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The Twins looked miserable at the plate last night with runners on base, including Nelson Cruz stranding 9 runners, including the bases loaded twice. However, the game was still in reach, until the bottom of the 8th when Taylor Rogers struggled once again, which has been a common theme this year. I think Rocco is going to keep giving him the ball in high leverage situation, but I don't know if it will be the 9th inning from here on out. The Pitchers: RHP Randy Dobnak (6-3, 42.1 IP, 3.61 ERA, 23 SO) vs RHP Dane Dunning (1-0, 20 IP, 2.70 ERA, 21 SO) Tonight is the battle of the goggles, as Dobnak and Dunning will both sport a pair tonight. On the mound, we have seen Do…

Welcome back to the always exciting, always riveting and always sunny Twins Daily Game Thread! The end of summer is almost nigh. For many, the end of summer brings up feelings of sadness. For others, the impending Fall and Winter months are as welcoming as a warm spring day. Thinking about the impending season change got me pondering more about life. Go back to when you were a young child. Think about all of the friends and relationships we have developed or nurtured through the years. Elementary school, middle school, high school, college, work relationships, church, girlfriends, boyfriends, neighbors, Twins Daily members…. Yes, I want to do a shout out to all …

I'll start with the weather, since that's my thing. Game-time forecast: 76 deg F, partly cloudy, 20% chance of rain, winds from the SSE at 9mph. I don't know if the roof will be open or closed for that 20% chance. Lineups: TWINS Dozier 2B Rosario CF Mauer 1B Plouffe 3B Hunter RF Suzuki C Escobar LF Milone P Santana SS BREWERS Seguar SS Lucroy C Braun RF Gomez CF Lind 1B Ramirez 3B Perez 2B Peterson LF Fiers P ---------------- Game thoughts: 1. We need to win this game to break even with the Brewers. Mike Fiers is pitching for the Brewers. He's done well against us (SSS) even though he took the loss at our last meeting. He only gave up 2 runs but big Pelf turned in a …

Catch-Up What's the best part of baseball? I would argue its the fact that unlike other sports, you get an opportunity to write a wrong the day after a rough game and now the Twins have that chance. A fully rested bullpen, a trade acquisition with high aspirations making his debut, a full blown nerdy analytical lineup from Rocco, let's do this. Where to Listen WCCO 830, TIBN Where to Watch Fox Sports North Starting Pitchers Minnesota: Kenta Maeda*| 10-8, 4.04 ERA, 153.1 IP, 1.07 WHIP in 26 starts and 11 relief appearances in 2019.Chicago: Reynaldo Lopez**| 10-15, 5.38 ERA, 184.0 IP, 1.46 WHIP in 33 starts in 2019.*=Kenta Maeda: History lesson for you all. Garver swi…

Gibson time! Lineups: Twins: Clete Thomas CF Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer C Justin Morneau 1B Trevor Plouffe DH Oswaldo Arcia LF Chris Parmelee RF Jamey Carroll 3B Pedro Florimon SS (Kyle Gibson P) Royals: Alex Gordon LF Alcides Escobar SS Eric Hosmer 1B Billy Butler DH Salvador Perez C Mike Moustakas 3B Lorenzo Cain RF Miguel Tejada 2B Jarrod Dyson CF (Wade Davis P)

Good Evening Twins fans and welcome back to more Game Thread fun and entertainment! The Minnesota Twins kick off a 3 game series tonight against the lowly Detroit Tigers. We are actually lower than the Tigers but I still think of them as lowly. I'm not sure what to cheer for tonight. Maybe we should turn this game thread into trade discussions before the deadline...what else is there to talk about? Speaking of the trade deadline, it sounds like the Yankees may be interested in Max Kepler. With that ultra short right field wall in Yankee Stadium he might be the next Babe Ruth! Before we get into tonights lineups I thought I would opine about the Twins organization as…

Welcome to the game thread for last game of the regular season! Since we clinched a few days ago, I've sort of been on coast mode. I signed up for this day weeks ago because I figured there'd be plenty to say and I'd have lots to say. But I don't, not really. I just want to get this thing started! (By 'thing', I mean ... playoffs, baby!) But ... one last regular-season game to go. Do the Twins make it to 102 W? I don't really care. Do they take and hold the single season home run record? I don't really care, and, well, given the Yankees are in Arlington, they do have the advantage, so, it is what it is. At the start of this season, I never thought we'd be here, looking …

