The Twins and Red Sox will play tonight at Hammond Stadium on FSN-Plus at 6:05 central time. Here is the lineup according to Tyler Mason:

 

 

 

Tyler Mason ‏@FSNtylermason  52m52 minutes ago View translation
#MNTwins vs. Red Sox: Santana SS, Dozier 2B, Mauer 1B, Hunter RF, Arcia LF, Plouffe 3B, Suzuki C, Escobar DH, Hicks CF, Gibson SP.

 

Outside of Escobar at DH, that looks like the opening day lineup.

BoSox:

 

Bogaerts SS

Pedroia 2B

Sandoval 3B

Napoli 1B

Craig LF

LaHair DH

Brentz RF

Bradley CF

Vazquez C

 

Kelly, P

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Twins:

 

Santana SS

Dozier 2B

Mauer 1B

Hunter RF

Arcia LF

Plouffe 3B

Suzuki C

Escobar DH

Hicks CF

 

Gibson, P

 

Of course, these will all change after a few innings. But I don't care. Play ball!

With Vargas playing yesterday, I assume he isn't in the lineup because of that.

I wonder if Hunter at the #4 spot is going to be a thing. I'm not sure if he has the power for it, but honestly, as long as he hits well, I won't care very much.

I wonder if Hunter at the #4 spot is going to be a thing. I'm not sure if he has the power for it, but honestly, as long as he hits well, I won't care very much.

If Vargas is in I think he would hit there, and Hunter probably hitting 5th, or a slight chance of Hunter hitting 3rd, and dropping Santana down in the order, but I doubt that happens.

Edited March 5, 201511 yr by milldaddy35

I wonder if Hunter at the #4 spot is going to be a thing. I'm not sure if he has the power for it, but honestly, as long as he hits well, I won't care very much.

I was thinking a Hunter/Arcia platoon at cleanup might be a decent option until I realized that Hunter's splits were negligible last season (.753 vs righties, .799 vs lefties).

For anyone outside the normal viewing area, I just noticed that the game is on the MLB Network tonight.  Yay!

Alright, a little BASEBALL with the Bean Town Boys!!!

For as long as I've been attending games at Hammond, it amazes me that cars are still lined up to get into the parking into the first couple of innings of the game.

What'd i miss?

Bogaerts skied one for out 1; Pedroia on at 1st with a single; Sandoval skied one for out 2; and Napoli just struck out to end the top of the 1st.

Okay, let's get this starts ... Santana, Dozier, Mauer ...

Atta boy, Dozier! Single up the middle.

Mauer looks bigger to me. Beefier.

Brian Dozier starting 2015 by doing very Brian Dozier-type things.

Okay, Mauer and Dozier on ... Torii's first at bat back as a Twin ...

I dig the new unis.

Joe Mauer starting 2015 by doing very Joe Mauer-type things.

It's the old Mauer!!

Twins are on the board!

I dig the new unis.

The lettering really pops. If that's the right word for it. But I like it.

normally that's an out turned by Pedroia.

Mauer looks bigger to me. Beefier.

Metabolism slowing down... It happens to most of us eventually.

 

It's exactly what happened to Axl Rose.

still a bullet off the bat and a run scored.

Mauer looks normal to me

This line-up might be a good formula.

Yeah! Another run and rbi for Arcia! Man, I can't wait to get down there!

Damn, that dude is strong.

let's go Trevor