Twins 2023 Thread

Ryan doesn’t need much help. The kid is lights out.

Duran pitched two innings a lot last season. So Rocco shouldn’t have a hard time pulling that lever. What he should have a hard time doing is sending Moran out in a situation like that. The bats lost the game though. They’ve shown up tonight.

correa saved him in the 4th to get out of a big inning and they are barreling balls up pretty good, luckily right at our guys.
it’s funny how its a mistake pitch only if someone makes the pitcher pay for it. joe has left some meatballs out there even with 2 strikes.

Umy wrote:

THe end started with the runner getting to third on the catcher interference call. Our first baseman made a mistake there.
That rule is BS

What about the rule is BS?

Dutchboy wrote:

Be fun to see if Ryan can get to 4-0. He could use some help from the offense.

He hasn’t really needed it, but he’s had some solid offense in his starts – 10+ this game, 11 vs. the Yankees (9 in the 1st inning), 9 vs. Houston and 7 vs. KC. Kinda crazy, they’ve only had one other game where they scored more than 4 runs this season (11-1 vs. Miami).

nice bounce back tonite. early observations is they could really use a trusted lefty out of the pen but you can always get a guy later on i guess.

eyeguy507 wrote:

nice bounce back tonite. early observations is they could really use a trusted lefty out of the pen but you can always get a guy later on i guess.

That one lefty that came in I thought did OK. I cant say I trust him fully but he looked the part last night.

That kid they put in at the end looked really good until he completely lost it in the ninth. That’s another dumb bullpen decision by Rocco. Leave a kid in the game for three innings? Just bring Pagan in and let the kid come off the field with a great debut.

mahtofire14 wrote:

That kid they put in at the end looked really good until he completely lost it in the ninth. That’s another dumb bullpen decision by Rocco. Leave a kid in the game for three innings? Just bring Pagan in and let the kid come off the field with a great debut.

Yeah, I didnt like that idea either, but he looked good before the 9th.

I’d be shocked if the Twins don’t win the AL Central. What they do outside of the worst division in baseball this Fall is tough to predict. This staff seems to have a good foundation. If they can keep positional players healthy and make a move or 2 at the deadline, could this be the year they win a playoff series???

It’s the 20th of April, little early to get to excited. Cleveland is still in this division and they will need to be handled. The big bats still need to show up but we will know more by June 15th.

If they stay healthy and make the postseason, I think this club has a better shot at winning some games in the playoffs than any club they’ve had in the 2000s, because of their rotation. BUT, it has to stay mostly intact and they need more out of Mahle. Maeda is going to be interesting to watch today. The great thing about this rotation is you have a guy in Ober sitting in the minors with a career 3.82 ERA at the majors, AND Varland next up after him.

Some good news, Polanco and Kiriloff are playing at St Paul. Kirilloff was 2-4 his last game.

Polanco better bring his A game otherwise let the new kid play.

BTW, whats going on in Boston with the catchers? It looks like they are having a hard time picking up the pitches.

Dutchboy wrote:

Polanco better bring his A game otherwise let the new kid play.

I agree but the Twins think he’s going to be the All Star Polanco. I just don’t see it. Julien will stay and Garlick will go down. Julien will be another utility guy. I think they are going to have to start playing Buxton in CF to open up the DH spot for guys that have some lingering injuries and need rest here and there.

eyeguy507 wrote:

nice bounce back tonite. early observations is they could really use a trusted lefty out of the pen but you can always get a guy later on i guess.

Good LH relievers (like better than Thielbar) are hard to find.

Afternoon game. 12:30 our time.

slough wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>eyeguy507 wrote:</div>
nice bounce back tonite. early observations is they could really use a trusted lefty out of the pen but you can always get a guy later on i guess.

Good LH relievers (like better than Thielbar) are hard to find.

100% and Theilbar has actually been one of the better ones in the league for the past couple years.

Man. Maeda just took a shot off the leg and still got the guy out. Looks like he’s going to be ok. Not staying in the game though. Not good for the bullpen.

Guess his arm will get a little more rest.

Willy Castro sucks. Get him out of here. My God.

Opportunity might be knocking for Bailey Ober…

slough wrote:

Opportunity might be knocking for Bailey Ober…

He was always going to come up, but I don’t think Maeda has been bad enough to give up on yet. Although he’d be a nice add on for long relief in the pen.

mahtofire14 wrote:

Willy Castro sucks. Get him out of here. My God.

Might as well add Pagan to my list.

Pagan must be related to one of the upper management somehow.
I can’t think of another reason why we haven’t moved on.

slough wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Umy wrote:</div>
THe end started with the runner getting to third on the catcher interference call. Our first baseman made a mistake there.
That rule is BS

What about the rule is BS?

I’m guessing the part where you get to decide after the play is over if you want to accept the catcher interference call or not… I tend to agree, that should just be a dead ball take your base play..

mahtofire14 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>mahtofire14 wrote:</div>
Willy Castro sucks. Get him out of here. My God.

Might as well add Pagan to my list.

He wasn’t on your list before??

7-0, that didn’t take long.

Kirilloff in right field tonight for St.Paul doesn’t bode well for Kepler.

So Max Scherzer gets a 10 game suspension and a undisclosed fine for a foreign substance. So he will likely only miss one start, no biggie. How big of a fine would he need to get to make it hurt? Keep in mind he makes 40 mil a year.

The only way to hurt a starting pitcher is suspend him a number of starts, not a number of games.

On the radio today they said Pagan is a free agent after this year. I hope Pagan is Pa-gone!!
Should never have resigned him.

I agree Matt Vogel about the catcher’s interference.
IN my humble opinion the ball is either DEAD or NOT. I just don’t like the manager having the option of waiting to see what will benefit him most and then go with whatever he thinks is best.
Just seems too wishy washy for me.

Slough, you are right it is in the rules. – No argument – I just personally don’t like it. No matter what team. AND, it hurt us in that game. In my opinion that’s where we started spiraling out of control.

I get both sides. From the rules:
Ball put in play: delayed dead ball
If you see catcher’s interference and yet the ball is put in play, don’t kill the ball. Allow action to continue. Once all action on the play has concluded, call time. At this point the team manager has the option of accepting the result of the play, OR, accepting the penalty. If the batter was put out on the play, he’s probably going to accept the penalty. But not necessarily.

Take this scenario, for example. Say there are no outs and a non-forced runner on third (R3) scores on the play. The manager might want to overlook the interference and accept the out at first in order to get the run. Otherwise, if the manager decides to accept the penalty instead of the play, then R3 would have to return to third base and the run would come off the board. Again, this is manager’s option.