twinssporto

Great information! Thank you for posting this!

My pick-to-click today is Larnach. Huge day coming!

Good morning Twins fans and welcome back to the ever popular Game Thread! After last nights punch to the gut, the Minnesota Twins will try to put up a "W" in the win column to prevent a sweep from the Cleveland Guardians. Just typing that makes me sick to my stomach. I'm going to repeat what many here on Twins Daily have already echoed too many times this year, this bullpen needs some help. Falvey and Levine, I know you read this site multiple times a day. Please hear our advice and bring some help to this bullpen. Bring up some younger arms or start making a few trades. This team has a ton of potential but please don't let it go to waste with an anemic bullpen...Please! OK, enough complaining. Today's game features a pitching match up that could be interesting to watch. Taking the mound for the Twins today is lefty Devin Smeltzer (3-1, 3.52 ERA). Smeltzer will be competing against Cleveland's righty Zach Plesac (2-4, 4.41 ERA). I know a lot of people will be at work today but please don't be shy about commenting while at work. The Twins Daily website rarely comes up on any "NSFW" lists. If anyone gets push back from their IT department about the TD site just explain its a family oriented website that helps increase your productivity. Let's GO Twins!! Today's lineups: TWINS: 1. L. Arraez, 2B 2. C. Correa, SS 3. M. Kepler, RF 4. G. Sanchez, C 5. A. Kirilloff, DH 6. G. Urshela, 3B 7. T. Larnach, LF 8. J. Miranda, 1B 9. N. Gordon, CF SP - Devin Smeltzer, LHP CLEVELAND: 1. O. Miller, 1B 2. A. Rosario, SS 3. J. Ramirez, DH 4. O. Gonzalez, RF 5. F. Reyes, LF 6. A. Gimenez, 2B 7. E. Clement, 3B 8. L. Maile, C 9. M. Straw, CF SP - Zach Plesac, RHP Weather: Partly cloudy and warm, 90 degrees, 6mph winds

Happy Father's Day to the TD Dads! Fire up that grill! I decided on chicken because we are gonna win this ballgame. Listening on the radio while sweating on the back porch. The temperature difference between Minneapolis and Arizona can't be more than a few degrees. After 95 degrees does it even matter?

Good evening Twins fans and welcome back to more Game Thread fun! Have you ever attended a MLB game and sat next to some over zealous fans? Did you sit next to fans that were knowledgable about the game and the teams that were playing? The Game Thread experience is all about that and more... As Twins fans this is our forum to debate and play arm chair quarterback. Don't be shy! Speak up and tell us your opinion about a specific play, umpire mistake or coaching move...Most of the Moderators on the site allow a little bit more leeway in what people say during the Game Thread. Please don't swear but remember, games that start this late a majority of Mods are asleep or 8 beers into the evening. Now for the game information: The Twins kick off a 3 game series against the NL West Arizona Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks are 11 games behind the NL West leader San Diego Padres. Arizona has a 30-35 record (.462 winning average). The Twins are 37-28 (.569 winning average) with a 2 game lead over Cleveland. The Twins starter tonight is lefty Devin Smeltzer (3-0, 2.38 ERA) going up against Arizona southpaw Madison Bumgarner (2-6, 3.50 ERA). The lineup looks good for the Twins tonight. I foresee a lot of runs for the good guys. Bumgarner has not been as sharp as he has looked in the past. Tune in and find out what happens. Grab a favorite beverage and cheer for the Minnesota Twins today! Don't forget to share your opinions and participate in the Game Thread fun tonight! The Moderators will be asleep...trust me! Tonight's lineups: Minnesota Twins: 1. Byron Buxton, DH 2. Carlos Correa, SS 3. Gio Urshela, 3B 4. Gary Sanchez, C 5. Luis Arraez, 2B 6. Jose Miranda, 1B 7. Max Kepler, RF 8. Gilberto Celestino, CF 9. Trevor Larnach, LF SP - Devin Smeltzer (LHP) Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. Carson Kelly, C 2. Josh Rojas, 3B 3. Jordan Luplow, LF 4. C. Walker, 1B 5. Daulton Varsho, RF 6. Buddy Kennedy, DH 7. Alek Thomas, CF 8. Jake Hager, 2B 9. Geraldo Perdomo, SS SP - Madison Bumgarner (LHP) Weather: Hot! Like really hot.....106 degrees. Zero chance of rain.

