Twins (Matthews) vs Tigers (Montero): 09/09/26, 12:10 PM

[Patzky]

Royce showing a bit of restraint 

 

Same results though

 

[mrmpls]

Hey have you heard -Royce has great numbers in Detroit ?   Knock it off Provus !   every at bat ,  i had no idea

[RpR]

1 minute ago, Patzky said:

Royce showing a bit of restraint 

You jinxed him.

[Parfigliano]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye Bean Counter said:

You mean tank the season like we did last year?   

Being a bad team and tanking are different animals.  2025 TC (2026 too) bad team.

[HarmonK03]

1 minute ago, Hawkeye Bean Counter said:

You mean tank the season like we did last year?   

The players they insist on playing every day have led us to 7 games below .500, at some point you need to be smart and find out what you have in the younger players.  This is why we end up with players like Outman, Gray, Kreidler and other AAAA types on the roster and keep riding the mediocrity train.

[Recognize]

I think it's so stupid to challenge in the first few innings unless you're 100% sure the call was wrong

[Patzky]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

You jinxed him.

Too much pressure.

[Patzky]

Just now, Recognize said:

I think it's sk stupid to challenge in the first few innings unless you're 100% sure the call was wrong

Caratini forgot what the plate looks like.

[Patzky]

The hole maintains its depth.

[HarmonK03]

Nice bounce back inning from Zebby.

[Woof Bronzer]

8 minutes ago, Hawkeye Bean Counter said:

You mean tank the season like we did last year?   

This year's Twins had a better August than last year's "tankers". If they were tanking last year what do we call this year's approach?

[RpR]

The announcer just said why not playing a catcher will screw up his ability to challenge pitches.

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

 

2 minutes ago, Woof Bronzer said:

This year's Twins had a better August than last year's "tankers". If they were tanking last year what do we call this year's approach?

I was talking about Detroit Woof.   They traded off Skubal and are tanking for a higher pick in the next draft.  

[MeleMouth]

7 minutes ago, Hawkeye Bean Counter said:

You mean tank the season like we did last year?   

"Don't tank" == "competitive rebuild" == "sign OK non-all-star veterans to affordable short-term contracts and keep your own OK veterans and play them all a lot" ++ "don't trade your veterans for prospects who can help future years" == 76-86 == "who know what the young players can do" == "run it all back next year and hope for better results" == the only result worse than "tanking" aka "rebuilding."

[Patzky]

Just now, RpR said:

The announcer just said why not playing a catcher will screw up his ability to challenge pitches.

Maybe that complicates it.. being rusty is a better descriptor

[Patzky]

Didn't even give Jenkins a chance to steal 

[Patzky]

Still looking for our first hit.

[Mike Sixel]

I can't believe Larnach is still starting over rookies. 

[Parfigliano]

6 minutes ago, Woof Bronzer said:

This year's Twins had a better August than last year's "tankers". If they were tanking last year what do we call this year's approach?

Bad baseball.

[RpR]

Why Detroit challenged that makes no sense.

[HarmonK03]

1 minute ago, RpR said:

Why Detroit challenged that makes no sense.

Hinch thought the same thing.

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

1 minute ago, MeleMouth said:

"Don't tank" == "competitive rebuild" == "sign OK non-all-star veterans to affordable short-term contracts and keep your own OK veterans and play them all a lot" ++ "don't trade your veterans for prospects who can help future years" == 76-86 == "who know what the young players can do" == "run it all back next year and hope for better results" == the only result worse than "tanking" aka "rebuilding."

Don't get me started,  I said we should go full rebuild and trade Ryan and Jeffers and Larnach in the offseason.  Thats all on Tom.   However if you can't tell this team is actually competitive and trying to win this year even with a losing record I don't know what to say.   How many times have people said this is entertaining baseball.  They aren't perfect they aren't elite,  but they are trying.   So be it,  if this is the team I have to root for it isn't the worst team to root for and they still have something to play for and we are at Sept 9th - basically due to how bad the American League is.   Take it for what it is.  

If you look at it though,  this team could go on a run and I don't think anyone would say its impossible.  The lineup right now - is probably the deepest all season,  the starting pitching got a reinforcement with Ryan coming back and the bullpen looks legit right now.   We are still a year away from really competing while we season the rookies.   

[HarmonK03]

2 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

I can't believe Larnach is still starting over rookies. 

Someone needs to play for Zoll The Gambler, "know when to hold em, know when to fold em".  You have a 3% chance at the playoffs, get realistic, it is not going to happen.

[Rodney29]

It’s a typical Twins get away day performance… as in, it’s not worth watching, get away from the television. 

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

1 minute ago, HarmonK03 said:

Someone needs to play for Zoll The Gambler, "know when to hold em, know when to fold em".  You have a 3% chance at the playoffs, get realistic, it is not going to happen.

Teams getting hot isn't something out of the ordinary.  Will the Twins get hot - maybe.   They really need to win this game though and have a really good series against Cleveland.  If they can win the next  4 my guess is their odds are back up to 25-30%

 

[HarmonK03]

2 minutes ago, Hawkeye Bean Counter said:

Don't get me started,  I said we should go full rebuild and trade Ryan and Jeffers and Larnach in the offseason.  Thats all on Tom.   However if you can't tell this team is actually competitive and trying to win this year even with a losing record I don't know what to say.   How many times have people said this is entertaining baseball.  They aren't perfect they aren't elite,  but they are trying.   So be it,  if this is the team I have to root for it isn't the worst team to root for and they still have something to play for and we are at Sept 9th - basically due to how bad the American League is.   Take it for what it is.  

If you look at it though,  this team could go on a run and I don't think anyone would say its impossible.  The lineup right now - is probably the deepest all season,  the starting pitching got a reinforcement with Ryan coming back and the bullpen looks legit right now.   We are still a year away from really competing while we season the rookies.   

Falvey made the decision to tender Larnach before the ownership changes were announced.  And he signed Bell right after that.  He wasn't showing signs in the offseason of a rebuild and he has never believed in that.  At the trade deadline, Tom P. made the business decision to keep playing for the playoffs which was a bad decision then and it still is.

[Patzky]

Ugh 

[RpR]

That his rolled all the way to left field, do not see that too often.

[mrmpls]

11 minutes ago, Hawkeye Bean Counter said:

 

I was talking about Detroit Woof.   They traded off Skubal and are tanking for a higher pick in the next draft.  

L.ol    its not the N.B.A.

[Rodney29]

8 pitches to the Detroit Lee and not a strike thrown. Bad Zebby