SPRING TRAINING GAMES - only 3 to play

[thelanges5]

Sunday 3.22.26 Taj Bradley

Keaschall2B

BuxtonCF

WallnerRF

Bell1B

JeffersC

LarnachDH

Lewis, R3B

MartinLF

KreidlerSS

 

[Linus]

Glad to see Martin back in there. 

[Vanimal46]

Matt Bowman opts out of Minnesota. So the bullpen is pretty much set. 

[Parfigliano]

 I have a sick feeling Kreidler is going to be TC opening day.

[Patzky]

I feel Shelton is homing in on the desired opening day lineup here. A hard look at Kriedler today (Lee off) and maybe Gray tomorrow (giving Lewis the day off). Martin in means one of Outman, Roden, Larnach likely out.

Clarity won't be pretty but it will be coming.

[strumdatjag]

Royce Lewis is at the top of the list of Yellow Flags (warning!!) on the expected roster.     He is followed by Bailey Ober and Trevor Larnach.      Those three hopefully show some proficiency in the final Spring Training games. 

[ziggy]

8 & 16.......Yeah it's spring training, yeah it's early......

 

 

 

[Patzky]

A fine mess.. already.

[Danchat]

3 hours ago, Patzky said:

I feel Shelton is homing in on the desired opening day lineup here.

Yup, I think that is close. DH will rotate between a bunch of players and Larnach will retain his LF job for a while.

[RpR]

Farmer is looking good for Atlanta but Keirsey Jr. is pretty much the same.

[Patzky]

3 hours ago, strumdatjag said:

Royce Lewis is at the top of the list of Yellow Flags (warning!!) on the expected roster.     He is followed by Bailey Ober and Trevor Larnach.      Those three hopefully show some proficiency in the final Spring Training games. 

Nice two bagger from Royce just now. That is what we need to see. 88mph heater.. he better do something with that 

[Patzky]

Martin looks as confident as anyone at the plate today 

[mrtwinsfan]

3 hours ago, Parfigliano said:

 I have a sick feeling Kreidler is going to be TC opening day.

PUT lEE IN TODAY INSTEAD OF Kriedler and thats probably our best ??  im not bragging

[Patzky]

Keasch-All of it.

[mrtwinsfan]

Luke   M.V.P.   AND EASILY OUR BEST PLAYER !!!!

[mrtwinsfan]

Just now, Patzky said:

Keasch-All of it.

I would rather see Luke batting 1  every game ,  Buck love ya but  as a Leadoff =no-no

[mrtwinsfan]

i inspired Buck !!!!!!!  

[mrtwinsfan]

Wallner keep it up

[mrtwinsfan]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

Wallner keep it up

Nice

[Danchat]

Keaschall's a stud... hard to believe will only be 23 this year. 

[RpR]

13 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Wallner keep it up

Wally seems to have adjusted at this point.

[stringer bell]

Candidates for the last spot on the Twins' roster combine to score a run. 

[stringer bell]

Bowman is literally pitching for a job today.

[thelanges5]

Nice win for the Twins today!

[RpR]

[thelanges5]

I don’t like this move but it’s not unexpected. Per Leach @mlb.com

Twins option Roden, indicating Outman will presumably be the LH half of a LF platoon.

[thelanges5]

3.23.26 Bailey Ober

Clemens1B

Lee, BSS

LarnachLF

CaratiniC

OutmanCF

Lewis, RDH

MartinRF

Gray, T3B

Arcia, Or2B

[Parfigliano]

15 hours ago, thelanges5 said:

I don’t like this move but it’s not unexpected. Per Leach @mlb.com

Twins option Roden, indicating Outman will presumably be the LH half of a LF platoon.

New management still trying to make fetch happen with Outman.

[stringer bell]

17 hours ago, thelanges5 said:

I don’t like this move but it’s not unexpected. Per Leach @mlb.com

Twins option Roden, indicating Outman will presumably be the LH half of a LF platoon.

This is really where the position player portion of the roster is messed up. If Outman actually starts in left field, it moves Larnach to DH and Bell, a poor defender to first, and Clemens to the bench. Personally, I’d rather have Clemens hitting than Outman. As a matter of fact, I think I’d prefer Martin in left field rather than Outman or Larnach against right handers. 

[LA Vikes Fan]

47 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

This is really where the position player portion of the roster is messed up. If Outman actually starts in left field, it moves Larnach to DH and Bell, a poor defender to first, and Clemens to the bench. Personally, I’d rather have Clemens hitting than Outman. As a matter of fact, I think I’d prefer Martin in left field rather than Outman or Larnach against right handers. 

Agreed. Martin should get an everyday run in LF to see if he can take the LF position by playing like he did the last 2 months of 2025 - .282/.374/.365 (.739), 11 for 15 on steals, and above average OF defense. My hope is the reason they chose Outman over Roden is so that Roden can get everyday ABs in St. Paul as next man up, waiting on the starters and/or Larnach to get hurt or fail. Outman should be the 1-2 day a week CF and otherwise not play. Larnach is the LH DH who plays rarely in the OF.