Twins (Abel) vs Red Sox (Gray): 4/14/26, 6:40 pm CDT

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

Rocco must be sitting in his recliner chair in Woonsocket feeling pretty dumb right about now.  Either that, or grumbling into his ice-cold Narragansett, "well, sure, if they'd given me a roster like THIS."

Dodgers are 12-4. He couldn't care less

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Abel and Bradley are changing the narrative around the sell off...

[PseudoSABR]

1 minute ago, ashbury said:

Rocco must be sitting in his recliner chair in Woonsocket feeling pretty dumb right about now.  Either that, or grumbling into his ice-cold Narragansett, "well, sure, if they'd given me a roster like THIS."

I've wondered how Rocco must feel.  But I think his role under Falvey was far more restrictive than it is for Shelton. I'm sure he wished he had this much latitude. 

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Vanimal46 said:

Dodgers are 12-4. He couldn't care less

Aren't the Twins still paying him as well?

[Vanimal46]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Aren't the Twins still paying him as well?

Correct

[RpR]

IF the Twins keep up this pace, when they face the Dodgers it will be very interesting.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

16 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

I would say you're more correct about Jax than Abel.  If you believe you are a good closer away from a WS run, you likely still make that trade.  Especially if you stand a chance at resigning him, like Philly does.  

Yeah the Rays trading Bradley was a head scratcher. They weren't close to the playoffs last year. I know there were philosophical differences with Bradley but even so. Trading him for a reliever who was on the downside in 2025 didn't seem like a smart move and even less so now.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, PseudoSABR said:

I've wondered how Rocco must feel.  But I think his role under Falvey was far more restrictive than it is for Shelton. I'm sure he wished he had this much latitude. 

Eh...dunno.

Rocco struck me as committed to making decisions about tonight's game at 1 pm this afternoon. 

[Twins_Fan_For_Life]

Will we see cold Sands in the ninth for the blowout "save"?

[RpR]

IF Buxton gets it squared up, could be a moon shot.

[Parfigliano]

Bud Light is beer?  News to me.

[killebrewlover]

Looks like sitting Buxton for a day was just what the doctor ordered.  Let's hope he has a memory.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

2 minutes ago, PseudoSABR said:

I've wondered how Rocco must feel.  But I think his role under Falvey was far more restrictive than it is for Shelton. I'm sure he wished he had this much latitude. 

I wasn't paying attention to Rocco either. Where'd he end up?

"Laundry day can be a very dangerous day....

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

I wasn't paying attention to Rocco either. Where'd he end up?

"Laundry day can be a very dangerous day....

Dodgers front office

[Mauerpower]

Watching MLB at bat. Buxton strikes out looking at a fastball down the middle? Kind of crazy after going 4-4! Still a helluva day at the plate! 

[amjgt]

For the record, I’m concerned that Buck tweaked something on that first swing

[Vanimal46]

3 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Yeah the Rays trading Bradley was a head scratcher. They weren't close to the playoffs last year. I know there were philosophical differences with Bradley but even so. Trading him for a reliever who was on the downside in 2025 didn't seem like a smart move and even less so now.

Far too early to judge the trade in either direction. Relievers are kings of SSS and we've seen Jax go on multiple months of dominant play. Jax is 31, not 41...

[USAFChief]

Fun fact:

Eleven plus two = thirteen

Is an anagram of

Twelve plus one = thirteen

[amjgt]

In the moment it didn’t look quite right and nothing the rest of the AB left me less concerned 

[ashbury]

12 hours ago, USAFChief said:

That'll chap (yerass) man

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, uh, your chapped ass, man.

[Western SD Fan]

2 minutes ago, PseudoSABR said:

I've wondered how Rocco must feel.  But I think his role under Falvey was far more restrictive than it is for Shelton. I'm sure he wished he had this much latitude. 

I would say there could be some truth to that.  On the other side, Shelton seems to be more of a clubhouse voice than Rocco.  They stated during the pre-game that even during the year that he was Rocco's bench coach that it was Shelton that walked through the clubhouse.  I remember them suggesting that Rocco and Falvey spoke nearly every day and there had been more than one question asked on whether Falvey was actually running the lineup.

[ashbury]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

Fun fact:

Eleven plus two = thirteen

Is an anagram of

Twelve plus one = thirteen

[Twins_Fan_For_Life]

If you're going to boot one, do it when you're ahead by 6

[USAFChief]

6 minutes ago, amjgt said:

For the record, I’m concerned that Buck tweaked something on that first swing

Still in CF...good sign.

[Parfigliano]

Just now, Twins_Fan_For_Life said:

If you're going to boot one, do it when you're ahead by 6

Do it in spring training

[Blyleven2011]

Game ball tonight goes to  ..

MICK the ABEL , great 7 inning gem 

[ashbury]

13 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

Dodgers are 12-4. He couldn't care less

That one was meant more light-heartedly than you may suppose.  I save my diatribes for actual threads.  😁

[Twins_Fan_For_Life]

Just now, Parfigliano said:

Do it in spring training

He did.  More than once

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Winner!!

[Squirrel]

Woohooo … shutout!