Royals (Ragans) vs Twins (Varland): 8/14/24, 12:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[CRF]

Looks like Louie probably gets the start today. 

[mnfireman]

And Margot leading off, Martin in CF and Larnach against a LHP!!

[strumdatjag]

I’m going.   Interesting to see if Buxton returns against lefty Ragans -  I suspect he will get more rest , or maybe DH today.  His MRI on his hip was NEG.  AND he’s day to day.

[thelanges5]

Weds lefty lineup:

[stringer bell]

The only surprise is Larnach. He didn’t start against the righty yesterday, so he’ll get a chance against Ragans—not good duty, but better than sitting two days in a row. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

49 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

Weds lefty lineup:

I think i disagree with that lineup.

 

It is a home game so the pitcher comes up first rather than last.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

48 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

The only surprise is Larnach. He didn’t start against the righty yesterday, so he’ll get a chance against Ragans—not good duty, but better than sitting two days in a row. 

We are Keplerless too. Is that not a surprise? Or is it just component of a Larnach surprise... A sub-surprise  or a subprise in short.

 

Well... actually not in short.... Willi js already there.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

The other guys, just so as not to be asymmetric:

1. Frazier 2B (L)

2. Witt Jr. SS (R)

3. Pasquantino DH (L)

4. Perez, S 1B (R)

5. Renfroe RF (R)

(You are number) 6. Melendez LF (L)

7. DeJong 3B (R)

8. Fermin C (R)

9. Isbel CF (L)

[nicksaviking]

I'm a Varland-to-the-pen guy, but I'm kind of curious to see if the hot starts by the other young pitchers can push him to another level.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Buck's MRI came back 'clean'...

So hopefully there's not an extended absence in his future.

[TFRazor]

Afternoon game in the middle of August. God I love baseball. Let's get a win.

[BH67]

1 hour ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

The other guys, just so as not to be asymmetric:

1. Frazier 2B (L)

2. Witt Jr. SS (R)

3. Pasquantino DH (L)

4. Perez, S 1B (R)

5. Renfroe RF (R)

(You are number) 6. Melendez LF (L)

7. DeJong 3B (R)

8. Fermin C (R)

9. Isbel CF (L)

I'm not a number! I'm a free man!!

[nicksaviking]

13 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Buck's MRI came back 'clean'...

So hopefully there's not an extended absence in his future.

Good news. But if he's at all gimpy, I sit him 10 days anyway.

[gregens]

1 minute ago, nicksaviking said:

Good news. But if he's at all gimpy, I sit him 10 days anyway.

If he sits 10 days then I'd put him on the IL.

[nicksaviking]

1 minute ago, gregens said:

If he sits 10 days then I'd put him on the IL.

That's why I picked 10 days.

[USAFChief]

Farmer. Ugh.

[Brandon]

I just don’t get having Margot bat lead off.  A sub .300 OBP with no power and ok speed.  It’s like having Gladden lead off for us again without the stolen bases. 

[Mike Sixel]

2 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Farmer. Ugh.

Can't wait for one of Lee or CC to replace him..

[NYCTK]

1 minute ago, Brandon said:

I just don’t get having Margot...

you could have just stopped there

[CRF]

Louie in trouble already. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Farmer. Ugh.

What i miss?

 

(Yeah, glutton for punishment)

[LA Vikes Fan]

Varland's biggest problem is showing up again. He just doesn't throw enough strikes. Even if he can get through trouble, he has to throw so many pitches that he has trouble getting through even 5 innings, much less 6. 

[karcherd]

1 minute ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

Varland's biggest problem is showing up again. He just doesn't throw enough strikes. Even if he can get through trouble, he has to throw so many pitches that he has trouble getting through even 5 innings, much less 6. 

Yeah and the error had no impact on the inning.  It was ruled a hit but should have been an error.

[CRF]

Ok...let's put some runs on the board for Varland...we'll probably need them. 

[Jocko87]

2 minutes ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

Varland's biggest problem is showing up again. He just doesn't throw enough strikes. Even if he can get through trouble, he has to throw so many pitches that he has trouble getting through even 5 innings, much less 6. 

I always thought his problem was too many strikes?  Too many bad strikes.

[gregens]

2 minutes ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

Varland's biggest problem is showing up again. He just doesn't throw enough strikes. Even if he can get through trouble, he has to throw so many pitches that he has trouble getting through even 5 innings, much less 6. 

Yep, that's why most people here believe his only chance to be successful in the mlb is as a relief pitcher.

[stringer bell]

12 minutes ago, gregens said:

If he sits 10 days then I'd put him on the IL.

I’m sure that’s what Nick meant. 
 

Putting Buck on the IL is tough only in that finding a replace would create a 40-man issue. The only position players at St. Paul on the roster are Julien and Camargo as well as the injured Severino and Rodriguez. They could recall Julien, I suppose, and move Castro to the OF. 

[LA Vikes Fan]

Garland did a good job getting through a tough first inning, especially one where Farmer should have made the play on the first "hit". Having said that, the huge difference between he and Matthews is jumps out at you. Matthews consistently throws strikes, Varland does not. I don't know if the answer is to back his velocity down a mile per hour or two so he can have more fastball command, or whether he just isn't going to get there, I like his stuff but until he throws more strikes he is a bullpen pitcher.

I suspect the plan here is to give best at another start against the Rangers in Arlington, and Matthews another start in San Diego against a very good team, and see how they do. Maybe  Varland gets one more start in the second game in San Diego depending on whether we can last that long with the seven man bullpen. Hopefully at least two of them perform well. Then we go back to the five-man rotation and one of the three is either in AAA as the sixth starter or in the bullpen. My bet is that Varland will be the odd man out.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Anyway, back to driving.

Got it in the radio from here on in.

 

Sorry for not posting up a storm...