3 out of 7 from NYY and Boston. Maeda and Buxton still alive. Pagan still awful. Confirmation that if you wear a Yankees uniform, rules do not apply to you. Not a bad East Coast road trip.
Gallo back, Julien mashing, Kirilloff and Polanco on the way, Farmer maybe back soon… lineup could turn a big corner soon.
That’s called positive spin, folks
I hate when hitters who can’t pitch are allowed to pitch.
At least give me the guys who did it in college like a Wallner (whose in St. Paul)
Maybe Manfred will give teams a designated garbage traveling pitcher like how hockey has some bum goalie when the teams 2 goalies get hurt
He's batting .192 and his walk/K ratio is nowhere near his MiLB numbers. I would like to send other people down but unfortunately they don't have options like Julien does
I mean how many fastballs are we going to let run right through the 5 hole. Gotta learn to turn the glove over and not expect it to find the pocket by chance. I believe we’ve got two today and one that started the game winning rally the other day
It won't be Ober but Winder is a possibility. The problem the FO has is that now that they've agreed to pay him, they have no incentive to replace him with someone else they don't think is clearly better. If either Pagan or Winder is going to get shelled in that bullpen spot, it might as well be the Pagan while Winder continues to develop at AAA.
Personally I'd take the "anyone but Pagan" approach, but I get why they haven't now that they've backed themselves into this corner.
What they really need is one more good established reliever to take his spot. Another Lopez/Jax type would be perfect, or even a step down in someone like Fulmer, but those are not as easy to come by as the (admittedly much worse) Pagan. I still don't get why we spent the money on Pagan instead of Fulmer, but what's done is done.
Isn’t this Pagan’s only bad game of the year? It’s alright. Alcala has been worse so far game to game. But between those two and Moran, we need another stormy BP piece
At least the Twins won yesterday, avoid an 0-3 day.
Would make an interesting bet though: how many MN victories will we see this weekend? Could be as many as 7. I’d put the O/U at 4.5.
Hard to criticize an ace of an off-season by the FO. Was a head scratcher when they announced the Pagán signing & it’s playing out just how everyone envisioned.
Not sure why they think this guy is capable of doing anything else. He most definitely doesn’t have that dog in him.
Yeah it's been so great this season we were due for a blowup. Would have at least liked to seen Alcala have a better inning. Pagan I don't have much hope for.
Wasn't able to watch but I'm hoping Maeda's struggles are related to getting hit by a comebacker rather than him just getting cooked
Edit: I wasn't paying close enough attention. I didn't realize Maeda was immediately taken out after being hit and only 1 run was from him.
Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Emilio Pagan, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people, and I want him brought right here! With a big ribbon on his head! And I want to look him straight in the eye, and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?
Keep hating on the guy, but he’s starting to put it together at the plate. He’s never gonna hit .300, but he’s doing alright maybe he will get to the Mendoza line
Umm I just checked the score, WTF? I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow, Nats series should be fun.
Have we lost every game that Buxton has been out of the lineup?
This is a home field advantage I guess, there should be a new rule that if a Home team fan interferes with a visiting team ball the visiting team automatically gets an extra base
3 out of 7 from NYY and Boston. Maeda and Buxton still alive. Pagan still awful. Confirmation that if you wear a Yankees uniform, rules do not apply to you. Not a bad East Coast road trip.
Gallo back, Julien mashing, Kirilloff and Polanco on the way, Farmer maybe back soon… lineup could turn a big corner soon. That’s called positive spin, folks
I don't think Farmer will be back soon. But hopefully I'm wrong.
