Game Thread: Twins (Gray) v Giants (Cobb) @ 6:40 CT, 5/23/23

[wsnydes]

Edited May 23, 2023 by wsnydes
Added Giants lineup.

[wsnydes]

Good to see Buxton in there again today.

Did I hear right that Larnach is sick?  Would have been nice to get him in the lineup today.

[stringer bell]

Okay, Kirilloff in right and Gallo at first ‘cause Joey is nicked up?

[wsnydes]

4 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Okay, Kirilloff in right and Gallo at first ‘cause Joey is nicked up?

I noticed that too and I wondered the same.  It seems odd to say, but I hope that's the idea.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

2 hours ago, stringer bell said:

Okay, Kirilloff in right and Gallo at first ‘cause Joey is nicked up?

1B is the new DH? Maybe get Buck a new mitt?

[wsnydes]

Larnach to the IL with pneumonia, Wallner up.  

 

[Jocko87]

1 minute ago, wsnydes said:

Larnach to the IL with pneumonia, Wallner up.  

 

Yuck, hope it doesn’t spread. Good to see Wallner though. 

[wsnydes]

9 minutes ago, Jocko87 said:

Yuck, hope it doesn’t spread. Good to see Wallner though. 

I just hope that Wallner learned a thing or two from his first callup this year.  It would be great to see that he did.

[chpettit19]

Another late lineup change tonight. Correa out. Farmer shifting to SS, Solano hitting 2nd playing 3B.

[Squirrel]

This will be interesting. 

[h2oface]

Flexibility in playing multiple positions is great, until it starts to make the team worse. Watching Castro in the outfield get jumps that make fly balls/line drives hits in the box score, and same with balls hit to Solano playing any infield position....... and watching guys like Larnach give up on the fly balls that could be caught hit the fence, and even Taylor is having struggles with reads and taking a first step the wrong way too often, is case in point. Does Kirilloff playing right instead of first and Gallo first instead of right weaken the team at 2 positions? Just because a player will play multiple positions for the now dreaded platoon fixation doesn't mean it helps the team win. Not everything (ever) has shown up in the box score.

[CRF]

Why is Gallo at 1B and AK in RF? I'll admit...I have no idea what Baldelli is doing most of the time, and I think I'm done even trying to figure it out. I'm just too old for my ancient baseball brain to find the logic in these moves.   

[RickOShea]

11 minutes ago, CRF said:

Why is Gallo at 1B and AK in RF? I'll admit...I have no idea what Baldelli is doing most of the time, and I think I'm done even trying to figure it out. I'm just too old for my ancient baseball brain to find the logic in these moves.   

I wouldn't stress too  much about it.  We've got current field manager through 2025, possibly.  Nothing will change unless Pohlad's bottom line is compromised greatly, IMO.

[PDX Twin]

13 minutes ago, CRF said:

I'm done even trying to figure it out. I'm just too old for my ancient baseball brain to find the logic in these moves.   

Logic?

[rwilfong86]

This lineup is interesting.... to say the least

[Montdak]

Where the heck is our opening day lineup?

[UpstateNewYorker]

5 minutes ago, Montdak said:

Where the heck is our opening day lineup?

Kepler hurt, Polanco hurt, Larnach sick, Miranda in AAA.  

[HokieRif]

[mrtwinsfan]

Boomer Byron

[Rik19753]

Good start. I hope the offense isn't content with these 2 runs and keeps adding.

[PDX Twin]

2 minutes ago, Rik19753 said:

Good start. I hope the offense isn't content with these 2 runs and keeps adding.

If we don't commit any errors, Gray's ERA says we win by 2.00 to <1.60.

[Robert Floren]

So far so good.  Now lets score some more.

[Schmoeman5]

35 minutes ago, CRF said:

Why is Gallo at 1B and AK in RF? I'll admit...I have no idea what Baldelli is doing most of the time, and I think I'm done even trying to figure it out. I'm just too old for my ancient baseball brain to find the logic in these moves.   

Less wear and tear on Gallo who pulled up slightly this past weekend 

[mrtwinsfan]

Batting Order	Player	Position
1	Max Kepler	RF     Opening day  Lineup
2	Carlos Correa	SS
3	Byron Buxton	DH
4	Trevor Larnach	LF
5	Jose Miranda	3B
6	Nick Gordon	2B
7	Joey Gallo	1B
8	Christian Vazquez	C
9	Michael A. Taylor	CF

[mrtwinsfan]

Really Spanked the ball that inning, 

[stringer bell]

Big plate appearance right now for the Giants.

[stringer bell]

Just now, stringer bell said:

Big plate appearance right now for the Giants.

Good job Sonny.

[PDX Twin]

According to MLB.COM, Our pitcher's real name is Sonny. Does anyone know if that's his birth name or if he changed it? If the former, is his sister named Daughterry?

[stringer bell]

Less strikeouts, more GDPs. Hard to have a preference.

[Montdak]

28 minutes ago, UpstateNewYorker said:

Kepler hurt, Polanco hurt, Larnach sick, Miranda in AAA.  

You left out Correa .  And what did  Miranda lose wait for.?  He didn’t appear to need to.