I am intruiged with the three games Garver caught. Great pitching in them, all were wins. The Twins won't face any lefties in the series against Chicago (scheduled for 4 games, will probably play 1 of them, maybe 2 if they play Sunday.) So I'd like to see Garver catch Berrios again tonight. (instead of Molitor playing the platoon split with Castro)
The walks don't bother me. I realize I'm in the minority on this! All those years of pitch to contact combined with league worst ERAs. I like seeing opposing hitters not getting pitches to hit in 3 ball counts. Odorizzi said he couldn't get warm or find his control, so after the third inning last night decided to pitch only from the stretch. All of his walks were in the first three innings. Garver and Odorizzi must have been on the same page. Garver has now caught Odorizzi and Gibson (1 run outings) and Berrios's shutout. I am trying not to read too much into three games behind the plate, but...
There is no easier pitch for a left handed hitter to poke to left field, than an outside offspeed pitch. Morrison just got about 4 or 5 of them that last at bat. Tried to pull every one. Did I mention the shift? smh
Well he hit a long foul ball into the party deck in left, and were about 50-75 feet from disaster. Unfortunately this is baseball, and not horseshoes or hand grenades. Actually, fortunately this is not hand grenades.