcala looks like a different player this time up. 

Like that they are using him for one instead of two innings. 

[AceWrigley]

2 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Alcala looks like a different player this time up. 

I guess a healthy Alcala is pretty good.

[TwinsCD]

C'mon Sands, that outing might hurt Game 2.  Hopefully Duran will only need 1 or 2 pitches.

[CRF]

Kinda sucks that Sands couldn't throw a clean 9th out there. 

[ewen21]

49 minutes ago, Schmoeman5 said:

He's a really good player. 2 weeks ago he was hitting .250ish. He's on a roll. Enjoy it. Doesn't mean he's a HOF type player or superstar. Are Matt Olson or Kyle Schwarber superstars? That's rarefied air.

His slash numbers for last year: .231/.312/.399 

 

He started this year hitting just OK and he was outspoken about the team not hitting the first months.  To his credit, he started with himself.  

NO ONE needs to feel bad about criticizing Correa in the recent past.  How about let’s just be happy with his recent performance and hope he has a career year?

[mnfireman]

Sands = RH version of Thielbar....

[AceWrigley]

man, Cole Sands has a hard time finishing off a game.

[Schmoeman5]

1 down. 1 to go. Provus doing his best Bremergasm there though. Oops. Not so fast. Winner? Yes!