Angels (Kochanowicz) vs Twins (Matthews): 9/11/24, 6:10pm

[Randy Griffith]

8 minutes ago, ziggy said:

Matthews has no movement on his fastball. Straight as a bullet.

His hits per innings pitched should be a hint to management to find another pitcher.

Just issued a four-pitch walk to a .196 batter.  C'mon Zebby!

[Parfigliano]

Not a confidence building outing Zebulon

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, Randy Griffith said:

Just issued a four-pitch walk to a .196 batter.  C'mon Zebby!

He gone.

[exeoud]

Just now, Peter said:

Zebby is band aid-don’t forget about Ryan-should be back 100% with him/swr/pablo and Ober-we got the pitching for 2025! Need corea/buxton/kepler back asap!!!

Still need a 5th. Festa hasn't proven enough to be given that spot. Made the same mistake with Varland this past offseason, they need to get a reliable 5th. If Festa turns out to be good then you have 6 reliable options, never a bad problem to have.

[Randy Griffith]

Two guys on with the highest batting average starter up next ...

[Patzky]

Did they grease the baseballs tonight? WTF..

[Jocko87]

23 minutes ago, exeoud said:

Like I said earlier, only positive to Matthews and Festa pitching like crap is ownership is gonna take a lot of heat if they don't pony up for a starter or two this offseason. Whether they care or not is one thing, but at least it puts some pressure on them.

I know this is a game thread but this is absolutely nonsense.

The bar is high here at TD but wow.

[Randy Griffith]

Attaboy, Cole. 

[Mortimerkenny21]

Alright, let's turn up the offense! The pitching hasn't been pretty but hanging in there, now support them with some Run (s)!

[Craig Arko]

Sausage time.

[Mortimerkenny21]

That's a start!

[Randy Griffith]

Lewis needs to do something this inning.  Otherwise, sub him out for Margot!

[Mortimerkenny21]

Just now, Craig Arko said:

Sausage time.

Rally that sausage harder than you have ever rallied it before!

Let's go now, let's go!

[exeoud]

1 minute ago, Jocko87 said:

I know this is a game thread but this is absolutely nonsense.

The bar is high here at TD but wow.

Pablo, Joe, Ober locked in, SWR probably makes the opening day rotation as well but not guaranteed, why don't you tell me who the 5th guy should be?

[Randy Griffith]

2 minutes ago, Randy Griffith said:

Lewis needs to do something this inning.  Otherwise, sub him out for Margot!

And with the first strikeout of the night, Mr. Lewis is now 0 for his last 20 AB.

[Mortimerkenny21]

Willie!!

[Peter]

WTF is wrong with Royce??? Gotta swing the bat 

[OvertheHill]

Lewis. C’mon. 

[Peter]

Willi!!!! 💪💪💪💪

[exeoud]

That is embarassing for Royce. This guy had 12 strikeouts in 41 innings. Going down looking against that is a bad look. Good job Willi

[gregens]

Castro picked a good time to get a hit.

[Peter]

Lee!!!!! 💪💪💪💪4-2 twins!!! Let’s go!!!

[Mortimerkenny21]

Dang, I wanted more!

[Jocko87]

4 minutes ago, exeoud said:

Pablo, Joe, Ober locked in, SWR probably makes the opening day rotation as well but not guaranteed, why don't you tell me who the 5th guy should be?

Paddack, Festa and Zebby will compete for it.  Varland and Morris are dark horses.  No reason to sign anything short of the very top of the rotation.  It's as good of a situation as any team in baseball.

You didn't expect a starting pitcher to be fully formed in their first big league action?

[exeoud]

Vazquez is back to being a pumpkin. Good inning though

[Patzky]

7 minutes ago, exeoud said:

Pablo, Joe, Ober locked in, SWR probably makes the opening day rotation as well but not guaranteed, why don't you tell me who the 5th guy should be?

Well Paddack comes to mind.

[Craig Arko]

This has me wanting to visit Kramarczuk’s.

[Mortimerkenny21]

3 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Well Paddack comes to mind.

All these new rookie pitchers and I forget about Paddack.

[Patzky]

Is Thielbar the answer! Tonight's pitching staff is like a greatest hits album from a 1986 band you never heard of 

[Randy Griffith]

I cannot figure out this "manager".  Why do you take out Sands at this juncture???