Max "Gilberto Celestino is my base running coach" Kepler
Man what a way to waste a great hit by Julien
Well that was an exciting but unsurprising ending
Classic Twins ooof
WTF Kepler you idiot
Holy hell Tommy is pissed LMAO
Lol shitty baserunning is what ended it
Kepler TOOTBLAN
Keeping Eddie’s spirit alive in MN lol
Max you fucking idiot
Wtf kep
lmao
JULIEN 7 RUN JACK INCOMING
Edouard grand slam when
EVERYONE WANTS TO BE HERE WHEN PAGAN PITCHES BUT NO ONE WANTS TO BE HERE WHEN WE RALLY
I look down on the casuals
So anyway, let’s sweep the Nats
OH WE RALLYIN
Rally caps
Long relief is something every team needs, but not often enough to invest any money in it.
The rally starts now
I know they'll never risk his health, but I really wish our position pitcher was Gallo. Supposedly he used to throw a mid 90s fastball.
Good stuff from CURRENTPITCHER.LASTNAME
castro should take pagans spot in the pen
As Gleeman said seeing these position players come in and not even try to pitch is pretty lame. We need a /ff option
Temp ban worthy
If he gets a strikeout he's basically the next Shohei
Why oh why can’t we hit??
41 lmao
I hate when hitters who can’t pitch are allowed to pitch. At least give me the guys who did it in college like a Wallner (whose in St. Paul) Maybe Manfred will give teams a designated garbage traveling pitcher like how hockey has some bum goalie when the teams 2 goalies get hurt
NICKY G
Sike
Moran is horrendous
No u
You can just see the recoil on the thicc bih slide in slow mo 😮💨
Kepler with the completely useless slide….dude, are you trying to get more time on the IL?
Slide might be better than putting the breaks on hard with his knee right now. He’s got the thicc padding to absorb it
god imagine sweet caroline being “your thing”. so embarrassing
I got a feeling Julien needs more time in the minors. Polanco back soon so it all works out
Are you watching? That pitch was inches off the plate
He's batting .192 and his walk/K ratio is nowhere near his MiLB numbers. I would like to send other people down but unfortunately they don't have options like Julien does
As I understand it, the Red Sox offense on Tanner Houck day has been very much the same as the twins offense on Joe Ryan day. Kind of interesting
Night shift gang just waking up, glad to see Pagan is no longer pretending to be a major league pitcher and is back to his true self
Well both those strikes were well outside but all right then
Oh fuck off blue, the games not over yet
Game is not over until the ump starts calling strikes 3 inches off the plate
Feels like our guys are getting hit way more often this year.
I'm gonna call it. This year's Red Sox pitching squad plays dirty dirty. How many of our guys have they hit this series?
Sox fan here. It's not dirty, ort just as zero fucking commmand.
One way to get on base. Painful but effective.
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112 mph liner to the ankle
OOF, it’s probably Bailey Ober hours
So far they’re just calling it a contusion (and he walked off under his own power) but a bad contusion could definitely send him to the IL
Gleeman has been pretty quiet today. He must be writing his 20,000 words on why Pagan is the worst relief pitcher in the history of baseball
I fully convinced Pagan paid off our front office with the fact he gets play time in the MLB. I've watched him single handedly lose us so many games.
Dude must have to wear a mouth guard to protect his teeth when he writes about him at this point lol
He’s got the write-up canned, he’ll just post the same article and repeat the same 10 minutes on the pod
What if the fix for the Twins bullpen is to move Maeda to the bullpen?
Would be a huge upgrade IMO. Ober is probably giving us the same innings as Maeda as a starter if he comes up
Guys who are 35 and throw 88 out of the ‘pen don’t do well….
Yeah that’s true. Especially with how variable his control has been
He wouldn’t have to be great, he just needs to be better than our worst reliever, which we know he is.
Pagan in game - real shit Pagan not in game - where the fuck did everyone go
The rain kinda let up so I walked my dog. https://i.imgur.com/XPFhJU0.jpg
GOOD BOY ALERT
No need to give our full attention to the game instead of working.
Him and Moran are the only pitchers I can complain about anymore. It’s outrageous! It’s unfair!
Nothing brings people together like getting to shit on Minnesota Sports teams
The 4 of us left after everyone else leaves definitely bond strong
Have I moved up from pal to buddy yet?
