Twins (Bradley) vs Brewers (Gasser): 8/8/26, 6:10pm

[Brandon Glick]

Wild Card Watch: Twins are 0.5 games back of the Texas Rangers for the final spot.

[Brandon Glick]

	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	TOT
Yoendrys Gómez	0	0	0	18	12	30
Travis Adams	0	20	0	0	0	20
Tommy Nance	0	0	7	0	24	31
Taylor Rogers	0	14	0	0	0	14
Kody Funderburk	0	14	0	20	0	34
Jeff Hoffman	0	0	11	0	25	36
Andrew Morris	0	0	0	13	13	26
A.J. Minter	0	0	12	0	3	15

[Permanent Twins Fan]

Series win would be impressive against Milwaukee

[sampleSizeOfOne]

One game at a time. What new excitement do we get today?

[ashbury]

No pressure, Taj, but you're our Ace right now.

[Saxophone Joe]

Meaningful baseball on a Saturday night in August against the team with the best record in MLB: Hey, I’ll take it! 

[ashbury]

9 minutes ago, Saxophone Joe said:

Meaningful baseball on a Saturday night in August against the team with the best record in MLB: Hey, I’ll take it! 

August means the bar has been lowered, but we'll take it.

[Saxophone Joe]

2 minutes ago, ashbury said:

August means the bar has been lowered, but we'll take it.

Yup - Sept.:Oct. would obviously be preferable, but this will do for now.

 

[Patzky]

5 minutes ago, Saxophone Joe said:

Yup - Sept.:Oct. would obviously be preferable, but this will do for now.

 

Can't get there without here.

[ashbury]

Just now, Patzky said:

Can't get there without here.

[Craig Arko]

51 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Ah, the intermediate value theorem. 

[stringer bell]

Second straight left hander. I'll be interested in the starting lineup. My guess is Jackson at first, Lewis at second, Culpepper at short and Lee at third with Martin, Keaschall and Kreidler in the OF, maybe Jeffers behind the plate. The lefty hitters get the Miz on Sunday. Sounds like fun.

Bullpen would be Rogers, Fundy, Minter, Adams and maybe Nance. 

[Craig Arko]

5 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Second straight left hander. I'll be interested in the starting lineup. My guess is Jackson at first, Lewis at second, Culpepper at short and Lee at third with Martin, Keaschall and Kreidler in the OF, maybe Jeffers behind the plate. The lefty hitters get the Miz on Sunday. Sounds like fun.

Bullpen would be Rogers, Fundy, Minter, Adams and maybe Nance. 

Looking at the matchups on Gameday, it looks like Clemens has had a bit of success against Gasser (minuscule sample size). So I’d expect Clemens at 2nd, Lewis at 1st, and Jackson either catching or on the bench.

[ashbury]

39 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

Ah, the intermediate value theorem. 

Wins and losses being more like a step function, some simplifying assumptions may be called for.  Continuous Almost Everywhere?

[ashbury]

35 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Second straight left hander. 

Good.  No curveballs, or sliders in the dirt.  Should be a productive game for the offense.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 hour ago, ashbury said:

August means the bar has been lowered, but we'll take it.

Who does a low bar serve?

[ashbury]

4 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Who does a low bar serve?

The dregs from a vat of beer or wine, one supposes.

[Craig Arko]

29 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Who does a low bar serve?

Hobbits.

[Patzky]

30 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

Who does a low bar serve?

Lowballs 🍷 

[Patzky]

43 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Wins and losses being more like a step function, some simplifying assumptions may be called for.  Continuous Almost Everywhere?

Exit holodeck.

[Craig Arko]

Just now, Patzky said:

Exit holodeck.

Look out for that Heisenberg compensator.

[Patzky]

We can all be Shelty for a day. Clemens plugged between Royce, Bell, and Keaschall. Of that doesn't give him chances what will. Keaschall back in right, Jeffers back again and a day off for Victor.

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, Craig Arko said:

Look out for that Heisenberg compensator.

Happy if the Jeffers Tube blows up tonight.

[Craig Arko]

2 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Happy if the Jeffers Tube blows up tonight.

Glory to him and his house.

[HarmonK03]

15 minutes ago, Patzky said:

We can all be Shelty for a day. Clemens plugged between Royce, Bell, and Keaschall. Of that doesn't give him chances what will. Keaschall back in right, Jeffers back again and a day off for Victor.

If only we had a real CF in St. Paul that could help this team.  And put Kreidler on the bench as a late inning replacement where he is most effective.

[S Bart]

5 minutes ago, HarmonK03 said:

If only we had a real CF in St. Paul that could help this team.  And put Kreidler on the bench as a late inning replacement where he is most effective.

Puckett's Pond has an article about Martin and Kreidler...

[Permanent Twins Fan]

Red Sox up 2-0 on Athletics right away today. They are some kind of hot right now. 27-3 in their last 30 is insane. I think the Twins can give up on catching any of the three teams in the east. The funny thing with the expanded playoff format is that as it stands all three AL East teams will be on the same side of the AL playoffs meaning someone from the AL central or West will make the ALCS. Boston, Tampa Bay, and the Yankees are definitely the three best teams on this side, but only one of them can make the ALCS. If the Twins make the playoffs, they will be the 2, 3, or 6 and have a serious chance to make a run to the championship series. 

[HarmonK03]

1 minute ago, S Bart said:

Puckett's Pond has an article about Martin and Kreidler...

Yes I saw that article and I agree about Martin but Kreidler is a utility player at most.  Kriedler's numbers went off the cliff when he started playing full time, to me it's fairly obvious what his role should be, but now Shelty seems determined to fit him into the lineup similar to Caratini.  And I hope that feeling fades.

[S Bart]

23 minutes ago, Patzky said:

We can all be Shelty for a day. Clemens plugged between Royce, Bell, and Keaschall. Of that doesn't give him chances what will. Keaschall back in right, Jeffers back again and a day off for Victor.

I'd like to see Clemens break out tonight...need Jenkins up soon to input in the outfield as this constant switcharoo is getting ridiculous with all positions, To guess a lineup in advance with the Twins nowadays is practically impossible!!!....simply cannot count on Buxton in the future either

[ashbury]

32 minutes ago, Patzky said:

We can all be Shelty for a day. Clemens plugged between Royce, Bell, and Keaschall. Of that doesn't give him chances what will. Keaschall back in right, Jeffers back again and a day off for Victor.

Man, look at that season OPS.  They should be batting Culpepper 3rd or cleanup.