Over The Hill Again

Nasty

Like others I’m moderately surprised that the Twins are (mathematically) relevant at Memorial Day. So far, I’m enjoying this season more than I would have thought. My perception is that Shelton mostly pulls the right levers (given what the FO gives him to work with) and the team may have a tendency to more aggressive on the base paths. Overall more entertaining than I would have guessed. FWIW I expect things to normalize and other Central teams to pick it up. Count me in the minority I guess of people not wanting to see Ryan get traded.

Astros Fan: My Bullpen Sucks! Twins Fan: Hold my beer!

Can we be done with Topa now? His WHIP is hovering around 2.00.

Topa. Topacabana.

Yeah that was strange. Bell doesn’t change directions easily 😆

That was a dumb Out, man.

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Morny adding nothing. I’d rather listen to on-field interviews.

Keaschall might need a re-set

That looked like a check swing

Enough of Morny. He occasionally adds something useful, but talks incessantly.

Me too. It would be awesome if he eventually became a reliable, inexpensive, late innings guy. Like Varland maybe.

Regardless of the outcome of this game, I cannot fathom why the Twins sign retreads like Garcia. Zero upside. There’s got to be guys in the system who might have a future with the team.

Call me old (because I am) but as a fan, actually watching the game, I do not want to have to be studying obscure metrics to feel like I need them to appreciate or be entertained by what I’m seeing. RBI is (yes a flawed) measure of a player doing the basic thing needed for a team to score runs. I derive pleasure and entertainment from a baseball team executing basics to accumulate runs to hopefully win a game. With my eyes, over the course of many, many seasons, I watched players that can consistently get it done, and others who can’t. So, yeah, RBI matters a lot to me. YMMV