30 thoughts on “Twins in the Bronx part 3 (in progress)”
Im thinking its going to take more than 2 runs to win this game.
bandbox.
Got to love those 330 foot home runs.
I hate this team. I hate their little league stadium. I hate every player on the team. I hate people trying to convince me this is a "lovable" Yankees team. I hate how incapable the Twins are of beating them.
Yankees week is pretty much the worst part of every baseball season for me. I sure wish it didn't immediately follow a sweep by the Rays and coincide with the Wolves getting eliminated by the detestable Rockets.
Yes, yes, and yes.
Yesterday, all the homers were to the opposite field or center. Today, both are pulled down the line. Twins make adjustments and the Yankees just keep hitting them. The pitch to Didi was not really a mistake, just a hot hitter turning on a pitch on the inside corner. The 3-run homer on the other hand was definitely a mistake pitch down the middle. The 2 previous pitches were probably worse, though, since he was ahead 0-2 and threw 2 sliders way off the plate that had no chance of the guy going after it, so he could definitely sense that a fastball was coming 2-2.
The pitchers have probably heard so much about giving up hits on 0-2 that now they're going to throw pitches that no one will ever swing at.
Bases loaded, no outs, Grossman swings at a pitch in the dirt and then takes a fastball down the middle to go to 0-2 before grounding into a forceout and drive in a run.
Castro gets a hanging slider and swings through it for the second out. At least he didn't GIDP before Dozier got to the plate.
And a popup by Dozier to end it. Nice job guys. Way to follow three great at-bats with three terrible ones. At least we got one back. If we hold the Yankees at 5 runs...
Yeah, right.
It doesn't matter. If we'd scored four runs, the Yankees would've bounced back with seven.
First 2 trips through the order (18 PAs), Yankees have 7 hits and 2 walks. Yikes!
We really need Buxton back. Popup to Grossman in very short right field and both runners advance from first and third.
I agree, but we could also play an outfield of Rosario, Kepler, and LaMarre. It's not like Grossman's contributing anything on offense.
Pop quiz: when do people think the current futility against the Yankees began? I don't have the answer but will attempt to get it soon.
Won four out of six against them. Also that year, the Twins played nine games against the AL West. They went 1-8 against the Mariners and 5-4 against the A's. Somehow they were 1-6 against the Devil Rays.
I went back farther and 2001 was an aberration. It sticks out compared to 2002 and 2003 (winless) but the Twins didn't have consecutive seasons greater than .500 years against the Yankees since 1991-'92.
I remember a series against the Rays in August or around there really tanking the Twins chances that year
Swept in a four game series, swept by Cleveland, and finally losing the series at home against Tampa and then Toronto. But the bleeding started a lot earlier, mid-July I think, starting with being swept by the Cardinals.
Hit em where the fielders cant see em!
Well that was disappointing.
Pressly now with 13 scoreless innings this year. He did allow one inherited runner so not completely perfect. Opponents have a .389 OPS against him.
At least the Yankees have scored fewer runs each successive game while the Twins scored more each time.
And at least we stayed in the game all the way, more or less. Baby steps, I guess.
Ten hits and six walks (though 11 and seven respectively for the Yankees). Lot of people on base for both teams, mostly on the starters. They both finish the game with 7.71 ERAs.
Not surprisingly, Kinley DFA-ed. I don't think Moya can be brought back yet and I'm guessing the Twins will want a long reliever anyways. I doubt the Twins will want to start the arb clock on Romero yet, so I'm guessing it will be Aaron Slegers, depending on when he started last.
Slegers last pitched Saturday, so he should be available.
Im thinking its going to take more than 2 runs to win this game.
bandbox.
Got to love those 330 foot home runs.
I hate this team. I hate their little league stadium. I hate every player on the team. I hate people trying to convince me this is a "lovable" Yankees team. I hate how incapable the Twins are of beating them.
Yankees week is pretty much the worst part of every baseball season for me. I sure wish it didn't immediately follow a sweep by the Rays and coincide with the Wolves getting eliminated by the detestable Rockets.
Yes, yes, and yes.
Yesterday, all the homers were to the opposite field or center. Today, both are pulled down the line. Twins make adjustments and the Yankees just keep hitting them. The pitch to Didi was not really a mistake, just a hot hitter turning on a pitch on the inside corner. The 3-run homer on the other hand was definitely a mistake pitch down the middle. The 2 previous pitches were probably worse, though, since he was ahead 0-2 and threw 2 sliders way off the plate that had no chance of the guy going after it, so he could definitely sense that a fastball was coming 2-2.
The pitchers have probably heard so much about giving up hits on 0-2 that now they're going to throw pitches that no one will ever swing at.
Bases loaded, no outs, Grossman swings at a pitch in the dirt and then takes a fastball down the middle to go to 0-2 before grounding into a forceout and drive in a run.
Castro gets a hanging slider and swings through it for the second out. At least he didn't GIDP before Dozier got to the plate.
And a popup by Dozier to end it. Nice job guys. Way to follow three great at-bats with three terrible ones. At least we got one back. If we hold the Yankees at 5 runs...
Yeah, right.
It doesn't matter. If we'd scored four runs, the Yankees would've bounced back with seven.
First 2 trips through the order (18 PAs), Yankees have 7 hits and 2 walks. Yikes!
We really need Buxton back. Popup to Grossman in very short right field and both runners advance from first and third.
I agree, but we could also play an outfield of Rosario, Kepler, and LaMarre. It's not like Grossman's contributing anything on offense.
Pop quiz: when do people think the current futility against the Yankees began? I don't have the answer but will attempt to get it soon.
When Gardy took over.
Yep. If I recall, we played them fine in 2001
I remember a series against the Rays in August or around there really tanking the Twins chances that year
Swept in a four game series, swept by Cleveland, and finally losing the series at home against Tampa and then Toronto. But the bleeding started a lot earlier, mid-July I think, starting with being swept by the Cardinals.
Hit em where the fielders cant see em!
Well that was disappointing.
Pressly now with 13 scoreless innings this year. He did allow one inherited runner so not completely perfect. Opponents have a .389 OPS against him.
At least the Yankees have scored fewer runs each successive game while the Twins scored more each time.
And at least we stayed in the game all the way, more or less. Baby steps, I guess.
Ten hits and six walks (though 11 and seven respectively for the Yankees). Lot of people on base for both teams, mostly on the starters. They both finish the game with 7.71 ERAs.
Not surprisingly, Kinley DFA-ed. I don't think Moya can be brought back yet and I'm guessing the Twins will want a long reliever anyways. I doubt the Twins will want to start the arb clock on Romero yet, so I'm guessing it will be Aaron Slegers, depending on when he started last.
Slegers last pitched Saturday, so he should be available.
And Slegers it is.