LOL! Glad you noticed that. Trying to be a trend setter. Nicknames are good luck! Edited now. Thanks!

My pick to click tonight is Byron Buxton (MLB Player of the Week). Go Buck!!

Good evening Twins fans and welcome to the Game Thread "late edition"... The Minnesota Twins (35-27) head to the west coast to take on the Seattle Mariners (27-33) tonight. These west coast series are tough for the early risers in the midwest and east coast. However, our Twins Daily members on the west coast and Asia finally get some normalcy in their viewing schedule. If you're a night owl this is also a great game time for you! Speaking of owls, if you're from the midwest, remember Red Owl stores? Whatever happened to them????? The AL Central division leading Twins will try to protect their 3 game lead over the Cleveland Guardians tonight. Seattle is 6-4 in their last 10 games and trail their division rivals the Astros by 10 games. Seattle appears to have their work cut out for them if they want to move up in the Al West standings. Chris Archer (1-2, 3.65 ERA) takes the mound for Minnesota against Seattle's righty pitcher Chris Flexen (2-7, 4.35 ERA). Flexen should give the Mariners 4-5 innings and give up 3-4 runs per his stats in 2022. Hopefully Archer can give us 5-6 innings worth of fun and 0-2 runs...Tune in to find out what happens (assuming you can stay up past midnight in the eastern and central time zones). The Twins lineup today looks robust and full of potential. If you can believe it, we have both Buxton and Correa playing at the same time tonight although Buxton will be the DH and not patrolling center field. Hopefully Celestino will fill the roll of center field vacuum cleaner to keep Archer in the game a little longer tonight. For the Twins Daily members living in Europe, the east coast or the midwest avoid your melatonin and CBD tonight and grab some caffeine to stay awake! We got a great ballgame to watch! Go Twins! Tonight's lineups: Minnesota Twins: 1. L. Arraez, 2B 2. Byron Buxton, DH 3. C. Correa, SS 4. Max Kepler, RF 5. G. Sanchez, C 6. J. Miranda, 1B 7. T. Larnach, LF 8. Gio Urshela, 3B 9. G. Celestino, CF SP - Chris Archer (RHP) Seattle Mariners: 1. J. Winker, LF 2. T. France, 1B 3. J. Crawford, SS 4. E. Suarez, 3B 5. A. Frazier, 2B 6. A. Toro, DH 7. C. Raleigh, C 8. T. Trammell, CF 9. D. Moore, RF SP - Chris Flexen (RHP) Weather: Cloudy and 56 degrees. Chance of rain 26%.

In the immortal words of Smokey Robinson.....I second that emotion...No, no, no (that's 3 no's)

Totally agree. He knows more about baseball than 99% of the fan base and probably a decent percentage of MLB professionals. I don't think he's totally negative but more of a realist and skeptic until proven otherwise. I must be getting old too.

Sano is looking like total trade bait come July....Do we even want to keep him around?

Seriously may be the dumbest thing I'ver ever heard come out of his mouth. Makes zero sense to me but alas, I'm not a MLB manager or coach.

I like the lineup tonight...Expecting great outcomes.

This post didn't age well! Thank goodness!!!!

This kid is the real deal. Always hits and gets on base. Arraez looks like the only player at the moment that could hit that elusive .400...

Played football and baseball through high school. Playing golf since 6th grade....Ran a full marathon at 38. Took up professional couch potato a few years ago. I can drink Tito's and soda like a professional too. Let's go Twins!!! Please score some runs!!

Trotting out lineups like this is anyone really surprised by the offensive production?

I agree with your rankings. I'm a huge Arraez fan and think he is capable of doing more. I actually think he could be a player that flirts with the holy grail .400 BA someday...

Great write up! Thank you.

Way to to go Smeltzer and Sanchez!

I hate seeing that as I feel he was and will always be a part of the Twins organization. He might be down now but I wouldn't count him out. He's a tough athlete. I'm glad it looks like a great trade for us but still wish him well.

No, it's an actual pork chop from a pig. The monster meat I think you're referring to is very bland and tastes like chicken.

The Twins should dole out Lisinopril or Losartan to fans as they enter the stadium.