Twins (Lopez) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 8/6/24, 7:05pm

[TwinsCD]

For a team that allegedly has good numbers against LHP, they face a number of starts who make them look positively impotent at the plate.

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And to be fair to Dobnak, if the catch is made, do any score?

[Aggies7]

Just now, USAFChief said:

As you called  week or so ago, it's a DFA waiting to happen.

 

Week? I made an audible groan whenever someone first brought him up when varland was sent out of the rotation 

[Vanimal46]

Just now, USAFChief said:

As you called  week or so ago, it's a DFA waiting to happen.

 

Sadly the outcome was very predictable. A pitcher with no out pitch in relief is a disaster waiting to happen. If he wasn’t going to start, idk why he was added to the 40 man over someone else who could help in the pen. 

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, TwinsCD said:

For a team that allegedly has good numbers against LHP, they face a number of starts who make them look positively impotent at the plate.

There’s a pill for that. And it works in less than 15 minutes now

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Woohoo Dobnak for a second inning!

[Aggies7]

Don’t wait too much longer to ask him how he throws that pitch, LaTroy

[Vanimal46]

3 minutes ago, Verified Member said:

Dobnak was never expected to step up and perform. I’m getting good god damn tired of López poor performance. Which in my humble opinion is more distressing than any Dobnak performance.

That is true. Lopez continues to tweak his game but it’s not working. We need him to be dominant in the 2nd half. 

[mnfireman]

4 minutes ago, CRF said:

Well...I think we got Imanaga'd tonight. Gotta get em tomorrow afternoon. 

LHP or not, a "sore" Buxton, Larnach and Wallner are better options than Martin and Margot.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

It was 4-2. Not 10-2. Twins are in the middle of a playoff chase. As much as Lopez struggled, I'd take him in the 6th instead of Dobnak, who by the way, was lit up like a Christmas tree by the freaking White Sox.

This is a classic Rocco game where the white flag is raised well before the game is over. The mentality permeates to the rest of the team and why they have these throw away games where they look mentally checked out from the opening pitch.

There's no fire or emotion or gut instincts in that dugout. It's all about analytics and staring straight into space regardless of the game or the situation.

This team should be much better than they are. But when a manager continues to send a message that mental errors and mistakes are tolerated and he himself gives winnable games away, you have a team with a very limited ceiling.

 

[TwinsCD]

Dobber gives TD the middle finger with that 7th inning.

[USAFChief]

Just now, Vanimal46 said:

Sadly the outcome was very predictable. A pitcher with no out pitch in relief is a disaster waiting to happen. If he wasn’t going to start, idk why he was added to the 40 man over someone else who could help in the pen. 

Options were limited. We didn't need anyone at the deadline. 

 

Seriously, I half suspect they intended to waive him when they called him up, on the off chance someone would claim him.

[TwinsCD]

Just now, mnfireman said:

LHP or not, a "sore" Buxton, Larnach and Wallner are better options than Martin and Margot.

How dare you suggest something so smart?  Don't you know Wallnarch aren't allow to come anywhere close to home plate with a bat when there's a lefty on the mound?  I believe there's a sign in the clubhouse spelling that out.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

1 minute ago, TwinsCD said:

Dobber gives TD the middle finger with that 7th inning.

And what did he give in the 6th inning?

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1 minute ago, TwinsCD said:

Dobber gives TD the middle finger with that 7th inning.

We earned it, didn't we...

[Jocko87]

27 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Gleyber Day Torres got yanked mid game for looking at a line drive he hit off the wall the other day. Should have been a double but could only reach first. Same inning got hosed at home plate on a ball hit to the outfield. Yanked. A tiny bit of accountability would be nice. I’ve never been around a successful team/group/workplace that lacked accountability 

What do you know about what accountability there is or isn’t?

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Options were limited. We didn't need anyone at the deadline. 

 

Seriously, I half suspect they intended to waive him when they called him up, on the off chance someone would claim him.

My man got paid after 15 starts. He’s laughing at all of us

[thelanges5]

Vázquez!

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3....

 

Thank you Mr. Vazquez.

[Jocko87]

28 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

The memo is a year old.

Then why did I argue all off season with Pettit telling me coaching doesn't matter? 🤣

[mnfireman]

So, a bad throw by Kepler and a very catchable triple are the difference in the game...

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

What do you know about what accountability there is or isn’t?

I know I watched Willi Castro almost single handedly lose back to back games against the Yankees with a plethora of boneheaded moves and he never so much as missed an at bat

[USAFChief]

3 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

It was 4-2. Not 10-2. Twins are in the middle of a playoff chase. As much as Lopez struggled, I'd take him in the 6th instead of Dobnak, who by the way, was lit up like a Christmas tree by the freaking White Sox.

 

Agree with most of this, but I'll give him a pass on using Dobnak. 

He can only use the relievers he has, and if Dobnak is here, he's gonna have to pitch in situations that aren't just blowouts. 

And I'd say Lopez was about spent. 

IMO THIS issue is Dobnak being here in the first place. 

[Schmoeman5]

1 minute ago, Jocko87 said:

Then why did I argue all off season with Pettit telling me coaching doesn't matter? 🤣

Cuz when Pettit gets on a roll, there's no stopping him.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Agree with most of this, but I'll give him a pass on using Dobnak. 

He can only use the relievers he has, and if Dobnak is here, he's gonna have to pitch in situations that aren't just blowouts. 

And I'd say Lopez was about spent. 

IMO THIS issue is Dobnak being here in the first place. 

Fair point on Dobber.

[USAFChief]

3 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

Then why did I argue all off season with Pettit telling me coaching doesn't matter? 🤣

Hahaha. Guess he didn't get the memo either. 

[thelanges5]

Dobber for another. Why not ?

[Aggies7]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Hahaha. Guess he didn't get the memo either. 

Lot of memos going around. People are much less likely to read memos nowadays. With the internet and such 

[USAFChief]

7 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

What do you know about what accountability there is or isn’t?

I think even you'd admit there isn't any evidence any of this matters to the manager. Or at least no evidence of any consequences. 

[mnfireman]

1 minute ago, thelanges5 said:

Dobber for another. Why not ?

Showcasing him before the DFA