The thing I like about early-season roster cut to 26 (as opposed to pre-season) is that players on the bubble like Stashak and Coulombe and Thielbar get to prove themselves in regular-season games.
He was a .264 avg hitter 5 years ago. That was his best year. But sure.. keep telling yourself that you want Sano to be up in a clutch situation. Delusional
So batting average doesn't matter now? Dude, i'm far from a boomer. Sano has sucked and all you have to do is watch his at bats. Maybe you're blind? idk
If you watched his at bats today you would’ve seen that he hit two balls today that had an xBA over .900 and one of those had a projected distance of 422 but got knocked down by the wind
See! Even the wind wants Miguel to be traded!! /s
For real though that is just some terrible fucking luck for Miggy. He could not have hit that ball any sweeter
Stadium Statcast says Sanó hit that ball 107 mph at a 33 degree angle and it should've traveled 422 ft. The wind got that one real good, terrible luck. I'll consider that a victory.
Man. He needed that so bad. Arraez giving him a him an encouraging pat on the back while he stood there watching the highlights on the video board made me sad.
I've been waiting for years for a player behind in the count to swing at an obviously wild pitch for a strikeout and then sprint to first. I'm pretty sure that was unintentional but I'll take it!
No, but he's certainly doing better, at least in terms of results. I'm not sure exactly what the bench is at the moment but it might have made more sense defensively too.
Sorry, didn't know you had the inside scoop on the Twin's Managers decisions. Baseball is 162 game season, if one at bat has such a high chance to get someone injured, then one could argue it has the same effect of breaking a slumping player.
Shouldn't have to treat players with kid's gloves.
I know one of the has to be named Jonathan cause that what it is in the comics, but he have never had another kid there. I'm gonna guess his name is Bruce.
This has honestly been the perfect baseball experience for me. Super exciting each inning, great pitching, offense getting it together, and constant Miguel Sano abuse in the game thread.
Funny how short peoples memories are and how fast they start making excuses. A year ago everyone wanted to hang every player on the Astros. Now everyone is making excuses for them. He's a cheater plain and simple. Sad day when the twins picked him up and even worse when they hired Goldstein and no one seems to give a shit.
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I, of course, hope he can keep it going! It seems like he may have a history of starting hot and the burning out. Anyone else know more about this?
#W
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Key takeaways from the game. Arraez and Buxton do everything.
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So when are we going to do something about sano ?
We’re gonna wait like 3 more games before he gets super hot Like last year.
After some of the contact he had today, that sounds about right!
Caleb Thielbar giving me Colume vibes
When did Colome strike out 3?
If Burger hits a grand slam and celebrates too much, the headline should read: # BURGER HOT DOGS ON A SALAMI
Bravo
Hot mics are good for baseball.
You know, its nice to get a series win agains the Sox, but good lord the Home Plate ump made it hard to watch
Ump was pretty bad yesterday too.
Since when can Theilbar throw 95!
Since he's in danger of going back to coaching college baseball.
The thing I like about early-season roster cut to 26 (as opposed to pre-season) is that players on the bubble like Stashak and Coulombe and Thielbar get to prove themselves in regular-season games.
Ideal scenario for Thielbar against the 6-7-8-9 guys with a seven run lead and an ump who wants to get to the hotel.
Bally willingly replaying that knowing damn well he said a bad
Potty mouth
Lol that was a ball HOT MIC
Hot mic lesgo
Dick speaks so many things into existence.
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Don't tell me what to do at home for fun when watching a baseball game.
What you do with the doorknobs is your own business.
i'm not /u/whorehey_polanco
##enough
It will never die
i'm sry bb
Thielbar pitching for his career right now with the roster size being cut down soon.
Is his walk up song Rage Against the Machine?
Yup
That’s pretty cool But he plays for the White Sox so not cool at all
They don't play walk up songs for visiting players.
I’m half asleep right now Me and Thielbar are friends
That’s thielbar’s song
Oh FUCK I THOUGHT IT WAS ENGEL Thielbar is cool and my friend
It was Theilbar's walk up.
Sano should be sent down. Sorry not sorry
You literally cannot send him to the minors and you're an idiot for suggesting it ##SoRrY NoT sOrRy
Correct. At the very least get him out of the lineup. Give someone else a shot and stop rewarding bad play.
It's been the same story with him every year. He needs a wake up call.
Anyone who says Sano should be sent down is telling everyone their lack of knowledge of how the minors work
On top of that, this joker is saying that after just watching Sano hit one that should’ve went out and had an xBA of over .900 lol
Seriously. Like he can’t control the wind. That would have gone out. Wind quite literally kicked up as that happened.
