I am not going to last for much longer. While I am most definitely not a morning person, I'm playing tennis tomorrow morning.

Castro has looked really good at the plate today. That sure doesn't happen often.

Dozier gets jobbed again

Dozier taking window shopping lessons from Castro.

 

SWING THE DAMN BAT!!

 

Dozier taking window shopping lessons from Castro.

 

SWING THE DAMN BAT!!

Youre an ump, you know that was outside

Sano actually looks nervous

I'm out too for the night, been fun all

 

bullpen's got this

 

Youre an ump, you know that was outside

 

The first time he struck out looking, it was definitely outside.  But apparently, this Triple-A ump has established that as his edge so the next time you see that pitch, ESPECIALLY with 2 strikes, you have to hack at it.

 

And once again, the Twins leave the bases loaded.

 

I am not going to last for much longer. While I am most definitely not a morning person, I'm playing tennis tomorrow morning.

Uh, technically, 11:59 am counts as "morning."

Jaime not bowling me over tonight. Looks like every other twins starter in the last 7 seasons

Edited July 29, 20179 yr by Aggies7

That was a swing. And it cost a run.

 

Have any of these umpires ever umpired before?

 

Phil Cuzzi's at 2nd tonite....we know his track record.

He's gotten the pitches when he's needed to. Good thing bc otherwise he hasn't been good

What I'm not seeing from Garcia is a willingness to work inside. I have not seen him make batters move their feet. Instead, he's doing a lot of nibbling on the outside corner, and Oakland's boys are starting to lean out over the plate and smack those pitches to the outfield. 

 

Good DP by Sano/Dozier. 

Phil Cuzzi's at 2nd tonite....we know his track record.

Could you be more specific?

Either Garcia stops nibbling outside, or the A's are going to smack him around next inning. 

I agree. I wonder if Granite could make Grossman the odd man out?

I'd trade Grossman if they can get anything of value

Garcia really needs to pitch inside. He can't depend on deep fly ball outs. 

There, see? I wasn't worried. ;-)

 

In my own defense, the last batter he did pitch inside. Maybe Garcia really likes the left side of the plate. Also, I'm kind of stupid. 

Edited July 29, 20179 yr by jimbo92107

If these results are typical, I'll take Jaime Garcia as a mid rotation starter. He's also got a legitimate bat. Anybody that can pop a baseball over the fence at least has a very good swing. Inning-eating lefty with a sub-.4 ERA is fine by me.

I think Sano leads the league in strikeouts now. He has three strikeouts today and Davis has only one.

Who'd have figured Matt Belisle would have trade value?

Starting to look like Matt Belisle is finding his game. Sneaky stuff, good command.

Belisle is finally looking like the same guy who had career years in 2015 and 2016. I gotta give it to the FO, they were right to hold onto him.

Kintzler seems overworked/tired.

It's interesting that Kintzler and Colon throw the same two-seamer that bends arm-side about a foot. Difference is that Kintzler's pitch is going about 5 mph faster, and Kintzler works only one inning. 

 

BTW: They both learned the pitch from Greg Maddux.  

 

He was asking about my ex GF when he queried "high maintenance?"

 

If he was asking about your ex-girlfriend he would have queried "fictional characters"

Hopefully this win will be the start of a streak.

Van's the Man with today's game thread. Check it out!

http://twinsdaily.com/topic/26958-game-thread-minnesota-twins-oakland-as-7-29-910-pm-ct/