I tend to agree on the Arraez thing. He's also extremely overmatched by lefties. Career SLG under .300 against them.

.734 OPS and everyone screams that he's one of the best hitters they've ever seen. 

He's so close to Ben Revere just with no speed and better walk numbers. Revere had almost 5 consecutive .300 seasons with .298 being the only one of those years under .300.

The only reason I may stay tuned for the next game is for an update on Ryan

Well for now the Twins are the most of the least.

 

OK, so he's still probably in the opening day lineup unless he slips on ice and tears his ACL or something like that.

Just now, Unwinder said:

OK, so he's still probably in the opening day lineup unless he slips on ice and tears his ACL or something like that.

*Royce Lewis has left the chat*

Mr Ryan seems a bit high strung and partially full of himself.  Didn't even make a reflexive move to make a  play.  Doesn't wait for the trainer or anyone else, 

to pull himself from the game.  Even if he knew he shattered his wrist, he could have followed a more familiar protocol. 

I know he's a confident pitcher.  I know he knew he wasn't going to be able to continue.  But come on, you have to at least act like you are team member.  Maybe he's just what we need.  soeone to cut through the bulldung.

I believe the Twins management pampers the players so they do not have develop an adult attitude and act like one.

I'd be pretty impressed if the Twins management had the ability to develop an adult attitude in the time Ryan's been with the team.

19 minutes ago, Sielk said:

 

 

19 minutes ago, shortround81 said:

That's a relief.  Still sucks A LOT, but better than breaking something.

Well, the good news is he'll be ready for 2022 even though he's probably done for 2021. Is Gant also done for the year after yesterday? Let's see that leaves us 4-5 innings a game from Ober, 3-4 from Pineda, and .... ??? Wow, we get to see more of Griffin Jax and Charlie Barnes. Maybe even more of Albers. Oh boy, can't wait! This is becoming so pathetic that you just have to laugh. Or cry...

Sooo, any chance of starting Strotman, Balazovic or anyone else in these last 17 games?  I know, No. 

My read on the guy is that he's impulsive but humble enough to know it's a problem. I think he'll grow out of this sort of thing.

11 minutes ago, Unwinder said:

I'd be pretty impressed if the Twins management had the ability to develop an adult attitude in the time Ryan's been with the team.

It starts in the minors, or is supposed to.

12 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

 

That's a relief.  Still sucks A LOT, but better than breaking something.

Baldelli's new word for 2021, c-o-n-t-u-s-i-o-n.  Can you use it in a sentence.  The back of my head has a contusion, from me slapping it all season.

15 minutes ago, RpR said:

It starts in the minors, or is supposed to.

Ryan was traded for on July 29, pitched in the Olympics and then reported to the Twins on August 15. He’s been a Twin for a month. How much molding and team building happen in a month?

he’s 25…

27 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

 

That's a relief.  Still sucks A LOT, but better than breaking something.

He seemed to be in good spirits after the game. Even dropped a cuss word (bleeped) about how frustrating this sort of s*** is

2 minutes ago, Sconnie said:

Ryan was traded for on July 29, pitched in the Olympics and then reported to the Twins on August 15. He’s been a Twin for a month. How much molding and team building happen in a month?

You walk in the door and are told what is expected of you; Yankees are told NO BEARDS, end of conversation.

23 minutes ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

 

Sooo, any chance of starting Strotman, Balazovic or anyone else in these last 17 games?  I know, No. 

 

Don't forget Chase Petty, I hear he's throwing heat in simulated games down in Fort Myers!

Lineups for game 2:

CLEVELAND

1. Myles Straw (R) CF
2. Amed Rosario (R) SS
3. Jose Ramirez (S) DH
4. Franmil Reyes (R) RF
5. Bobby Bradley (L) 1B
6. Yu Chang (R) 3B
7. Owen Miller (R) 2B
8. Roberto Perez (R) C
9. Oscar Mercado (R) LF
   Logan Allen (L) P

TWINS

1. Byron Buxton (R) CF
2. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B
3. Josh Donaldson (R) DH
4. Miguel Sano (R) 1B
5. Rob Refsnyder (R) RF
6. Ryan Jeffers (R) C
7. Willians Astudillo (R) 3B
8. Nick Gordon (L) LF
9. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS
   Charlie Barnes (L) P

 

30 minutes ago, RpR said:

You walk in the door and are told what is expected of you; Yankees are told NO BEARDS, end of conversation.

Yeah, the Yankees are not the team I'm going to take culture clues from. Besides, "no beards" is a control over appearance; not a mandate on behavior

1 hour ago, Unwinder said:

My read on the guy is that he's impulsive but humble enough to know it's a problem. I think he'll grow out of this sort of thing.

I suppose that it's also possible that he thought it was much worse when it happened.  But still, something to work on for sure.

5 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

I suppose that it's also possible that he thought it was much worse when it happened.  But still, something to work on for sure.

Dumb, somewhat similar story...I once took a throw off of my forearm while sliding into 3B.  It caught me just right that pain shot up my arm and down my spine, yet really didn't catch me solid.  But apparently, I reacted as if it hit me in the face and everyone freaked out.  All I ended up with was a welt and a decent bruise.  I caught quite a bit of flack for it for a while.

AJ is announcing for FS1.

 

A silver lining for those as like silver.

The bottom half of this lineup isn't very whelming.

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

The bottom half of this lineup isn't very whelming.

Low expectations: the secret to meeting them.

Just now, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Low expectations: the secret to meeting them.

Sage advice, indeed.

"Pitchers dual" is not what I expected to see in the nightcap.

0-0 after 2.

(Circus Boy Update as of old)

As soon as I mention a pitchers dual, the scoring starts!