Roster Move: The Minnesota Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day IL prior to the series opener with the Detroit Tigers with a grade two hip flexor. This is a less severe injury to the same one that White Sox outfielder Luis Robert just suffered, and will cause him to miss 3-4 months. Buxton is not expected back in 10 days, and is likely out for "weeks." The Twins have selected the contract of OF/1B LHH Trevor Larnach, and have DFA'd LHP Brandon Waddell to make room on the 40 man. The Pitchers RHP Matt Shoemaker (1-3, 7.83 ERA, 14 K's, 23 IP) vs LHP Tarik Skubal (0-4, 6.14 ERA, 18 K's, 22 IP) The Twins will give the ball to Matt Shoemaker once again, and in what ma…

Game-time forecast: Sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Temperature around 65. TWINS: SP, Pino Santana CF Dozier 1B Plouffe 3B Willingham LF Vargas DH Arcia RF Suzuki C Colabello 1B Escobar SS ATHLETICS: SP, Lester Crisp CF Jaso DH Donaldson 3B Moss LF Norris C Reddick RF Callaspo 2B Vogt 1B Sogard SS -------------------------------------- And since Brian missed yesterday, he will now give us 10 things to think about!! A whole whopping 10!! Woohoo! --------------------------------------- Gulp... 10!!! I feel like Steve Martin in Roxanne when the guy hits 20 on the dartboard. OK!!! Here we go Things to Think About: 1. Oakland -- Oaklan…

So let's get one of these started. How bout that. I made a sticky... I'm powerful now!

Even the most optimistic Twins fan has to be worried right now. Minnesota is no longer alone in first place in the AL Central. Cleveland’s pulled even and is playing Detroit, while Chicago is sitting 1.5 games back and playing KC. Is this the beginning of the end for the ‘22 Twins? Or will they step up tonight in LA and hand the best team in baseball a home loss? With their playoff hopes suddenly fading and the division lead on the line, the Minnesota Twins turn to Sonny Gray tonight against the Dodgers in the series finale tonight in Los Angeles. Games like tonight’s are why the Twins brought Gray (6-3, 3.19) to Minnesota in a preseason trade. The 32 year-old vet h…

But sampleSize, how can a game thread have 2 names? Um... They are Twins of course... (But note: it is still only one thread... I have some sense of how far i should take a joke. Not many, but i do have my moments...) Winning. It is new territory. A place we have visited in the past, but weren't sure we could live there. So to help folk get used to the idea, i figured would reminisce somewhat. Good ol' Tom Jefferson had just got himself his version of Nelson Cruz called Louisiana. And wanted to know what he got so he sent Lewis & Carole with their guides Sacajawea and Susan B. Anthony off to hunt the Snark in the new territory. It was a long time ago, but …

Royals: SP Danny Duffy LF Gordon 2B Bonofacio 1B Hosmer DH Butler C Perez RF Maxwell 3B Carroll SS Escobar CF Dyson Twins: SP Andrew Albers 2B Dozier RF Ramirez 1B Morneau LF Willingham 3B Plouffe C Herrmann DH Colabello CF Thomas SS Florimon Things to Think About: 1. Think about Baseball... It's the greatest game in the world and I'm missing it. This shade of busy and overtaken me for the time being and I've been unable to watch much baseball or participate in the game thread. It can't last forever. Things should slow down. 2. Think about Carroll... No... Not Carol Brady... Jamey Carroll... There he is... Playing 3B in another uniform. Wouldn't it be somet…

I blame all of the Twins current woes on the White Sox. That team just, arggh, there are no words! Those meddling Sox! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbXxgQLlF08 *Mmm, scooby snacks! Okay, snacks in general. Now that we have the pleasantries aside, it's time to move on. We have another baseball game today in which we hope our favorite 9 can figure this game out and get we, the fans, a W! *Yes, I like ABBA. And your point is? Yes, it's been a very puzzling year but, hey, we're still able to watch the best game every invented. Granted, our team may not be putting their best foot forward these days, but, still, they are our team. With that, I'll toss in a met…

Lineups: Twins: Jamey Carroll 3B Brian Dozier 2B Joe Mauer C Josh Willingham LF Justin Morneau 1B Ryan Doumit DH Chris Parmelee RF Aaron Hicks CF Pedro Florimon SS (Mike Pelfrey P)* Mariners: Endy Chavez RF Jason Bay LF Kyle Seager 3B Kendrys Morales 1B Raul Ibanez DH Michael Saunders CF Nick Franklin 2B Jesus Sucre C Brendan Ryan SS (Hisashi Iwakuma P)

Today is August 29, 2019 and the Minnesota Twins are in first place in the Central Division by 3.5 games with a game in hand. We're also 4 games back in the loss column to the Yankees and Astros, with 3 and 2 games in hand on them respectively. We also have the easiest schedule for the rest of the season -- on paper. Of course, games aren't won on paper. We can't just mail it in. Having meaningful games in the last month of the season was definitely the goal before the season started. Back in Spring Training, this is where we would have hoped our team would be in the best case scenario. Of course, Mildaddy pointed this out yesterday, advising that we all "sit back and e…

Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy with a 40-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing in from center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature near 80. White Sox: SP, Danks Eaton CF Beckham 2B Abreu 1B Dunn DH Ramirez SS Gillaspie 3B Sierra RF De Aza LF Flowers C Twins, SP, Hughes Santana SS Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Willingham LF Morales DH Arcia RF Suzuki C Escobar 3B Fuld CF -------------------------------- Brian's up. Take a good cut, young man! Well, man. ---------------------------------------------------------- LOL... Swing Hard in case you hit it... Right? Things to Think About: 1. Let's go Streaking -- Bring your Green Hat... C'mon everybody we're going streaking.…

Game-time forecast: Clear. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Temperature around 75. (Have to say ... that sounds about perfect for a game.) Rangers: SP, Saunders Choo LF Andrus SS Moreland 1B Beltre 3B Ríos DH Choice RF Martin CF Chirinos C Sardiñas 2B Twins: SP, Gibson Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Plouffe DH Arcia RF Willingham LF Suzuki C Núñez 3B Escobar SS Santana CF (Hicks scratched with a stiff lower back) -------------------------------- Brian is up next ... stay tuned. --------------------------------------- Things to Think About: 1. Josmil Pinto -- Might as well start right off with the thought that nearly everyone is thinking. The disappearan…

http://patsplace.com/files/2011/07/County-Fair2.jpg ANNND Welcome! To Minnesota Twins Whine Line: County Fair Edition! I am Vanimal; your chain smoking, tattooed, and missing a few teeth carny for the next 2 days! Let me be the first to welcome you to the Minnesota Twins County Fair! We just rolled into town, providing all of the fun and games you and the whole family can enjoy. Before we dive into all of the great activities available for a limited time, let's talk about weather and lineups... It's going to be a beautiful day for our neighbors to the north! 74 degrees F/ 23 degrees C at first pitch. Warming up a bit more as the game goes along. Winds from the ESE a…

Saturday 6/18, 12:10 PM CT at Target Field TV: MLBN; Radio: Go 96.3, TIBN Weather: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Lineups: CARDINALS (43-22): 1. Wong 2B 2. Carpenter 3B 3. Peralta SS 4. Reynolds 1B 5. Molina DH 6. Heyward RF 7. Bourjos CF 8. Jay LF 9. Cruz C Jaime Garcia, LHP (2-3, 2.06 ERA) TWINS (35-30): 1. Dozier 2B 2. Mauer DH 3. Plouffe 3B 4. Hunter RF 5. Rosario LF 6. Nunez SS 7. Suzuki C 8. Vargas 1B 9. Buxton CF Mike Pelfrey, RHP (5-3, 3.18 ERA) Game Thread preview: I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is that yes, you have a Game Thread this morning. The bad news is not only that always33 got…

Hey, Game-Threaders ... how's it going? It's a beautiful day today in Chicago so haven't decided yet how I'll spend it. I've already played tennis this morning and I'd like to get out on my bike this aft, so we'll see. It was a nice win yesterday, so it's tempting to stay in and watch the game today. We took the Rangers for 2 of 3 up north, so it would be a nice to take them for 2 of 3 down south with a win today. And it would be a nice finish to this first part of the season, before the All-Star break. But let's see what we have before counting the chicken before the dinnah ... Frankly, Milone vs Griffin ... at this point it's anyone's guess. Tommy did well in his …

Good afternoon Twins fans! Welcome back to the "real" fun zone at Twins Daily! Remember this: Game Threads are the place to see and be seen.... This evening's match up should be fun to watch. We've got starting pitcher Dylan Bundy for the Twins (3-1, 2.95 ERA) going up against the Orioles righty Kyle Bradish (0-1, 3.00 ERA). Can Bundy keep up the magic he's thrown the last few weeks? I don't know but guess what? I'm betting on the Twins. The Twins have a 4.5 game lead over the White Sox and Cleveland going into tonight's game. They are 9-1 in their last 10 games as well. It's so nice to get through April and keep a winning streak into early May. We are on the ri…

Game-time forecast: Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 1-5 m.p.h. Temperature around 50. Orioles: SP, Gonzalez Markakis RF Machado 3B Cruz LF Jones CF Wieters C Hardy SS Young DH Pearce 1B Schoop 2B Twins: SP, Hughes Dozier 2B Mauer 1B Plouffe DH Colabello RF Kubel LF Suzuki C Fuld CF Escobar 3B Florimon SS ------------------------------------------------------------------- Things to think about: 1. Home stand -- The Twins wrap up the cold home stand this afternoon. It was supposed to be a 9 game home stand. Losing a game against Detroit and It will be 8 and the Twins are currently 2-5. I certainly don't have to tell anyone here that 2-…

