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12 ks 89 pitches and at 98 in fifth...

Kelenic hitless...will see if Julio Rodriguez can get his first hit. Three called strike 3's. Steady diet of breaking balls. Easy hustle double into the LCF gap... Adam Frazier two out oppo hustle double for Twins' first blown save. Tying and go-ahead hits with two outs. 4-3 now.

Buxton starting his MVP campaign... homer for the late lead into the third deck. New interesting to see who the Twins use to close. Might be Pagan. Tyler Duffey it seems. Pitch came in HIGH at 100, went out at 112.3.

7 k's but a run scored on a wild pitch after runner got to second on a throwing error then advanced on the first WP. 50 pitches through 3. Gets former teammate Avi Garcia for #8. 9 k's and one hit through 4. Dunning surrendered 3 runs through 5 to that insane Toronto offense.

Rosario, Bieber the other two names to watch...

Through two scoreless now...Rodon Health Watch 2022. Five k's. 96.5 to 97 in the 3rd. 98.6. Six K's, 2 2/3rd. Another 97 and 98.

Had it all along! Man, Miggy has been annoying so far this series.

What?

Former Twin.

Two down. High wire act.

Would that make sense to you as A’s GM? How would you sell that to a disenchanted fanbase? How many times did we hear that 2ish fWAR production at that position was a dime a dozen and eminently replaceable?

Who else could you sit besides Vaughn or Pollock?

Well, then they basically have no one of value to trade other than Montgomery, Kath and Colas. Maybe Brayan Ramos.

The bat throwing is a getting a bit out of hand. In the past, you would only do that on game winning hits/homers. There's also going to be a lot more brawls with 4-6 game series.

The Sox weren't in sole possession of first place last year until May 7th, and that was with an earlier season start.

That was quick. Tim Hill blows no no. Rogers should appear in this one.

If they are that desperate for offense (see 2006 Anderson vs. Mackowiak) that they need to force Burger in at second where's he will be far below average... they should have just signed Eduardo Escobar in the first place.

LOL. They need to showcase Burger at third for a starting pitcher trade and hope and pray Moncada stays healthy for the remainder of the season. Better not to get Burger injured playing out of position as well... imagine him handling the Candelario takeout slide/roll block. And you play who at 3B for two to three weeks? Mendick? Leury?

Other than the Kimbrel trade and signing Luis Robert... what "risky" moves has Hahn actually made? The Big 3 trades were a foregone conclusion...resulting from the front office being unable to patchwork a team together around stars and scrubs with a mid tier payroll from 2012-2016. The counter argument of course is the 2005 approach spreading the money across the roster and Dunn, Danks (injury/ineffectiveness on a $65 million deal) and then that Robertson/LaRoche/Cabrera/Shark cycle leading to oblivion. Basically, too many big contracts without matching production sink the team.

That's what it said in the MILB play by play... "Oscar Colas singles on a ground ball to left fielder Trevor Hauver." Probably because they don't ever write flare, wedge shot or soft liner. Ramos 3/4 now.

SSS, lol. Let's see where he is May 15th. Pretty crazy how Miggy Cabrera has two huge hits on consecutive Opening Days at home in miserable weather...

The bullpen failure wasn't related to this offseason... unless it's signing an injured Kelly. In general, we keep playing on the margins and are scared to death of big moves like Suzuki, Conforto and extending Gio without the club working in an advantageous clause whereas other teams are more flexible just to get the player in a uniform. And before Robertson, we went fifteen years without overpaying closers, other than Koch for one year. Yet very little to show for 3-4 years of targeting big arms in the draft mostly for the pen.

Colas 2/4 Two ground ball singles. Lead down to 6-5 at the bottom of 7.

Colas 1/3 so far...

This argument seems familiar, where did we hear it?... btw, is Kelenic going to DH more, or Haniger? Wonder why the Sox can't do the same with Eloy.