Braves (Sale) vs Twins (Festa): 8/28/24, 6:40pm

[USAFChief]

Also a pretty good example to show the next young whippersnapper who tells you pitchers can't "pitch to the situation."

Sale is sitting low 90s until he needs it. Then it 97, 98, 99.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

This is a bad baseball team right now.

[h2oface]

Good thing they didn't bunt a run in with runners on second and third with no outs. That would have been a really embarrassing way to tie the game. I mean 1/5 to 1/over3 odds to get a hit, and way less against Sale today. A way better strategy. 

[BiggestRoccoFan]

I would rather watch Ron Davis pitch than this club right now. When they miss the playoff's Rocco has to go. 

[Patzky]

Give Festa a bat.

[BiggestRoccoFan]

There is no reason Brooks Lee should still be in Saint Paul.

[mrtwinsfan]

Just now, BiggestRoccoFan said:

I would rather watch Ron Davis pitch than this club right now. When they miss the playoff's Rocco has to go. 

Extended  his contract already,   can you honestly think they would pay for 2 Managers at the same time

[2wins87]

The rookie pitching for this team has been super impressive, all things considered.  The future is bright.

Just hard to enjoy it with everything else going off the rails lately.

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, BiggestRoccoFan said:

There is no reason Brooks Lee should still be in Saint Paul.

ive been barking that for 4 days,    he gives the team alot of different position help,  and Julien ??

[USAFChief]

"Mental reset day" for Lewis.

 

With a left handed pitcher on the mound,  and a day off tomorrow. 

 

Rocco Roccoing.

[BiggestRoccoFan]

3 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

This is a bad baseball team right now.

They just don't look like they are ready to play and that starts with the manager. All of the brain farts, the bad base running, the horrible line up construction and it has been horrible, The mis management of the pen. 

[BiggestRoccoFan]

Well you get what you pay for as they always say. 

[mrtwinsfan]

Wallner showing some heart,    dugout you watching ?

[I Miss The Lakes]

10 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Heh.

 

Nice AB Castro 

Was that the worst at-bat of the homestead so far?
Bases loaded, starting pitcher laboring to get outs, 30+ pitches in the inning and our All-Star Castro strikes out on three straight fastballs. All the while Smalley fluffs it all up by telling us that major league fastballs are hard to hit.
Why am I watching this?!

[USAFChief]

The two best ABs tonight off Sale have come from Wallner.

And he wouldn't be in the lineup if Rocco had any choice. 

[karcherd]

Wallner is showing he needs to be in the lineup every day regardless of who is pitching.  Stop with the platoon nonsense and play your best players.

[USAFChief]

Just now, karcherd said:

Wallner is showing he needs to be in the lineup every day regardless of who is pitching.  Stop with the platoon nonsense and play your best players.

Why is this even an issue at this point of the season?

 

[karcherd]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Why is this even an issue at this point of the season?

 

I agree but then again this is the team giving Lewis a mental reset day when you need to playing your best players against another playoff team.  It's not like we only have 30 games left, there is plenty of time to catch Cleveland.

[TwinsCD]

It'll never happen but Festa should get the 7th.  But why stick with the hot hand when you can cave to the numbers and bring in a worse pitcher (if it's Thielbar).

[TwinsCD]

5 minutes ago, karcherd said:

Wallner is showing he needs to be in the lineup every day regardless of who is pitching.  Stop with the platoon nonsense and play your best players.

Been sayin it for weeks...

[BiggestRoccoFan]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Why is this even an issue at this point of the season?

 

I honestly think we would have less injuries if he just played our best players everyday like they should be playing. I don't know how anyone on this team can get comfortable hitting 9th one day, 4th the next day, back to 9th and then getting 2 rest days. How is anyone supposed to get in any kind of rhythm playing for Rocco.

[hitterscount]

4 minutes ago, karcherd said:

Wallner is showing he needs to be in the lineup every day regardless of who is pitching.  Stop with the platoon nonsense and play your best players.

Maybe this is why they look disinterested? Rocco’s lineups, pinch hitting early, having your closer pitch in the 7th might have finally taken their toll.

[OvertheHill]

Festa doing everything he can. Shame he’s not getting any help. 

[BiggestRoccoFan]

Just now, hitterscount said:

Maybe this is why they look disinterested? Rocco’s lineups, pinch hitting early, having your closer pitch in the 7th might have finally taken their toll.

Rocco is a big reason why Sonny left and he is going to be the reason we lose Joe Ryan. In case no one on here has noticed Joe Ryan can't stand Rocco.

[TwinsCD]

WHAT IS TOMMY WATKINS DOING??

[USAFChief]

Just now, BiggestRoccoFan said:

I honestly think we would have less injuries if he just played our best players everyday like they should be playing. I don't know how anyone on this team can get comfortable hitting 9th one day, 4th the next day, back to 9th and then getting 2 rest days. How is anyone supposed to get in any kind of rhythm playing for Rocco.

I believe you play your best players when they're healthy. 

Giving them time off intentionally does zero to keep them healthy and only adds to the time they'll eventually miss when/if they're NOT healthy. 

It just amounts to an added unnecessary trip to the IL, spread out into one day trips that accumulate into the same thing.

[Aggies7]

WHAT ARE WE DOING ON THE BASES

[Aggies7]

That’s one of the worst sends of the year. Probably the worst 

[UpstateNewYorker]

[karcherd]

Can we DFA Watkins?