Twins 6, Guardians 3: Matt Wallner Conquers Apple TV+

[JD-TWINS]

1 hour ago, karcherd said:

On an everyday basis, quit being obsessed with who is pitching and what arm they throw with.

How about being obsessed with his results to date over parts of 3 seasons in MLB? …..was hitting .115 v. lefties in a post here by a contributor, no more than 10 days ago.

[karcherd]

45 minutes ago, JD-TWINS said:

How about being obsessed with his results to date over parts of 3 seasons in MLB? …..was hitting .115 v. lefties in a post here by a contributor, no more than 10 days ago.

Over 70 plate appearances spread out over 3 years, you are going to declare he can't become close to average against LH pitching.  I am not saying he can definitely be serviceable against LH pitching but you can't just declare that all LH hitters will never hit LH pitching without giving them a reasonable chance.  And that is exactly what the Twins are doing, they are declaring no LH hitter can hit LH pitching.  Will they do the same with Rodriquez and Jenkins, we will find out.

[arby58]

On 8/10/2024 at 8:39 PM, tony&rodney said:

Are you watching the same team as I am or just looking at stats?

Obviously, I 'just quoted stats' but if the goal of the game is to score more runs than the other team, those are the two most impactful stats. Part of the issue at the moment is they are missing their most valuable offensive player. Getting him back should be a 'wake up call' for the offense. That said, they are scoring enough runs, statistically speaking - I don't know how you can argue with that given their league placement in that statistic.

[Riverbrian]

On 8/10/2024 at 7:45 PM, JD-TWINS said:

Since June he’s hitting well over .320 v. LH pitchers. Going into the game he was hitting .319 v. LH pitching when leading off.

I get the enthusiasm about Wallner - exciting to watch him in the box. His K rate since coming back is 36+ % …….this is while essentially only having him face RH pitching. The curiosity for what Wallner “might do” and suggesting you’ll wager on the OPS points is all great but it’s just supposition - it will remain supposition because try aren’t going to push Wallner out in front of LH pitching regularly. From memory, in his first 68 AB’s v. LH pitching over first 3 years he’s hit around .115. Wish thinking stuff or offering to bet on it doesn’t do anything for me personally.

My bet is with Rocco.