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Twins 4, Red Sox 2: Urshela, Bullpen Come Up Clutch to Extend Win Streak to Four


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  On 8/30/2022 at 4:03 PM, jmlease1 said:

I love seeing Duran come out of the bullpen in the 7th and mow down the heart of the order for the opposition. He's a huge weapon and I want him pitching, not just being held in reserve. (I'm fine with Lopez coming in earlier than the 9th too; while it's great to have him slam the door like he did last night, I never want either of those guys to be left out just because "it's not the 9th") The bullpen was very good last night.

Still a little frustrating on the offense, but I thought the Garlick PH was a good call, even if it didn't work out. We really need some bats to get healthy, because we are very reliant on a small group of quality offensive players right now (and hoping poor ones like Leon or cave can come through with a clutch swing).

I can see why the Red Sox like Bello: he's got good stuff. Twins did a good job making him work and punched through enough, but he's definite got talent if he can find the strike zone consistently. (Jerry Meals didn't not exactly have a consistent strike zone, IMHO.)

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I thought so, too, and if he at least swung at the fine "mistake", I would have been happy, even if he wiffed. Letting the second pitch go was fine. Borderline early in the count for the called first strike. But to just watch him look at the third strike that was total meat - a four seam at 95 that had no movement... very disappointing., especially with the base loaded.

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  On 8/30/2022 at 1:45 PM, Blyleven2011 said:

Urshela comes up clutch....

 course you have to realize ursela was not a homegrown player , he was a Indian and yankee before the trade to Twins , he was not coached by falvys top professionals so his approach at the plate is different  ..

I rest my case on our top professionals hired by our top professional FO to develop our young  players for situational hitting , covering the plate with a 2 strike count with runners in scoring position , garlick let a close pitch go by for strike 3 standing  , and players not rrunning out everything  ... kepler is a mess , he stood at home on a fair ball in front of the plate , just stood there and didn't run  , UNACCEPTABLE  and should be benched for not playing hard ....

We got a good win because of Urshela  and he has been consistent , I like Urshela  of all the positional players we got in trades ...

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Respectfully but also forcefully, I call BS. I'm not gonna bore myself by going back to dig up supporting data, but I sense your perception is complete nonsense, and I'll simply offer Garlick and Gordon, two ballplayers most everyone considers expendable. My believe is that you're no more able or willing to produce data to support your notion that the development staffs of the Guardians and the Yanks have this elevated understanding of how to hone a player's "situational hitting" capacity. Especially when you're talking about a guy in Urshella who was practically booed out of New York.

 

 

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Gio Urshella has changed my mind. When the Twins originally made the trade, I thought Urshella would be blocking Jose Miranda from the position he's probably destined to play, if not Royce Lewis. But Urshella's play has been good enough to earn him the job until somebody takes it away. Good range at 3rd, good arm, makes the barehand bunt throw, and at the plate the man is a legitimate threat. He can do damage in the gaps and sometimes over the fence. Solid ballplayer.

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