Twins (Matthews) vs. Pirates (Ashcraft): 5/31/26, 12:35 pm CDT

[Western SD Fan]

This makes the decision to DFA SWR even more mind boggling and incredibly short-sighted.  Yes, he may have been the worst starting pitcher in baseball prior to being demoted to the bullpen.  You still need arms to get through the season. 

[alskntwnsfn]

Any time I see guys like Arcia getting ABs at 1B or Jason Tyners (to go way back) getting ABs at DH, it just makes me so frustrated. I mean I actually think Arcia is a pretty good hitter at this stage, but as a GM I would ALWAYS have a AAAA thumper or two ready to take those ABs. There’s probably a dozen guys we could have easily signed this offseason given the chance for playing time was so good here. But… go Twins

[Patzky]

Guess we can hope for a pitcher's duel ⚔️ 

[Patzky]

I had forgotten what a nice clean inning felt like.

[krink]

Hopefully Zebby keeps going strong the whole game. This roadtrip has really been a Tale of Two Starters - clean ones or messy ones, and nothing in between.

[jaimedude]

What a crappy inning. 1st pitch double play to Arcia, Larnach strikes out on 3 pitches. I know he was 1st round pick but Larnach should have been non-tendered like they did Eddie Rosario back in the day this off-season. Did Roden have surgery like ERod? 

[Hunter4848]

1 hour ago, karcherd said:

So is Paredes the fifth starter, if so, he isn't stretched out.  On days he pitches you will need 5 innings from the bullpen.  This is the result of their awesome bulk pitcher strategy.

You can read an article about how awesome the bulk strategy is from the Twins propaganda arm on this website right now

[Parfigliano]

[mrtwinsfan]

8 minutes ago, Patzky said:

I had forgotten what a nice clean inning felt like.

quick reminder !

[Patzky]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

quick reminder !

Yeah don't get used to it 😁

 

[jaimedude]

Hell of a poke by O'hearn. Must be nice to have a few mashers

[Patzky]

Walks will haunt. 

It will be good to be back in a full sized ballpark next week lol. Some of these shots just seem like fly outs..

[mrtwinsfan]

1 minute ago, Patzky said:

Yeah don't get used to it 😁

 

Sunday is our day ,  last time we won  we will get this one !!

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, jaimedude said:

Hell of a poke by O'hearn. Must be nice to have a few mashers

There was talk about signing him in the off-season.

[Patzky]

Just now, mrtwinsfan said:

Sunday is our day ,  last time we won  we will get this one !!

I thought you were Peter for a minute there.

[Danchat]

Just checking in... Clemens in CF, Arcia at 1B... yep, we've reached that portion of the season. 

[Patzky]

This is where the difference between Behind and Unraveling occurs.

This umpiring crew really blows with the game MGMT and ball strike calls.

[hitterscount]

Just turned on,  shocking. 

[Vanimal46]

Lee saved a run by an errant Keaschall throw to 3B 

[Vanimal46]

Doesn’t matter Zebby gives up the hit. 

[karcherd]

Should be two outs but they keep playing the infield in and prolonging these innings.

[Peter]

This could get ugly!!! Especially after losing 2 one run games 

[Hunter4848]

5 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Walks will haunt. 

It will be good to be back in a full sized ballpark next week lol. Some of these shots just seem like fly outs..

Last I checked we get to hit in the exact same ballpark as the Pirates...

[hitterscount]

Hit hard, but this strategy of bringing the infield in this early is idiotic… an out is so much more valuable than the run. 

[krink]

Jackson sure can pop up from the crouch!

[hitterscount]

1 minute ago, karcherd said:

Should be two outs but they keep playing the infield in and prolonging these innings.

💯 

[Patzky]

Damn without Jeffers we're a sixty win team.

[mrtwinsfan]

5 minutes ago, mrtwinsfan said:

Sunday is our day ,  last time we won  we will get this one !!

 we will get this one !!           or   not

[mrtwinsfan]

5 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Just checking in... Clemens in CF, Arcia at 1B... yep, we've reached that portion of the season. 

its  only May

[jaimedude]

3 minutes ago, karcherd said:

Should be two outs but they keep playing the infield in and prolonging these innings.

Shelton sucks, i'm convinced he's instincts are as bad as Rocco Baldelli. This is a terrible 100 loss  roster but he proved he was not a good manager in Pittsburgh. Twins took easy way out hiring him.