Cubs (Shota!) vs Twins (Woods Richardson): 7/8/25, 6:40pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

This is going to be a tough series, and it's starting out with a really suboptimal pitching matchup for the Twins.

[Vanimal46]

Should be an interesting broadcast tonight. In the booth it’s Morneau, Perkins, Plouffe, and special guest Pablo Lopez 

[knothole61]

29 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Should be an interesting broadcast tonight. In the booth it’s Morneau, Perkins, Plouffe, and special guest Pablo Lopez 

Two excellent analysts, one lovable pedant, and a very bright current player…who will handle the play-by-play? 

[Patzky]

The lefty sitting lineup was to be expected.

[thelanges5]

18 minutes ago, Patzky said:

The lefty sitting lineup was to be expected.

I get that we don’t have a lot of choices, but can we stop with C4 in the cleanup spot?

86 OPS+, 14% worse than league average

[Parfigliano]

23 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

I get that we don’t have a lot of choices, but can we stop with C4 in the cleanup spot?

86 OPS+, 14% worse than league average

$30 mil a year trump's actual output.

[RpR]

[Vanimal46]

2 hours ago, knothole61 said:

Two excellent analysts, one lovable pedant, and a very bright current player…who will handle the play-by-play? 

Honestly it would be interesting if none of them did. And they just shoot the **** pointing out relevant stuff on the field from their playing experience. 

[Craig Arko]

That Cubs lineup sure looks formidable. 

[Patzky]

1 hour ago, Parfigliano said:

$30 mil a year trump's actual output.

No politic.. oh ok 

[Patzky]

6 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

That Cubs lineup sure looks formidable. 

They are.. it's been what's carrying them. Good practice for the Yankees and Dodgers series upcoming.

[Road trip]

42 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

That Cubs lineup sure looks formidable. 

Quite a turnaround for that franchise.  They've been mediocre to outright bad the past half decade.  We can only hope to see sudden improvement like that down the road.

[thelanges5]

Matthew Leach:

Zebby is throwing live BP to Keaschall, Keirsey, and Clemens.

[mrtwinsfan]

1 hour ago, Vanimal46 said:

Honestly it would be interesting if none of them did. And they just shoot the **** pointing out relevant stuff on the field from their playing experience. 

Each one will get play by play for 1 game - playing Cory,s spot and then Perkins and Plouffe get to pick on Morneau , looking forward to it 

[RpR]

1 hour ago, Patzky said:

They are.. it's been what's carrying them. Good practice for the Yankees and Dodgers series upcoming.

ARH - The Twins had better win at least 1 game against each and actually 2 against the Yankees.

[tony&rodney]

Simeon .... let's go.

[Patzky]

15 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Simeon .... let's go.

Gonna be a tough road to ho. Row to hoe? Shota go?

[jkcarew]

ALC records vs NLC…

Detroit 8-7

KC 6-7

TC 3-9

CLE 6-12

CHI WS 3-9

Meanwhile no division has more than 2 teams with negative run-differential…except the ALC, which has 4. Twins are 11-14 in the division.

[tony&rodney]

Warm up by tuning in to Detroit-Tampa Bay on mlb.com. The 2 best teams in baseball.

[OvertheHill]

Correa and Ty France have virtually identical averages and OPS. One is the unquestioned clean up hitter, the other is routinely pinch hit for. Not good. 

[S Bart]

6 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

Should be an interesting broadcast tonight. In the booth it’s Morneau, Perkins, Plouffe, and special guest Pablo Lopez 

One of them will have to take the lead. My guess is that it will be Perkins. He is the best announcer of the bunch in my view. Lopez is good enough to be a future broadcaster, since he is articulate. 

[Patzky]

Might as well get down to business guys. Who knew that series against the Cubs and Pirates would dictate the team's plans for the remainder of 2025. I figure anything less than 4-2 and we are sellers.

 

[S Bart]

58 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Each one will get play by play for 1 game - playing Cory,s spot and then Perkins and Plouffe get to pick on Morneau , looking forward to it 

Morneau will most certainly be picked on due to the jargon that he uses.

[ziggy]

1 minute ago, Patzky said:

Might as well get down to business guys. Who knew that series against the Cubs and Pirates would dictate the team's plans for the remainder of 2025. I figure anything less than 4-2 and we are sellers.

 

Sellers equate to the failed promise of "sustained competability" that was promised to Correa before he signed the last contract.

I think they sit pat and do nothing except massage the egos of the current players.

[jkcarew]

3 minutes ago, S Bart said:

Morneau will most certainly be picked on due to the jargon that he uses.

Only one of them has a man cave with an MVP trophy.

[S Bart]

2 minutes ago, ziggy said:

Sellers equate to the failed promise of "sustained competability" that was promised to Correa before he signed the last contract.

I think they sit pat and do nothing except massage the egos of the current players.

It would seem that they is an applied promise by Correa to perform as the highest paid player on the team. My gut feeling is that NY and SF had a good analysis of his future. I guess that he has a right to receive what the Twins offered him. You may see him playing 3rd next year. It would be great if he could play 1st. Think about the rotating players that have been in that position the last several years. There have been so many.....

[S Bart]

5 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

Only one of them has a man cave with an MVP trophy.

He looks a bit like a Canuck Cave man. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I hope we win.

Listening as i drive this eve, so may not post much...

[Patzky]

4 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

I hope we win.

Listening as i drive this eve, so may not post much...

Drive safely. Cheer loudly. Your fellow motorists will wonder what you're up to.

[ziggy]

Nice start by Sim.

Broadcast isn't too choppy, I think they will smooth out as the night goes along.