Twins 8, Blue Jays 2: G4 Ignites a Twins Onslaught

[TJSweens]

3 hours ago, karcherd said:

Oh sure, he has had two good games and now let's anoint him our every day third baseman.  He has done what a bench player should do, he has contributed.  But he is 30 years old with 130 AB's in the majors.  Let's stop with trying to turn every pumpkin into Cinderella.  We are going to win more games with Lewis, he has been playing better since last August and I will take his upside over Gray's.  We need to know if Lewis will be part of the next wave of core players.  We know Gray will not be.

Technically, the pumpkin turned into a coach.

[jorgenswest]

22 hours ago, Werbellik said:

There were 2 plays. The first one was a right handed batter hitting a 4 bouncer about 30 ft to the left of second base and Lee didnt get within 20 ft of it. The second was a blooper behind second base that he took a step in before retreating that he totally misread and should have caught. Very shallow.

The first hit by Clement’s’ bouncer in the 7th had a .120 hit probability. It sure doesn’t look like 30 feet away from second though. In the home plate view of the hit Lee is not in the picture and Keaschall is in the picture. Keaschall is likely closer. Keaschall certainly was closer to the ball Guerrero hit two batters later. Instead of going for the ball he went to second. Not sure he can get either though. The Twins defense left a wide open hole up the middle with Lee shifted so far over and Keaschall only moderately shifted for both at bats. They were also both at double play depth on the Guerrero bouncer. You are correct the Twins should have had outs on that grounder. They really need to coordinate the shift of Keaschall and Lee so that they can protect the middle of the field.nThose were the two low hit probability balls in play that the Twins defense turned into singles.

The 8th inning pop up had a hit probability of .520.

[ashbury]

On 4/13/2026 at 1:32 PM, TJSweens said:

Technically, the pumpkin turned into a coach.

And who knows. Someday the manager.