4/18 The Twins come to town

[Reggie's Racquet]

Thanks Vaz!

 

[JCizzle]

Great baserunning.

 

[Redkluzu]

LET'S GO LET'S GO LET'S GO

 

[JOBU]

May have been safe either way

 

[Bergs]

There is no way Jason Tatum would have scored on that play.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Thanks for, uhh... nothing, Raimel.

 

[BornToRun]

May have been safe either way

Yeah, he got a great jump. I thought he was safe before I realized Vaz dropped it.

 

[LynnRice75]

Three chances to head home this game.
Only took one of them and it worked.

 

[strek1]

There goes Tapia again chasing everything.

 

[Fishy1]

Tapia looks like he lost whatever magic he had in ST

 

[FlexFlexerson]

So deflating to have Tapia up following that madness. Oh well, let's go dugie

 

[BornToRun]

There goes Tapia again chasing everything.

It’s harder when it’s an actual pitcher.

 

[nvalvo]

what the hell is a sweeper?

The pitch terminology people have divided sliders with a lot of horizontal break from sliders with a lot of vertical break and named the former group "sweepers."

 

[teddykgb]

Might what to look for a “sweeper” either inside or outside Verdugo

 

[BornToRun]

Jansen coming in.

 

[shawnrbu]

22 sweepers in 26 pitches for Jax.

 

[joe dokes]

Jansen coming in.

No reason to save a saver when there can't be a save.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Stare at the fastball, swing at the pitch out of the zone.

 

[BornToRun]

22 sweepers in 26 pitches for Jax.

It’s a new term and it’s already getting annoying to hear.

 

[joe dokes]

No more DH. Jansens gonna get the game winning hit.

 

[ngruz25]

Nice, Jansen doesn't have that "closer that can't pitch in non-save situations" disorder that plagued Kimbrel and Barnes.

 

[nvalvo]

No more DH. Jansens gonna get the game winning hit.

Huh. I'll be interested to hear the reasoning on this one.

 

[BornToRun]

Walk this thing off. For the ducks.

 

[nvalvo]

Is Christian Arroyo hurt?

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Kenley is a beast

 

[rodderick]

Let’s end this, Raffy.

 

[Petagine in a Bottle]

Is Christian Arroyo hurt?

Usually

 

[FlexFlexerson]

Love them using Jansen here, and him looking sharp.

 

[joe dokes]

Huh. I'll be interested to hear the reasoning on this one.

Haven't been watching, but I assume it's some combination of pinch hitters and needing players to play the field.

 

[fenwaypaul]

Evidently Cora's strategy here is for Devers to hit a walkoff home run.

 

[BornToRun]

MLB.TV is showing me a clip of the twins high fiving after a win. I will not stand for this propaganda.

 

[joe dokes]

Hope our Duran is better than theirs.

 

[strek1]

Is Christian Arroyo hurt?

Why, you don't actually want to see him do you?

 

[Ale Xander]

Jansen has a lifetime .300 average and 129 OPS+ fwiw

 

[BornToRun]

95 on a split is ridiculous

 

[strek1]

If I were them I'd put Devers on first.

 

[budcrew08]

If I were them I'd put Devers on first.

Not when the kid pitching throws 101

 

[joe dokes]

95 on a split is ridiculous

What is 99?

 

[Fishy1]

Oof that was a good pitch to hit

 

[BornToRun]

How do you stay in an at bat against stuff like this?

 

[BornToRun]

What is 99?

Immoral

 

[Redkluzu]

That was awful Raffy

 

[FlexFlexerson]

Argh

 

[strek1]

Oh Raffy you just can't lay off. Of course not much time to decide when it's 100+

 

[Fishy1]

The splitter doesn't actually seem to move that much, but boy is it moving fast

 

[bosox188]

Jhoan Duran is just devastating

 

[derekson]

Who the fuck throws a 98-99 MPH splitter??

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

I don’t think Devers thought he was getting a third splitter on 3-2.

 

[Harry Hooper]

Man, that was a tough pitch to hit.

 

[ngruz25]

Why does EVERYONE throw 102 now, god.