Twins (Festa) vs Mets (Manaea): 7/30/24, 6:10pm

[Aggies7]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Miami has more than 87000 sq miles??

I'm skeptical. 

😂

[nicksaviking]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

ACTUALLY it looks like 65 cities worldwide are bigger than Minnesota. Miami is one of them

So payroll adjusted, the Twins should probably be rolling with about a 8M payroll.

[GusGus11]

Ok, so I have finally this season come to terms with the fact that Christian Vazquez is going to play every other day. No matter how insane that is to type out. I've accepted it. Maybe since Jeffers has been ass for months that has helped with that.

But what I cannot accept or understand in any form is why does Vazquez have as much immunity to being pinch hit for than Royce and Correa?

I'm not kidding. We literally never pinch hit for the guy. There was a game this year when his OPS was .430 and bases were loaded in the 9th and we let him hit.

This is rhetorical btw

[GusGus11]

2 minutes ago, exeoud said:

They can pitch back to back days but there's a lot of data proving relievers are much less effective on consecutive days.

PItchers are also less effective when they have an ass load of time off. They have to pitch eventually

They cant just sit around and hope we play a game where we are leading by 1-3 in the 7th. That strategy hasn't worked for a week now.

[Schmoeman5]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Miami has more than 87000 sq miles??

I'm skeptical. 

Maybe they're counting the Atlantic ocean

[nicksaviking]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Miami has more than 87000 sq miles??

I'm skeptical. 

They claim the international waters between Key Largo and Havana too.

[thelanges5]

Seems like we struggled last year against Manaea too. 

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Schmoeman5 said:

Maybe they're counting the Atlantic ocean

I thought we were talking about population 😂

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, nicksaviking said:

They claim the international waters between Key Largo and Havana too.

The nerve

[GusGus11]

Great AB by Lee

He's been getting a lot of 2-2 and 3-2 counts lately. But in his slump its usually resulted in a weak out or swinging at ball for a K

Heck of a walk.

[GusGus11]

1 minute ago, thelanges5 said:

Seems like we struggled last year against Manaea too. 

That was the game when they brought him in after an opener and we pulled lefties like Julien without even taking an AB

Manea causes our team from top to bottom to lose all brain functionality.

[Aggies7]

White Sox grab the lead 2-1 in the 4th

This one’s in the bag 

[GusGus11]

I just don't get why Wallner isn't used here

He walks more, he gets HBP way more and he has way more power

Those are the 3 things you need in this situation. 

[nicksaviking]

5 minutes ago, GusGus11 said:

Ok, so I have finally this season come to terms with the fact that Christian Vazquez is going to play every other day. No matter how insane that is to type out. I've accepted it. Maybe since Jeffers has been ass for months that has helped with that.

But what I cannot accept or understand in any form is why does Vazquez have as much immunity to being pinch hit for than Royce and Correa?

I'm not kidding. We literally never pinch hit for the guy. There was a game this year when his OPS was .430 and bases were loaded in the 9th and we let him hit.

This is rhetorical btw

Dude has three stolen bases this year. You really want to take that threat off the base paths!?!?

[thelanges5]

Understand when a guy or two slums. But when it’s the whole team for two days in a row, is that just the Mets having a better plan and us not adjusting?

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, thelanges5 said:

Understand when a guy are two slums. But when it’s the whole team for two days in a row, is that just the Mets having a better plan and us not adjusting?

Our team seems to all slump or be hot at once.

[GusGus11]

Just now, nicksaviking said:

Dude has three stolen bases this year. You really want to take that threat off the base paths!?!?

Ha sadly, they do

Cause last week vs Philly we let him hit(per usual) and he drew a rare lead off walk. Then we promptly had Buxton run for him

So logistically we essentially chose Vazquez bat over Buxtons in a tie game...

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, GusGus11 said:

Great AB* by Lee

He's been getting a lot of 2-2 and 3-2 counts lately. But in his slump its usually resulted in a weak out or swinging at ball for a K

Heck of a walk.

*PA

[nicksaviking]

4 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

The nerve

Except Miami to Havana is about the distance of Minneapolis to Moorhead, so I kind of dropped the ball on that joke.

[gregens]

2 minutes ago, GusGus11 said:

That was the game when they brought him in after an opener and we pulled lefties like Julien without even taking an AB

Manea causes our team from top to bottom to lose all brain functionality.

Actually it's not the team loses brain functionality.... it's Baldelli!

[nicksaviking]

[Mike Sixel]

If you aren't trying to win, why not deal Kepler? I mean, pick a lane.

[IaBeanCounter]

Buxton was hot for while, now ice cold

[USAFChief]

C'mon Buxton. Seriously??

[GusGus11]

Buxton misses two meatballs in a row

 

Then swings at ball 4 with Royce on deck. Just brutal

[Aggies7]

If I had a nickel for every time Byron chased a slider outside for strike 3. I’d have a couple nickels 

[jaimedude]

Buxton with the predictable hero swing strike-out. 

[nicksaviking]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

If you aren't trying to win, why not deal Kepler? I mean, pick a lane.

He's reverted to his norms for sure. 

And teams seemed to be way overpaying for veteran players this year.

[Longdistancetwins]

“The Twins 2,3, and 4 hitters have not even put the ball in play in this game” say the Mets radio announcers, even before Buck strikes out.  Embarrassing for me to go into work this week here in NYC.   

[adorduan]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

If I had a nickel for every time Byron chased a slider outside for strike 3. I’d have a couple nickels 

You would be richer then Elon Musk.....