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  1. h2oface
    75 pitches for Gray. How long will he get?
  2. h2oface
    We are wasting some great pitching performances. We need to take advantage of them while they are happening, because it ain't gonna happen all year....... Houston's run.... a single by Bregman hitting less than .150 with 2 outs and a runner on third.
  3. h2oface
    4th pop up to Hensley! 4th in 4 innings. Damn. 4 pop ups, 4 singles, and 4 Ks.
  4. h2oface
    Gallo with runner in scoring position and 2 outs...... 2 on.... I'd take a big swing here.
  5. h2oface
    But 4 singles so far today.......
  6. h2oface
    BSN is to be trusted these days. I just remember that his futility with 2 outs and runners in scoring position last year was a huge deal. And that horrible stat came up over and over and over well into the season. His no pressure when it didn't matter anymore September performance made his season look way better at the plate than it was, and what and when we needed him.
  7. h2oface
    No. Pace. Still happening. Just making things up. It is only the 4th inning though. Might be true.
  8. h2oface
    OK Correa. Here we are. Runners in scoring position with 2 outs, early in the season.......... and..... K Is it still 2022?
  9. h2oface
    There goes the perfect game and no-hitter.
  10. h2oface
    On pace to set the opening day record of pop ups to the infield.... All three to Hensley at first.
  11. h2oface
    OK Gallo. You owe us one now here.......
  12. h2oface
    Gallo just looked like Delman Young on that one! There goes the shutout.
  13. h2oface
    There goes the no-hitter. Gallo didn't look so good on that line to the ball......
  14. h2oface
    Starting lineup has 5 new guys/strangers to get to know, and 2 sophmore vets, and the two million dollar babies from the 2012 draft, and the face of the Twins, Buxton, and Correa, now. Things sure change fast these days. Only 4 of the 5 in the batting lineup were even here last year.
  15. h2oface
    Not a good case for pitching depth help today. My, how far Tyler Duffey has fallen. Wow.
  16. h2oface
    I'm not a cricket!! 😇 But Jax didn't blow it up, IMO. Really, he just gave up a single considering the infield "hit" that Correa was out of position for shouldn't have been a hit, but the second out! And he very well could have handled it with runners on first and second and one out, but didn't get the chance. It should have been a runner on first and two outs. I would say Baldelli (first by pulling Lopez, having Correa shift to the right, and bringing in Thielbar) and Thielbar blew up the game. Jax got the blown up ERA, and didn't deserve it. But also, make no mistake, I hate to see Pagan still on this team, and he is still a time bomb ticking.
  17. h2oface
    Don't you love it when the game ends on a great take by Larnach, the pitch is 4-6 inches outside (according to robot), and the umpire calls it a strike? I don't. Plate umpire was poor all day. In fact, Lopez's 500 K was outside and not a third strike! There is already a pitch clock. No need to call balls strikes to go home early. Lopez #500 called third strike:
  18. h2oface
    If you don't want to burn through pitchers, why do you remove your starter, who is pitching against his former team with aplomb, had just struck out the side (on 14 dealing pitches), and only has 88 pitches, very probably an innings worth under the 100 his former teammate just showed the previous game how it is so very possible? Miami has a bullpen, too, and could have relieved Alcantara. But he was dealing and they didn't. Is Lopez more fragile? I bring Lopez out for the 8th, and go from there, understanding all the options. It was a shame that, when they did and brought in Jax, Correa was shifted to defend a lefty when a righty was at bat. Yes, Segura had hit it up the middle earlier, but what happened to the %'s here? Correa in the normal place for a righty, and it is a routine grounder and 2 outs for Jax. That play changed the game. I know it is early, and Theilbar got bombed at the beginning of last year, too, and then ended up having his best year, but I fear for the confidence in Theilbar. I have been saying all spring that last year was probably the one shining end of the season. The smoke has cleared and the mirrors are cracked. I hope I am wrong, but this performance isn't helping. Theilbar not only tanked his early season ERA, but he crushed Jax's even worse with the IRS! Thanks Caleb. Here come 10 against the Astros, White Sox, and Yankees (4)......... from last place teams to front runners. Now we see how this team measures up.
  19. h2oface
    Can we just move on to playoffs now?
  20. h2oface
    Probably most of the time. Maybe. Not on Sunday (Moran, Lopez, and Pagan), but it was a pretty comfortable lead. I hope that it isn't always the strategy when only behind by 1 in the late innings. Some of those games are ones you will want to give it your best shot if it is that close.
  21. h2oface
    It is nice to be high on Ober, but you are not considering he got lit up a bit on 3 earned in 4 innings - 4 hits, a hit batter, and a walk, 69 pitches and only 39 strikes in his final ST tune-up. In his first (and next) honing start in St Paul he lasted only 3 innings and gave up 3 runs, 2 earned on 5 hits and a walk with 70 pitches. Glad that didn't happen for the Twins in games that counted. Not saying he won't be ready, but he might be in just the right place for now.
  22. h2oface
    One swing. One swing beats us. One swing away from winning or tying the game. I love seeing a pitcher throw a complete game. That was awesome. 100 pitches and his arm didn't fall off. I love it.
  23. h2oface
    Ha. And Kepler leads off with a homer, and then beats out an infield single (2-3 for the day) in the 4th, and then has to leave the game with a knee thing? So he looked the part in the 4th game, and then might be out for a spell, and the adventure will continue? https://www.mlb.com/twins/video/max-kepler-exits-game-with-injury-x7582?t=opening-week
  24. h2oface
    Yes, I reviewed the batting champ's lists/complete history, too. I'm not really trying to "argue" anything, here. Thanks for doubling/tripling+ down and reinforcing everything already stated, though. I appreciate it. If you told me one more time I can remember it even better. 😇
  25. h2oface
    I don't think a player needs to be perhaps disparaged, or an accomplishment that every player that plays the game would like to have in their career diminished to make something or someone else look good. And that is the attitone I get from this discussion about Arraez. No one is saying that an extra base hit is not better than a single (but any hit is welcomed in the first at bat of a game). Fans can miss players and lament their not playing with the Twins as a stand alone. People are not fantasy teams or video games. Value comes in many forms. And personalities. And entertainment. Believe it or not, some enjoy a scrappy 10 pitch at bat more than a home run. Some even enjoy a longer game to pass the time with, even with all the idiosyncrasies and delays. Even Rod Carew won a batting title (1972) with a .319 average. In 2021 the American League title was .319. 2022 and 2021 American League runner ups hit .311. (One was Judge) Every year is relative and a stand alone. Not to be disparaged. Different balls, different pitchers, worse umpires (maybe better ;-) ....... Arraez is missed. And his value is and was a plus to this team, and any team.
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