Twenty games in the books. A full 1/8 of the season already done. How do the Twins look?
Well, they mostly look pretty good! The pitching has been excellent, led by a deep rotation and a pretty sharp high leverage bullpen. The Pablo Lopez trade has looked like a win/win, but the extension nudges it into the Twins' favor, I think. I loved the trade from the moment it was announced, and haven't seen anything to make me rethink it.
The hitting has been....less good, to be charitable. Gallo pretty much IS the offense at the moment. Getting Polanco back and sitting the next Denard Span Danny Santana squarely onto the bench will help, but a lot of the other pieces have to get moving. Jose Miranda has been slightly less valuable than Miguel Cabrera, which would be fantastic news....if it was 2012 - quite a bit less so in the year of our lord 2023.
Hosting the second worst team in baseball should help, but the non-Gallo contingent of the lineup is going to have to show up.
Luckily, one run is all they'll really need, because Pablo Lopez is in the mound, and he's going to be slinging zeroes all day. Let's go Twins!
At least Max until leading off, but cleanup isn't much better - he's still in the lineup.
Happy Pablo Lopez Day!
Or at least, Pablo Lopez Day!
Strikes out the side!!
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The "scoring" offense continues.
BUXTON!!!!!
A Little League triple that was officially scored as a triple
Giveback runs are dumb
Bizzaro Lopez.
I don't remember SW-R being on the team
he just got called up either today or yesterday
Yesterday.
Well, perhaps our luck will improve against better teams?
he kind of ran out of gas at the end, but SWR looks like he could be a major league contributor
if he can avoid the wildness
We'll just have to settle for 152-10! And somehow, we'll still at least be tied for first place!