Twins and Astros

[JDBrocks]

 

Get it, dawg! LFG!

[Unwinder]

Got my standing-room-only ticket for game 3. No need for game 4, Twins will sweep.

[Azviking101]

Who do we think falls off the roster with Ober being added?

My initial thought was that I wouldn’t be surprised if it was Stevenson seeing as how Houston will likely only have one lefty, Valdez pitching and he actually has worse splits (by a hair) against lefties. I feel like there is going to be a lot less pinch hitting in this series and the young lefties should stay in the game until defensive replacement at the end. 
 

I was thinking Funderburk has some value as another lefty since Houston’s best two hitters (Alvarez and Tucker) are lefties. However, Alvarez crushes both sides and there’s no situation where I want Funderburk facing him and Tucker actually has better splits against lefties (crushes them actually)

 

Even though I doubt he will be used with Castro on the bench I think Stevenson is safe, unless they feel like Buxton could be playable. I haven’t heard anything about him practicing so I highly doubt it. 
 

My guess is Funderburk misses the roster. 

[BiggestRoccoFan]

I want to beat the Stros just for the fact that I was on a podcast yesterday with some Astros fans and they kept calling Joe Ryan Jon Ryan. After about 10 minutes I corrected them and called them bozos. They think they are going to steamroll right through us.

 

[JDBrocks]

Ober in, Funderburk out.

[AlwaysinModeration]

Well, going in to the game Tuesday, the Twins needed to beat a good Astros team twice.  Now going into Wednesday, they STILL need to beat a good Astros team twice.  And evidently, the Astros aren’t planning on going quietly.  
 

Come on boys, defend your home turf!  Let’s see the Duran walk-up in the cover of darkness tonight!