Reds 2, Twins 1: Wasted Opportunities Sink Twins in Winnable Game

[DJL44]

47 minutes ago, Wedman13 said:

People tend to expect more from a 28 year old right fielder than a 23 yr old 2nd baseman who hasn't been in the majors for even a year.  But it's an opinion board.  You can be satisfied with MW all you want.

Complaining about the same player every day over and over again is just whining. Wallner is a low batting average, high power batter like Joey Gallo. Whining about that isn’t going to change him.

In yesterday’s game it was “sure thing future All Star” Luke Keaschall who didn’t come through when the team needed him. If he’s just a rookie we can’t depend on then why is he the #3 batter in the lineup?

[LA Vikes Fan]

Keaschall is batting number three because of a lack of other good alternatives. They dropped him to number five today with Bell in the three hole. It wouldn’t surprise me if next week Keisha was batting six or seven with Lewis ahead of him. He’s a 23-year-old guy just trying to find his footing in the bags. Less stress might be a good thing. 
 

I think the first 20 games showed us a couple of things. First, Martin needs to get a shot at playing every day. He seems to be building on his good showing the last two months of last year so let’s make him a lineup fixture either leading off or in the number two hole. Frankly, I would put Buxton back to number three and have Martin lead off. Second, the experiment to have Wallner hit left-handed pitching is just not working out at all. I understand that you need to have either Larnach or Wallner play against left-handers if you’re going to have both of them in the roster. That just shows the problem; they are basically duplicative players, and there really is only room for one of them. Frankly at this point. Larnach looks more like that one than Wallner.

[Wedman13]

4 hours ago, DJL44 said:

Complaining about the same player every day over and over again is just whining. Wallner is a low batting average, high power batter like Joey Gallo. Whining about that isn’t going to change him.

In yesterday’s game it was “sure thing future All Star” Luke Keaschall who didn’t come through when the team needed him. If he’s just a rookie we can’t depend on then why is he the #3 batter in the lineup?

Let's ride Wallner and Gallo!

[Bodie]

9 hours ago, DJL44 said:

The same people are fixated on Wallner every game. 

And keep repeating the same things for a year plus now.

True things.

Truly confounding 😖