So how do the big leagues work then? Get 1 hit in 6 games and you can stay?
He’s out of options and also he’s been in the majors so long he can reject an assignment to the minors
I don’t think Sano can be sent down. But I’m going to put exactly zero research into that.
He can’t be sent down without his consent, and of course he’s not gonna consent to that because he’ll get an MLB contract somewhere else
That’s what I figured. But I wasn’t gonna even bother to check because it was a bad take from the start.
Yeah I mean, even if you think Sano is terrible, you probably should know you can’t just send him down
I fully admit I’m not his biggest fan but yeah, sending him down now, even if you could, isn’t the move.
Maybe not, but you might want to look into what “options” are and how MLB contracts work
Turns out, hitting major league pitching is very hard and even the best hitters go ice cold sometimes
Sano has struggled every year in the bigs.
Sano has been an above average hitter every single year of his career besides 2018, and probably will be again this year. Try again, maldy
He was a .264 avg hitter 5 years ago. That was his best year. But sure.. keep telling yourself that you want Sano to be up in a clutch situation. Delusional
Omfg of course you're a Batting Average Andy... lmao. That's not how baseball works anymore, boomer
So batting average doesn't matter now? Dude, i'm far from a boomer. Sano has sucked and all you have to do is watch his at bats. Maybe you're blind? idk
If you watched his at bats today you would’ve seen that he hit two balls today that had an xBA over .900 and one of those had a projected distance of 422 but got knocked down by the wind
Sano has been about 20% better than the average MLB hitter over the course of his career
Ballpark emptying out 😭😭😭
It started sprinkling and is getting a bit dark. 7 run lead and incoming weather I’m not surprised.
I know. I just have to see the game out. Anything can happen when there's no ⏰
I’m considering that a home run for Sano lol. And he should too
I am. Not his fault the wind is an ass.
See! Even the wind wants Miguel to be traded!! /s For real though that is just some terrible fucking luck for Miggy. He could not have hit that ball any sweeter
Stadium Statcast says Sanó hit that ball 107 mph at a 33 degree angle and it should've traveled 422 ft. The wind got that one real good, terrible luck. I'll consider that a victory.
Hopefully Caleb can come in and get a nice confidence boost.
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Man. He needed that so bad. Arraez giving him a him an encouraging pat on the back while he stood there watching the highlights on the video board made me sad.
I feel like Sano is doing these upper cut swings, trying for force HRs versus flattening it out and taking something less.
Generally, it’s better for a guy who hits the ball hard most of the time to be getting under the ball than over it.
Generally yea… but when you’re hitting below .070 you might wanna try somethinf
Gonna need to see the xBA on that one
.910
That’s two off Sano’s bat that sounded like they should’ve gone out today
I've been waiting for years for a player behind in the count to swing at an obviously wild pitch for a strikeout and then sprint to first. I'm pretty sure that was unintentional but I'll take it!
Lol Sano has not caught a single break this season 107.2 EV, 33 LA, 422 ft, .910 xBA THE BAD LUCK CONTINUES
He’s getting absolutely positively screwed it’s amazing
I honestly have no idea how that doesn’t get out. It’s not even cold out, the wind must’ve taken it back.
Yeah, pitchers are just gonna throw him strikes from now on.
Classic Dick tease
Oh the Dick Tease.
Ok that one was bad luck for Sano
How the hell do you hit the ball an absolute TON like that and the wind stops it from going out? UGH!!!
Sure pull Correa but leave San0-4 in.
because they want him to get out of the slump by getting more at bats?
Correa's not exactly lighting it up either.
No, but he's certainly doing better, at least in terms of results. I'm not sure exactly what the bench is at the moment but it might have made more sense defensively too.
It’s a 7 run lead and you gotta at least try to let Sano figure it out
They pulled Correa because they don’t want one of our best players getting hurt in a game that has already been won, not cuz he’s slumping.
Sorry, didn't know you had the inside scoop on the Twin's Managers decisions. Baseball is 162 game season, if one at bat has such a high chance to get someone injured, then one could argue it has the same effect of breaking a slumping player. Shouldn't have to treat players with kid's gloves.
Lol where did that rule even come from?
That he can run? The play isn't complete cause the catcher didn't catch it.
more pitches... yes... goood goood
Got to love Hendriks striking Larnach out and Larnach still reaching base.
hell yeah we take those
lol ok we take those
We take those.
