Game Thread Twins @ Athletics 5/17/22 8:40 PM CDT

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, USAFChief said:

I wouldn't have Winder out there.

Yes first out was a doozy

[Mill1634]

Very good bounce back inning by Winder, and a great play by Royce

[Mill1634]

This Jackson guy seems to have a very odd delievery

[Aggies7]

This fella’s strike zone is a bit inconsistent, to say the least

[sampleSizeOfOne]

32 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Well, to be fair, it's darn hard to hit solo HRs when there are baserunners.

So that explains all the double plays.

To set up for solo homers.

 

A cunning stratagy, eh Baldrick?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Tricksy TD, not loading the new page when i submitted the form, just so i'd double post!?

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[Aggies7]

Rocco must not have ever played with fire a kid, as we all did. He’s making up for it now as an adult 

[Mill1634]

Not sure I get sending Winder back out for the 7th. He was clearly battling it all night long and had a chance to end his outing on a high note with a 1-2-3 inning.

[Aggies7]

How is no one warming now lol

[Winston Smith]

Rocco it's ok to take a guy out before he coughs the game up.

[Aggies7]

Literally no reason for winder to still be in the game and no reason to have a quiet bullpen 

[cheeseheadgophfan]

Is Rocco taking a nap?   Winder is cooked!!!

[Mill1634]

No bueno. Had a chance to win this one, and are now probably going to lose by multiple runs. Oh well. Have to win tomorrow with Gray on the mound, and take the season series 5-1 against Oakland, which is more than acceptable 

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, Winston Smith said:

Rocco it's ok to take a guy out before he coughs the game up.

What about after?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Well, i guess it is surmountin't time again.

[Mill1634]

Feel like the Twins sort of punted on this game. I think the plan was to have Bundy throw 3 or 4 innings, and Winder the rest no matter what was happening in the game.

[Aggies7]

We got rocco’d

[Aggies7]

2 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

Feel like the Twins sort of punted on this game. I think the plan was to have Bundy throw 3 or 4 innings, and Winder the rest no matter what was happening in the game.

they punt on more than a few games. It’s all part of that “it’s a long season” motto

[Winston Smith]

No reason to give this game away with an off day on Thursday.

[Schmoeman5]

2019 Manager of the Year

[Mill1634]

Really poor outing from Winder. Clearly didn't have his best stuff, and was fighting it all night long. However, he never should've been in the game in the 7th inning. This one is on the manager in my book. Interested to see if the plan is to use him as a long reliever for the time being, or if his next appearance is in the rotation.

[Aggies7]

Just now, Mill1634 said:

Really poor outing from Winder. Clearly didn't have his best stuff, and was fighting it all night long. However, he never should've been in the game in the 7th inning. This one is on the manager in my book. Interested to see if the plan is to use him as a long reliever for the time being, or if his next appearance is in the rotation.

Too bad you could say this about like 3 guys right now

[Danchat]

Rocco's riding Winder as if he's going to be shown the door to AAA tomorrow... I don't get any of this. The bullpen's been good lately, just let them clean up in the 7th onward. 

[Aggies7]

Wonder how many games the Yankees have said “ah the heck with it!” This year?

[Mill1634]

How many hits does Winder have to give up to the freakin A's before Rocco pulls the damn plug? Inexcusable management. Completely gave this game away. Time for a TD writer to retract their article yesterday about Rocco pulling all the right strings. 

[Schmoeman5]

1 minute ago, Mill1634 said:

How many hits does Winder have to give up to the freakin A's before Rocco pulls the damn plug? Inexcusable management. Completely gave this game away. Time for a TD writer to retract their article yesterday about Rocco pulling all the right strings. 

Yep, he's regaining that MoY form all right

[Mill1634]

Glad we punted the game so Thielbar only throws 15 pitches today instead of 25.

[Aggies7]

6 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

How many hits does Winder have to give up to the freakin A's before Rocco pulls the damn plug? Inexcusable management. Completely gave this game away. Time for a TD writer to retract their article yesterday about Rocco pulling all the right strings. 

Rocco treated winder like it was the 4th inning of a blowout. “Just get us some outs” is something you generally don’t say in the 7th inning of a close game

[sampleSizeOfOne]

So we are down to scoring more runs than outs time.

This is real surmountin' time, once we come to bat.

[Danchat]

25 minutes ago, Mill1634 said:

How many hits does Winder have to give up to the freakin A's before Rocco pulls the damn plug? Inexcusable management. Completely gave this game away. Time for a TD writer to retract their article yesterday about Rocco pulling all the right strings. 

Yeah... if Nick's going to cherry pick a game that Rocco managed well, it'd only be fair to pick a few where he didn't...