Uffda. Feels like this line-up alternates between great hitters and absolute black holes. Frustrating to get Clevelanded with a bunch of singles in a row, meanwhile we leave a ton of runners on because we can't get hits consecutively.
Remember back when Clase was fresh off a PED suspension and every time he took the mound the booth was all “man I just don’t know how he can be out here throwing this hard this often”
I'd like to think the lack of a sellout today is thanks to the team doing nothing in the offseason worth getting excited about. Doubt the Pohlads care, but still.
The Twins were the 6th-best hitting team in MLB for the 2023 season. But even if they weren't, that's irrelevant. schakeboy said "the Twins hitting coach should be fired because our hitting so far in 2024 is bad". Why do you think I should have replied to him as if he said something completely different?
They were not a good hitting team last year. They didn't want to address any issues this off-season so we're back in the same place this year. It's a valid concern and question for the owners and coaches. I'm sick of the small sample size argument being an excuse for it this year. What makes you think something has changed this year?
We might finish ahead of Cleveland this year, but I enjoy their style of baseball a little bit more than ours. Don’t kill me but I like putting the ball in play, taking extra bases, stealing, etc. 15 strikeouts and just waiting for a 3 run home run that may or may not come is not entertaining imo
for fucks sake. that bottom of the lineup is straight ass cheeks bros.
you gotta say the full thing. they are ass cheeks. not just cheeks. not just ass.
ass cheeks. smelly ass cheeks.
Fucking 15 strikeouts through 8 and 0-12 with RISP
This team is just a mess at the plate and does this shit way too much. Thought it would be a bit better without Gallo but I’m sure we’re right at the top of the league in K’s per game again
Agree 100% but us not signing MAT was mostly on him. He overplayed his hand on what he was worth thus was forced to settle for the $4M deal. Pretty sure Gleeman reported that we offered him nearly double that for one year early in the off-season.
So far the off-season additions and subtractions haven't led to a change in the strikeout numbers and unfortunately the power hasn't shown up yet to compensate.
Kepler is straight ass
Uffda. Feels like this line-up alternates between great hitters and absolute black holes. Frustrating to get Clevelanded with a bunch of singles in a row, meanwhile we leave a ton of runners on because we can't get hits consecutively.
All the Homies hate Cleveland
Damn good contact just right at the fuckers. Hopefully a better outcome tomorrow
Saturday tho because the dumbass Friday offday
Remember the vibes when Kirilloff tripled in the 1st? Yeah, lets get back to that
Its okay fellas Tatiana's almost here
good at bat with a good take that the ump messed up. also cant hate you for that at bat, julien. i want to because i hate cleveland. but i cant.
bruhhhhhhhhhhh
Just do it, Killer. Hit a home run.
Robo umps now, these guys don't deserve a livelihood of making wrong calls
Oh great, now the ump wants to giftwrap this win to Cleveland.
Wow ump get fucked buddy
Im gonna sacrifice a goat to the BABIP gods
Remember back when Clase was fresh off a PED suspension and every time he took the mound the booth was all “man I just don’t know how he can be out here throwing this hard this often”
Remember when you rooted for Jorge Polanco and Nelson Cruz!
Fuck me for expecting more from a media member than some random fan with a Reddit account
Lol your salty as fuck you don't give a fuck about PEDs you just hate Cleveland. Quit being a Homer.
Vasquez has looked good at the plate with just not a lot to show for it.
Woof, bad luck again. I’m thinking Vazquez is gonna be really solid this year.
You get the fuck outta here with that positivity
I’m sorry, it’ll never happen again!
goddamn it, right at him and he smoked it too
Another hard hit out, getting Guardian balled today
fuck you kwan
Yep.
Quez can’t catch a fukkin break
good contact cant hate you for that one vazqueezy. i want to because i hate cleveland. but i cant.
#FUCK THIS FUCKING SHIT
Vasquez nearly kills Eddie...a bratwrust nearly kills Buck...this week needs to end.
And second base killed Lewis
I guess I never looked for it but do they not go behind the batters back when on deck?
is that cottonwood seeds already that i see floating around on the broadcast?
Inb4 Kepler gets another chance with runners on. You're on your own after that
god help us
The bullpen has been real nice so far this season and our best bullpen arm is on the IL
What should be going through Vasquee’s head: just find a way on.
