Twins (Lopez) vs Guardians (Ortiz): 4/30/25, 5:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[thelanges5]

Pablo Day! 
 

Batters you are invited to participate in today’s regularly scheduled ballgame!

[Patzky]

A different kind of lineup today . Gasper leading off, Keirsey and Clemens in. Can't provide less firepower than last night.. 

[thelanges5]

[thelanges5]

31 minutes ago, Patzky said:

A different kind of lineup today . Gasper leading off, Keirsey and Clemens in. Can't provide less firepower than last night.. 

This is our depth right now. How bad do we need Castro, Lewis, Wallner?  - Pretty bad!

[RpR]

[Parfigliano]

1 hour ago, thelanges5 said:

Pablo starting and Gasper-Clemens-Keirsey in.  Nothing like pairing your best bats with 2nd best arm. 

Come on.  Do better Rocco.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I hope we win.

[Patzky]

9 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

I hope we win.

It seems things have been put together to make it more challenging than it could be otherwise. But what do I know?

[jkcarew]

Is Julien dinged? Anyone heard anything? Seems weird to give him an off day against a righty.

[thelanges5]

19 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

Is Julien dinged? Anyone heard anything? Seems weird to give him an off day against a righty.

Maybe just getting his birthday off. 

[mnfireman]

What did Pablo do to deserve the "getaway day" line-up....doesn't Rocco realize that there's a game tomorrow

[Sjoski]

30 minutes ago, Patzky said:

It seems things have been put together to make it more challenging than it could be otherwise. But what do I know?

If it wasn't a road game I'd half-expect to see to see TC Bear hitting cleanup.

[Fornasiere-ite]

Can we quit the Gasper experiment already? its a good story and he plays the game right, he is just so overmatched and it looks like we are mailing it in. 

[Doctor Gast]

4 hours ago, Patzky said:

A different kind of lineup today . Gasper leading off, Keirsey and Clemens in. Can't provide less firepower than last night.. 

I'm OK with Gasper or Clemens or Keirsey in the lineup. But not all 3 at the same time & not Gasper at leadoff.

[Patzky]

5 minutes ago, Doctor Gast said:

I'm OK with Gasper or Clemens or Keirsey in the lineup. But not all 3 at the same time & not Gasper at leadoff.

Keaschall Royce and Wallner would be a different flavor entirely.

[Patzky]

I smell another 2-1 nail biter

[jkcarew]

8 minutes ago, Patzky said:

I smell another 2-1 nail biter

I’d love a 2-1 nail biter. It’s the 1-2 nail bitters that I’ve had quite enough of.

[exeoud]

This lineup can't be for real. I'm happy our great manager is giving us the best chance to beat the main competition in the division!

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, jkcarew said:

I’d love a 2-1 nail biter. It’s the 1-2 nail bitters that I’ve had quite enough of.

I fell asleep early last night so I have half my nails.. enough for a 4-2 NB but not a 2-4 one

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, exeoud said:

This lineup can't be for real. I'm happy our great manager is giving us the best chance to beat the main competition in the division!

Cle is a serious organization.  TC isn't.  This lineup was probably penned in around 4/16 to provide off days.

[USAFChief]

Man, attendance at Progressive Field is positively Target Field-ish

[Patzky]

10 minutes ago, jkcarew said:

I’d love a 2-1 nail biter. It’s the 1-2 nail bitters that I’ve had quite enough of.

I fell asleep early last night so I have half my nails.. enough for a 4-2 NB but not a 2-4 one

[Patzky]

Why's that post stuck, sorry about the repeat. C'mon O-O anyone's game.

[Patzky]

Two pitches two outs? Ick it ain't Getaway day 

[mrtwinsfan]

Still wondering why Columbe our Lefty didnt start the 9th last night,   how many times does Manzano   have to burn the Twins ??    seems like a Rocco move I.D.K. ????

[Patzky]

Ortiz only blemishes have been throwing strikes to left handed hitters so far

[Patzky]

2 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Still wondering why Columbe our Lefty didnt start the 9th last night,   how many times does Manzano   have to burn the Twins ??    seems like a Rocco move I.D.K. ????

Damn France hit that better than Manzardo did. Oh well..

[exeoud]

12 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

Cle is a serious organization.  TC isn't.  This lineup was probably penned in around 4/16 to provide off days.

Bingo. Twins don't take these games seriously enough, hence why they're 15-30 over the last 3 years against Cleveland. Cle will strategically line up pitchers for series against us but we could care less that our #4-5 Chris Paddack faces their #1 Tanner Bibee (although Paddack did decently yesterday) they give themselves better chances to win while Twins treat it like interleague play against the Marlins. And then when we (rarely) have the clear pitching advantage on a day like today Rocco sends out a throw lineup. What inning do you think Vasquez comes in the game?

[shortround81]

59 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

Maybe just getting his birthday off.