Sox, Red: 0. Brayan Bello (R) P 1. Tommy Pham (R) LF 2. Alex Verdugo (L) RF 3. X. Bogaerts (R) SS 4. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 5. J.D. Martinez (R) DH 6. Trevor Story (R) 2B 7. F. Cordero (L) CF 8. C. Arroyo (R) 1B 9. Reese McGuire (L) C Half way through the introduction.. It's like one arm of a shirt. Or one leg of pants. Or handing a lead over to your bullpen. You can go on for me... Go on! What else is it like? Are we half way though Byron's IL stint? (Notice, i just used half his name.) And presumably i can only half pay attention to the game. I am in the copious black out region of the visiting te…

Game Thread: Braves (34-66) @ Twins (37-62) Wednesday, July 27, 7:10 CT Probable Starters: Tyler Duffey (5-7, 5.71 ERA) vs Mike Foltynewicz (3-4, 3.79 ERA) First 10,000 fans get a 1991 World Championship Stein. First 10.000 posters on this game thread get a....like? Today’s game is Game #100 of the 2016 season for the Minnesota Baseball Club. The Twins have won 37.4% of their games this season, and after tonight, will have just 62 games left. A recent run of success means that the Twins only have to go a mere 26-37 down the stretch (41%) to avoid losing 100 games this year. Which brings me to the first of my five questions for today: 1. At this point in a lo…

Clear skies and getting a little muggy in the Twin Cities as the Twins try to sweep the Marlins. Miami sends Tom Koehler (3-6, 4.50) to the mound against Ervin Santana (1-5, 4.50). First pitch at 7:10 PM. Please follow Jeremy Nygaard's official coverage of the MLB 2016 amateur draft here and jump into the discussion. I'm not a big draft head, but even I get sucked into Twins Daily's good coverage of it. Here is a link to his final mock draft list. Skin in the game. I love it! Did I link to the TwinsDaily draft coverage yet? Here's the link. The word draft means so many things. All I will say about the draft tonight is this. I hope the Twins take the player who…

The Twins are in 1st place. The offense is starting to find itself. Edwar Colina is up with the big league squad. Is there anything else to say? Twins SP: Jose Berrios 1. Max Kepler RF 2. Josh Donaldson 3B 3. Nelson Cruz DH 4. Eddie Rosario LF 5. Byron Buxton CF 6. Miguel Sano 1B 7. Jorge Polanco SS 8. Mitch Garver C 9. Marwin Gonzalez 2B Reds SP: Tyler Mahle 1. Shogo Akiyama LF 2. Nick Castellanos RF 3. Joey Votto 1B 4. Eugenio Suarez 3B 5. Mike Moustakas 2B 6. Jesse Winker DH 7. Nick Senzel CF 8. Freddy Galvis SS 9. Tucker Barnhart C This is obviously going to be a tough series, especially if the Reds don’t clinch a spot tonight. Sonny Gray, Luis Castillo, a…

Twins: SP Kevin Correia 2B Dozier C Herrmann 1B Morneau RF Doumit 3B Plouffe LF Thomas DH Colabello CF Hicks SS Florimon Mariners: Iwakuma SS Miller 2B Franklin LF Ibanez DH Morales 3B Seager 1B Smoak RF Saunders C Zunino CF Ackley Things to think about for tonight's game: 1. Think about Chris Colabello... He is due for a big game. He's the guy on the roster who really needs to have a big game. Maybe not tonight but he needs one soon. 2. Think Iwakuma... I discovered this guy... I had no idea who he was last year. I watched him throw a game and I said to myself... I don't care what his stats say... He can throw... I've said that about a lot of people and mi…

We Shall Win in Minnesota June 14th, 2016 From the moment the Twins' defense was broken in the second week of May, only a rapid retreat to AAA or lower could have saved the Minnesota team which got off to an 0-9 record to start the season; but this strategic fact was not immediately realized. Ownership hoped they would be able to close the gap, and management was under their orders. Moreover, a demotion of this kind would have involved almost certainly the destruction of all remaining remnants of local pride and the abandonment of a fan website called Twins Daily. Therefore, when the force and scope of patheticism was realized and when a new pitching coach, Eric Rasmuss…

No Altarations If You Please Okay, I’m going to throw myself at the foot of the High Altar of Analytics and beg for mercy. Well, maybe not “throw” as I might hurt myself. Bad shoulder. Got pitched off a horse once. Besides, I wouldn’t be able to get back up. Two bad knees (football and volleyball). Right ankle, also bad (football, basketball, baseball and basketball again). I could maybe try to pull myself up with my left arm because I’m ambidextrous, but my left wrist, the one I broke about a hundred years ago (football), well… that’s bad too. I guess you could say I’m Anyway, like opposing pitchers, I beg for mercy because although I’ve been a guy who has…