Athletics (Lopez) Vs Twins (Matthews) 7/24/26 7:10pm CDT

[Mortimerkenny21]

Home stand starting tonight, we need to make some ground. Hopefully Zebby has a solid night. Go Twins!!

[MMMordabito]

No Kurtz, Rooker or Gelof plus a struggling pitcher the day after a long, victorious battle on the road. Pedal to the metal. Don't fall for the trap. 

[Mortimerkenny21]

23 minutes ago, MMMordabito said:

No Kurtz, Rooker or Gelof plus a struggling pitcher the day after a long, victorious battle on the road. Pedal to the metal. Don't fall for the trap. 

Hopefully we don't make the struggling pitcher look like a Cy Young candidate. Ah, we'll be good, I'm going to be positive.

[Saxophone Joe]

3 minutes ago, Mortimerkenny21 said:

Ah, we'll be good, I'm going to be positive.

Yes, we got this!

[Mortimerkenny21]

1 hour ago, Saxophone Joe said:

Yes, we got this!

In and out burger over on Radford.

[thelanges5]

3 LHPs out of 6 games on the homestand. Time to exorcise the LHP demons 👹

[Mortimerkenny21]

34 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

3 LHPs out of 6 games on the homestand. Time to exorcise the LHP demons 👹

[Patzky]

2 hours ago, thelanges5 said:

3 LHPs out of 6 games on the homestand. Time to exorcise the LHP demons 👹

When even TBA is a lefty ☹️

[stringer bell]

I was wondering if Lopez was adversely affected by pitching his home games in a bandbox, and he has been a bit more effective on the road, but he's been hit hard both at home and on the road. He has a 4-1 record in his road starts with 5.88 ERA, 42 hits in 33.1 innings .309 BAA and .881 OPS against.

[Patzky]

Caratini is okay, enough to play 1B.  Lewis at 2B. Bad news the A's start 3B Tommy White who hasn't yet hit a HR in his career. You know what's coming.. Win Twins? Yes please!

[RpR]

[thelanges5]

Culpepper is back for the Saints tonight. Arcia was released. 

[stringer bell]

It is time for the slumping hitters to wake up. The bullpen has been used heavily since the break, so give Zebby about eight runs and let him go 7 or 8. The Twins are big favorites for all three games, but this could be a trap. They have to want to win every bit as much as they did for the last two games versus the Guardians.

[Patzky]

18 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

Culpepper is back for the Saints tonight. Arcia was released. 

Surprised about Arcia, guess Culpeper is a long term plan for St Paul 

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

5 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Surprised about Arcia, guess Culpeper is a long term plan for St Paul 

Yep, Culpepper and Jenkins will stay down. Gonzalez or Rodriguez could come up because already on the 40 man. So if lockout occurs Jenkins and Culpepper can continue to work with coaches in the offseason.

[Patzky]

3 minutes ago, Hawkeye Bean Counter said:

Yep, Culpepper and Jenkins will stay down. Gonzalez or Rodriguez could come up because already on the 40 man. So if lockout occurs Jenkins and Culpepper can continue to work with coaches in the offseason.

Would be nice to hear something about Rodriguez not being out all season.

[Patzky]

24 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

It is time for the slumping hitters to wake up. The bullpen has been used heavily since the break, so give Zebby about eight runs and let him go 7 or 8. The Twins are big favorites for all three games, but this could be a trap. They have to want to win every bit as much as they did for the last two games versus the Guardians.

Zebby needs to shape up with two strikes, no matter who the opponent is. 

[HarmonK03]

4 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Would be nice to hear something about Rodriguez not being out all season.

It was reported earlier this week that he was starting to do baseball activity.  So I don't think he is out for the season, but I didn't hear a timeline.

[HarmonK03]

What was your favorite Arcia moment.  

[HarmonK03]

39 minutes ago, thelanges5 said:

Culpepper is back for the Saints tonight. Arcia was released. 

August 4th he will be here.

[Patzky]

5 minutes ago, HarmonK03 said:

What was your favorite Arcia moment.  

The go ahead home run that was promptly undone by the bullpen

 

[Patzky]

6 minutes ago, HarmonK03 said:

It was reported earlier this week that he was starting to do baseball activity.  So I don't think he is out for the season, but I didn't hear a timeline.

Hell I'm on Twins Daily so technically I'm doing Baseball Activity.

[HarmonK03]

2 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Hell I'm on Twins Daily so technically I'm doing Baseball Activity.

On field baseball activity to be more precise. Lol

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

11 minutes ago, HarmonK03 said:

August 4th he will be here.

Nostradamus in the house. 

[HarmonK03]

6 minutes ago, Hawkeye Bean Counter said:

Nostradamus in the house. 

I am not the only one who thinks this. You know no more than I do.

[Permanent Twins Fan]

I won't be able to watch the game today, but it important for the Twins to jump on Lopez right away and not let off the gas. I know all game are technically equally important, but it is vital that the Twins can take care of business vs. Oakland and Kansas City heading into the trade deadline. I am not thriled with having Larnach and Clemens off today. I also would like to see the Twins give Roden some more consistent playing time so they can see what they have with him. If he doesn't work out, they can use the spot on Jenkins. Go Twins! 

[thelanges5]

Vahn Lackey is at Target Field today. 

[Patzky]

17 minutes ago, Permanent Twins Fan said:

I won't be able to watch the game today, but it important for the Twins to jump on Lopez right away and not let off the gas. I know all game are technically equally important, but it is vital that the Twins can take care of business vs. Oakland and Kansas City heading into the trade deadline. I am not thriled with having Larnach and Clemens off today. I also would like to see the Twins give Roden some more consistent playing time so they can see what they have with him. If he doesn't work out, they can use the spot on Jenkins. Go Twins! 

4 wins out of 6 is a necessity.

[thelanges5]

Bobby N:

Vahn Lackey says the plan is for him to spend about a week at Fort Myers before heading to High-A Cedar Rapids.

[Permanent Twins Fan]

For those of us with nothing else to do, Jesus Luzardo and Cam Schlitter are dueling in Phily right now. Both pitchers have done 9 up 9 down through 3 innings.