Game Thread Twins @ Red Stockings 12:35pm CDT 4/17/2022 AD

[RickOShea]

This outing by thielbar should get him a promotion to the starting rotation.

[KirbyHawk75]

Well we suck again this year.

[RickOShea]

The only that changes year to year on this team, is its calendar

[LVTwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, KirbyHawk75 said:

Well we suck again this year.

Yeah too far into the season to fix anything this year

[Gingernsnap25]

Story hitting one past Correa is almost poetic

[twins_89]

One consolation is that Story isn't doing much at the plate either. Even if the Twins had signed him instead of Correa they wouldn't be in any better shape offensively.

[USAFChief]

 

Gonna go out on a limb and guess "92 down the middle on 1-0" wasn't the plan to Story.

[Aggies7]

Can’t blame the FO, they’re at least trying to make moves. Doesn’t help that Correa hasn’t done a single thing or that buxton and gray are already hurt (and kiriloff). Sano needs to go along with Kepler. People just aren’t performing. 

[RickOShea]

Falvey, PUT TOGETHER A FRIGGIN' BULLPEN!

[Twins_Fan_In_Texas]

Well, I have to turn this game off or I’m going to bust a blood vessel ??

[Aggies7]

Stashak just throwing meat

[Gingernsnap25]

Over/Under 8.5 hits for Red Sox this inning? 

[USAFChief]

Just now, RickOShea said:

Falvey, PUT TOGETHER A FRIGGIN' BULLPEN!

I'm told they were top 10 in fWAR after July 1st last year.

[LVTwinsfan]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Can’t blame the FO, they’re at least trying to make moves. Doesn’t help that Correa hasn’t done a single thing or that buxton and gray are already hurt (and kiriloff). Sano needs to go along with Kepler. People just aren’t performing. 

Who do you blame for allowing Stashak to pitch for this team

[RickOShea]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

Can’t blame the FO, they’re at least trying to make moves. Doesn’t help that Correa hasn’t done a single thing or that buxton and gray are already hurt (and kiriloff). Sano needs to go along with Kepler. People just aren’t performing. 

Can't??????  Just because they make some moves, doesn't exonerate them.  You can say that about the entire team.

[PatPfund]

Maybe one warm up against low-A batters wasn't enough to show Stashak was ready for MLB? Gee, maybe we'll call up Thorpe next. Sure he gave up 8 runs in 1.2 innings yesterday, but he only pitched 1.2 so he should be fresh. (And hey, it makes some of the roster calls at the end of the month easier.)

[Aggies7]

Just now, LVTwinsfan said:

Who do you blame for allowing Stashak to pitch for this team

He’s far down the list of problems at this point

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Can't??????  Just because they make some moves, doesn't exonerate them.  You can say that about the entire team.

I mean you can blame them but at least they’re trying unlike past regimes.

[LaBombo]

I'm starting to feel like the top of the 8th was a bad time to turn the game on.

The good news is that after eating two meals' worth of Easter dinner I'm probably going to fall asleep before the Twins get the last out of the 8th.

[Danchat]

4 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Can’t blame the FO, they’re at least trying to make moves. Doesn’t help that Correa hasn’t done a single thing or that buxton and gray are already hurt (and kiriloff). Sano needs to go along with Kepler. People just aren’t performing. 

Disagree, the FO should have known better to field this bullpen. I have less problems with the lineup when it comes to the FO, but Kepler and Sanó are issues. Maybe more of a failure in coaching.

[USAFChief]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

I mean you can blame them but at least they’re trying unlike past regimes.

They didn't try very hard to put together a bullpen.

[Gingernsnap25]

Hey guys, the inning is over 

[twins_89]

The Twins relievers are getting hammered, 7 hits and 1 out in an inning where the Twins came in one run behind is not a promising sign for the bullpen.

[LaBombo]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I'm told they were top 10 in fWAR after July 1st last year.

After this inning the bullpen has cracked the top three in fWORd.

[USAFChief]

All right, top of the ninth.

 

"In play, runs, runs and more friggin' runs" please.

[RickOShea]

2 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

I mean you can blame them but at least they’re trying unlike past regimes.

Trying is such a subjective and perceptive term.  I have no clue, since I know none of these guys, personally.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

They didn't try very hard to put together a bullpen.

True, but we also needed starters and lineup help. Every team in the league wants to have a better bullpen. Some guys are not performing, alcala is hurt. 

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, RickOShea said:

Trying is such a subjective and perceptive term.  I have no clue, since I know none of these guys, personally.

Do you think they made moves to improve the team overall or no? Every team in baseball wants to improve their bullpen. Guys like Duffey and thielbar have to be better. Alcala being hurt doesn’t help. The irony is that Ober went 6 and we still couldn’t get good bullpen work

[USAFChief]

2 minutes ago, LaBombo said:

After this inning the bullpen has cracked the top three in fWORd.

DAMMIT I wish I'd have come up with that one.

[LaBombo]

I'm just going to pretend the Twins let the Sox win as a symbolic victory for the citizens of Ukraine and leave it at that.