GAME THREAD: Twins vs. Blue Jays, 8/7/22, 1:10CT | 2:10ET

[aTwinsFanInMaryland]

 

Good Day, aTwinsFanInMaryland here today with your game thread. The big news of today came this morning with confirmation that Alex Kirilloff will undergo season ending surgery to shorten his ulna, you’re guess is a good us mine as to what that is. This surgery means the Twins number one and number two prospects have undergone season ending surgery this year.

 

Roster Moves: No roster moves to report today

 

The Pitchers:

RHP #17 Chris Archer (2-5, 4.05 ERA, 62K’s) vs RHP #34 Kevin Gausman (8-8, 3.06 ERA, 132K’s)

 

The Lineup:

Twins:

1. Luis Arraez DH

2. Jorge Polanco 2B

3. Max Kepler RF

4. Jose Miranda 1B

5. Nick Gordon SS

6. Gio Urshela 3B

7. Jake Cave LF

8. Gilberto Celestino CF

9. Gary Sanchez C

Blue Jays:

1. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF

2. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. DH

3. Alejandro Kirk C

4. Teoscar Hernandez RF

5. Bo Bichette SS

6. Matt Chapman 3B

7. Raimel Tapia CF

8. Santiago Espinal 2B

9. Cavan Biggio 1B

 

Draft Kings Odds: Twins (+160) Blue Jays (-190) o/u 8

On This Day In Twins History:

[USAFChief]

No Buxton, no Correa.

Archer on the mound, likely 4 IP max. 

Bullpen scorched earth.

Nick Gordon in the 5 hole. 

Got 'em right where we want 'em.

[aTwinsFanInMaryland]

3 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

No Buxton, no Correa.

Archer on the mound, likely 4 IP max. 

Bullpen scorched earth.

Nick Gordon in the 5 hole. 

Got 'em right where we want 'em.

They won't see us coming.

[PDX Twin]

1 minute ago, aTwinsFanInMaryland said:

They won't see us coming.

More likely they'll see us receding in the rear-view mirror.

[USAFChief]

I wonder how often draftkings offers a home team division leader at +160.

[Mortimerkenny21]

Scoreboard watching, Astros need to get going! Down 1 to 0 in the 7th. Twins have their work cut out for them today, would like to see the Guardian's lose!

[cHawk]

8 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

I wonder how often draftkings offers a home team division leader at +160.

We have them right where we want them

[ashbury]

They have us right where we wanted 'em.

[notoriousgod71]

37 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

No Buxton, no Correa.

Archer on the mound, likely 4 IP max. 

Bullpen scorched earth.

Nick Gordon in the 5 hole. 

Got 'em right where we want 'em.

I hate these throw away days.

[PDX Twin]

Yay, Polanco! Keep doing it and it will open up the field!

[Mortimerkenny21]

To bad we can't get someone pitching like Triston Mckenzie today, He just finished the 8th inning shut out ball, 91 pitches!

[mnfireman]

6 minutes ago, notoriousgod71 said:

I hate these throw away days.

Just wait until Sands has to throw 3 innings and Pagan 2 to pick up Archer.

[mrtwinsfan]

Has any ball NOT been hit hard ??

[notoriousgod71]

8 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Just wait until Sands has to throw 3 innings and Pagan 2 to pick up Archer.

That's what I meant.

[notoriousgod71]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

Has any ball NOT been hit hard ??

Polanco

[CRF]

They're hitting rockets off Archer so far. Not looking real promising. 

[mnfireman]

2 minutes ago, CRF said:

They're hitting rockets off Archer so far. Not looking real promising. 

Everything put into play is 104 MPH and higher against Archer....

[Winston Smith]

Lucky to get two innings out of him today.

[CRF]

1 minute ago, Winston Smith said:

Lucky to get two innings out of him today.

He's up to 40 pitches in the 2nd inning. No matter what, he won't be going too far into the game. Get the pen ready. 

[mrtwinsfan]

How much longer can the Team afford to keep Archer as a Starter???,  Could he have some deal where he starts only??  always thought he could maybe help the Bullpen, as a piggy back starter with Bundy or ?,  This as is is INSANITY!!

[cHawk]

I really think Archer would be better in the pen than in the rotation. 

[mnfireman]

Well, will you look at that, soft contact (74 MPH) resulting in a lazy fly ball!!

[Mike Sixel]

And who starts if Archer doesn't at this point? I'd rather he wasn't a starter too, but they just don't have options. 

Also, great job getting out of that with only one run given up. Clearly Toronto doesn't deserve to win now.....

[RickOShea]

 Is Archer better suited as a set-up man.  a situation where he can let it all out for 2 or less innings?  Just spitballing.

[mnfireman]

Archer averages 71.5 pitches per start and he's at 45 through 2 innings. BP will be called on in the 4th, unless Baldelli is decides to go against his own analytics and push him higher due to the extra days  off over the next 10 days.

[Winston Smith]

Remember when we complained when Gardy would take the starter out when he hit 100 pitches?

[cmoss84]

Tor can hit. Usually Archer's high pitch counts are due to walks...but they are just fouling off a ton of pitches. Can't blame him for that. Now he needs a 10 pitch inn.

[PDX Twin]

One out if BB is out there.

[notoriousgod71]

Watching Archer fall over after every pitch would be worth it if he was able to get outs.

[LVTwinsfan]

I guess a split in this series is good, but since they’ve already guaranteed at least a split, it would be nice to see them get the win and finish the season series against the Jays 5-2