Charlie Morton
vs
Jake Odorizzi
Former league ERA leader faces current league ERA leader. Odorizzi had two bad starts against against the Royals but he's done with them until at least August. His last start against the Rays went well, his last scoreless start. Magill tried to blow it after but didn't fully succeed.
Morton meanwhile was the starter in the blowout loss to the Rays. The Twins have gone 14-9 since then, an only 90-win pace.
Nelson may not get down the line fast, but he runs hard the whole way.
Sounds like me. The coach would yell, "Run hard!" And I'd say, "I am running hard, I'm just not going very fast."
Singular Eddie!
Twingo winner!
Looks like Rocco soured on Jake Cave and the Bad D in center a lot faster than the previous regime.
I wonder when they’ll sour on his 54 OPS+.
Not as quickly as I have
Last year, in over 300 plate appearances, Cave had an OPS+ of 114. I don't think he's anything great, but he's better than he's shown at the plate so far this season.
No doubt he’s somewhere in the middle. Still, I’m glad the Twins didn’t listen to the segment of the fanbase that was all fired up about moving Kepler to first and making Cave the primary right fielder.
Or the segment that was fired up about playing Cave in center and getting rid of "Buston".
Odoriferous give-back runs.
oh no Eddie
Assuming Eddie's out and Kepler can't go, who plays the outfield? Arraez?
Sanó back in right?
Thankfully, no.
Sano and Kyle Gibson
Dick & Bert were making light of this exact situation earlier in the broadcast. Arraez has been taking flies in the outfield, and so has Sanó, apparently. Gibson was also mentioned as a “natural” outfielder.
Looked like he rolled his ankle
Oh no.
Hi everybody!
I just stopped in to say that my dinner doesn't contain any tomatoes or mushrooms. #winning.
I had a squeeze of Heinz salsa on my burger.
Arraez wanted nothing to do with that fly ball
I did suggest in the recap that the Twins should bring up an outfielder. Looks like that would've been a good idea.
Is Wade on the 40-man roster? Is there another one there?
Yup, Wade’s on the 40-man. Rooker has an OPS north of .900 in AAA, but he’d require addition to the 40-man.
And don't get me wrong. I don't think any of the Rochester outfielders is ready to play in the bigs yet. But as the Twins proved a few years ago, you need to have at least three actual outfielders on your roster.
My brother recently reminded me of Mauer’s start in right field.
I always feel for the pitcher when these kind of "defensive" defenses have to be implemented
But that kind of baserunning is welcome
If the ball goes over the fence, he doesn't have to worry about how bad the defense is.
I love Astudillo.
Was that a no-look throw by La Tortuga?
Yup!
That's what I thought live (I'm sitting in the corner)
Dude is a flat-out ballplayer.
What did you do to earn time in the box?
Had to deal with an anti-government clown in court today
Wow - Meadows batting .303 now. He must have had a Astudilloian drop the past few weeks
Odorwiggles
Arraez continues to show good things. Outside of the outfield
Wrong team homering tonight. :/
Did Dick just imply all Marney does is sit in the camera well, enjoying the weather?
I've been tuning then it because I'm no longer relieved to hear Bert.
The jinx is strong with the TV crew tonight.
Rosario day-to-day with a left ankle sprain.
I think they mentioned earlier that Buxton was taking swings, so hopefully he'll be back soon.
Good news. He was eligible for activation today.
Help us, Obi-ron Ke-buxton, you're our only hope.
TWINS BASEBALL!!!!
STOP BUNTING.
Time for a Schoop shot call.
or shit call.
can I just say how much I hate the sac bunt this early in the game, with a runner in scoring position and no outs?
No need to preach to the choir
Chance at scoring at least one run goes from 61% to 66% while expected runs goes down from 1.46 to 1.36 runs. Scoring two or more runs stays the same while three or more drops.
Yea, I know that the empirics are mixed and pretty indifferent. I still hate it.
If he was actually a good bunter, that'd at least be something
well, yea, a "successful" sacrifice bunt >> a strikeout
Not after wasting two strikes for no reason.
A lame reason isn't no reason
Based on the way Schoop looked trying to lay those bunts down, I think my point stands.
Bad judgment is more damning than nescience.
I wasn't defending him
Swing the bat, Schoop.
Just got home and enjoying a hazy session ipa from coppertrail. Trying to figure out what to make with my roasted tomato ketchup since I am craving it for some odd reason.
would go great on some grilled mushrooms.
All rise for Arraez
really enjoying Arraez.
Polanco with a chance to solidify his A.S. credentials.
aaand that wasn't it.
Gameday is about 2 pitches ahead of the radio.
Restart your audio then
Done. We'll see.
Now Gameday is a pitch behind radio.
Welcome to the real world now
Polanco with an uncharacteristic bad swing. Single would have been just fine
How about one of those nice, two or rallies?
Danke, schoen.
I'll take it!
Cruz! That’s why you swing the bat!
CRUUUUUUUUZ
That was delightful.
Parker warming in the pen. Few things make me happier.........
Love me some Cruz!
Sanó out, Kepler in?
Maybe he can field but can't swing the bat
Kepler, or Sanó?
Ooooooof
He threw it out there, so I had to give it at least a checked swing.
Out on the appeal.
Sanó OPS now matching Castro, on it's way to Schoop
That's at least a decent sign that his arm isn't as serious as it could have been.
Really thankful with that extra run for these two innings...
You'll have to send Arraez a thank you card for the hustle.
He's earned one for more reasons than that so far this year
Well, if you're going to hit and run, you should do it with Astudillo
Well that was about the shortest 4-out save you'll see. Nice going Rogers
Well, that was interesting. Hopefully Eddie’s speedily on the mend.
That kind of feels like a stolen win, considering the outfield defense.
Coupled with an extreme fly-ball pitcher, too.