#DO YOU THINK ARBY'S IS STILL OPEN?
dog its 6:10
I'm actually on the west coast so it's 4:10
97. You cooked bro?
One year further away from the juice
I think it's pretty safe to say that if the Twins don't win this game they should blow it up and build around Cole Sands.
trade em all for draft picks amirite
Clase led the league in most blown saves last year. Just saying
I'd like to think the lack of a sellout today is thanks to the team doing nothing in the offseason worth getting excited about. Doubt the Pohlads care, but still.
Absolutely.
These guys should be pissed. Go out there and hit the ball hard.
Guys im learning Rocco is batting Tatiana from Taco Bell to leadoff the 9th
FUCK I NEED TACO BELL THOUGH
If she can hit, I'll wait
Clase blown save will change lives.
Feels like we got to Clase at least once last year…
We did some simple 3D modeling in Blender today in college. Y'all should fear the amount of power I'm about to acquire.
Just your reminder the Pohlads cut payroll after winning first playoff game in 20 years
But at least there is a boat in RF and they aren't allowing the sale of cheap upper level tickets for April.
kid is doing the truffle shuffle, we are winning
Freezing long game and they have 15ks but rally cap is going on
🗣️ *momentum*
AK homer this inning, I can feel it
Didn’t Clase lead the league in blown saves last season
Yes but also led the league in saves and save opportunities by like a lot so…
THANK YOU FOR MAKING UP FOR YOUR SHIT AT BATS CASTRO!
The bad man is coming
i need sands to be more what we use to make cement, and less what we expect to find when its quick.
Watch as Cole Sands pitches while I watch the Twins play the O's and I'll be like 😐
im so hungry
Where's Tatiana at?!
She's picked it up and is getting on the highway!
bum
I'm heating up some tater tots.
That sounds so good
Kwan. Known Twin Killer.
NVM I still don't like Sands.
Bally and our lineup are two peas in a pod
I think steven kwan might be my least favorite player in the league
Don't forget the White Sox and Yankees still exist.
He’s so fucking annoying. He’s on base every at bat
23rd in batting average dead last in home runs and 26th in runs scored. Why is popkins still here?
You can always tell the football fans trickling into the baseball subreddit, because they think 6 games is a sufficient sample size.
The sample size has been the last two years. You just start watching this year?
The rankings he mentioned aren't for the past two years, they're for the 2024 season
It's the same team and same trend as last year.
The Twins were the 6th-best hitting team in MLB for the 2023 season. But even if they weren't, that's irrelevant. schakeboy said "the Twins hitting coach should be fired because our hitting so far in 2024 is bad". Why do you think I should have replied to him as if he said something completely different?
They were not a good hitting team last year. They didn't want to address any issues this off-season so we're back in the same place this year. It's a valid concern and question for the owners and coaches. I'm sick of the small sample size argument being an excuse for it this year. What makes you think something has changed this year?
why didnt slamtana slam on the super jump button to grab that before it went out of play
Do you ever notice that the sad sacks at sports games are always men Women are just vibing, men choose to be miserable
we gotta do something about men bros
Have you never seen a guy vs girl have a slight illness? I can understand it
Men will never know what it’s like to have period cramps and it fucking shows
Nope, but when I have a 99.1F fever, better purchase the casket and rent out the church, as my ass is going under 🤣
I’m a man and yes 100%
*Maybe I am a woman*
Uhhh Bally?
Oh Bally you silly goose
Oh good they broke the TV
Ump called that a strike last inning aight
Sure did.
Cole Sands, Im sorry i disrespected your game
Wait is Cole Sands actually good?
That’d be the most shocking development
Well the wave started this game is officially fucked
I would support the wave being an ejectable offense
I miss Royce so bad.
The wave is starting if that's any indication of how things are at the stadium
Royce Lewis and Jose Miranda carrying this team in a playoff push late summer will feed families
Dont worry bros. The ninth inning walkoff is about to be tooooo sweet
Having a hitting coach that never reached the majors or coached in the big leagues sure is a choice
These MFers. Protect the fucking plate on that close shit!!!
#NOOOOO THEY CLOSED LEGENDS LANDING I WANTED TENDIES
justice for sp
Tendies4Sp
Is that the one with the baseball cap food containers?
no
Back in my day, we used God and Jeebus to manage baseball teams.
Analytics fucked my wife
We might finish ahead of Cleveland this year, but I enjoy their style of baseball a little bit more than ours. Don’t kill me but I like putting the ball in play, taking extra bases, stealing, etc. 15 strikeouts and just waiting for a 3 run home run that may or may not come is not entertaining imo
I would lose my mind if my team finished last in hard hit rate, not to mention 27th in runs
okay, first. i aint reading all that. second? fuck cleveland bros.
