Good afternoon Twins fans and welcome back to some more game thread action! Trade day has finally arrived. Say hello to former Reds pitcher Tyler Mahle and goodbye to 3 former Twins prospects Spencer Steer, Steve Hajjar and Christian Encarnacion-Strand. The Twins certainly need to bolster their pitching staff and hopefully this moves the needle to get us through October. Honestly we will need a whole lot more as well.

The Twins take on the lowly Tigers tonight and hopefully pull out another win after last nights 5-3 victory over Detroit. With only a 1 game lead over Cleveland in the standings, the Twins really do need to take advantage when playing these struggling teams. Chris Archer (2-5, 4.04 ERA) takes the mound for Minnesota tonight. Archer will face Detroit right handed pitcher Matt Manning (0-0, 2.25 ERA).

I have yet to see a lineup posted as of 5:05pm (which by the way is really weird...). Maybe the Twins front office traded the entire team to Detroit and Detroit traded their entire team to Minnesota? Must be an issue in organizing and changing all of the uniforms....No information yet on coaching staffs switching sides too.

Please post a lineup if you see one come out. I can't stay for the start of the game but will try to chime in later. I'm in Chicago for work and need to entertain some Cubs and White Sox fans...At least they aren't Yankees fans.

Go Twins!

Tonight's lineups:

Twins:

TBD

TIGERS:

TBD

Weather: 92 degrees and partly cloudy. 7% chance of rain. 

Arraez 2B

Correa SS

Polanco DH

Miranda 1B

Gordon CF

Urshela 3B

Cave LF

Sanchez C

Contreras RF

 

Archer P

6 minutes ago, lecroy24fan said:

Arraez 2B

Correa SS

Polanco DH

Miranda 1B

Gordon CF

Urshela 3B

Cave LF

Sanchez C

Contreras RF

 

Archer P

Contreras, Cave, and Gordon in the outfield?

Welcome back to Target Field Mr. Cave, the silent deadline addition.

1 minute ago, PDX Twin said:

Contreras, Cave, and Gordon in the outfield?

I'd rather run Beckham out there than Contreras. Pray for Buxton's knee/Kiriloff's wrist/Max's foot/Larnach's ?

Sounds like Buxton getting the knee examined.

3 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Contreras, Cave, and Gordon in the outfield?

Kep on the IL, Larnach on the IL, AK on the IL, Garlick … not yet on the IL, and Buxton’s knee acting up .., brings us Contreras, Cave and Gordon

Them:

 

0. Matt Manning (R) P

1. Riley Greene (L) CF

2. Javier Baez (R) SS

3. Harold Castro (L) 1B

4. Miguel Cabrera (R) DH

5. J. Candelario (S) 3B

6. Eric Haase (R) C

7. Willi Castro (S) RF

8. J. Schoop (R) 2B

9. Akil Baddoo (L) LF

 

7 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Kep on the IL, Larnach on the IL, AK on the IL, Garlick … not yet on the IL, and Buxton’s knee acting up .., brings us Contreras, Cave and Gordon

I get the why, but ... wow.

10 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

Sounds like Buxton getting the knee examined.

Wish i could hear that well!

 

Hope it turns out okay. I am already missing him.

14 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Contreras, Cave, and Gordon in the outfield?

What an outfield

Only 2 ex Twins? And batting 8 and 9?

 

Detroit is moving on i guess.

18 minutes ago, PDX Twin said:

Contreras, Cave, and Gordon in the outfield?

We're still in August, right?

I  have been led to believe Cave has battled his tail off of late, so i look forward to the tailless results.

Just now, MMMordabito said:

We're still in August, right?

Right.

Fulmer just has to switch clubhouses, but how soon can we get Mahle and Lopez here? We need all the help we can get. It's like a mash unit with all the wounded guys we have. We need to suck it up and put some runs on the board. Drink plenty of fluids out there too! 

My ode to Jake Cave:

Would he make a wonderful

dread Pirate Roberts? 

11 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

My ode to Jake Cave:

Would he make a wonderful

dread Pirate Roberts? 

Good night. Sleep well. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.

15 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

My ode to Jake Cave:

Would he make a wonderful

dread Pirate Roberts? 

Mark Contreras: I know something you don't know.

Jake Cave: And what is that?

Contreras: I do not bat right-handed.

Cave: Then there's something I ought to tell you.

Contreras: Tell me.

Cave: I'm not right-handed either.

Contreras: My name is Marcos Contreras.  You covet my roster spot.  Prepare to die.

Welcome back!

Well after all that today, that is sure an ugly outfield, and we still have Archer on the mound. Huh.

Buxton out again. Damn.

54 minutes ago, Squirrel said:

Kep on the IL, Larnach on the IL, AK on the IL, Garlick … not yet on the IL, and Buxton’s knee acting up .., brings us Contreras, Cave and Gordon

That's a lineup alright....

The injuries this team has dealt with is something else.

1 hour ago, Squirrel said:

Kep on the IL, Larnach on the IL, AK on the IL, Garlick … not yet on the IL, and Buxton’s knee acting up .., brings us Contreras, Cave and Gordon

The Brute Squad

5 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

That's a lineup alright....

The injuries this team has dealt with is something else.

They've all piled up in the outfield and first base. Cave has been hot at Triple A and Gordon got three hits last night. Let's hope the guys on the IL heal quickly and can help this team soon.

I thought of a novel idea, instead of cursing the Twins. I bless Archer, the lineup, the BP, Baldelli & the coaching staff.

I imagine the team should be fired up, seeing the FO has cofidence in them by getting these additions.

Go Twins!!

 

Only thing missing is Sano!

What a starting outfield for the Twins! Cave, Contreras (don't ask me to bunt), and Gordon. Hurry back, Celestino. And hope Garlick and Buxton aren't put on the IL. Who else do we have?

And, if Garlick and Buxton are nursing injuries...what a bench! Beckham and Hamilton!

Sunny nite. No rain!

Just now, Doctor Gast said:

I thought of a novel idea, instead of cursing the Twins. I bless Archer, the lineup, the BP, Baldelli & the coaching staff.

I imagine the team should be fired up, seeing the FO has cofidence in them by getting these additions

 

The challenge is certainly laid down to the offense now: produce, and produce, and produce.  Enough with the feast or famine.

Let’s see what Archer can do

Fulmer won't pitch tonight will he? He threw quite a few pitches last night IIRC.

Geez what a outfield,  Gotta give the boys in charge  THUMBS UP,   Archer pleez be competitive , Weirdest move to me today was Merrifield going to Toronto, on paper it dont seem to fit ??    GO  TWINNS