Twins (Ryan) vs Tigers (Skubal): 7/27/24, 5:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[CRF]

Maybe the Tigers will trade Skubal before the game tonight, and we get to miss facing him. Stranger things have happened. 

[thelanges5]

[nicksaviking]

5 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

Kind of amusing because I'll bet one of the more common discussions next off season is if Julien follows the Miranda path. That of being a little known infield prospect, raking in the high minors, feeling like a cornerstone player as a rookie, looking completely lost as a sophomore and then coming back from the dead in his third year at the majors.

[mnfireman]

30 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Kind of amusing because I'll bet one of the more common discussions next off season is if Julien follows the Miranda path. That of being a little known infield prospect, raking in the high minors, feeling like a cornerstone player as a rookie, looking completely lost as a sophomore and then coming back from the dead in his third year at the majors.

Only if we find out Julien has been injured all season. Otherwise this is probably what Julien is.

[Joe Schmitt]

The Tigers may have shown enough life not to sell at this point. 

[Parfigliano]

48 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Only if we find out Julien has been injured all season. Otherwise this is probably what Julien is.

How did Julien develop into a hitter terrified to swing when he has 2 strikes.

[mnfireman]

32 minutes ago, Joe Schmitt said:

The Tigers may have shown enough life not to sell at this point. 

Maybe to build on for next year, too many teams ahead of them this year.

[mnfireman]

5 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

How did Julien develop into a hitter terrified to swing when he has 2 strikes.

I don't know. The numbers are probably worse than you thought:

127 PA, 12-107, .112/.252/.196 (.448 OPS) 2 HR, 5 RBI, 74/19 K/BB, 1 HBP

 

[USAFChief]

2 hours ago, thelanges5 said:

I called it.

They weren't going to start Miranda against the RHer yesterday, so they just waited a day to activate him.

[wabene]

57 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I called it.

They weren't going to start Miranda against the RHer yesterday, so they just waited a day to activate him.

 

 

 

 

 

[SD happy]

2 hours ago, mnfireman said:

I don't know. The numbers are probably worse than you thought:

127 PA, 12-107, .112/.252/.196 (.448 OPS) 2 HR, 5 RBI, 74/19 K/BB, 1 HBP

 

It sure seems like that ‘sophomore slump’ is sometimes a real thing. A year ago, who would have guessed that Corbin Carroll and Evan Carter would be struggling this year. I hope Julien figures it out. Last year, it seemed like everything he hit was line drives.

[Doctor Gast]

5 hours ago, CRF said:

Maybe the Tigers will trade Skubal before the game tonight, and we get to miss facing him. Stranger things have happened. 

I truly hope so but if DET trades Skubal (I doubt it) it'll be after this game.

[Doctor Gast]

Hope Skubal has a poor outing against the Twins

[Jocko87]

5 hours ago, thelanges5 said:

Valid question at this point.

 

 

[Patzky]

14 minutes ago, Doctor Gast said:

I truly hope so but if DET trades Skubal (I doubt it) it'll be after this game.

If he leaves in the second inning we'll be the third to know.

[BH67]

5 hours ago, nicksaviking said:

Kind of amusing because I'll bet one of the more common discussions next off season is if Julien follows the Miranda path. That of being a little known infield prospect, raking in the high minors, feeling like a cornerstone player as a rookie, looking completely lost as a sophomore and then coming back from the dead in his third year at the majors.

For precisely that reason I'd be delighted to include Julien in a package for a 2024-only ace starter. I love Julien in much the same way that I love Luis Arraez.

[FlyingFinn]

4 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

How did Julien develop into a hitter terrified to swing when he has 2 strikes.

The looking at strike three with two strikes almost seems like a Lester situation (pitcher who can't make a throw to first base), complete mental block at this point.

[USAFChief]

Don't know if any of you are aware, but the Lego store at the Mall of America was closed for weeks for repairs. It just reopened today, and it was a huge event.

People were lined up for blocks.

[ziggy]

10 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Don't know if any of you are aware, but the Lego store at the Mall of America was closed for weeks for repairs. It just reopened today, and it was a huge event.

People were lined up for blocks.

I stepped on that one so bad it hurt.

[stringer bell]

Time for the Twins to rise to the occasion—the Twins face an elite pitcher on the road. The right handed hitters need to peck away at Skubal, maybe getting him out after six innings, and Ryan needs to hold down the Kitties. 

[Joe A. Preusser]

14 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Don't know if any of you are aware, but the Lego store at the Mall of America was closed for weeks for repairs. It just reopened today, and it was a huge event.

People were lined up for blocks.

I'm sure there were numerous arguments, kids fighting and pulling sets away from each other shouting "LEGO."

[sampleSizeOfOne]

17 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Don't know if any of you are aware, but the Lego store at the Mall of America was closed for weeks for repairs. It just reopened today, and it was a huge event.

People were lined up for blocks.

They have blocks in the mall of america?

[USAFChief]

Hahaha. Lewis.

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I hope we win.

[Patzky]

Royce!

[Joe A. Preusser]

Skubel schmooble.

[Parfigliano]

Lewis was on that Skubal pitch

[Doctor Gast]

WOW! Lewis has done it again

[sampleSizeOfOne]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Hahaha. Lewis.

 

What he do?