Orioles (Povich) vs Twins (Lopez): 9/27/24, 7:10pm

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2 hours ago, LaBombo said:

 

'Buddy our Twins are going all the way this year, and if you keep looking into the woods over there, pretty soon you'll see the World Series victory parade going by.

No more slumps, no more blown leads. Everybody is happy.

Just keep looking... over that way.'

 

So... That would be a no?

[killebrewlover]

Congrats to the Tigers and the Royals.  They did what the Twins couldn't!   I think 2025 is going to be an awful reminder of how badly this team has squandered it's talent.   Move 'em to a city that cares...

[mnfireman]

55 minutes ago, TwinsCD said:

Perfect way to end the season -- with another baserunning blunder.

Santana again at that....

[Richie the Rally Goat]

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2 hours ago, TwinsCD said:

Perfect way to end the season -- with another baserunning blunder.

Season isn't over. 2 games left.

 

Though i suppose the post season is for us?

 

So... What did we learn from 2024?

[insagt1]

mini post mortem:

Will be interesting to see how the two teams play out the final 2 games since neither of them have any particular thing to play for. The dust has settled. One team is washed up; the other has to be content being the #1 wild card with probably a date with the hottest team in baseball staring them in the face next week for a short series.

All Twins fans have to be malignantly disappointed in the way they played this final week. The offense was the most offensive. How an entire team can fail so badly when given so many opportunities to succeed defies logic.

The return of Buxton and Correa should have given them the same kind of boost that the O's got when their 3 injured regulars returned. It didn't. The two did contribute, especially Correa but they couldn't overcome the total failures of other key players. Lewis and Jeffers in particular come to mind. One has to wonder about Lewis. Who is he? Still hurt? Pitchers figured him out? What? But he went from budding superstar with a ton of power to a black hole in the lineup. Jeffers had a decent 1st half and then an awful 2nd half. Do the Twins move on from him?

Santana...he could hit. He gave it a good shot...but wow, the mind-numbing baserunning. Castro regressed 2nd half. Kepler too and then he was hurt. Farmer never really arrived. Everyone here hated Margot. They MUST give him one more pinch hitting shot! Can he go 0-31? Larnach and Wallner had their moments but not enough of them when it mattered most. Lee tried. He had a few 'moments'. But overall, when you are playing a 100 loss team with the season on the line and you can't score runners at 3rd with no outs or 1 out, there is no hope for you. Miranda--had that great run of hits and then totally disappeared. Julien--thought he might be able to build on last season. Instead he crumbled. So much failure collectively.

We can discuss the pitching later. Plenty to talk about there too. Especially the pen. Injuries didn't help but almost all the playoff bound teams suffered serious pitching injuries. Thats where depth and good scouting come in.

While disappointed that Twins are out, the way this team has played doesn't merit October baseball. And last night with some breath still left, they couldn't do a thing against a starter who had yet to win a game on the road and whose ERA was over 5.00.

The diary entry for the 2024 Twins won't win any Pulitzer prizes for excellence.

 

[IndianaTwin]

14 hours ago, LaBombo said:

Momentum ftw...

And last night, they managed to play the full 60 minutes without a running clock for the second time in six games (35 point margin). I mean, they still lost 36-7 to a team that is now 1-5, but progress...

[IndianaTwin]

15 hours ago, notoriousgod71 said:

Santana some more stellar base running.

Bizarre as it sounds, it may not have been that bad of a play. It's almost always a bad idea to try advancing in that situation, but that was about as routine of a ground ball as it could be. Either way the Orioles are likely to get an out, but there's probably a greater chance of Baltimore screwing up a rundown (or getting called for interference) than there is that they would throw the ball away at first. 

[IndianaTwin]

14 hours ago, bean5302 said:

Kudos to Pablo getting out-dueled by Cade Povich in an absolute must win or season over game. Lopez was a big reason the Twins struggled this year. The "ace" managed to put together a solid season for a #4 pitcher.

Thankfully, we've got several more years at only $22MM coming up.

How many No. 4 pitchers end up with 2.5 bWAR, a 3.65 FIP, a 1.192 WHIP and 198 strikeouts over 185.1 innings?