Game Score: Yankees 7, Twins 5

Well, gotta do a lot of looksees. Not sure how badly we want to protect 35-year-old lefthanded pitchers on a 40-man roster. Vincent was still able and is gone. Thielbar ahs been one of the success stories for the year. Albers gave us long relief, from a lefty, which means he almost went thru the order---twice. The Yankees order.

That is/was one of the plus marks for Gant, plus he ahs another year of arbitration (at what price). He can spot start, or go long relief. But he, too, is auditioning for a 40-man spot in the off-season, We forget that St. Louis was happy to give us a guy who might be too expensive for their needs and a possible Rule 5 for a pitcher they felt could be turned around for the remainder of the season. So Gant is auditioning, too.

As is Coulombe, amongst now a whole host of other names. That list of 10 names in the bullpen is a far cry from opening day: Rogers, Duffey, Alcala, Stashak, Thielbar, Robles, Colome, Waddell, Thorpe. Talk about turnover!

Yanks were quick to show us the graphics of how bad the Twins have fared over the past 15 years or so against the Payroll. It ain't pretty. Twins just can't seem to gain any traction whatsoever against NY. Not a small sample size.  Twins have it a go but just couldn't overcome the early 6-0 deficit.

Polanco keeps hitting and Sano seems to have finally found himself at the plate. His 'k' count has dropped and he is getting his hits. Nice to see.  Kepler is lost again...ugly AB's. Donaldson not producing much. Is Garver hurt?

1 hour ago, insagt1 said:

Yanks were quick to show us the graphics of how bad the Twins have fared over the past 15 years or so against the Payroll. It ain't pretty. Twins just can't seem to gain any traction whatsoever against NY. Not a small sample size.  Twins have it a go but just couldn't overcome the early 6-0 deficit.

Polanco keeps hitting and Sano seems to have finally found himself at the plate. His 'k' count has dropped and he is getting his hits. Nice to see.  Kepler is lost again...ugly AB's. Donaldson not producing much. Is Garver hurt?

Nice summary :-). Kepler only produces in one game out of five, so it is still baffling why he continues to lead off.

Baldelli says Twins Albee's pitched great.  I guess he did.  Does he realize the team lost the game?  They are overmatched, again, by the Yankees.  Good comeback attempt.  But in the majors your goal is to win, not " look good.". Maeda was apparantly given extra days rest.  He doesn't do very well with all the time off.  I hope it works out for him.

17 hours ago, Rosterman said:

As is Coulombe, amongst now a whole host of other names. That list of 10 names in the bullpen is a far cry from opening day: Rogers, Duffey, Alcala, Stashak, Thielbar, Robles, Colome, Waddell, Thorpe. Talk about turnover!

The starting rotation has gone thru the similar churn since the start of the season due to injuries and ineffectiveness. Remember when the Twins had a logjam of starting pitching with Berrios, Happ, Shoemaker, Maeda, Pineada, Dobnak, Thorpe and Smeltzer?  That seems like forever ago and only Maeda is on the active roster currently...