Twins 2019

Perez is bringing the cheddar tonight.

Matt Moen wrote:

Perez is bringing the cheddar tonight.

He’s got pretty good stuff. He is pretty solid when he pitches aggressive. He channels his inner Kyle Gibson too much and gets tentative and then gets crushed. Hopefully he keeps it going.

Another late inning melt down by the Twins! Getting hard to watch.

Time for Harper to go back to his minor league career……He hung every pitch he threw this inning. And Rocco left him in. He has severely misused his pen over the last couple weeks.

Took Perez out with his pitch count in the 80s……”But my analytics guy told me he’ll get hit the third time around….” Well guess what, your awful bullpen gets hit the first time around!

Oh and the Indians tied it up.

I for one am shocked that a 90 mph fastball right down the middle would get crushed by Yelich, and then even more surprised that if I throw 15 terrible curve balls in a row, someone might punish me for the one I hang right over the plate.

Ah geez…..

This collapse has been a totally preventable disaster.

philtickelson wrote:

I for one am shocked that a 90 mph fastball right down the middle would get crushed by Yelich, and then even more surprised that if I throw 15 terrible curve balls in a row, someone might punish me for the one I hang right over the plate.

Yeah I’m honestly surprised it took the league this long to figure him out. There’s a reason you don’t see guys throwing 70 mph curveballs in the majors.

That was quick……Square up a Hader fastball and it goes a long way.

Can we close the door tonight???

Solid inning by Dyson. After two rough outings followed by an IL stint that’s really good to see. I think a lot of criticism that came his way was a byproduct of frustration with the team and he’s been somewhat of a scapegoat. I’ve kind of felt bad for him, it’s not his fault that he was the biggest move the Twins made in the draft.

Anyway, can’t get too excited about his outing tonight just like we can’t get too down about his other 2, but good to see him bounce back.

Dan wrote:

Solid inning by Dyson. After two rough outings followed by an IL stint that’s really good to see. I think a lot of criticism that came his way was a byproduct of frustration with the team and he’s been somewhat of a scapegoat. I’ve kind of felt bad for him, it’s not his fault that he was the biggest move the Twins made in the draft.

Anyway, can’t get too excited about his outing tonight just like we can’t get too down about his other 2, but good to see him bounce back.

Completely agree. He needed that one.

Oh boy…. Did the Twins ever need that comeback win.

mahtofire14 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>philtickelson wrote:</div>
I for one am shocked that a 90 mph fastball right down the middle would get crushed by Yelich, and then even more surprised that if I throw 15 terrible curve balls in a row, someone might punish me for the one I hang right over the plate.

Yeah I’m honestly surprised it took the league this long to figure him out. There’s a reason you don’t see guys throwing 70 mph curveballs in the majors.

Reminds me of Hildy’s changeup. Boy was it fun watching hitters flail at it for awhile, but it wasn’t long before it started ending up in the left field bleachers more often than in the catchers mitt.

mahtofire14 wrote:

That was quick……Square up a Hader fastball and it goes a long way.

That has been happening too often this year for us Brewer fans….

bigstorm wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>mahtofire14 wrote:</div>
That was quick……Square up a Hader fastball and it goes a long way.

That has been happening too often this year for us Brewer fans….

He’s gotta start throwing more sliders to keep guys off balance. He gets a little fastball happy and forgets that he’s facing guys that see 97-99 regularly these days.

Hope my tribe didn’t get the penthouse too dirty on our very short stay there.
Didn’t want to post anything at end of Cleve./Minn last series.

No matter the intent would have sounded like rubbing it in. Even after the Bauer trade. Our offense is so hit or miss. Last game with Boston today. Scored one run and that was gifted by Boston. Conglomerate of a bunch a meatball pitchers befuddled the line up once again.

From looking at on the other side of the mirror. I think the central division is property of the Twins this year.

papaperch wrote:

Hope my tribe didn’t get the penthouse too dirty on our very short stay there.
Didn’t want to post anything at end of Cleve./Minn last series.

No matter the intent would have sounded like rubbing it in. Even after the Bauer trade. Our offense is so hit or miss. Last game with Boston today. Scored one run and that was gifted by Boston. Conglomerate of a bunch a meatball pitchers befuddled the line up once again.

From looking at on the other side of the mirror. I think the central division is property of the Twins this year.

As good as the Twins lineup is, you probably have the best rotation in the AL and that’s without Kluber. The tribe has shown they can shut down the Twins bats and that’s what worries me because obviously our pitching doesn’t shut down many teams.

Well mahto if we face teams enough times maybe their batters’ shoulders will fall apart from crushing pitches so hard. Laying in the weeds baby

Despite a lot of talent I feel like I’ve seen so many errors and bonehead plays this year…:???:

Like today when Rosario tracked down that fly ball at the track. It didn’t end up hurting them but he hot dogged it to show off. That just burned them a few weeks ago! There’s just no reason to do that

moustachesteve wrote:

Despite a lot of talent I feel like I’ve seen so many errors and bonehead plays this year…:???:

Like today when Rosario tracked down that fly ball at the track. It didn’t end up hurting them but he hot dogged it to show off. That just burned them a few weeks ago! There’s just no reason to do that

He really pisses Gladden off when he does that. I wasn’t listening to the radio broadcast today but when I seen Rosario hot dog that ball (like he does most) I could almost hear Gladden blowing up.

An error, base hit and a dinger…..nice lead is gone.

moustachesteve wrote:

Despite a lot of talent I feel like I’ve seen so many errors and bonehead plays this year…:???:

Like today when Rosario tracked down that fly ball at the track. It didn’t end up hurting them but he hot dogged it to show off. That just burned them a few weeks ago! There’s just no reason to do that

It’s really only been the last couple months. They were really good defensively the first half of the season. They’ve been about the worst base running team I’ve seen for years now.

Ice Cap wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Steve Kindt wrote:</div>
Despite a lot of talent I feel like I’ve seen so many errors and bonehead plays this year…:???:

Like today when Rosario tracked down that fly ball at the track. It didn’t end up hurting them but he hot dogged it to show off. That just burned them a few weeks ago! There’s just no reason to do that

He really pisses Gladden off when he does that. I wasn’t listening to the radio broadcast today but when I seen Rosario hot dog that ball (like he does most) I could almost hear Gladden blowing up.

It drives me nuts too, and I’m surprised the coaching staff hasn’t gotten him to stop.

Struggling big time to close games lately. Painful one today.

Innings 7-8-9 completed by Dyson-Rogers-Romo and giving up 0 runs. That, my friends, is how it is “supposed” to work.

Glad they were on the good side tonight. Need to gain some ground while the Indians are on the East Coast dealing with the Yankees and Mets.

the show boating by Rosy needs to be handled but I think Rocco is afraid of confrontations. He has been at it all year and one of these times it will cost a game and thats when he will get a big slice of humble pie. I like Rosy but you can tell that a guy who plucks his eyebrows is really into looking good while playing the game. big win tonight and coupled with a cleveland loss its a slim lead. for the first time in eternity, the team is actually playing better on the road instead of target field.

Very odd to be a Yankees fan, but good to see them beat the Tribe by 1 run again today !

Another loss at Target Field, maybe it would be better to not have home field advantage in the playoffs. Are starting pitching is going to be the demise of this club. I think we made the right move by not trading for 1 starting pitcher as we would of needed at least a couple!

How are the sox so bad? Everyone they threw out there last night had a sub 3 ERA. The twinkies still hit the $hit out of the ball and it’s still August. As long as they get hot during the stretch run, it really means little now. Cleveland has been white hot and it’s not plausible to keep that up.