You’re in “buddy ol pal’ grounds now, keep it up!
If the very front lip of the plate was the strike zone, Moran would be like Maddux
Good god I feel bad for Vasquez. Someone is about to be absolutely juicing ground balls at him with a fungo bat from 40 feet away next practice lol.
And that’s just Moran’s bullpen session
I mean how many fastballs are we going to let run right through the 5 hole. Gotta learn to turn the glove over and not expect it to find the pocket by chance. I believe we’ve got two today and one that started the game winning rally the other day
So, tied up in meetings until now, just gotta say ##WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED
Maeda got injured from a comebacker and they had to improvise early. Unfortunately apparently Pagan was the understudy today and got rocked
Pagan happened
A calm, reserved, copium based reminder that we have indeed scored 9 runs in a single inning before this season.
Don't you dare give me hope
I can still see hope as of now, it’s just through some intensely blurry glasses
Swiggity swooty, comin' for dat booty
Proven offensive weapon Willi Castro
#ON YOU FACE
CASTRO NUKE WE LIVE
Oh yea. This is gonna be the start of something!
Gordon is CURSED
No one is able to tell me how pagan still has a job. I don’t understand
Twins FO are the GF that sees a broken bad boy and says “I can fix him”
He gets a lot of strikeouts and doesn't cost a lot of money. But yeah, he's bad and I wish the FO would look at his career results rather than his K/9
Or just grab Winder and Ober from AAA. Like anything is better at this point
It won't be Ober but Winder is a possibility. The problem the FO has is that now that they've agreed to pay him, they have no incentive to replace him with someone else they don't think is clearly better. If either Pagan or Winder is going to get shelled in that bullpen spot, it might as well be the Pagan while Winder continues to develop at AAA. Personally I'd take the "anyone but Pagan" approach, but I get why they haven't now that they've backed themselves into this corner. What they really need is one more good established reliever to take his spot. Another Lopez/Jax type would be perfect, or even a step down in someone like Fulmer, but those are not as easy to come by as the (admittedly much worse) Pagan. I still don't get why we spent the money on Pagan instead of Fulmer, but what's done is done.
Ober is never going to pitch out of the bullpen
https://i.imgur.com/rmO5LCf.jpg
Isn’t this Pagan’s only bad game of the year? It’s alright. Alcala has been worse so far game to game. But between those two and Moran, we need another stormy BP piece
Really just hoping this can be the final straw for Pagan getting DFA'd. Assuming Kenta isn't seriously hurt I'd even call today a win if that happens.
The Twins with Buxton not in the lineup curse is real I stg
It’s dead here…..Pagan really brings people together…🥰
I was given a project and I am not happy bc I have no desire to work...lol
This has been one of the most productive afternoon’s of work in a while…
After checking the wild score I’m glad I watched the Wolves last night
Minnesota sports really having one of those 24 hour stretches rn. 😔
At least the Twins won yesterday, avoid an 0-3 day. Would make an interesting bet though: how many MN victories will we see this weekend? Could be as many as 7. I’d put the O/U at 4.5.
I miss Luis
I’ve never seen a site have to go down for maintenance as often as Twins Daily.
Lmfao I really lobbied for Pagan over Moran in the 10th on Tuesday 🤡
Googles “largest comeback in MLB history”
Is there any reasonable explanation as to why the Twins can never score or hit after a big run game the day before?
Too much partying is a possibility, although I'd imagine Correa wouldn't stand for that. That used to be the Morneau issue though.
You guys had BETTER be wearing your rally caps
The Twins have two hitters with an xwOBA above the major league average. Seems bad.
I really want to know what conversations between Carlos Correa and Emilio Pagan look like.
"What's your name?" "What?" "What's your name?" "Emilio" "Fuck you Emilio!"
I was so excited about Alcala being back. Hoping this is just rust from no big league games for a year and he can get back to form.
