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MDK -> RE: Twins 2023 Season and Game Day Thread (5/20/2023 12:32:03 PM)
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https://www.twincities.com/2023/05/19/twins-claw-back-but-fall-5-4-to-angels-in-series-opener/
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Hundreds of feet from the action, in the bullpen in left field, Jhoan Duran was preparing himself in the seventh inning. It would seem he was preparing to face superstar Shohei Ohtani.
But he didn’t.
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli opted to let Griffin Jax face Ohtani, after he already had given up a single and a triple, wiping away the Twins’ one-run advantage. Jax’s 3-2 pitch to the star came close to clipping the corner but was called ball four. Jax was left in to face the next hitter, too, and surrendered the go-ahead run on a Hunter Renfroe single in the Twins’ 5-4 loss on Friday night at Angel Stadium.
“Jax needs to, in his role, needs to go out there and pitch and find his way through innings,” Baldelli said. “ … He’s a key member of our ‘pen, and we’re going to lean on him still at times, even though he’s not throwing the ball as well as he can. … I know it was not an easy decision, but we’re going to let him pitch in this situation.”
So, what situation was the Twins’ best reliever preparing for?
Baldelli said he would have been brought in to face Ohtani had the Twins (24-21) still had the lead. But once Jax gave up a triple to Mickey Moniak to tie the game, they pivoted away from the idea of bringing in the flamethrower,. Instead, they stuck with Jax, who has now absorbed four losses this month.
Isn't that Einstein's definition of Insanity? Doing the same thing over and over expecting a different outcome?
Rocco the moron.
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