73 thoughts on “Game 28. Twins at White Sox. Happy Berrios Day”

  1. For those celebrating Robbie Grossman to the bench, 2 of 3 major def. metrics have him above average for the year & ranked higher in corners than Kepler & Rosario.

    2. What I see from Grossman that probably doesn't show up in the metrics is teams are running on him, taking extra bases, daring him to throw them out. Grossman probably knew that when he rushed trying to pick up the ball yesterday and dropped it for an error. I'm not suggesting Grossman is better than fans think but that the defense as a whole, especially the non-Buxton OF defense, has been bad.

  6. Eddie!!!!

    It's funny. In the first inning, Fulmer had awful command, was consistently missing the glove. This inning, he threw the slider right to the glove and Escobar hits it out.

    1. Its hard to hit doubles at the Cell when hard hit balls easily go over the fence.

      2. Well, the way this game is going, you might be right. However, the White Sox, before tonight, have hit 23 doubles at the Cell and just 10 home runs.

  14. davidwatts
    May 3, 2018 at 7:42 pm
    LoMo is going to hit 5 home runs this series.

    3 more to go

    1. Cory and Dan indicated that was a poor challenge. My guess is that it was done out of frustration more than anything else.

      2. It should have been an easy out, but it was a terrible tag by the catcher and Castro did come pretty close to sliding underneath it. The decision to send him to begin with was far, far worse.

  23. I'm all for adding on runs, and it looks like we're going to need them, but five really ought to be enough to win a ball game.

    1. By my very quick count (which means I could've missed some), the Twins have scored five or more runs nine times. They won the first four times they did so. They lost the next five.

      1. At six runs, the Twins have done it seven times. They won the first four (the same four as above) and lost the next three.

  27. Sorry, Dazzle, you're wrong. There is something the batter can do about that. He can get his bat on the ball. I don't care where the pitch is, if it's a suicide squeeze you've got to do whatever you have to do to at least foul it off.

  28. I'd be a lot more impressed with Berrios' low pitch count if he hadn't given up four runs in four innings.

    1. 1 run was a flyball that was flared down the RF line for a triple and then he scored on a groundout, so leading by more than 1 run allowed a run to score because the Twins would rather have the easier out. Another was a flyball to the opposite field that just barely carried over the wall and was the batter's first of the year. I felt like he pitched better than his final line. I was surprised he only had 2 Ks against this team, though.

    1. correction: 13 hour shift on a sprained knee... done. Ice pack- applied. Nordeast- in hand. 2 Aleves- consumed. Twins- on the television and in the lead.

    2. He'd have to be a reliever at this point, though, right? Is Harvey on proper waivers? If they claimed him in that case, they'd take on his salary, right? I always forget how that works. Not that $5M should dissuade them if they think they can make something interesting out of him.

      2. According to MLBTR:

        The club will have seven days to work out a swap — perhaps involving an underperforming player from another organization — or otherwise put Harvey on waivers.

        I believe waivers then has the claiming team taking on the remaining salary. If a team waits until after that, then anyone can sign him for the minimum salary.

    4. I really can't see anyone wanting him unless he's willing to go to AAA and prove he can get people out.

    1. I was just thinking the same thing. It's nice to have him turning into the pitcher they always thought that he was.

  32. If he finishes out the season with the Twins and not have a DL stint, he'll be in the Top 20 all time in Games Pitched. Crazy

    *this didnt nest correctly...referring to Pressly.

  38. Bremer keeps talking about how overworked the bullpen is (and I'm not disputing that), but what's the point of having Hughes down there if you are (justifiably) scared of using him. Stop tying your hands behind your back, realize that sunk costs are sunk, and fill that spot with another living body.

    1. He's the long reliever. He's there in case of a short start not for the late innings of a tight game. I'm fine with him being insurance they don't want to use so long as they stop sending out useful relievers to the minors because they need fresh arms. I thought Gardy was bad at always needing a backup plan in case of extremely unlikely events (needing a 3rd catcher, etc.) but it seems like Molitor is as bad if not worse.

      1. I know his "role" but that's not the point. If his "role" is a position they aren't going to use, they can't turn around and complain that the other players are overworked.

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