Twins (Festa) vs Rays (Springs): 9/3/24, 5:50pm

[IndyTwinsFan]

9 minutes ago, OvertheHill said:

Twins offense “relatively quiet”. 
I’d say. 

To put it mildly.  More "R" rated terms would be more appropriate, but I won't use them here.

You guys are smart enough to guess about where I'd be headed with that, if so inclined. 

[Linus]

Castillos uniform looks um………..challenged 

[Blyleven2011]

Let's hope santana can have some 9th inning MOJO  ...

[BH67]

The offense is mind numbing. They don't drive me batty, because, well...

One last chance.

[Linus]

Oooooh that was Eddys pitch. 

[USAFChief]

Lee just looks completely overmatched, running into one last night notwithstanding.

[Linus]

I am not a big Julien fan but the look of joy on his face after that hit was great. Happy he gets something good happening to him. 

[Peter]

**** loss🤮👎🤬😡😤😭😥

[Parfigliano]

Cant have Larnach face a lefty

[cheeseheadgophfan]

All we hear about is Brooks Lee's father is a baseball coach.  If he didn't teach his kid to bunt, he should be ashamed of himself.

Provus:  "the bunt is just not something in his game....."

[Danchat]

Yikes. Vazquez pinch hitting in a do-or-die situation with a now sub-.600 OPS... gross.

[OvertheHill]

Sad. Just sad. 

[USAFChief]

Seriously? Vazquez??

 

 

[Aggies7]

Don’t even advance the runners. Brutal.

[gregens]

1 minute ago, Parfigliano said:

Cant have Larnach face a lefty

Sacrilege, don't you know.

[Linus]

The feast or famine offense is starving right now. 

[Peter]

This was bad bad bad😭😥🤮💩🤬😡👎crushing loss

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, cheeseheadgophfan said:

All we hear about is Brooks Lee's father is a baseball coach.  If he didn't teach his kid to bunt, he should be ashamed of himself.

Provus:  "the bunt is just not something in his game....."

And the return question would be, "Why not?".

[OvertheHill]

1 minute ago, cheeseheadgophfan said:

All we hear about is Brooks Lee's father is a baseball coach.  If he didn't teach his kid to bunt, he should be ashamed of himself.

Provus:  "the bunt is just not something in his game....."

This. Seems like a no brainer that you’d ask your rookie in a huge spot to do something high percentage like lay down a bunt to move the game tying run to 3rd. But apparently, no. 

[Schmoeman5]

3 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Cant have Larnach face a lefty

Nope. Vasquez is a much better option there.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Another loss on the margins.

[USAFChief]

One PA each for Larnach and Wallner.

Well played, Baldelli. Well played.

[IndyTwinsFan]

And the puny, so-called offense, has cost us yet another winnable game.  Just disgusting!

[OvertheHill]

Pi**ed away another decent start. Our killer LHP optimized lineup predictably does little. Our “interchangeable parts” approach yields shoddy fielding that cost a close game. 
Running on fumes. 

[Blyleven2011]

Just now, IndyTwinsFan said:

And the puny, so-called offense, has cost us yet another winnable game.  Just disgusting!

Not quite as disgusting 15-0 

Loss the other day at home ...

It was food pitching though  ...

[TwinsCD]

As soon as I saw the starting lineup with Jeffers in the leadoff spot and both Larnach & Wallner out of it, I figured it would be a loss.  Correa and Buxton are still out and while they've been gone, Wallner is one of your best hitters.  I don't care if the pitcher is throwing amphibiously (look up the reference), you have to put your best bats in the lineup in September, especially when two of your best bats are hurt.  But we have a manager who decides to put names in a hat and draw them out to figure out his batting order.  We have a manager who refuses to lay a bunt down to get 2nd and 3rd with 1 out in the 9th.  We have a manager that is running scared to let a lefty batter face a lefty pitcher but will let a horrific-hitting catcher pinch-hit in a big situation.  I'm really debating how close I want to sit to the dugout on Thursday to let my voice be heard.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Without Buck and Correa, you can't afford to go with the all righty lineup. Wallner and Larnach need to play everyday. 

[BiggestRoccoFan]

This game was poorly managed from the start with the line up construction. You can't have 3 infielders in the outfield. How do you ever learn to hit left handed pitching if never given the chance? Jeffers as the lead off man? Taking 2 of your better hitters out of an already thin line up.

 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Morneau mentioned it earlier in the season. There's something to be said for batters getting comfortable with their place in the lineup. Zero consistency in that regard and I don't see it from any other teams like I do with the Twins. 

[gregens]

Just now, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Without Buck and Correa, you can't afford to go with the all righty lineup. Wallner and Larnach need to play everyday. 

Even with Buck and Correa you can't afford to not play your best hitters.