Article: Game Thread: Twins v Yankees, 7/17@7:10pm CT

[Aggies7]

Being surrounded by yankee fans, I never enjoy these series. They always end the same way

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Rosario bobble costs the twins a base.

And he will never hit .290 again into mid July. Trade piece, I am hoping.

[Blake]

 

I know it's not politically correct, but I'm saying it anyway. Zach Granite appears to be the white Ben Revere.  

I already made the comparison. You're late. Though, I wasn't quite as pithy.

[Aggies7]

We're going to try and see how hard it is to not score with bases loaded 0 outs

[Aggies7]

Man, adrianza had options there. Could have thrown to third, glad he didn't.

[Deduno Abides]

In AAA this year, Granite was 6 for 14 in games pitched by Smith, with a double, triple and walk, and no Ks.

[Aggies7]

PHEW! What a Houdini act.

 

It's about to rain cats and dogs, judging by the radar. Although I have zero clue where TF is relative to Minneapolis. Could be somewhere near golden valley or little Canada for all I know.

[Blake]

These are not the Yankees of the past. They just don't have that Yankees swagger. It's kind of weird.

[twinsnorth49]

Bunt.....tee hee!

[David HK]

Whew!!!!

 

Didi's got the 1B coach all up in his grill.

 

Thanks, guy, for bailing us out.

[USAFChief]

Bunt.....tee hee!

Mauer-esque.

[Aggies7]

These are not the Yankees of the past. They just don't have that Yankees swagger. It's kind of weird.

They aren't the Yankees of the past, but the no name young guys are good and they're hurting us the most tonight.

[Aggies7]

Mauer-esque.

Why, did Didi take a 2-1 fastball down the chute with heavy rain on its way?

[David HK]

 

These are not the Yankees of the past. They just don't have that Yankees swagger. It's kind of weird.

They still seem to be getting Yankee ump calls, though.

[Riverbrian]

If Judge was just a little bit taller. 

[ashbury]

The thing is, there's no evidence Polanco has "tons" of offensive ability.

 

His career minor league OPS is .750 something, and his last real good season was in rookie ball.

 

I think people sometimes see what they want to see.

He's only just turned 24 now. I'm inclined to expect we haven't seen his best major league season yet. A guy who hit above .270 in AAA at age 22, with non-negligible pop, still has a chance to be good. If somebody said "tons", that might be overstating the potential. But middle infielders don't have to have tons of offensive potential to still be important contributors. I don't trade Polanco except for a really solid pitching prospect.

[70charger]

 

PHEW! What a Houdini act.

It's about to rain cats and dogs, judging by the radar. Although I have zero clue where TF is relative to Minneapolis. Could be somewhere near golden valley or little Canada for all I know.

 

It's pretty much right in the middle, if you're actually curious. If it's raining in downtown, it's absolutely raining at Target Field.

[twinsnorth49]

 

They aren't the Yankees of the past, but the no name young guys are good and they're hurting us the most tonight.

It's 2-2 for God's sake, they're laying a real licking on them for sure. 

[70charger]

 

It's 2-2 for God's sake, they're laying a real licking on them for sure. 

 

Thought, to be fair, that guy with only a couple games under his belt and with horrible older brothers, is actually doing quite a lot of damage.

[ashbury]

I know it's not politically correct, but I'm saying it anyway. Zach Granite appears to be the white Ben Revere.  

He may also be a white Jason Tyner. Which could mean... a healthy chunk of time at DH.

[Suicide Skweez]

There's no excuse not to try and lay down a sacrifice bunt here. None.

[USAFChief]

He's only just turned 24 now. I'm inclinced to expect we haven't seen his best major league season yet. A guy who hit above .270 in AAA at age 22, with non-negligible pop, still has a chance to be good. If somebody said "tons", that might be overstating the potential. But middle infielders don't have to have tons of offensive potential to still be important contributors. I don't trade Polanco except for a really solid pitching prospect.

I doubt you could get a really solid pitching prospect.

[Aggies7]

It's 2-2 for God's sake, they're laying a real licking on them for sure.

 

lol I'm not saying that, just pointing out that both pitchers are guys they just called up, a guy they just traded for has three hits and an RBI. Frazier has 2 hits. Ellsbury, judge, gregorious, and Castro have none.

[twinsnorth49]

 

Thought, to be fair, that guy with only a couple games under his belt and with horrible older brothers, is actually doing quite a lot of damage.

Enough damage to keep it 2-2......meh.

[Aggies7]

Max seems a bit.......tentative.

[David HK]

Geez, if there's a cookie pitch to bunt.....  pfft.

[Aggies7]

Just have to move the runners up, there. Just have to.

[twinsnorth49]

 

lol I'm not saying that, just pointing out that both pitchers are guys they just called up, a guy they just traded for has three hits and an RBI. Frazier has 2 hits. Ellsbury, judge, gregorious, and Castro have none.

Mejia isn't exactly a household name. If I had a nickel for every AAA pitcher who confounded a major league team for a few games, I'd have.......a LOT of nickels.

 

Andrew Albers......nuff said.

[70charger]

 

Enough damage to keep it 2-2......meh.

 

Relatively?

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Those are my boys!