Game Thread: Nats v Twins, 4/21 @ 7:10pm CT

[Squirrel]

Welcome back, Jorge Polanco! Go Twins!

 

[stringer bell]

Good lineup. Time for the bats to wake up. Should be in the 30s for first pitch. Balaclavas for everybody!!!

[stringer bell]

I know two players on the Nats. Meneses (from Team Mexico in the WBC) and Candelario from his time in Detroit. This is a team that is rebuilding.

[CRF]

Hope they have the bat warmers going! BRRRRR! Nice to see Polanco back. 

[Craig Arko]

Miranda is (over)due.

[SwainZag]

27 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

I know two players on the Nats. Meneses (from Team Mexico in the WBC) and Candelario from his time in Detroit. This is a team that is rebuilding.

You should know Dominic Smith.  He was a talked about trade acquisition for the a Twins for what seemed like a whole season. 

[SwainZag]

I love love seeing Jorge's name back in the lineup.  Maybe he will be the spark the rest of lineup needs. 

[Vanimal46]

Busy sports night in Minneapolis and St Paul. Saints, Twins, Wolves, and Wild all in town and playing. Not enough screens to watch em all! 

 

[Jocko87]

Did the Minnesota Twins just activate an injured player, um, sooner than expected? 

[Vanimal46]

Sunday is also a light rail special for those that want to hit the MN sports grand slam… Start at Target Field 1 PM watch 2-3 innings, head to the Saints game at 2 PM for their game. Stick around in St Paul for the Wild game at 5 PM, then take the light rail back to Minneapolis for the TWolves at 8:30. 

[wabene]

Jorge looks ready to me 

 

 

 

[stringer bell]

5 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

Did the Minnesota Twins just activate an injured player, um, sooner than expected? 

Well, the max of 20 days rehab would have run until the 26th, so maybe. 

[RickOShea]

42 minutes ago, CRF said:

Hope they have the bat warmers going! BRRRRR! Nice to see Polanco back. 

In memory of bud Grant, maybe the Twins should only wear short sleeves under their jerseys.

[RpR]

10 minutes ago, RickOShea said:

In memory of bud Grant, maybe the Twins should only wear short sleeves under their jerseys.

NO BATTING GLOVES.

[tony&rodney]

Jorge Polanco has been my favorite Twin to watch since Joe Mauer retired. I'm hoping he returns on fire and puts up 2021 Polanco numbers. He has some big shoes to fill with Julien getting three hits yesterday. I guess everyone knew Julien would be going back to St. Paul though.

[stringer bell]

4 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Jorge Polanco has been my favorite Twin to watch since Joe Mauer retired. I'm hoping he returns on fire and puts up 2021 Polanco numbers. He has some big shoes to fill with Julien getting three hits yesterday. I guess everyone knew Julien would be going back to St. Paul though.

Three hits Wednesday. One hit yesterday.

[Mike Sixel]

Surprised about SWR and Alcala.....

[USAFChief]

14 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Jorge Polanco has been my favorite Twin to watch since Joe Mauer retired. I'm hoping he returns on fire and puts up 2021 Polanco numbers. He has some big shoes to fill with Julien getting three hits yesterday. I guess everyone knew Julien would be going back to St. Paul though.

I like Julien long term, and it's a small sample, but he and Willi Castro are virtually the same hitter this year so far.

 

[Mike Sixel]

Fairly confident Julien will hit long term. Glad he got a taste

[Robert Floren]

Lets go Twins, nip it in the bud.  This little losing streak -- nip it.

[RickOShea]

2 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Fairly confident Julien will hit long term. Glad he got a taste

2 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Fairly confident Julien will hit long term. Glad he got a taste

1 hour ago, CRF said:

Hope they have the bat warmers going! BRRRRR! Nice to see Polanco back. 

In memory of bud Grant, maybe the Twins should only wear short sleeves under their jerseys.

[Vanimal46]

For the cord cutters, you can watch the Twins on TV tonight! On Fox 9+

[RickOShea]

I heard the Twins told Kepler to board the team flight at the wrong gate,  somehow he figured it out, and still got back to Mpls from Boston.

[Jocko87]

48 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Well, the max of 20 days rehab would have run until the 26th, so maybe. 

Obtuse, I was. It was a few days earlier than rumored though, which is nice.

[Jocko87]

1 minute ago, lecroy24fan said:

And he just said this:

"Right now what we have with this front office here with Minnesota has done, first time in my memory, is have a lineup, a starting lineup, right through the bench, that's a real big league roster."

 

What a pompous ass.

Is he wrong? What year is the better roster?

[tony&rodney]

Hey, a real boost with Polanco coming back is that he and Kepler are close friends. Maybe Max wakes up and good times with Jorge and Mx return.

[CoastiePilot08]

Kepler leading off again…just don’t get it. 
 

They tried Gallo there in the spring. He’s actually hitting. So why not hit him there?

[lecroy24fan]

Just now, Jocko87 said:

Is he wrong? What year is the better roster?

It's the phrasing. He's thinks they've never had an actual big league roster. He was not saying it was better. This is common for him. He has no clue how to make a statement that isn't worded poorly.

[Nine of twelve]

17 minutes ago, Robert Floren said:

Lets go Twins, nip it in the bud.  This little losing streak -- nip it.

 

[CoastiePilot08]

Alcala down but Pagan/Moran train wreck stay up. 
 

smh