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

[Irishman]

1 minute ago, exeoud said:

Duran has been so disappointing. His stuff is too good to be where he's at. There's no reason he couldn't and shouldn't be doing what Clase is doing in Cleveland right now.

I concur.   Duran is not very reliable one.     
 

Btw twins batters chased way too many pitches.   

[Doctor Gast]

Ragans is weakening, let's pound him! but good ABs

[thelanges5]

Ragans for Chapman that was a heckuva trade.

[Irishman]

I would prefer the robot umpire than this home umpire.    This home umpire seems to favor the the Royals.   

[thelanges5]

Target field is still one of the best and I am glad I am at the game

[Mortimerkenny21]

2 minutes ago, Doctor Gast said:

Ragans is weakening, let's pound him! but good ABs

We didn't pound him hard enough. Let him off the hook!

[cHawk]

3 minutes ago, Doctor Gast said:

Ragans is weakening, let's pound him! but good ABs

We did not pound him.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

8 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Why would you leave Varland in for the sixth, pretty clearly not trying to win, and then burn Duran in the 7th?

Really?

Shhhh...might incur some pitchforks with this post.

[cHawk]

Our prized trade deadline acquisition.

Take us to the promised land!

[USAFChief]

Nice play Santana 

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Shhhh...might incur some pitchforks with this post.

Not in a game thread.....

[USAFChief]

Just now, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Shhhh...might incur some pitchforks with this post.

Already did.

[Doctor Gast]

Here comes Richards to save the day

[cHawk]

1 minute ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Shhhh...might incur some pitchforks with this post.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Already did.

Ah, I see it now. Yeah, how dare anyone question the decision to use your closer in the 7th - down by 2 runs - when he's struggled in non-save situations.

[h2oface]

14 minutes ago, exeoud said:

Duran has been so disappointing. His stuff is too good to be where he's at. There's no reason he couldn't and shouldn't be doing what Clase is doing in Cleveland right now.

Yes. Two years ago it truly was. But even last year, and certainly this year, even with the pitches and velocity he has, almost every batter, even if they don’t get hits, make some contact against him. And a lot of good contact, even if it is foul. K rate way down. Why is that? I hope Duran and the staff figure it out. At this point, he is a crap shoot. Definitely no where close to a sure thing. Definitely no where close to Clase. 
 

Duran struggling in non save/lower pressure situations? Duran is struggling in tie game and save situations. But hey, we got Richards now!

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Ah, I see it now. Yeah, how dare anyone question the decision to use your closer in the 7th - down by 2 runs - when he's struggled in non-save situations.

I mean, 9-1-2 was due up, 3-1 game. I guess you can argue he wanted Duran to face the top of the order.

I think it was stupid, but I guess there's an argument to be made.

 

And Mike has every right to disagree. 

 

 

 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

When Paul DeJong is having a day against you, you had a bad day.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Just now, USAFChief said:

I mean, 9-1-2 was due up, 3-1 game. I guess you can argue he wanted Duran to face the top of the order.

 

Perhaps. But Jax has been the better pitcher all season long so if you're THAT worried about the top of the order, go with the guy who has been more effective.

[cHawk]

I could really go for a cookie right now.

[thelanges5]

We haven’t been as effective hitting left-handers in the second half. Pretty hard with Buxton and Correa, not on the field.

KC with a lefty warming for bottom 8th. 

[KirbyDome89]

20 minutes ago, karcherd said:

He gave up 8 hits, two of them should have been outs and 1 walk.   I know it is not outstanding, but pitchers will give up hits and when you only give up now 3 runs in 6 innings, you have given your team a chance to win.   I am not sure if he should be part of the rotation long term but give him some credit for keeping his team in the game, that is what counts.

It was a quality start in name only. Sequencing luck isn't reliable, i.e. if you're going to bleed baserunners and yield hard contact, including serving up way too many bombs, you're asking for trouble. Yes, the Twins are in this game, but they'll be out more often than in if Varland continues to pitch as he has. 

[RpR]

Jeffers must not know how to back hand a  bad pitch.

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Perhaps. But Jax has been the better pitcher all season long so if you're THAT worried about the top of the order, go with the guy who has been more effective.

And used to that role 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Jeffers is going through it right now - both at the plate and behind it.

[USAFChief]

Just now, RpR said:

Jeffers must not know how to back hand a  bad pitch.

Heh.

Yeah, the bad pitch is Jeffers fault 

[Patzky]

16 minutes ago, Tlaker said:

I think Rocco misreads get away games as give away games?🤷‍♂️

Crappy hitting more to blame.

[Azviking101]

It’s hilarious to me that they saw Richards 92 mph fastball with no movement and were like “yeah that’s what we need to add to this team.”

[Aggies7]

What are we doing with this guy in the game in this spot

[Mortimerkenny21]

Richards in not good. Just my simple observation.