Game Thread: Dodgers @ Twins 640 PM 4/12/2022

[Mill1634]

I'd take Buxton (or Correa) out of this game. No reason to have them get injured because of a wet field in a lost game.

[Fitzpatrick54]

It's 2021 all over again. Better yet, 2018. Maybe we'd revive the THIS IS HOW WE BASEBALL slogan, because just like '18, tonight's game proves our expectations have bit the dust. Be better tomorrow vs. Kershaw, or we have issues. And who let the LA fans to Target Field? Get them back to California where they belong. Do better tomorrow.

[RpR]

I think the Dodgers plan now is to just hit it at Arraez plus I just realized the Dodgers have not given up one earned run.

Twins combined ERA is 29.56 - Dodgers 0.00

[wsnydes]

13 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

I'd be surprised if Romero was still on the Twins (and maybe the 40 man) tomorrow.

He's getting left to the wolves, so that's probably the plan.  They'll need to bring up an arm for tomorrow.

[Aggies7]

Well, we’ll get to see a position player pitch in only our fifth game

[SlyLightning]

Luis Arraez cannot play 3rd base anymore. He has to DH or play left field/2B. That was absolutely terrible. 

[RpR]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Well, we’ll get to see a position player pitch in only our fifth game

Hopefully Arraez.

[Mill1634]

Rain came 90 minutes too late

[Mill1634]

3 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Well, we’ll get to see a position player pitch in only our fifth game

Thanks for the Jinx!

[ashbury]

I see Jhon Romero struck out the side in the 8th.  Good going!

[Aggies7]

I think it should revert back to the most recent full inning 

[Twins_Fan_In_Texas]

This is a very late question… but can someone explain why Celestino was even playing tonight??

[RpR]

3 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_In_Texas said:

This is a very late question… but can someone explain why Celestino was even playing tonight??

Fielding ability plus Kiriloff batting average sucks.

Hmm, of the Twins 6 strike outs, Buxton had 3.

[RpR]

20 minutes ago, SlyLightning said:

Luis Arraez cannot play 3rd base anymore. He has to DH or play left field/2B. That was absolutely terrible. 

Left Field, dear God NO, there would be no one to back up his errors.

The Twins got their unearned run due the the Dodger screw-up of  the double play Arraez hit into.

[stringer bell]

Arraez had a tough inning, no doubt. I thought he played very well at third yesterday. Good fielders have made multiple errors in games or even in innings. Some days are like that.

[tony&rodney]

This game should have been suspended in the 5th or 6th inning. These are not reasonable conditions to play baseball. It is April, not the World Series.

[RpR]

4 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Arraez had a tough inning, no doubt. I thought he played very well at third yesterday. Good fielders have made multiple errors in games or even in innings. Some days are like that.

He has in the past shown he is a sub-par infielder, especially Third Base ; he should not be there.

[Twins_Fan_In_Texas]

Sloppy fielding and unproductive offense, yes…but I think game management was the biggest factor tonight. I think Archer was taken out too early, too much of our bullpen was utilized tonight, and while Celestino was a disappointment, putting Luis in was a bigger one…. Idk just my 2 cents ??‍♂️ 

[RpR]

4 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

This game should have been suspended in the 5th or 6th inning. These are not reasonable conditions to play baseball. It is April, not the World Series.

Fans pay big money to see a ball game, unless it get like it was in the eigth inning you do not say: too bad, icky weather.

[glunn]

Dodgers' announcers were critical of Arraez -- suggested that he was aggressive going after that ball.

 

[glunn]

Anyone still here?

[glunn]

Clutch hit by Kepler and runners at the corners. This could be a great comeback.

[glunn]

?

[Danchat]

1 for 14 with RISP... yuck. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

We got this!

[tony&rodney]

1 hour ago, RpR said:

Fans

Both of them?

[howeda7]

Other than 40 man roster reasons, is there a reason for Romero/Winder to be in the bullpen ahead of Minaya? Winder should be starting in AAA and Romero is not better than Minaya. 

[howeda7]

2 hours ago, SlyLightning said:

Luis Arraez cannot play 3rd base anymore. He has to DH or play left field/2B. That was absolutely terrible. 

I don't understand why they were so insistent on Arreaz not playing LF this year. Urshella at 3B, Kiriloff at 1B and Arreaz in LF might be our best line-up at times.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

15 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

We got this!

Well, maybe not tonight.

 

But eventually