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Did you catch the way Watkins coached Gordon to slide into third. Pretty comical. Like him sliding too will help, or Gordon will even see it at that late juncture. Pretty funny. Best view at :14. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/red-sox-vs-twins/2022/08/31/661649#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=661649

Arraez is also hitting .222 in his last 7 games, .220 in his last 15. And noticably slumping since the All-Star break. Should that be taken into consideration at all? Two spans of one or two hits in 20something ABs. He did already homer in this game. It is a tough call, I agree. I think mostly you can't risk a double play in this situation, and if you can advance both runners with a bunt, and have runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out, then I like the odds of not only tying the game, but winning it. Even a slap hit here by Arraez and it may not score a Twin from second the way we run and Watkins coaches third. If he does bunt and moves the runners up, I would not call that taking the bat out of his hands. I would call it using his great bat skills to help the team. (Plus, with his bat skills, maybe he bunts for a hit and bases loaded and no outs, but then we are probably doomed ). Correa would have probably been intentionally walked then, to load the bases and put the double play back in effect (but maybe not), but I like the bases loaded with one out and Miranda hitting a lot better than first and second with one out and Mr. Not Clutch At All This Year Correa hitting, who also has 15 GIDP now, and 14 at the time. Above all else, we need to score at least one run here, and getting a runner to third with one out opens up the chance of scoring on a WP or PB, too. Nobody should be too proud to bunt, and not know how to lay down a successful bunt on a baseball team. I would have asked Arraez to bunt, all things considered, as well, in this situation.

Tony O. Tops. Others stated in comments already as well. Miranda is having a rookie season we needed, but some of us have witnessed the Twins since the 60s, and Miranda’s rookie season isn’t even close to the best ever.

It never ceases to amaze me that MLB players don't bust it out of the box EVERY DAMN TIME!! WHAT ELSE DO THEY HAVE TO DO? Admire your hit after you hustle your arse off. Nick Gordon should be ashamed. It makes no sense. It is all ego and nothing about the team when you don't hustle on every play, on every hit. Young player's mistake? NO WAY. YOU KNOW THIS IN LITTLE LEAGUE. Baldelli said he didn't even talk to Nick about it in the presser. WHY NOT!?! That is his job! Should have been done immediately. Yes, stop at second after you stand there and loaf out of the box instead of compounding your mistake and making the third out at third, but it is the loafing and ego admiring your drive that made it so you had to stop at second. If he had just run from the get go he could have run to third standing up and not even needed to stop at second. He knew it was going to be fair. No question it would be foul. The only question was if it was out of the park, or off the wall. Instead he was planning the worthless arm pump for glory. You cannot assume EVER!!! RUN YOUR ARSE OFF OUT OF THE BOX! EVERY TIME. ALWAYS. NO EXCUSE. NONE. If Baldelli doesn't have the cojones to do it, someone in the clubhouse needs to ream him a new one. Correa is soooooooo disappointing, Living on past laurels. He cries for help and it is himself that needs to step it up. This is crunch time. He is failing, big time.

And in the end.... it is Arraez and Correa that don't come through with the game in their hands at the end of the game in the 9th. The 35 million dollar man and the leading hitter. It was right there. Bottom of the lineup set them up.... and crickets. Tough loss.

These guys have no clue how to stop opponents running. Pathetic.

Good thing we took Ryan out, eh?

Are we out of the game at 5-2 in the 5th? I hope this team has more moxy than that. We had the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the 4th! One might say the bats are putting us out of the game, tonight (so far).

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What adjustments are you referring to? Do you think he wanted to miss his spots? That he laid meat on purpose? Golden Boy? I don't get the disdain here. Enlighten me/us please. So far, one bad inning. Not his best, but here we are in the 5th now..... no more damage and pitching innnings..... and our bats leaving runs on the basepaths. Are the last two innings OK?

Paralyzed by hope is an unfortunate place to be. Don't even bring up Cavaco and Javier (signed in the international draft in 2015 instead of Tatis Jr, Soto, Alvarez, Guerrero Jr, Giminez, Chisholm, and more success stories) among all the others mentioned. The three of the OP..... my bet, sad as it may be.... stick a fork in them. All 3.

Fun listen! It's a shame, after all that, they finally suspended it anyway. I guess it was the longest even with the suspension and restart.. Plus, it is AAA and not MLB, which is..... something. Great productiojn with all the original broadcast bits.....

Michael Wacha is pitching like he did as a rookie when he came on the scene strong toward the end of 2013 in August and September, and was a bright star in the playoffs (NLCS MVP) for St. Louis up until his last outing against Boston in the World Series.

Total Twins salary: $143,413,800 Total BoSox salary: $240,168,494 Conclusion: W-2’s don’t win games Better Conclusion: W-2’s don’t necessarily win games See link below for updates as of August 8, 10 Highest MLB Payrolls 2022 Los Angeles Dodgers: $265,396,675. 2021 Payroll: $266,020,809. ... New York Mets: $261,273,320. ... New York Yankees: $251,889,255. ... Philadelphia Phillies: $242,215,746. ... San Diego Padres: $220,849,135. ... Boston Red Sox: $207,710,905. ... Chicago White Sox: $196,381,026. ... Houston Astros: $182,896,299. The two SOX are the outliers this year. But the Dodgers, Yankees, Mets, Phillies, Padres, Astros, and Braves might all beg to differ. Baltimore and Cleveland are the outliers the other way this year, and Tampa, but they are not really an outlier as they do it all the time with low total salary. Personally, I would bet on the spenders way more often than the parsimonious efforts. https://boardroom.tv/mlb-team-payrolls-2022/ MLB regular season winning percentage vs. relative payroll, 1998-2021 combined (using Opening Day payrolls)... Warning: usage of non-zero baselines

Yup. Jake Reed, who started the year for the Mets, was DFAd the first part of July with an 11.37 ERA in 6.1 innings and the Dodgers bit and let him pitch in 3 games in July (got his ERA down to 9.00! in another 2.2 innings pitched) and then spent the rest of the month pitching well in OKC AAA, and just recalled and thrown into the 9th with a one run lead against the Mets. Our better friend Eduardo Escobar led off with a single, and then Reed induced two grounders, the first for the double play and the second for the save. ERA all the way down to 8.10. Pretty amazing he got in that game, really.

Here I was all pumped to go to the Dodger game tomorrow and see deGrom pitch......... and the game is in NY. Oops. New plan for tomorrow.

Good job, Fulmer. Thank you!

Wow. Nick IS the Man

Miranda is one tough guy. Didn't phase him when he got hit on the wrist a week or so ago, either.

Exactly. Which makes it sad.

The baseball writers will write about how Thielbar had another scoreless appearance...... but did he really?

Kinda sad when Fulmer was considered a bullpen upgrade.

Strike 3 on ball 4. Damn. If Urshela takes his double, and the ump makes that right call, and it is bases loaded with one out.

That was just very ill advised, Gio.

I wonder what Archer's fashion rule is. Red glove today with whites. Blue with dark blue jersey? Red with red jersey? I don't remember seeing him use a red glove. Just that light blue.......