Good morning everyone! Who is ready for some Twins baseball?

I will have to be honest with you all. This is my first season as a Twins fan. I live in Nashville and have never really been connected to a baseball team but have always loved to watch the sport. But, my girlfriend is from Minnesota (Shoutout St. Cloud) so this year I decided to be a Twins fan (pre Carlos Correa trade). I did go to a game last year and loved the ball park and the people I talked to. But, enough about me. Let's get to today's game. 

Today we will see Lucas Giolito take the mound for the bad guys and Chris Archer will take the mound for the good guys. Will Chris Archer have his top 3 buttons unbuttoned? Only time will tell. Arraez, Buxton, and Jeffers will be looking to continue their strong hitting performance from yesterday and Sano will be looking to end his slump after going 0-5 yesterday. Today is the last day of the series before an off day tomorrow. Will the Twins get the series sweep and go to 4 win in a row? 

Roster Updates: 
 

Per Aaron Gleeman, Alex Kirilloff (wrist) is expected to begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A St. Paul on Tuesday. Likely to play at least two games there, the first at designated hitter and the second in the field.

 

On April 24 in Baseball History...    1901 - Chicago defeated Cleveland 8-2 in the first American League game. The game lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes in front of a reported crowd of 14,000 at the Chicago Cricket Club   Here is today's starting lineups: White Sox: SS Tim Anderson RF AJ Pollock C Yasmani Grandal DH Jose Abreu 1B Gavin Sheets LF Andrew Vaughn 2B Leury Garcia CF Adam Haseley 3B Danny Mendick SP Lucas Giolito   Twins: CF Byron Buxton DH Luis Arraez 2B Jorge Polanco RF Max Kepler 3B Gio Urshela LF Trevor Larnach SS Nick Gordon 1B Miguel Sano C Jose Godoy SP Chris Archer

Nice intro and welcome. Threaders are part humorists, part optimists, part pessimists, part story-tellers and part nuts. But all good people. Have fun.

18 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

Nice intro and welcome. Threaders are part humorists, part optimists, part pessimists, part story-tellers and part nuts. But all good people. Have fun.

Who are you calling a story teller?!?!

That's good news on Kirilloff.  Hopefully all goes well and he's back in MPLS soon.

Jeffers scratched from the starting linuep.....any updates on why?

30 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Who are you calling a story teller?!?!

I thought "story-tellers" sounded better than "liars". I didn't want to scare the kid away.

2 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

I thought "story-tellers" sounded better than "liars". I didn't want to scare away the kid.

Good thinking!

9 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

I thought "story-tellers" sounded better than "liars". I didn't want to scare the kid away.

Takes one to know one.

Go Twins! Let's sweep the bad guys

31 minutes ago, cheeseheadgophfan said:

Jeffers scratched from the starting linuep.....any updates on why?

Just thinking the same thing, no information as to why

12 minutes ago, AlwaysinModeration said:

Takes one to know one.

I have been known to spin a tale. And that's no lie.

My game bet:

Chris Archer - 3+ strikeouts

Arraez - 1+ Hit

Buxton - 1+ Hit

Parlay +135

1 minute ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

I have been known to spin a tale. And that's no lie.

Are you one of those "spin doctor" people?

28 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

I thought "story-tellers" sounded better than "liars". I didn't want to scare the kid away.

A tell of stories. A weaver of dreams. I know a trick or two. I can dance, sing, and in the right weather i can stand on my head. I know seven words of latin and a little magic. I can fight dirty, but not fair. I once swallowed seven oysters in a minute. I am not domestic, i am a luxery. And in that sense, necessary.

 

(now i gotta look up the original quote and see how much i got wrong...)

I see Arraez is ranked 8th in all of MLB with a .364 average. Don't "rest" this kid, Rocco, he's hot!

Could an ABC lineup of Arraez, Buxton, Correa ever work?

Then the rotation could follow suit:  Arch, Bailey, Chris, and Dylan.

1 minute ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

A tell of stories. A weaver of dreams. I know a trick or two. I can dance, sing, and in the right weather i can stand on my head. I know seven words of latin and a little magic. I can fight dirty, but not fair. I once swallowed seven oysters in a minute. I am not domestic, i am a luxery. And in that sense, necessary.

 

(now i gotta look up the original quote and see how much i got wrong...)

trick or two was out place, and i guess i forgot the proper way to greet a dragon.

 

Woe is me.

9 minutes ago, Gingernsnap25 said:

My game bet:

Chris Archer - 3+ strikeouts

Arraez - 1+ Hit

Buxton - 1+ Hit

Parlay +135

You forgot Sano -  3 strikeouts.

Jeffers get a break against a tough righty while Godoy gets right into the mix with his lefty stick.

3 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

trick or two was out place, and i guess i forgot the proper way to greet a dragon.

 

Woe is me.

Ubi est villa, agricola? Two years of Latin got me those four words. Still don't know the answer.

7 minutes ago, AlwaysinModeration said:

Could an ABC lineup of Arraez, Buxton, Correa ever work?

Then the rotation could follow suit:  Arch, Bailey, Chris, and Dylan.

Then there would be too much order in the world...

4 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

You forgot Sano -  3 strikeouts.

That would have taken the odds down haha

16 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Are you one of those "spin doctor" people?

I've been known to spin out of control. Does that count?

18 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Are you one of those "spin doctor" people?

Isn't that a band?

Oh yeah, Gordon is at short stop.

Knock 'em dead, Nick!

1 hour ago, Gingernsnap25 said:

Who is ready for some Twins baseball?

Sorry. I left it unanswered.

 

I have other things to do. An orchestra to pit which coincides with the game.

Thus i get as many witticisms in now, as i won't be back until intermission. Not that they make sense...

Take good care of the game.

I see Jeffers is listed as “day to day”. Any word on an injury?

Red jerseys!  I know this is unpopular with many around these parts, but I love the Twins alternate red jerseys.  Think it’s a great look.  It’s like Tiger Woods on Sunday in his hayday.

When the Twins" catcher is on deck, will we be Waiting for Godoy?

Good feeling about this one. Gio should be on a short leash. Get to him early.

 

Twins 6, Sox 3