Braves (Schwellenbach) vs Twins (Woods Richardson): 8/27/24, 6:40pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Pitchers' names are too long tonight.

[Craig Arko]

This may be the most winnable game of the series.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Claim victory in your heart, and the universe will follow.

 

(And i will escape the Atlanta blackout region! It kept me from watching the final innings despite being closer to Houston... maybe even Tampa Bay)

[sampleSizeOfOne]

42 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Pitchers' names are too long tonight.

Ours is longer! Especially if you count the space.

[Road trip]

The name is long, but at least their pitcher throws right-handed.  I'd be quite content to go the rest of the year without seeing the left-handed starter lineup again.

[Mortimerkenny21]

1 hour ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Claim victory in your heart, and the universe will follow.

I believe that we were highly suggesting winning before yesterday's match, now I feel even more urgency for our club to win today's match! Go Twin's!!

[umterp23]

Royals aren't going anywhere, so it now puts pressure on Twins to hold serve the best they can.  Handful of games in the clear of BoSox, so the perceived weakest division in baseball holds 50% of playoff positions.  

Go Twins!

 

[Craig Arko]

Will be interested to learn Kepler’s status. If he can’t go against the right hander he needs to be IL’d and replaced by Lee.

[Mike Sixel]

27 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

Will be interested to learn Kepler’s status. If he can’t go against the right hander he needs to be IL’d and replaced by Lee.

They keep repeating this thing where they don't IL a guy, and play with a smaller bench, year after year. I don't get this at all.

[thelanges5]

Michael Tonkin claimed off waivers by the twins and will be available to pitch tonight. Moves forthcoming.

[SD happy]

6 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

Michael Tonkin claimed off waivers by the twins and will be available to pitch tonight. Moves forthcoming.

My vote (hope) is Trevor Richards.

[thelanges5]

Boushley has a locker and Richards does not. Still one more move upcoming for Tonkin. 
 

[Road trip]

Kind of a different lineup, but Kepler is back.  That Larnach-Wallner-Julien run from 2 to 4 is..."interesting" will be the word I choose.

1. W Castro (S) SS
2. T Larnach (L) LF
3. M Wallner (L) DH
4. E Julien (L) 2B
5. R Lewis (R) 3B
6. M Kepler (L) RF
7. C Santana (S) 1B
8. R Jeffers (R) C
9. A Martin (R) CF

 

[USAFChief]

With Blewett, Richards, and Henriquez all going multiple innings last night it was almost inevitable at least one of them would be replaced today. 

I'm surprised it's only one. I'd imagine one of Henriquez or Blewett will be gone once Tonkin's flight touches down.

Blewett went 3 IP, let's guess him.

 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Eddy batting cleanup! Rocco, never, ever change.

[IndyTwinsFan]

39 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Eddy batting cleanup! Rocco, never, ever change.

I'm at a loss for words as to why he would want to even consider that option, let alone actually do it.

Last year, I could maybe justify that call, but definitely not this year.

[IndyTwinsFan]

3 hours ago, Craig Arko said:

Will be interested to learn Kepler’s status. If he can’t go against the right hander he needs to be IL’d and replaced by Lee.

I think that Lee should be replacing Julien on the current roster.  Eddy definitely needs some straightening out, physically and/or mentally.  That's better done in St. Paul rather than in Minneapolis, IMO.

And then maybe we can get back Correa and/or Buxton one of these years (or so it seems).

[sampleSizeOfOne]

52 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Rocco, never, ever change

Unless we're talking about socks.

[gregens]

6 minutes ago, IndyTwinsFan said:

I think that Lee should be replacing Julien on the current roster.  Eddy definitely needs some straightening out, physically and/or mentally.  That's better done in St. Paul rather than in Minneapolis, IMO.

And then maybe we can get back Correa and/or Buxton one of these years (or so it seems).

I agree Lee should replace Julien now.  I hope by expressing this opinion he'll have a crazy great game and win this one for the Twins.   

[Road trip]

1 hour ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Eddy batting cleanup! Rocco, never, ever change.

Yeah, its just odd.  I suppose he thinks he is setting a "lefty trap" for the Braves bullpen.  He's just itching to set up the pinch-hitting trifecta of Margot-Vazquez-Farmer to hit for the three young lefties that can, y'know, actually hit.

I expect the Braves to boldly fall into this "trap" as soon as feasible just to get Larnach and Wallner out of the game.  I'll call it now... they will each get two plate appearances before being removed.

[IndyTwinsFan]

39 minutes ago, gregens said:

I agree Lee should replace Julien now.  I hope by expressing this opinion he'll have a crazy great game and win this one for the Twins.   

That would certainly be nice to see, but I have my doubts on whether we'll see anything like that tonight. 

[IndyTwinsFan]

42 minutes ago, Road trip said:

Yeah, its just odd.  I suppose he thinks he is setting a "lefty trap" for the Braves bullpen.  He's just itching to set up the pinch-hitting trifecta of Margot-Vazquez-Farmer to hit for the three young lefties that can, y'know, actually hit.

I expect the Braves to boldly fall into this "trap" as soon as feasible just to get Larnach and Wallner out of the game.  I'll call it now... they will each get two plate appearances before being removed.

I fully concur with your thought process here.

[Brock Beauchamp]

I KNEW IT

 

[Mike Sixel]

16 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

I KNEW IT

 

At last we can rest

[gregens]

12 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

At least we can rest

That's good news, because resting is my specialty.  

[Mike Sixel]

Least, last, whatever.... Win twins

[CRF]

We gotta somehow win tonight because Sale pitches tomorrow. 

[Patzky]

4 hours ago, SD happy said:

My vote (hope) is Trevor Richards.

My command.

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

8 hours ago, Craig Arko said:

This may be the most winnable game of the series.

Shudder to think what Chris Sale does to this team tomorrow. God help us.

[Patzky]

2 hours ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Eddy batting cleanup! Rocco, never, ever change.

Truth be told I was thinking he'd drop Royce to sixth or seventh to try and get his head on straight.