Twins (TBD) vs Tigers (Mize): 8/4/25, 5:40pm

[mnfireman]

4 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Prolly said this a half dozen times but I was at the Met for Eddie's debut

 

Nothin' else to do that 4th of July??

[The Great Hambino]

6 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Roden looks yucky. 

What did you expect him to be?  A cheap potential closer with 4 years of control?

[Aggies7]

3 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

me to ,  

Is this one of those things like Woodstock where 8 million people said they went ?

[Parfigliano]

On the bright side only 8 TC strikeouts 

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, The Great Hambino said:

What did you expect him to be?  A cheap potential closer with 4 years of control?

Lol well I’ve seen it written here that relievers always go bust and anyone can close and relievers are interchangeable etc etc 

[The Great Hambino]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

Lol well I’ve been told that relievers always go bust and anyone can close and relievers are interchangeable etc etc 

Must explain why no contenders wanted any relievers at the deadline

[USAFChief]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

Lol well I’ve been told that relievers always go bust and anyone can close and relievers are interchangeable etc etc 

"Building a bullpen is cake. Easy peasy"

[Aggies7]

Just now, USAFChief said:

"Building a bullpen is cake. Easy peasy"

It’s the absolute last thing anyone should worry about when constructing a team.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

It’s the absolute last thing anyone should worry about when constructing a team.

Lets ******* hope so.

[thelanges5]

7 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

On the bright side only 8 TC strikeouts 

Progress

[Patzky]

Just now, thelanges5 said:

Progress

Decent enough job by Travis Adams, and some pop in the bats. The DP bugaboo and we don't even have C4 no more.. hope Royce is ok, and I guess Noah and Julien (probably Gasper too) will be the first tickets out of town.)

[mnfireman]

11 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

"Building a bullpen is cake. Easy peasy"

The right-hander is throwing up in the bullpen. — Mike Shannon

I don't know about the right-hander, but most of us fans were....

[Patzky]

19 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

It’s the absolute last thing anyone should worry about when constructing a team.

Any pen at all and all four of these last games were winnable.

 

We're that close! 🤧

[David HK]

Here's my call: 16 more wins the rest of the way, White Sox finish within 5 of us.

You can put it on the board- yes.

[David HK]

Ya think Paddack is lickin' his chops right now for his shot at the Saints lineup tomorrow?

 

[notoriousgod71]

1 hour ago, OvertheHill said:

There isn’t any plausible explanation for how the Twins arrived at the conclusion that this guy could play Major League Baseball. It was such an egregiously bad signing for a long time I assumed there was something else going on, like sabotage with bogus scouting report. I ultimately don’t blame him, and I think he was gracious in acknowledging the mistake. 

I was literally going to post that Julien was quickly approaching nishioka territory but then he singled and I angrily erased my post.

[notoriousgod71]

1 hour ago, Vanimal46 said:

He crossed my mind. As well as Sano at 3B. It’s close but Julien has my vote. He’s so bad out there. 

I thought Sano was better at third than at first.... And certainly better than the outfield.

[The Great Hambino]

5 minutes ago, David HK said:

Ya think Paddack is lickin' his chops right now for his shot at the Saints lineup tomorrow?

 

I believe a bet on the Tigers tomorrow is what they call arbitrage

[RpR]

8 minutes ago, notoriousgod71 said:

I was literally going to post that Julien was quickly approaching nishioka territory but then he singled and I angrily erased my post.

His bat meas squat as he does not know how to field the ball and that costs far more than ANY hit he ever gets.

[David HK]

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

Prolly said this a half dozen times but I was at the Met for Eddie's debut

 

Heh... I saw Eddie beat the White Sox a little later in the month- actually think he closed that one instead of starting.  Old timers, yo. 😅

[David HK]

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

Another??

It has just been p*ssing every day for nearly a week.  😭

[David HK]

26 minutes ago, David HK said:

It has just been p*ssing every day for nearly a week.  😭

Boo hoo hoo!  I just wanna go outside and play! 

[knothole61]

2 hours ago, notoriousgod71 said:

I thought Sano was better at third than at first.... And certainly better than the outfield.

The Sano in right field experiment was an all-time classic!

[knothole61]

2 hours ago, David HK said:

Boo hoo hoo!  I just wanna go outside and play! 

 

[knothole61]

Just now, knothole61 said:

 

Like Saigon in September!

[jaimedude]

5 hours ago, OvertheHill said:

For you old timers out there. Was Todd Walker as bad at 2B as I want to remember? Or was it just that he didn’t hit as well as advertised and had a rep for a bad attitude?

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Todd Waller had zero range, most ground balls hit near him still got through. Juliene is putrid at defense and he still had more range than Walker. 

[jaimedude]

5 hours ago, USAFChief said:

I think we got took by Toronto like they took us on the Berrios deal.

Rojas is left handed and looks like he has decent velocity the little bit i watched him. He may make up for losing Varland. and is young.   Roden needs to play left field and left field only. He isn't a move around  outfied lguy. So far he takes to many good pitches, needs to be more agressive at the plate. He's not top 4 of line-up guy 

[Doc Lenz]

10 hours ago, RpR said:

His bat meas squat as he does not know how to field the ball and that costs far more than ANY hit he ever gets.

What about Kiersey then?

[RpR]

3 hours ago, Doc Lenz said:

What about Kiersey then?

Good question, but he is good in Left Field with the glove.