2019 ALDS - Twins vs. Yankees - General Gamethread

[DeadlySplitter]

Let's use this space for active YED (Yankee Elimination Day) rooting and leave jon abbey & friends to their own gamethreads, for the most part.

jon abbey has analyzed this series extensively already in the Yankee sub-forum at https://sonsofsamhorn.net/index.php?threads/alds-ny-vs-min.28402/

Starts on FS1 or MLB Network on Friday.

 

[tims4wins]

Yankees in 2.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

the talk will all be about HR kings, but Paxton has been better. will he keep it up? Berrios has been trending down too.

these two teams had a wild series in Minnesota. that 14-12 game was just nuts.

 

[Mueller's Twin Grannies]

Yankees in 2.

I was going to say one but this is probably more accurate.

I predict the Twins hit zero homers in the series.

 

[NYCSox]

Taylor Rogers will reprise the role of late inning choke artist so ably performed by Joe Nathan.

 

[Doug Beerabelli]

Will the Yankees be bringing out Ron Gardenhire to throw out the ceremonial first pitch?

 

[54thMA]

The Twins will once again reprise their somewhat annual role of cannon fodder, they are the Polish army circa 1939/ French army circa 1940, about to be blitzkrieged by the Germans, also known as the Gashouse Gorillas.

They'll get wiped off the diamond in three and for good measure, two of those losses at Williamsport East will be in the bottom of the ninth in nutpunch fashion, Quasimodo will hit a walk off bomb, then "Gardy" will get his bulbous head in the way of a throw home, the ball will ricochet into the upper deck off of his dome and he'll slide home with the winning run, then they fold like a cheap suit in game 3 at home.

They'd be better off just surrendering now to spare us all the misery, hopefully the Astors will smoke the Gashouse Gorillas in the ALCS.

And for the love of all things holy, please Gashouse Gorilla fans; stay out of this thread and stay with your own kind in the other thread on this series.

 

[Wingack]

Interesting bit of strategy here by the Yankees.

View: https://twitter.com/JackCurryYES/status/1178357142656565249


Curry: "Having a sizable lead in AL East gave Yankees the freedom, if they so chose, to rest big 4 relievers. And, man, have they rested them. These pitch counts are eye-popping. Chapman: 30 pitches in last 16 days. Britton: 24 in 15. Ottavino: 44 in 15. Kahnle, the workhorse: 69 in 15."

 

[Ale Xander]

Only hope Twins have for winning the series is that the New York relievers got rusty and their own starters can hit the corners consistently.

 

[54thMA]

Only hope Twins have for winning the series is that the New York Yankees bring Thurman Munson in to fly the team plane.

Fixed it for you...…………...

 

[E5 Yaz]

Okay, chickens, I'll be "that guy"

Yankees in 3

 

[brs3]

Twins in 4. Everything is saying Yankees, and pretty much the MFY rotation vs the Twins looks like an easy sweep. Rocco Baldelli guides these kids to a date with the Astros in the ALCS, where they will not dominate.

 

[nolasoxfan]

Twins sweep.

 

[OurF'ingCity]

There's no way the Yankees lose this series...but if they did, it would be pretty damn satisfying after all the "savages" talk and whatnot we've had to endure this year.

I mean, any Yankee elimination is satisfying but would especially so if it came at the hands of the team they've routinely beat down in the playoffs for essentially all of existence.

 

[Sad Sam Jones]

Yankees score 25+ runs in a 3-game sweep. I've already said enough about the Twins pitching staff over the season. I think Minnesota and Cleveland combining for 194 wins said more about the rest of the AL Central than it did about them.

 

[The_Powa_of_Seiji_Ozawa]

Twins sweep.

They're not allowed to do that.

 

[caminante11]

The Twins have had exactly one postseason game in the last 8 years. So the fact that they lost to Yankees again and again years ago should have no impact on this series. By BaseRuns, they were better than the Yankees this season: https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=BaseRuns

 

[bankshot1]

If ever a team and the law of averages, were due.

 

[E5 Yaz]

The Twins have had exactly one postseason game in the last 8 years. So the fact that they lost to Yankees again and again years ago should have no impact on this series. By BaseRuns, they were better than the Yankees this season: https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=BaseRuns

That's precious

 

[NYCSox]

I see some have moved into denial and bargaining. You'll accept the inevitable after the Game 2 gut punch 280 foot shot to RF.

 

[Wingack]

View: https://twitter.com/jamessmyth621/status/1179087758280794112?s=21

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

Twins shock everyone in 5

 

[caminante11]

Or in 3

 

[DeadlySplitter]

game 1: 7:07pm, MLBN
game 2: 5:07pm, FS1

 

[Doug Beerabelli]

A nice article on the Twins playoff carnage at the hands of the Yankees over the last two decades:

https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2019/10/2/20894822/minnesota-twins-playoff-curse-alds-new-york-yankees

 

[54thMA]

A nice article on the Twins playoff carnage at the hands of the Yankees over the last two decades:

https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2019/10/2/20894822/minnesota-twins-playoff-curse-alds-new-york-yankees

The new chapter added to that story this year ought to be something else.

 

[Leather]

I don't know why they insisted on having a "Joe Mauer Tracker." Seems stupid, unless you similarly blame the Red Sox' playoff failures from 1983-1990 on Wade Boggs.

 

[sean1562]

View: https://twitter.com/jamessmyth621/status/1179087758280794112?s=21

where is he pulling those stats? i guess it is because these ones include the .500 phillies?

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB-standings.shtml

 

[brandonchristensen]

Gee, I wonder what will happen here.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

The Twins need to get to the Yankee starters early. They can’t let Happ and Co. go three times through the order. If they don’t have a lead after five innings, it’s over. The Yankees bullpen is too good to overcome late deficits.

 

[Congo]

I'd be pretty surprised if any Yankee starter is allowed to go three times through the order with all those rested bullpen arms ready to go.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Gee, I wonder what will happen here.

Twins only chance is to win the coin flip and score before the Yankees go on offense

 

[Leather]

I predict the Twins hit zero homers in the series.

Try again.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Fuck the Yankees.

Also, Judge had struck out. Fuck the ump.

 

[Leather]

Berries getting ahead of the batters so far.

 

[BornToRun]

Does anyone , outside of maybe one or two players on the twins, actually expect them to put up a fight in this series?

 

[54thMA]

CC not active on the post season roster, but it's obvious he's still active for the post game buffet.

 

[Soxy]

The Twins are actually pretty good. There's a good chance this is going to be a more competitive series than people are giving them credit for.

 

[54thMA]

Does anyone , outside of maybe one or two players on the twins, actually expect them to put up a fight in this series?

We can all hope, just like Custer's men hoped Reno would come and rescue them.

 

[Leather]

Does anyone , outside of maybe one or two players on the twins, actually expect them to put up a fight in this series?

Yes. Why wouldn’t they.

 

[BornToRun]

Yes. Why wouldn’t they.

Because the Twins of the 21st century exist to fulfill two purposes and two purposes alone. They are either a gang of no name cellar dwellers or a October warmup for the MFY.

 

[54thMA]

The gashouse gorillas just trot out asshole after asshole, they are other worldly hateable.

 

[strek1]

He's OUT

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Out!

 

[BornToRun]

Out.

 

[54thMA]

He is 1000% out

 

[S. H. Frog]

They did. He's out.

 

[54thMA]

Tough shit Stanton

 

[strek1]

Why is Costas doing this game? He's terrible at this.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

that's the Stanton I remember from last year