DET 9, MIN 3: Third Out Eludes Gibson, Eades Debuts

Remember when Gibson was supposed to be the #2 to Berrios and it would have been a mistake to trade him away when we had control over his 2019 season? So far he's been erratic and somewhat ineffective. I expect far more from him against the worst lineup in baseball.

Suddenly with Perez falling apart, Gibson being mediocre, and Pineda being the definition of a #5 starter, I'm getting concerned for our rotation. The recent failure to pitch more innings is forcing the bullpen to cover more, and our pen isn't good in the first place.

Eades looks intriguing so far. I hope they have the patience to ride out some early struggles, but 2 scoreless innings is great to see from the rookie.

Magill doesn't have the ability to get anybody out right now - time for a really long IL stint or hand him his DFA papers. As much as we need another high leverage reliever, we could also use a couple more guys who can fill the not-as-important innings and not be horrendous like we've seen from Magill, De Jong, Adams, and so forth.

Magill has to go. My cat could throw better.

Correlation is not causation. Your post says a whole lot about you and virtually nothing about Kyle Gibson.

How does noting the pitcher didn't follow his normal routine and then pitched poorly reflect on the commenter? Perhaps you interpreted the statement as a dig at religion but I didn't read it that way. 

Not that Gibson cost us the game. The bats and the bullpen deserve more opprobrium.

I don't have a clue if the pre-game prep had anything to do with Gibson's disappointing start.  Yes, I think that is the word I would like to use to describe it...disappointing.  Although I didn't know about his pre-game, during the game I was wondering if the extra two days off between starts made a difference.  I know they are trying to get their starters extra rest for the long haul...just curious.

How many times have we heard Gladden and others talk about how long innings affect the defense.  Rather than a crisp quick inning and they are back in the dugout and ready to score some runs, they kind of get worn down in the field.  Sure looked like that was part of it today.  That and Sano really struggling to make contact with the ball.  Does this offense feel different when Rosario and Garver are on the bench?

Am I correct that Eades would have found out he was being added to the roster and called up around midnight last night?  Correct me if I didn't see clearly, but when the tv went to his family, wife and daughter as he was taking the mound for the first time the wife was crying her eyes out?  Couldn't be happier for him and his family.  Don't know what he makes at AAA, but assume it is $75k a year or so.  Suddenly making over $3k per game sure will help his young family.

Don't know what to think about Magill this past week.  At least he eventually got out of the inning. 

You are seeing the slow decline of our pitching staff.

"(FSN) showed Eades’ wife in the stands, baby wearing their infant, crying her eyes out at seeing her husband on a major league mound for the first time. Beautiful moment to be able to witness."

Lest we forget, this was the most important moment. Everything else was just a game.

And, second to to a weeping spouse, a professional baseball player bore witness to his guiding faith/philosophy for life. Everything else is just a game.

3/5 of this starting rotation has shown they have some serious issues. At this point Pineda looks like the 3rd best with Perez and Gibby locked in the battle of the basement. Lord forbid Odorizzi regresses like Perez and Gibby have, or Berrios gets hurt. It's appearing more and more like the Twins are going to have to empty the minor league cupboards before the trade deadline hits in order to make a serious run at the world series. And you know what? Why not? Adding a legitimate starter and 1-2 bullpen arms will be worth every penny the Twins pay.

Go get 'em tomorrow Twins, take the series and go .500 on the Cleveland-Detroit part of this roady.

I know this is just a short set back, but the pitching staff we all expected has shown up and it is not pretty.  The minor league replacements are not exciting.  The rotation is down to two, the bullpen is down to two.  What next?

I really want a bounceback from all of these pitchers, but this is Detroit - only Baltimore can give pitchers more to celebrate.

Our division stinks, but we have to do more and better.  Eades is another nice story.  How about getting us a quality major league reliever next.  We have enough stories for one year. 

  On 6/9/2019 at 12:06 AM, Thrylos said:

Has to be noted that Gibson did not follow his regular pre-start game preparation today and instead chose to attend pre-game religious services at the ballpark.  How much that hurt the Twins is hard to tell.

According to...??? How do we even know this? Who is talking about this? This sounds more like an unsubstantiated idle rumor than factual data to me. Maybe he attended a service at the ballpark and did his pregame prep. That sounds more likely to me.

Eades was an interesting call up--certainly not the person I was thinking about. Let's see how long he lasts. He has had a good strikeout to BB ratio, but his WHIP/BA against/ERA are nothing to get excited about.

  On 6/9/2019 at 12:31 AM, Brock Beauchamp said:

Wes Johnson is a right shoe first and a bacon and eggs guy. He’s also a devout satanist but I’m not sure that part matters.

There are tens of us!

  On 6/9/2019 at 7:53 AM, RaoulDuke said:

There are tens of us!

Fives, even!