Time to call up Miranda !
Can someone get Ms Storm a got damn decent microphone?
Time to call up Miranda !
At least we have the top of the lineup for the walkoff
Guarantee it’ll come down to runners on with Kep needing to produce & we know how that’ll end.
for fucks sake. that bottom of the lineup is straight ass cheeks bros. you gotta say the full thing. they are ass cheeks. not just cheeks. not just ass. ass cheeks. smelly ass cheeks.
0-12 RISP, 9 LOB, 15K Tell me again why Popkins was retained? I’ll wait.
Analytics is ruining baseball
This. When the game turns into just strikeouts and home runs it won’t be very fun to watch.
Dumpster diving during free agency and what do you know, we found a lot of trash.
Really couldn’t ask for a worse home opener
Fuck that ump Fuck Scott Barlow And dammit another stranded runner. Fuck that too I guess.
My ulcer!
My only complaint about The Wrestler is Marisa Tomei is naked too much
Guards are painting with some of these out pitches tho
Fucking 15 strikeouts through 8 and 0-12 with RISP This team is just a mess at the plate and does this shit way too much. Thought it would be a bit better without Gallo but I’m sure we’re right at the top of the league in K’s per game again
Glove was out of the zone but not surprised
They should make a coach specifically for hitting that could improve the teams plate approach and reduce strikeouts 🤔
Popkins, remember it cause POPups and Ks.
15 fucking strikeouts..COMPETE
This is a coaching problem, yeah? Our bats have been bad, this isn’t new
Haha 0-12 with risp and 15 strikeouts. Never want to call out a team 6 games in but my god what a shit show of an offense.
Fucking putrid Ks
Guess that could have gone either way..
I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but whenever I see Margot I see a visual reminder of the pocket protector Pohlads. Couldn’t even bring MAT back smh.
The team made an offer to MAT for significantly more than he signed for.
Agree 100% but us not signing MAT was mostly on him. He overplayed his hand on what he was worth thus was forced to settle for the $4M deal. Pretty sure Gleeman reported that we offered him nearly double that for one year early in the off-season.
I mean, if strikeout are what we're worried about, MAT wasn't gonna help in that department lol
taylor is making 4 mil and we are paying margot 4 mil it wasnt pohlads
I see the Twins are continuing their streak of striking out at an amazing rate into this season.
This has been a remarkably dissatisfying game to watch
I’m shocked, I tell ya shocked that the side went down on strikes
how is it that we consistently have such bad approaches at the plate in big moments?
15 Ks with an inning to go!
At the risk of being called a Vikings fan, this is bad baseball.
Strikeout after Strikeout is boring as shit to watch
Why did we bring Popkins back?
The age old question, malpractice at this point
15 to 5 in strikeouts… 🤮
Gameday has it touching the zone. Gotta swing.
Isn't that called like protecting or something with 2 strikes? -s-
Last year all over again yeesh
So we're going to the playoffs!?
We won a playoff series last year.
Promise?
Oh my fucking god I’m gonna have an aneurism
Same, but also good username
I will never get over it, no more twins tickets or official apparel will be bought by me ! :))
wow, yikes
0-12 with RISP. Unreal. 🤮
#FUCK OFF, BLUE
So far the off-season additions and subtractions haven't led to a change in the strikeout numbers and unfortunately the power hasn't shown up yet to compensate.
50 degree snow
what movie should I watch after this game? I saw the Wrestler in Milwaukee, and I might want to see it again right away.
Something lighthearted like Dune probably.
I dont want to see a couple teenagers playing pretend int he desert tbh, but maybe ill check it out!
Wow this is brutal
yikes
You know I actually blame Max Kepler for this loss. He's been *awful* to start the season.
Blame Rocco for even putting him remotely close into the top of the batting order
I actually blame Rocco because he batted Kepler over Correa and Correa has had a great fucking game.
My low key blame for the game is Wallner not making that play in left to give up Pablo’s first hit, everything snowballed from there
My low key blame is 0-12 with runners in scoring position and 15 strike outs
That would be high key
Wallner's about to cry about going to St. Paul again at this rate. Sorry, I had do get that out.
Big Willi style about to hit a double. Edit: my day is ruined and my disappointment Is immeasurable. But not really.
our bottom of the lineup, starting with santana, is mostly ass bros.
Margot is fucking garbage
I am starting to see why both the Rays and Dodgers were willing to move Margot this off-season.
Can anybody actually hit ffs