Royals (Wacha) v Twins (Matthews), 6/5 @ 7:15pm

[Hubie29]

Man is Zebby a terrible pitcher. Time to DFA him too. He's had enough time to show improvement and he hasn't showed any. 

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, Hubie29 said:

Man is Zebby a terrible pitcher. Time to DFA him too. He's had enough time to show improvement and he hasn't showed any. 

Your proposal..

[Hubie29]

Just now, Patzky said:

Your proposal..

My proposal? Get rid of him!

[mrtwinsfan]

LUKE .  Watching ?

[Patzky]

Clemens on a bit of a roll. Lee, not so much.

[Patzky]

Just now, Hubie29 said:

My proposal? Get rid of him!

You realize you can't just go with a three man rotation..

[Western SD Fan]

2 minutes ago, Hubie29 said:

Man is Zebby a terrible pitcher. Time to DFA him too. He's had enough time to show improvement and he hasn't showed any. 

Let's play state the obvious:

1.  Zebby has options so they can send him back to St Paul.

2. More importantly, who do you propose will start in his place?  We witnessed the bullpen game last night and that was a dumpster fire and there is no way on earth that any sane team would do two bullpen games back-to-back. Even the Twins aren't that crazy.

[Hubie29]

We must have Twins management on here or Zebby family members giving him thumbs up. He has to be one of the worst excuses for mlb starter in the league. 

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, Hubie29 said:

We must have Twins management on here or Zebby family members giving him thumbs up. He has to be one of the worst excuses for mlb starter in the league. 

Thats almost word for word what people were saying about SWR just last week. 

[Hubie29]

1 minute ago, Patzky said:

You realize you can't just go with a three man rotation..

OMG! Sign a high school kid that can throw 90-91. Zebby couldn't pitch in town ball. Seriously, it's time to cut the players that have zero upside like that did with SWR. Please don't stop there. We have about 5 more players that don't belong in  MLB.

[Hubie29]

Just now, Vanimal46 said:

Thats almost word for word what people were saying about SWR just last week. 

And they were correct. 

[Church of Kreidler]

So glad to have Buxton back in the CF! That man is speed.

[Hubie29]

3 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

Let's play state the obvious:

1.  Zebby has options so they can send him back to St Paul.

2. More importantly, who do you propose will start in his place?  We witnessed the bullpen game last night and that was a dumpster fire and there is no way on earth that any sane team would do two bullpen games back-to-back. Even the Twins aren't that crazy.

Having a lack of talent doesn't justify keeping players that aren't MLB caliber and have proved it over and over. 

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, Hubie29 said:

OMG! Sign a high school kid that can throw 90-91. Zebby couldn't pitch in town ball. Seriously, it's time to cut the players that have zero upside like that did with SWR. Please don't stop there. We have about 5 more players that don't belong in  MLB.

Remember those AAA pitchers we said suck so bad even Royce can hit off them? Those pitchers, that's who you'd like to see called up?

[Patzky]

Beneficiary of a bad strike three call.. we will take it.

Edit.. and we will lose it.

 

Edit : and he's gone again. We came to play!

[Hubie29]

Just now, Patzky said:

Remember those AAA pitchers we said suck so bad even Royce can hit off them? Those pitchers, that's who you'd like to see called up?

That's Zebby in a nutshell. Zebby apologists, like management are the problem. Get rid of him. 

[HarmonK03]

5 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

Even the Twins aren't that crazy.

Are you sure about that.😀

[lecroy24fan]

That was a late challenge but no harm done.

[mnfireman]

8 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

This inning in St Paul has been a test of Royce's defensive chops at 1st.  Tested with a bunt single to him that he fielded properly, but Funderburk didn't get over to 1st to cover the bag.  Next play was a hot smash to him.  He fielded it, fed it to 2nd for the double play.  Culpepper bounced the relay throw back to Lewis and he couldn't corral it allowing the run to score.  Some tough plays and there is some more footwork to do.

The bunt was perfect, no chance to get the batter, Lewis did the right thing by not trying to make something happen. The next play was the groundball to second, if Lewis stretches I believe the DP is turned, he did not. The next play was the ball hit to Lewis, who then threw to second to start the DP, that they didn't get because of Lewis not getting back to first quickly enough, his feet were out of position and he dropped the ball. 

Agreed that he needs to work on things a little more, but he looks athletic enough there give us fans a little hope...

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, Hubie29 said:

That's Zebby in a nutshell. Zebby apologists, like management are the problem. Get rid of him. 

Well the pitcher replicator is down. Got some news.

[Hubie29]

Hey Zebby. Do you know what a 1,2,3 inning is?

[Western SD Fan]

1 minute ago, Hubie29 said:

Having a lack of talent doesn't justify keeping players that aren't MLB caliber and have proved it over and over. 

Still haven't heard a reasonable proposal on who you would have pitch instead of Zebby.  Your suggestion of a HS pitcher is ridiculous at best and sabotage at worst.  We have lamented all season about Bailey Ober not even having a 90-mph fastball.  Your suggestion is to have a HS pitcher that barely throws what Ober does without the off-speed pitches to keep MLB batters off balance?

[Hubie29]

4 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Remember those AAA pitchers we said suck so bad even Royce can hit off them? Those pitchers, that's who you'd like to see called up?

Absolutely. Send Matthews to Fort Myers. Maybe he could have a sub 3 ERA.

[Hubie29]

2 minutes ago, Western SD Fan said:

Still haven't heard a reasonable proposal on who you would have pitch instead of Zebby.  Your suggestion of a HS pitcher is ridiculous at best and sabotage at worst.  We have lamented all season about Bailey Ober not even having a 90-mph fastball.  Your suggestion is to have a HS pitcher that barely throws what Ober does without the off-speed pitches to keep MLB batters off balance?

OK. How's this? ANYONE from St Paul. Don't they have about 6 options? How's that? And don't tell me about their stats. They can't be any worse than Matthews.

[Church of Kreidler]

Thank you Martin! Nice to see from him!

[LakesPibble]

1 minute ago, Hubie29 said:

OK. How's this? ANYONE from St Paul. Don't they have about 6 options? How's that? And don't tell me about their stats. They can't be any worse than Matthews.

[Patzky]

Nice to see Martin hit something hard. Down in the order... Might suit him for awhile. Maybe even the nine spot, like they used Michael Taylor in.

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, LakesPibble said:

The backup quarterback is the most popular guy on the team.

[Patzky]

Well then there's that. 😔

[Western SD Fan]

2 minutes ago, Hubie29 said:

OK. How's this? ANYONE from St Paul. Don't they have about 6 options? How's that? And don't tell me about their stats. They can't be any worse than Matthews.

Here is the in-game box score from St. Paul.  Please explain to me who is currently better than Zebby.  Castro?  Couldn't get out of the 3rd inning.  CJ Culpepper? Funderburk?