Blake

I think the Twins should break the losing streak tonight and not start a new one until next year.

Excellent job, SSo1!

I thought, like a lot of Twins fans, you'd bought stock in a distillery. If not, shows a distinct lack of prior planning and true understanding of MN sports.....

If I'm the FO, I'm targeting a pitcher who has good numbers against the Yankees. I don't care how good the pitcher is, heck, he can be a Cy Young winner, for all I care, but, if his numbers are bad against the Yankees, no thanks. And, the numbers say Gerrit Cole would be that guy. Surprisingly, Jake Odorizzi has decent numbers against the Yankees.

I've been told by people who played MLB that it isn't always about money. Which makes sense, because what's the point of being a highly sought after FA and signing with a team that is losing and with no end in sight?

One thing about a 101 win season with the patched together rotation, it should make the Twins more attractive to free agent pitching.

I keep thinking at some point the Bomba Squad will get things rolling and at least scare the Yankees. Looking less and less likely, though.

Considering next year is only 2.5 months away, cool!

How many times has Smeltzer pitched against the Yankees and held them down? Serious question. Well, as serious as I can be, anyway.

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Just tossing some nitro on the bonfire, think it's possible the Yankee hitters are comfortable laying off close pitches because they know they'll get the call?

Pitching staff has to be completely rebuilt. Some good arms in the bullpen, but, the FO will have to get aggressive signing starting pitchers.

No problem, Twins go home down 0-2, win three in a row, right?

This is hard to watch, which is why I'm on TD.

Maybe next time ask for a note from "mommy" and we'll see if we can get you the day off, I mean, a sick day?

It looks to me like Tanaka is executing his pitches. Not much left in the middle of the zone and it looks like he's catching the edges enough to make it a fools game to let pitches go. So far, Tanaka is pitching a whale of a game, darn it.

Fair enough, but, people are laying a lot of blame on the FO when the team won 101 games. They are in the playoffs, having wildly exceeded expectations. Frankly, I'm tired of all the carping about how the FO should have done this, or, should have done that, rather than just enjoying the fact this has been a year to remember, no matter how things wind up.

The other thing people are forgetting is this team survived an incredible rash of injuries. In fact, this team had injuries to the depth that was filling in for injured players. Yeah, I wish the team had some better pitching, but, this team made the playoffs, which automatically gives them a chance. No playoffs, no chance. Pretty simple, actually.

This is a team that won a 101 games this year. The FO obviously did something right. Yeah, the Yankees have been the Twins kryptonite, but, this team won the division when it wasn't expected to. I don't like the results of the matchups against the Yankees, but, still, 101 wins. Good grief.

Yes, because the FO knew that Pineada was going to get busted for PED's and Dyson was going to be lost due to injury.

You think he's slower than Encarnacion?

After the double by LeMahieu, 1 run was about as good a result as I could expect.

It comes down to: Twins pitching didn't execute last night and the Yankees pitching did. If Twins pitching could have caught the edge more consistently, last night, it changes things considerably.