7 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Yankees will have 8-9-1 next inning. Does Rocco give sands the smeltzer treatment? Third time through, after all

Maybe they give him the Archer treatment. Pull him at 4 innings with no regard for pitch count, results, effectiveness.

Man that was a mistake 0-2 to byron

Must be nice for the Yankees to have 5 consistent starters that haven’t been injured.

6 minutes ago, bighat said:

Honestly I'd pull Sands now, or maybe let him try and get the 8-9 guys and then pull him. No reason he should be facing any Yankee 3 times today.

I’d let him cruise. He hasn’t melted down. Get. Innings!

We sit here with about entire starting staff out and half the position players but never mentioned on ESPN.  Just excuses for Chicago.

Great hustle by arraez!

POLANCO!

Attaboy Polanco & Arraez!

Arraez has some wheels!

HIP HIP!!!

The lineup is showing some fight and I love it!

Wooo Polo!! Arraez was bookin' it from the start. LFG!!

Chipping away.  Chipping away.

Great job, Polanco!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When looking at the 40 man roster (including IL guys), Sands is likely 11th on the depth chart (when not including prospects Balazovic, Enlow, Henriquez, and Strotman). It's hard to believe that enough of Maeda, Gray, Ryan, Paddack, Ober, Winder, Archer, Dobnak, Smeltzer, and Bundy are out that we are into the 10+ range of our starting pitching depth.

Wow how was max not rung

 

edit: May have been low

Great take right there Kepler. Revenge time for Gary!

Pujols moved into 9th all-time in hits.

This, after the ump tried to ring him up after strike two.

Not to be over dramatic, but winning a game like this when you start a AAA pitcher, could go a long way to breaking the NYY hex.

 

but a long way to go

Let's get that there runner on second home for a tie!

Pretty please?

I would expect some movement in our bullpen soon

Cmon Gary, swinging at balls here

That’s a bad AB from Sanchez. Unfortunate

That was a great pitch. Couldn’t do anything against that. 

Pretty disappointing AB there from Sanchez. 

Just now, Aggies7 said:

Cmon Gary, swinging at balls here

Swing at balls and take strikes, it’s the Twins way

Terrible PA for Sanchez ... Got himself out

Just now, USAFChief said:

Pretty disappointing AB there from Sanchez. 

Pretty?

4 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Wow how was max not rung

 

edit: May have been low

Yeah, with the box it makes it look like a strike because of the border, but on replay (without the box) it is clearly an inch or two below the knees. I think the box makes some of these borderline calls look a lot worse (or better) than they really are. 

No problem with sands starting the inning. Just need to have someone ready 

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

That’s a bad AB from Sanchez. Unfortunate

He was really fooled on a few pitches there during that AB.

Twins may have a chance still but I fear the momentum will swing back to NYY quickly if Sands remains in the game. The outs have just been too loud, and the hits have been too big.