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

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, Peter said:

Bullpen will be working overtime tonight 

Fortunately tomorrow is off day

[Mortimerkenny21]

Oooofffdaahh!

[Peter]

Thank the good lord 😬😬😬😬that could’ve got really ugly 

[exeoud]

Of course Margot comes off the IL in the minimum time required while Buxton and Correa are weeks/months behind schedule.

[Jocko87]

2 minutes ago, exeoud said:

Only positive to Festa and Matthews pitching like crap is the front office can't come out of this offseason without a starting pitcher or two, I guarantee you we would have gone into next year wasting the first month or two with them in the rotation to find out what we are right now.

[Mortimerkenny21]

[Peter]

Wally ball💪💪💪💪

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, exeoud said:

Of course Margot comes off the IL in the minimum time required while Buxton and Correa are weeks/months behind schedule.

Told my wife Im sure Margot did that just to P me off

[IndianaTwin]

4 hours ago, CRF said:

Yep...bring the AAAYYY! game!

Correctamundo. 

[Jocko87]

I love that view with the MPH on the scoreboard.  Corey still selling maaaybe and it flashes to the scoreboard showing 110 and ruins the call.

[Parfigliano]

Bunt there....WTF Lewis?

[exeoud]

Royce is an interesting case study as to how quickly someone can go from a franchise cornerstone to an injury prone Javier Baez clone.

[SS MagicMark]

Is Royce really that hard up for hits?

[IndianaTwin]

1 minute ago, exeoud said:

Royce is an interesting case study as to how quickly someone can go from a franchise cornerstone to an injury prone Javier Baez clone.

Have you seen Javier Baez play defense? 

[gregens]

I wonder if Margot will pinch hit for Wallner today?

[exeoud]

Just now, gregens said:

I wonder if Margot will pinch hit for Wallner today?

Yup Angels will bring in a lefty in the middle innings and Rocco will panic pull Larnach and Wallner from the lineup so we have Margot and Farmer hitting in high leverage in the 9th inning

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

The fact that Zebby is pitching every 5th day in the middle of a wildcard race....woof. Not on Rocco either. This is on the Pohlads. Ownership malpractice.

[C-Gangster]

I know this might be a long shot and not everyone will agree with me but I feel like we should send down mathews call up corey lewis.

[Patzky]

Got out of it but hardly fooling the Angels batters.  Need another ten spot tonight.

[exeoud]

2 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

The fact that Zebby is pitching every 5th day in the middle of a wildcard race....woof. Not on Rocco either. This is on the Pohlads. Ownership malpractice.

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.

[Parfigliano]

Zebulon seems to have a HR problem

[gregens]

4 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 agree with you, but, I'm hoping both Matthews and Festa turn out to be good mlb pitchers in the future.  I don't think they'll be ready for the beginning of the 2025 season.

[ziggy]

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.

[Western SD Fan]

8 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.

Sadly enough I can see that if we limp into the playoffs with Matthews and Festa, ownership will see that it worked and not do anything but maybe find another DeScalafini type.

[Patzky]

The Twins are hitting em harder but the Angels hitting em smarter tonight.

[Parfigliano]

Lotta hard hit right at LAA

[gregens]

2 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

Sadly enough I can see that if we limp into the playoffs with Matthews and Festa, ownership will see that it worked and not do anything but maybe find another DeScalafini type.

Oh sure, bring us back to reality!

[exeoud]

5 minutes ago, gregens said:

I agree with you, but, I'm hoping both Matthews and Festa turn out to be good mlb pitchers in the future.  I don't think they'll be ready for the beginning of the 2025 season.

I think Festa will be fine, Matthews not so much unless he gets better stuff or figures out how to throw chase pitches, might work in the minor leagues, big league hitters are too good to pound the zone all the time.

[Parfigliano]

3 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

Sadly enough I can see that if we limp into the playoffs with Matthews and Festa, ownership will see that it worked and not do anything but maybe find another DeScalafini type.

It would be on point to get a starter that pitches 0 innings.

[Peter]

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!!!