Rockies (Feltner) vs Twins (Prielipp): 6/28/26, 1:10pm CDT

[Mortimerkenny21]

Hopefully they can avoid another atrocious bullpen blow up and take the series today. Go Twins!

[thelanges5]

Maybe the twins should make a trade for this Goodman fella. We need a catcher next year and he obviously likes to hit at Target field.

[Patzky]

2 hours ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

Hopefully they can avoid another atrocious bullpen blow up and take the series today. Go Twins!

Shelton was asked after the game if he felt the team had the personnel needed in the bullpen to do what he wanted to do. He said yes, but the issue was finding the proper way to use them. I disagree but if that's his take, it's on him and Maki to figure that out, and we're halfway through the season. (Granted a lot of churn.) Getting Gomez up twice in two games to simply not use him to me indicates a bit of second guessing. I get it.. there's lots to reflect on. 

You could always Ask Pablo.

[karcherd]

29 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Shelton was asked after the game if he felt the team had the personnel needed in the bullpen to do what he wanted to do. He said yes, but the issue was finding the proper way to use them

Shelton has been using this line for the last month or so.  At some point, like now you just need to say this is your role to each reliever.  If it doesn't work, switch out a period of time but not two games.  Yes the options are not optimal and some days the plan will fall apart.  But it is easier to adjust when you have a plan, when you have no plan then you are just shooting darts.  Yesterday was a great example, Fundy was going to have to face Goodman as he was the third scheduled hitter, just put in your best option not the LH to face the first two LH scheduled hitters.  It probably should have been Banda or Morris to come in if they had a real plan and defined roles.

[Patzky]

Take the series! Buck at DH, Jackson in behind the plate, Royce batting fourth, it's been a failure every time so far. Maybe we'll strike gold today. Oh and that Goodman guy? You know what not to do.

[bean5302]

23 minutes ago, karcherd said:

Shelton has been using this line for the last month or so...

Because the Twins do not have the personnel they need in the bullpen, but it doesn't help anybody to come out and say the bullpen is filled with mostly waiver wire worthy guys who are making their last go 'round in the big show.

[karcherd]

13 minutes ago, bean5302 said:

Because the Twins do not have the personnel they need in the bullpen, but it doesn't help anybody to come out and say the bullpen is filled with mostly waiver wire worthy guys who are making their last go 'round in the big show.

 

 

15 minutes ago, bean5302 said:

Shelton has been using this line for the last month or so...

Read my whole post, I explained a solution to this line despite sub optimal options.

[Vanimal46]

1 hour ago, Patzky said:

Shelton was asked after the game if he felt the team had the personnel needed in the bullpen to do what he wanted to do. He said yes, but the issue was finding the proper way to use them. I disagree but if that's his take, it's on him and Maki to figure that out, and we're halfway through the season.

Shelton gave the only answer that puts the responsibility on him. I doubt he actually believes it, but his other 2 choices were criticizing Zoll, or his own players. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I hope we win.