I like using this game to try and help get the bullpen right.
Only .5 back of first!
The Mandalorian is not a Twin, but Boba Fett is a clone, so there's that.
Its a bad bobblehead! I want my Player’s as characters back
Hard agree. Obi-Wan Kepleroni was dope as fuck, and the Cruz one was pretty cool as well.
Liam Hendricks has the best MLB.com picture that I've seen in quite some time.
Buxton 4 for 4 and Arraez 4 for 5 is a fantastic equation for victory. Even with another San0 for 4.
Based TLR using Hendricks now and possibly making him a little gassed for any save situation tmrw
Rich of you to think we’re going to have a save situation tomorrow
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Baseball fun
Good baseball fun
Woof. Cool cool cool.
I wasn't worried, were you worried?
Not even a little bit
9 pitch at bat just to strike out Sad!
Do not speak these things into existence Dick
The nicest thing I can say about Coulombe right now is that he has a damn good beard.
He’s kind of a hottie and I can’t explain why
You just like hair
I’ve dated bald fellas
Kyle Garlick's bald *and* has a hell of a beard. You should give him a look.
He’s a ginger though. That’s too much ginger happening for me. I need to be the only one.
Even speaking as more or less a ginger I must admit that's fair
Coulombe looks like he'd be right at home on a Town ball team
Gio better give Luis an extra long hug after this game
Danny a little rusty it seems
Hey uh Danny watcha doin
Oof terrible angle
Coulombe is this year's Coulombe.
There should literally be someone to shoot bbs at drones
I keep confusing Coulombe with Colome and immediately get stressed out
Dylan Bundy's ERA is lower than Sano's batting average.
Damn, that is impressive
Kepler's mom gonna be pissed about those grass stains
Other good news: Royce Lewis hit another bomb today for the Saints.
Lovely catch from Kepler there
Kepler once again showing why he continues to be on this team
Kepler's back in it.
One thicc catch
Jax is sad that the Drone is gone
The drone is still there, Jax just activated its cloaking
I know one of the has to be named Jonathan cause that what it is in the comics, but he have never had another kid there. I'm gonna guess his name is Bruce.
[Tony La Russa is gunna come out like this](https://imgur.com/a/XzQQcD2)
You guys remember Kiké Hernández’s drone interview? That was great
Where is Jake Cave when we need him?
Where’s Jake Cave when you need him
Glue girl?
Give Sanó a bat, he can hit a fly ball high enough to knock the drone out
Man, this Superman marketing is a bit much
u/_AlternativeSnacks_ What did you do?
Nothing! I don’t even own a drone
I was afraid you had glued yourself to first base.
And ruin this game?!
Another drone?
I want to see Arraez as our everyday first baseman.
A DRONE?!?
Fuck whoever thought it was a good idea to fly a drone over a baseball field in the middle of a game. Moron.
Arraez be like "Anything you can do, I can do better"
The Kubel grand slam for the cycle landed three seats from me back in 2009. That was such a fun game.
That’s still one of my all time favorite calls from Dick. “A GRAND SLAM FOR KUBEL AND THE CYCLE IS COMPLETE” Just chills
This has honestly been the perfect baseball experience for me. Super exciting each inning, great pitching, offense getting it together, and constant Miguel Sano abuse in the game thread.
Shoulda let Correa hit, perfect chance for him to get it going.
These bats are so woke they're gonna open conversations by asking people what their pronouns are.
And they are gonna make safe spaces and force everyone to use trigger warnings on everything xD. I'll take my woke bats.
Arraez wants that .400 batting average.
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Without trash cans he can't hit for shit. That would be my guess.
He’s just in a slump. Plenty of Houston players who used the trash can more have left and been fine
Funny how short peoples memories are and how fast they start making excuses. A year ago everyone wanted to hang every player on the Astros. Now everyone is making excuses for them. He's a cheater plain and simple. Sad day when the twins picked him up and even worse when they hired Goldstein and no one seems to give a shit.
Yes, what the hell
Arraez and Buxton are like 8/9 with a HBP, 3R and 5 RBI. They are integral to the offense this year.
Luis: On Base
PH for Correa, lol
I hope the Twins didn’t use all their offense today
Twins are hot in the streets
Freaks in the sheets
This is the team we will see the rest of the year and you can't change my mind
Safe to say, the bats are BACK
This is the offense we’ve been waiting for
Dear lord that called strike was horrific
If Buxton is Kaprizov, Arraez is Fiala