MIN 4, SEA 2: Bombs and Bullpen

It was cold out there!

Sloppy D today

Rodney > Jansen in '18

How did Gibson *really* look today? I listened on the radio but won’t watch the game until tomorrow. It sounded like he was struggling a bit but mostly ran into a string of bad BABIP luck.

He has some shaky defense behind him in Sano and Adrianza that resulted in an elevated pitch count and stressful innings. The Gibson of old might have imploded and left the game in a lot worse shape than down 2-0.

1] So far so good. We've seen some great SP and some not so great SP, but every day won't be great/good. The pen has looked pretty awesome so far. Even in the game where Duke gave up those runs he SO 4!

2] The power on this team is real and Morrison hasn't even got cranked up yet.

3] As a TEAM they are starting off where they left it last season, playing as a team in all facets and getting it done. There is a lot of confidence in these guys.

4] Hats off to Garver for his first ML HR! Am I the only one who believes if Molitor uses his catching "platoon" correctly we could get 30 doubles and 16-18 HR combined this year?

Nice to see Garver can do more than just wheel around the bases for triples.

Great clutch performance by both the bats and the pen!
Love a young guy hitting the go ahead homer late!

Also, any chance Sunday's game gets moved to tomorrow because of snow forecast? Or does that never happen? 

Also, any chance Sunday's game gets moved to tomorrow because of snow forecast? Or does that never happen?

High temperature tomorrow is forecast to be 22F. No game getting played then. Find a day to bring the Mariners back during the season when it is warm.

High temperature tomorrow is forecast to be 22F. No game getting played then. Find a day to bring the Mariners back during the season when it is warm.

Come on, that's perfect spring baseball weather

Didn't the MLB say Rodney couldn't do the arrow thing anymore?

I thought it was in honor of his father?

I wouldn't say that Gibson had BABIP bad luck. His BABIP in this game was .412, but his deserved BABIP based on his Statcast numbers was .369. He just left way too many pitches up in the zone, and Gibson doesn't have the stuff to get away with that.

I agree with pretty much everything... except (sorry) that no​ pitcher in baseball has the stuff to get away with it when they leave a ball on a hitter's dinner plate.

You're absolutely right though, Gibby just flat out struggled today overall (even accounting for the cold).

Is that a phone in Garver's back right pocket? 

2 games in a row where Rosario catches a break.  That called ball not only was strike 3, it was not even borderline!  Next pitch...bomb.  We'll take it.

Gone are the days the Twins needed to turn the fans on at the dome to get an edge,  its the modern era and now we send birds of prey on our foes.

I was at the game today. The thing I was blown by was that Lemarre bats right but throws left. So weird. If he's naturally left-handed, it would be weird to have him hit right handed since left handed hitting is a much rarer commodity.

 

If he just is naturally split between batting and hitting, is this common? Is he an X-man?

Apparently it is much more common to bat left and throw right. There are hundreds of examples of that

Gibsons performance was almost magical. While he didn't really get much help from the defense, he also got pretty much hammered. And last game 5 walks? He is definitely testing the theory of damage control. The good news is help is on the way. Hughes was mid season form in 5 innings, and is ready to resume his rightful position on the roster.

How about Lamarre? Getting the start in the home opener and getting a base rap right off the bat. Grossman 0-4 today....is it possible Lamarre eventually lands in the right-handed DH spot and is the primary 4th outfielder? I'd be worried if I were Grossman....

Great comeback win! Nice to see Rodney put together a few scoreless (although not clean) innings over the past few nights, and get the save last night. We'll take it.