Twins 7, Rockies 1: Joe Ryan Stays Hot, Royce Lewis Erupts as Twins Avoid Sweep

[chpettit19]

11 hours ago, Sjoski said:

Home Run #2: 411 feet

Adjusted for sea level: 411 ft × 0.90 = ~370 feet

Borderline: That’s enough to clear the left field or right-center power alley at Target Field (ranges from 328 ft to 367 ft depending on direction), but not dead center or deep gaps.

Yeah, that's not how science works. It's far more complicated than that. A ball hit with a 24-degree launch angle (like what Lewis hit) is not losing 10% of its distance. When accounting for the exit velo of 102 MPH that ball would've lost about 3% of its distance. Putting it at more like 399 or 400 feet at sea level. And I'm not aware of any MLB stadium with a LF porch longer than 400. Which is where Lewis hit that ball. Why would we care about dead center or deep gaps when he didn't hit it dead center or to the deep gaps? He hit it to left.

Although, it certainly wasn't high enough to clear the monster so it shouldn't be 30/30. They clearly don't account for trajectory well enough. Camden yards and Cleveland are questionable, too, depending on the height. I don't know the exact trajectory. 

But 370 is the wrong number, and he hit it to left so dead center and the deep gaps don't matter.

[MMMordabito]

9 hours ago, David HK said:

Is this the last Joe Ryan start in Twinkie togs?

How much you wanna bet we leave LA without at least one of the following:  Danny Cool, Jhoan, Jax, or Joe.

If Joe Ryan is traded to the Dodgers, I better see Dalton Rushing, Jackson Ferris, River Ryan and one of Eduardo Quintero or Joendry Vargas at various levels of the Twins system the next day.  Otherwise, the Twins have a stupid/weak FO and the team shouldn't be followed the rest of the season, except for tuning in when getting notifications that Buck is coming up to bat. 

Trading Ryan for less than a ridiculous return could be enough for me to say "F it, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" and become a Dodgers fan.

[Jeff K]

15 hours ago, Patzky said:

I'd rather see him in RF than Wallner.. but that kind of requires the presence of France too.

A real catch 22!

[jmlease1]

13 hours ago, RpR said:

Wallner probably will not, Clemens is as good in the outfield as Wallner is not.

France 42 rbi -  Wallner 17, bye, bye Wally.

It's cute that you're still evaluating a player based on RBIs.

A very good win against a bad team. I'd feel better about avoiding the sweep if Colorado wasn't a shockingly awful team, and the two stinkers the Twins put up out the gate have cast a real pall on the road trip for me. But can't do anything about that now. Be great if this gets Royce Lewis going, finally. He's still got plenty of talent, and I'm not ready to give up on him. Correa is slowly grinding his way back too; nice to see the OPS over .700 again.

will be interesting to see if the Twins can salvage the trip with good performances in LA.

For those who are pushing and pushing the Twins to blow things up and sell off, the Rockies are a good example of how it goes wrong. This is an awful team with no hope in the near future. Now, the Twins system isn't empty and even in a fire sale there will still be more MLB talent left on the roster than what we see in Colorado right now, but...

[Major League Ready]

4 hours ago, stringer bell said:

Due to  Keaschall's TJ surgery and the fact that he couldn't continue strengthening after he broke his arm, I think he will stick to DH with an occasional day at 2B. I really doubt Keaschall plays any outfield this year.

Good point.  I wondered about that.  It still works out fine if the goal is to give Clemens and Keaschall playing time because Keaschall also has some 1B experience.  They can play Clemmens and Keaschall at 1B with Clemmens getting time in the OF and 2B and some 1B if Keaschall DHs   

[RpR]

4 hours ago, jmlease1 said:

It's cute that you're still evaluating a player based on RBIs.

A very good win against a bad team. I'd feel better about avoiding the sweep if Colorado wasn't a shockingly awful team, and the two stinkers the Twins put up out the gate have cast a real pall on the road trip for me. But can't do anything about that now. Be great if this gets Royce Lewis going, finally. He's still got plenty of talent, and I'm not ready to give up on him. Correa is slowly grinding his way back too; nice to see the OPS over .700 again.

will be interesting to see if the Twins can salvage the trip with good performances in LA.

For those who are pushing and pushing the Twins to blow things up and sell off, the Rockies are a good example of how it goes wrong. This is an awful team with no hope in the near future. Now, the Twins system isn't empty and even in a fire sale there will still be more MLB talent left on the roster than what we see in Colorado right now, but...

Hmm, they took 2 of 3 from Minnesota now; with the unknowns, probably 3 of 3.