Astros 10, Twins 3: Chris Paddack Clunker Sinks Return to Texas

It's clear that the Twins have too much starting pitching and we should trade some away for getting a middle of the order hitter....................................

Another dismal SP performance tonight.  Paddack got rocked early and Stros kept up the carnage without much of any fight from our stagnant offense against a pitcher I've never heard of.

70 runs allowed in last 8 games. Seventy....ooofdah!  Pretty surprising 2 wins achieved in that span of games.

Only good thing is seeing Kansas City continue to play as bad.  

54 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

44 runs given up over the last 4 games. You’re not gonna win many games in that scenario. 

And one was a victory!

Maybe this guy's available? 🤔

Every MLB season is of course "a long, strange trip," filled with peaks and valleys...but the Twins I fear may be heading for Death Valley at this point. In order to salvage 2025, in my humble opinion, the Twins will need to dig in their heels right now and find a way to win 8 of the next 12 before heading into Detroit for 3. And yes, given the pitching implosion and the freshly injured Lewis, etc., that seems impossible--and yet, it is possible. So, I'll pin my hopes on that and take things a day at a time.

Pollyanna  

And Coulombe lost his 0.00 ERA.  😥

We actually won 13 games in a row? Imagine what our record would be like if that hadn't happened. 

There are 3 time zones from Brazil to MN. I watched Buxton singled, I got excited & waited for him to steal 2B. That never happened. They have quieted down since Wallner came back & settled in their weird analytics. Jeffers grounded into a DP so I went to bed. We needed this game but the way it was going, I wasn't going to stay up to watch it.

This ain't no June swoon. More like a June KA-BOOM.

Then again, today's the first day of the rest of the season.

Headline is Paddack but don’t let the batters off the hook here. Bases loaded with nothing to show for it. 

“lefty Colton Gordon baffled Minnesota’s hitters”

He’s the most recent but it’s been happening all season. 

"What’s Next?
The Twins and Blue Jays return Saturday with an exciting pitching matchup. Two Cy Young contenders, Joe Ryan and Hunter Brown, will take the mound. First pitch is at 3:10 PM."

Hmmm...I think NOT😅

13 minutes ago, terrydactyls said:

He didn't say they would be contenders this year. 😅

Ok...clarification.

My "I think not" comment was based on the sentence "What’s Next?
The Twins and BLUE JAYS return Saturday with an exciting pitching matchup."

The Jays are in Philadelphia this weekend, and Brown does not pitch for them.

I hadn't considered whether Ryan or Brown are viable  Cy Young candidates.

7 hours ago, h2oface said:

Lewis coming up lame again, just running to first base in the ninth, is heartbreaking and disgusting at the same time. He looked like he wasn't close to ready when they activated him, took forever to start hitting, and once he did, injures himself running to first base. Not into anything, not violently swinging, not being run into..... just running to first base. How did you answer the poll?

Can only add this - Lewis was given a 70 score (out of 80) for foot speed when he was a prospect. Now he is struggling to reach 25.6 ft per sec. He is slower than slow due to leg injuries. Can they heal? I don't know but his base seems compromised. 

I'm starting to wonder if Lewis will ever be a viable starter. With all of his leg injuries, he can't even run to first base without pulling something. If there is any kind of market for him at all, I'd see what we could get for him. Lee seems to be coming around, and with guys like Clemens and Keaschal, I think we have infielders aplenty.

11 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

44 runs given up over the last 4 games. You’re not gonna win many games in that scenario. 

And we haven't hit the dog days of summer yet , the pitching has hit a lull since Pablo's injury  ... 

When are they ever going to realize that every win is important  , we lost alot of winnable games when pitching was good but lost because hitting and defense is floundering ...

Nothing has really changed since 2024 , inconsistent hitting ...

4 hours ago, CRF said:

We actually won 13 games in a row? Imagine what our record would be like if that hadn't happened. 

If we hadn't won 13 in a row , there definitely should have been some coaching changes , I'm still calling for professional help in the coaching department ...

We have no room for error , but the errors of the twins games just don't seem to be addressed ...

Example , buxton leads off with a single  , he hasn't been thrown out stealing yet this season  , he's healthy and showing great skills this year , he doesn't steal and jeffers hits into double play ...

I rest my case on professional coaching ...

25 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Really poor taste given what happened this morning.

What happened this morning, was horrible, terrible and every other word imaginable. But Paddack has the nickname sheriff and the rest of it was in reference to a song (I assume), tragic crap happens everyday, if you can't make a clever joke/quip about the damn Twins and a song, which has nothing to do with the events of today then we are done. Mourn today events, and all the events that are happening all over the world, but lighten up when somebody makes a clever comment about something in the entertainment world that may or may not put a smile on somebody's face just for moment. If you didn't like it click the disagree icon or ignore it but don't say it is in poor taste, but other's may think you are in poor taste for conflating the two. 

Clueless manager keeps running a pitcher out to get shelled inning after inning. He apparently decided it was a give away game after the 2nd inning. 

Rookie pitcher watching Twins hitting groundballs to SS and 3rd base on 1 and 2 pitches makes for a easy night.