Brewers (Gasser) vs Twins (Ober): 5/17/26, 1:10pm

[HarmonK03]

22 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Clemens really is a feast or famine hitter. Through May 9th, he was hitting .184 with .637 OPS and 3 HRs and 4 2Bs, through the 10th to the 17th he is hitting .523 with 2 HRs and 5 2Bs with an OPS of somewhere around 1.500!

And he has more periods of famine.  I am fine with riding with him when he is in feast mode.  The problem is we keep running him out there in his many famine moments.

[HarmonK03]

Will they call up Bowman or will they let him walk and keep riding the likes of Garcia and Topa.

[HarmonK03]

Clemens giveth and he taketh away.

[mrtwinsfan]

WHY NO ERROR ON THAT THROW ,  ??

[hitterscount]

Let's walk the 8th hitter with his .190 average.... 

[tarheeltwinsfan]

Please, please, please get rid of Banda.

[tarheeltwinsfan]

6 minutes ago, karcherd said:

Will they call up Bowman or will they let him walk and keep riding the likes of Garcia and Topa.

and Banda.

[Church of Kreidler]

3 minutes ago, karcherd said:

Clemens giveth and he taketh away.

[Western SD Fan]

Bradley went 1 2/3 and 42 pitches giving up 1 run, 2 BB, 2 H, and 3K.  I would suggest that he will need at least one or two more rehab starts to build his arm back up.

[Church of Kreidler]

Way to end it Banda!

[tarheeltwinsfan]

44 minutes ago, Recognize said:

Surprise surprise Royce strikes out with a high pitch

If I were pitching to Royce, he would only see low and outside. Every pitch. 

[mrtwinsfan]

This mid inning  replacements with 2 outs --  to much pressure on the new kid ,  Banda might not be Sandy Koufax ,  but its his mess and the throwing error cost him also , not a fan of this

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, mrtwinsfan said:

This mid inning  replacements with 2 outs --  to much pressure on the new kid ,  Banda might not be Sandy Koufax ,  but its his mess and the throwing error cost him also , not a fan of this

glad to eat Crow ,  go Twins

[HarmonK03]

2 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

This mid inning  replacements with 2 outs --  to much pressure on the new kid ,  Banda might not be Sandy Koufax ,  but its his mess and the throwing error cost him also , not a fan of this

You couldn't let Banda face Chourio, any other hitter and I would agree but you needed a RH out there.  And Morris made it work.

[Patzky]

The most hopeless AB to lead off an inning you'll ever see.

[mrtwinsfan]

Royce Pain Lewis 

[mrtwinsfan]

3 minutes ago, karcherd said:

You couldn't let Banda face Chourio, any other hitter and I would agree but you needed a RH out there.  And Morris made it work.

Banda walked the 8  hitter  -   that was the biggest issue , not a fan of wildman

[hitterscount]

At some point it's the organization that keeps running Lewis out there. He has no clue what he's doing,.... you can tell as these are 3 pitch strikeouts, the pitchers absolutely know that they don't need to throw strikes. I'm done piling on him... it's managerial malpractice to keep playing him. 

[Twindy]

Kriedler picking up bad habits watching Lewis from the on deck circle. Has the reach and wave strike three going now.

[IndyTwinsFan]

6 minutes ago, tarheeltwinsfan said:

If I were pitching to Royce, he would only see low and outside. Every pitch. 

Agree.  Very high likelihood that he'll swing at and miss each such pitch.

He's become more unplayable than Wallner was.  That's saying something, none of which is good or worthwhile. 

[Western SD Fan]

2 minutes ago, hitterscount said:

At some point it's the organization that keeps running Lewis out there. He has no clue what he's doing,.... you can tell as these are 3 pitch strikeouts, the pitchers absolutely know that they don't need to throw strikes. I'm done piling on him... it's managerial malpractice to keep playing him. 

I would agree.  The pitcher knew he could throw that pitch so high that it would land in St Louis Park and Lewis would still swing at it.  It is getting to the point that this is a manager problem as much as a Lewis problem.

[HarmonK03]

4 minutes ago, Twindy said:

Kriedler picking up bad habits watching Lewis from the on deck circle. Has the reach and wave strike three going now.

The Lewis piling on has reached a new low, blaming him for Kreidler's strikeout.  Kreidler has a .159 career batting average I don't think he needs any inspiration to strike out.

[IndyTwinsFan]

Just now, Western SD Fan said:

I would agree.  The pitcher knew he could throw that pitch so high that it would land in St Louis Park and Lewis would still swing at it.  It is getting to the point that this is a manager problem as much as a Lewis problem.

Especially because there are other options available.  Maybe not perfect or ideal options, but options nonetheless.  Most anything would be better than this.

[Sjoski]

Lewis has swung at 15 of 16 pitches.

Last three were way off the plate. 

Why throw a hittable pitch?

It's like Lewis is begging to be sent down. 

[Twindy]

1 minute ago, karcherd said:

The Lewis piling on has reached a new low, blaming him for Kreidler's strikeout.  Kreidler has a .159 career batting average I don't think he needs any inspiration to strike out.

Lighten up, Francis it was just kind of a joke.

[HarmonK03]

Just now, IndyTwinsFan said:

Especially because there are other options available.  Maybe not perfect or ideal options, but options nonetheless.  Most anything would be better than this.

They refuse to look at the best option which is Culpepper.  Lewis is getting to the point of being unplayable, but two weeks of Arcia or Gray over there and we are going to be complaining as well.

[Peter]

Bullpen is doing great!!! Let’s close out this with a win!!!

[IndyTwinsFan]

1 minute ago, karcherd said:

They refuse to look at the best option which is Culpepper.  Lewis is getting to the point of being unplayable, but two weeks of Arcia or Gray over there and we are going to be complaining as well.

I don't disagree.  However, at least Gray and Kreidler offer a glimmer of hope, which is more than we can honestly say about Lewis at this point in time. 

[mrtwinsfan]

Rogers good job ,  NOW the Terror factor of the 8th inning  has me looking early for the Bottle !!!!!!!!! and 4-20 time-   C,mon lets get a win today

[hitterscount]

1 minute ago, Peter said:

Bullpen is doing great!!! Let’s close out this with a win!!!

They've been the least of the issues this series, actually been pretty good. Knock on wood.... Two more innings to go.