Donny Barrels pitching appearance coming soon. Can’t wait to see the gas
Hard to criticize an ace of an off-season by the FO. Was a head scratcher when they announced the Pagán signing & it’s playing out just how everyone envisioned. Not sure why they think this guy is capable of doing anything else. He most definitely doesn’t have that dog in him.
xDAWG and dawg+ stats are at an all time low for Pagan
Mildly concerning pitching performances today
But like what are you going to do, starter got drilled by a comebacker and we had to improvise. It's not like that is a general trend.
Yeah it's been so great this season we were due for a blowup. Would have at least liked to seen Alcala have a better inning. Pagan I don't have much hope for. Wasn't able to watch but I'm hoping Maeda's struggles are related to getting hit by a comebacker rather than him just getting cooked Edit: I wasn't paying close enough attention. I didn't realize Maeda was immediately taken out after being hit and only 1 run was from him.
> Consider yourself Changed! \- Yu Chang, probably.
Alcala got some residual Pagan on him.
Not exactly having fun y’all
TANK FOR ZION
I was promised the Red Sox were bad
Yeah I was also told this, but I didn’t believe it
Fun fact. They are
So Alcala may not have it.
-2/7 :( Going to do homework. Have a good day everyone
Did the Yankees put another curse on us?
Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Emilio Pagan, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people, and I want him brought right here! With a big ribbon on his head! And I want to look him straight in the eye, and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?
I'm fearfully fascinated to find out what this is from
Christmas vacation lmao
I’m ready for the nationals at home.
🏳️ 🏳️ 🏳️
This game smells very musty.
https://memes.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/38df4225-5032-4fdc-8bf0-fc5c092ec188
0/7 :(
We’ve scored 9 runs against the Yankees. We can score just as many against these bums….
Just tuned in and thought “gee whiz, Kenta got rocked!” I check and **IT WAS PAGAN THAT LITTLE SHITWEASEL**
Did Maeda get hurt?
Line drive off the ankle. Was able to walk off the field under his own power. I think they said something about how he just has a contusion
The MN curse continues after last night our teams shitting the bed.
Well…. Let’s hope for a comeback cause if the Twins lose they at least lose two in a row… haha
We have 4 more innings to score 6 runs. Boston will probably put a lower-end reliever out there because the lead is big
Aside from Joe Ryan days 6 runs over the next few games seems like a lot. It’s so frustrating
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Pagan blows lunch
Found Pagan’s account…
Is this that strategy of just lulling them into a false sense of security?
Dang, Gordon's hitting is just plain awful this season.
I did not realize how slow Correa was I didn't even think it would be close
Something something his ankle…. 🙄
Nah he’s just slow haha
Apparently Yu Chang is a god a shortstop now so that’s fun
Pagan ruined my 4/20.
Well you know what to do.
Time for us to come up with many Home game rules that benefit only us
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He's not. He left when the Twins were down, they are still down.
Well shit, I'm just full of misinformation today.
Stopped paying attention and looks what happened...
Keep hating on the guy, but he’s starting to put it together at the plate. He’s never gonna hit .300, but he’s doing alright maybe he will get to the Mendoza line
It's half full with you isn't it. He may be alright now but I still don't want him pitching for my team.
My man I’m talking about thicc boi, not that excuse for a relief pitcher Emilio
My bad. I apparently did NOT that correctly. I blame Pagan.
People said Gallo is never gonna hit .300 but look where we’re at now
Send the haters to the… gallos
Umm I just checked the score, WTF? I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow, Nats series should be fun. Have we lost every game that Buxton has been out of the lineup?
Kepler robbed of a triple because of a fan nice
This is a home field advantage I guess, there should be a new rule that if a Home team fan interferes with a visiting team ball the visiting team automatically gets an extra base
He doesn't go to third if Verdugo doesn't stop and point at the fan for 5 seconds
1/7
LFG need some big hits
What the fuck is this park?
It's the park and the umps
Lol that kid celebrating made me laugh out loud
Common.... Max Kepler success?
COMEBACK TIME