Twins (Matthews) vs Mariners (Woo): 5/30/25, 9:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

West Coast road trip. Guess who has two thumbs and won't be watching this game?

[The Great Hambino]

To be the man, you gotta beat the man.  Good luck Zebby

[Vanimal46]

Hopefully Wallner is catching a flight to Seattle today to join the team. 

[mickster]

someone is coming, as McCluster was sent to St. Paul already.   

Hoping both Buxton and Wallner are coming - and that will require another move.................Bride DFA

[Patzky]

1 hour ago, mickster said:

someone is coming, as McCluster was sent to St. Paul already.   

Hoping both Buxton and Wallner are coming - and that will require another move.................Bride DFA

If we add two OF it only makes sense to remove two. Could also be Bader to IL

[Patzky]

The team announced that Byron Buxton has been activated. ☺️

[Mike Sixel]

12 minutes ago, Patzky said:

The team announced that Byron Buxton has been activated. ☺️

But not Wallner. I just don't get it? Maybe they will later today? 

[USAFChief]

Sure glad Wallner wasted all this time in St Paul. Dan Hayes says maybe Saturday.  

Apparently these couple games were crucial to St Paul's International League title chances.

[Patzky]

57 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

But not Wallner. I just don't get it? Maybe they will later today? 

Wonder if the health of Bader is coming into play here, if he will need an IL stint.

[thelanges5]

2 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Wonder if the health of Bader is coming into play here, if he will need an IL stint.

Castro looks uncomfortable out there. Maybe he could benefit with some rest time?

[Patzky]

2 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

Castro looks uncomfortable out there. Maybe he could benefit with some rest time?

Maybe. Keirsey down Wallner up is the easy fix unless someone (Bader, Castro, Lewis) is ailing and that's a concern they are trying to pinpoint.

[Patzky]

47 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Sure glad Wallner wasted all this time in St Paul. Dan Hayes says maybe Saturday.  

Apparently these couple games were crucial to St Paul's International League title chances.

You can't win the IL championship in May but you can sure go on the IL in May. Wait.. that's not how it goes is it..

[amjgt]

I'm sure there's a reason why Wallner has to wait until tomorrow. I'm just not seeing it.

Not like we're facing a lefty.

[The Great Hambino]

1 hour ago, Patzky said:

You can't win the IL championship in May but you can sure go on the IL in May. Wait.. that's not how it goes is it..

This has always bothered me more than it should - don't abbreviate whatever you want to call your list for injuries the same as one of your minor leagues.  If I saw a "Lewis to IL" headline tomorrow, my first thought would be "which one?"

[Patzky]

Wallner to return tomorrow, reports say. No word on who is leaving.. let's see who gets hurt tonight 

 

[Mike Sixel]

17 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Wallner to return tomorrow, reports say. No word on who is leaving.. let's see who gets hurt tonight 

 

Why not today? What possible rationale is there?

[Parfigliano]

1 hour ago, Mike Sixel said:

Why not today? What possible rationale is there?

Bizarre fascination with playing games shorthanded every once in awhile 

[mnfireman]

Neither Wallner nor McCrusher are in tonight's Saints line-up, but are "available" bench options...

[mnfireman]

And Raya just served up a 2-run HR...

[mnfireman]

4 hours ago, Patzky said:

Wonder if the health of Bader is coming into play here, if he will need an IL stint.

Bader not starting, again... The day off must not have helped his hand/finger, that's 5 days of no games, 1/2 of an IL stint already.

[stringer bell]

21 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Bader not starting, again... The day off must not have helped his hand/finger, that's 5 days of no games, 1/2 of an IL stint already.

He was in for defense in the middle game of the Tampa series, so only two days……

[Blyleven2011]

10 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

Hopefully Wallner is catching a flight to Seattle today to join the team. 

They activated buxton

[stringer bell]

I don’t know if not activating Wallner is defensible, but maybe they want to see how he reacts playing two games in a row before they activate the Moose. 

[Twins_Fan_in_NJ]

Tall task for the Twins tonight...

[mrtwinsfan]

28 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

I don’t know if not activating Wallner is defensible, but maybe they want to see how he reacts playing two games in a row before they activate the Moose. 

1-there and 1-here , im not a math guy but i think its 2

[Patzky]

59 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

Bader not starting, again... The day off must not have helped his hand/finger, that's 5 days of no games, 1/2 of an IL stint already.

He came in for defense Tuesday if I recall. Resets the clock 

[Patzky]

8 minutes ago, Twins_Fan_in_NJ said:

Tall task for the Twins tonight...

Woo Who!

[Patzky]

1 hour ago, mnfireman said:

Neither Wallner nor McCrusher are in tonight's Saints line-up, but are "available" bench options...

I bet Wallner is hard to find. Might be in the toilet? 😜

[Patzky]

1 hour ago, mnfireman said:

And Raya just served up a 2-run HR...

Gabriel Gonzalez (speaking of Seattle) two more hits tonight for the WWS. He'll be in St Paul soon at this rate.

[h2oface]

5 hours ago, thelanges5 said:

Castro looks uncomfortable out there. Maybe he could benefit with some rest time?

Castro looks uncomfortable at any position on the field, but he has the gloves.