Game Thread: Royals @ Twins, 8/17/22, 12:10PM CDT (10:10AM PDT)

[MMMordabito]

GIDP Grounder spell worked.  Twins also won the Rooker/Pagan trade.

[RpR]

4 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

Don't ignore the fact that today's pitchers have better training, diet and technique.  Arm just wasn't built to pitch.

The best diet in the world will not affect the arm, while if training is bette then they should also be mor durable.

Loss equals any gains.

[Mike Sixel]

46 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

I think the only way for Miranda to win is for Rodriguez to get hurt and Miranda to put up video game numbers the last six weeks.  4.1 > 1.1 bWar is a tough hill to climb.

My strong belief is that Rutschman in going to win this. Five AL rookies have more fWAR than Miranda, btw. Two already have 3 fWAR!

[TwinsCD]

Good thing Gordon is in the lineup vs this lefty. ?

[Sean.h]

and Nicky Gordon making a nice defensive play and a well struck RBI double

[RpR]

If Gordon ever over comes his bone-head moves, he will be a better than average ball player.

[Sean.h]

Just now, RpR said:

If Gordon ever over comes his bone-head moves, he will be a better than average ball player.

at least he's not rapping anymore

[MMMordabito]

1 minute ago, TwinsCD said:

Good thing Gordon is in the lineup vs this lefty. ?

Good to see a bat stay awake in the middle innings.

[RpR]

Amazing , this pitcher shut-out the Dodgers.

[Mike Sixel]

If Mahle is hurt, I'd like to see the Twins be as aggressive as Atlanta has been, and promote SWR into the rotation. No chance of that, of course, but one can hope. And, I get others won't agree. Not trying to convince anyone.

[Mortimerkenny21]

1 minute ago, Sean.h said:

at least he's not rapping anymore

That you know of..maybe his material is more underground.

[mrtwinsfan]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

If Gordon ever over comes his bone-head moves, he will be a better than average ball player.

Eddie Rosario ??  remember all his goof

[Mortimerkenny21]

Clutch double Mr. Gordon! We'll take every run we can get! Lot of game left but this helps!

[MMMordabito]

2 minutes ago, RpR said:

Amazing , this pitcher shut-out the Dodgers.

and then he got Twins'd by his bullpen

[mrtwinsfan]

And Eddie was a infielder also till he got to the Majors

[Cap'n Piranha]

3 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

If Mahle is hurt, I'd like to see the Twins be as aggressive as Atlanta has been, and promote SWR into the rotation. No chance of that, of course, but one can hope. And, I get others won't agree. Not trying to convince anyone.

I would think Varland would be ahead of SWR in the promo list, to say nothing of Devin Smeltzer.

[Linus]

3 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

If Mahle is hurt, I'd like to see the Twins be as aggressive as Atlanta has been, and promote SWR into the rotation. No chance of that, of course, but one can hope. And, I get others won't agree. Not trying to convince anyone.

I agree for what it’s worth. Only other option would be Smeltzer at this point. 

[Twins_Fan_For_Life]

32 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

Being a Twins fan ....

Or this.

[LA VIkes Fan]

I disagree. Next starter up is Aaron Sanchez. He pitched well in his one try in the bigs with the Twins. I'm guessing he is the Mahle replacement. IF we need one. I'm hoping for the flu or something like that.  

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, LA VIkes Fan said:

I disagree. Next starter up is Aaron Sanchez. He pitched well in his one try in the bigs with the Twins. I'm guessing he is the Mahle replacement. IF we need one. I'm hoping for the flu or something like that.  

Fair take. I'd like him up in the bullpen....but fair take.

[LA VIkes Fan]

Wow, Pagan just doesn't have an out pitch. Dead straight fast ball only gets fouls, not swing and miss. 

[Cap'n Piranha]

3 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

And Eddie was a infielder also till he got to the Majors

Eddie started as an OF, and then was shifted to second due to a black hole of MI prospects in the Twins system.  That experiment lasted for 2 years (2012 and 2013, and was then abandoned partway through 2014).

[Hrbowski]

4 minutes ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

Wow, Pagan just doesn't have an out pitch. Dead straight fast ball only gets fouls, not swing and miss. 

He has one of the highest swing and miss rates in all of baseball, and his fastball spin is in the 96th percentile, so this take is objectively wrong.

[Twins_Fan_For_Life]

Good outing, Emilio

[RickOShea]

Yes, but Eddie was born that way.

[MMMordabito]

No trust earned, but I gotta give kudos to Pagan for getting through two in that situation.

[LVTwinsfan]

Pagan pitched well today.

[LVTwinsfan]

Jax or better for the win

[stringer bell]

14 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

except our pitchers on the IL aren’t exactly fireballers

Trying to add the extra mph from 89 to 92 is just as stressful as going from 92 to 95 IMHO. Every pitch seems to be maximum effort., whether it is the fastball or breaking pitches. Interesting to me is that so many of the Twins' pitching injuries haven't been arm. Coulombe, Ober and Dobnak haven't had arm injuries and earlier Ryan, Archer and Gray (twice) spent IL time that was connected to their arms. 

[AlwaysinModeration]

Can Griffin Jax record any more outs at a 0.5 pitch per out clip?