Game Thread: Twins (Varland) v Blue Jays (Gausman), 7:10 CT, 5/26/23

[wsnydes]

Edited May 26 by wsnydes
Added Twins lineup.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

LOL Correa in the lineup 

 

1Solano1B

2CorreaSS

3BuxtonDH

4KirilloffLF

5Farmer, K3B

6Julien2B

7GarlickRF

8Vázquez

9Taylor, MCF

[Squirrel]

3 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

LOL Correa in the lineup

Ice, stretching, rolling, drugs, wearing a plantar fasciitis boot at night must have done the trick in 2 days time

[umterp23]

Why Garlick and not Wallner?  Bottom half of this lineup doesn't strike fear in anyone.  Hell, could you say whole lineup doesn't but trying to stay positive I guess.  

[umterp23]

Just now, Squirrel said:

Ice, stretching, rolling, drugs, wearing a plantar fasciitis boot at night must have done the trick in 2 days time

or maybe he felt guilty for cashing his pay checks and being so bad to start the season

[wsnydes]

2 hours ago, umterp23 said:

Why Garlick and not Wallner?  Bottom half of this lineup doesn't strike fear in anyone.  Hell, could you say whole lineup doesn't but trying to stay positive I guess.  

I don't think Wallner would make anyone fear the bottom of the lineup any more than Garlick does.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

7 minutes ago, umterp23 said:

or maybe he felt guilty for cashing his pay checks and being so bad to start the season

Leadership! 

[Craig Arko]

Correa, but not Gallo.

[SwainZag]

Questionable lineup against a RHP.  I think I would rather see Julien leading off, Alex playing 1B, Solano on the bench and Wallner playing the OF, but what do I know.  Super interesting to see Correa playing and Gallo still not.  

Either way, going to need a strong outing from Varland tonight!

[Jocko87]

3 minutes ago, SwainZag said:

Questionable lineup against a RHP.  I think I would rather see Julien leading off, Alex playing 1B, Solano on the bench and Wallner playing the OF, but what do I know.  Super interesting to see Correa playing and Gallo still not.  

Either way, going to need a strong outing from Varland tonight!

Reverse splits?!?!

[Nine of twelve]

21 minutes ago, umterp23 said:

Why Garlick and not Wallner? 

 

7 minutes ago, SwainZag said:

Questionable lineup against a RHP.  I think I would rather see Julien leading off, Alex playing 1B, Solano on the bench and Wallner playing the OF, but what do I know.

Maybe Rocco is listening to some of our posters and ignoring the spread sheets.

[wsnydes]

15 minutes ago, SwainZag said:

Questionable lineup against a RHP.  I think I would rather see Julien leading off, Alex playing 1B, Solano on the bench and Wallner playing the OF, but what do I know.  Super interesting to see Correa playing and Gallo still not.  

Either way, going to need a strong outing from Varland tonight!

I'd rather see Kirilloff at 1B regardless.

Agreed on Correa and Gallo.  If these guys are going to be sitting so long, I wish they'd just IL them instead of handcuffing themselves with a shorter bench.

[wsnydes]

8 minutes ago, Nine of twelve said:

 

Maybe Rocco is listening to some of our posters and ignoring the spread sheets.

Managing by game thread!  What could possibly go wrong?

[rwilfong86]

With as inconsistent as Toronto has been, this could be an interesting series

[mrtwinsfan]

26 minutes ago, umterp23 said:

Why Garlick and not Wallner?  Bottom half of this lineup doesn't strike fear in anyone.  Hell, could you say whole lineup doesn't but trying to stay positive I guess.  

Game after game, i keep thinking ?  what is Roccos logic in what seems to be not wanting to play the guys like Julien at Leadoff instead of Solano, and even worse is Garlick mr Lefty killer ? playing instead of a bat like Wallner, Against Gausman , Solano is no better in the field and Garlick . Pleez, ,  ,  Well good luck nice to see Cc In there,  , Can we give Rocco a few days in St. Paul,   And try Gardy Jr.

[Parfigliano]

43 minutes ago, umterp23 said:

or maybe he felt guilty for cashing his pay checks and being so bad to start the season

Bet Correa has direct deposit

[big dog]

I’d like to see more of Wallner. If not tonight, then soon. Dude has some tools. 

[CRF]

Kind of surprised to see CC in the lineup. I actually was expecting him to go IL. We need to at least take 2 of 3 against the Jays. A good start by Louie would help, and let's get him some runs!

[PDX Twin]

8 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Bet Correa has direct deposit

At about 200,000 dollars a day, it would be hard to get it in cash.

[Mortimerkenny21]

12 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Bet Correa has direct deposit

Maybe he has one of those pay early debit cards so he doesn't have to wait in check cashing lines! 😉

[mrtwinsfan]

Minnesota Twins Career Statistics Vs. Kevin Gausman

 

PITCHER	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Byron Buxton	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286
Willi Castro	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000
Carlos Correa	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.100	.182	.100	.282
Kyle Farmer	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Joey Gallo	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	.143	.143	.571	.714
Pablo Lopez	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500
Donovan Solano	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Michael A. Taylor	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.500	.833
Christian Vazquez	23	5	0	0	1	1	2	10	.217	.280	.348	.628
TOTALS	68	14	2	0	2	5	3	25	.206	.239	.324	.563

Now  i see why Solano is batting leadoff,   

[wsnydes]

8 minutes ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

Maybe he has one of those pay early debit cards so he doesn't have to wait in check cashing lines! 😉

Nah, he's got people that wait in line for him!

[Mortimerkenny21]

2 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Nah, he's got people that wait in line for him!

Concur.

[lukeduke1980]

13 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Minnesota Twins Career Statistics Vs. Kevin Gausman

 

PITCHER	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Byron Buxton	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286
Willi Castro	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000
Carlos Correa	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.100	.182	.100	.282
Kyle Farmer	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Joey Gallo	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	.143	.143	.571	.714
Pablo Lopez	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500
Donovan Solano	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Michael A. Taylor	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.500	.833
Christian Vazquez	23	5	0	0	1	1	2	10	.217	.280	.348	.628
TOTALS	68	14	2	0	2	5	3	25	.206	.239	.324	.563

Now  i see why Solano is batting leadoff,   

Pablo lopez looks like a good option 

[PDX Twin]

5 minutes ago, lukeduke1980 said:

Pablo lopez looks like a good option 

Should have enough arm to play short.

[Parfigliano]

33 minutes ago, lukeduke1980 said:

Pablo lopez looks like a good option 

PH candidate 

[wsnydes]

2 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

PH candidate 

Can never have too many of those!

[stringer bell]

Vázquez needs to get it going. I'm ready to see more of Jeffers and less of Vázquez.

[tony&rodney]

Were the Twins unhappy with Julien hitting a leadoff home run? Did Wallner not hit his double hard enough or throw home quick enough? I'm a little confused by this Friday night lineup and hope it works out perfectly.

[stringer bell]

4 minutes ago, tony&rodney said:

Were the Twins unhappy with Julien hitting a leadoff home run? Did Wallner not hit his double hard enough or throw home quick enough? I'm a little confused by this Friday night lineup and hope it works out perfectly.

I'm sure there is a rationale for who is playing and who isn't, but it is really beyond me. The one thing that is pretty near certain is that Gallo is still bothered by the hamstring.