Twins 1, Giants 7: Listless Defense, Untimely Hitting Soils Joe Ryan's Homecoming

[ashbury]

14 hours ago, Matt Braun said:

You know that kind of terrible movie whose ending you can predict after about 20 minutes?

Me yesterday, along about the fifth inning:

Should have done this instead, earlier:

[ashbury]

27 minutes ago, JD-TWINS said:

Offense could use a couple breaks (4 balls caught at the wall in past couple games)

Warning-track power used to be a criticism of a player, not an excuse. 😀

[RpR]

Before the game yesterday, Baldelli said it was important for them to do well this series and not go into the break in a funk.

[KirbyDome89]

2 hours ago, JD-TWINS said:

A guy brought up the question about Margot being in the lead-off spot last night - citing his stats as a lead-off hitter is somehow skewed?

That’s like saying a pitcher who gives up 2 or less runs over his past 5 games but has a 4.00 ERA after 14 games isn't pitching better now because his overall ERA is 4.00. (Ober like)

Recent performance matters whether you think so or not!

Vazquez sucks generally - certainly for the year! However, he’s had an OPS of .810 over last 18 games……got him a shot at DH last night.

Buxton was mired in mediocrity through most of the first 2 plus months of the season……he’s been on fire for 20 games…….recent events matter.

The stat that I throw around relative to Margot is .899 OPS from beginning of June through a week ago. If a guy hits .100 for a month, he can’t get back to .250 in a blink of an eye. I’m not in love with Margot in any way but fair is fair…….he was terrible……he became proficient…..,,we’ll see how long he can contribute and hang on from here.

.143/.182/.286 so far in July. He looks a lot like the April/May version right now. I wouldn't be trying to get him extra ABs at the top of the lineup, even if it's a LHP starting, but whatever...

[William K Johnson]

23 hours ago, VivaBomboRivera! said:

And to top it off, we have to watch LaMonte Wade play in a Giants uniform. ☹️

The decision came down to either Wade or Cave.   Front office decided Cave was a better option.   Oops!!