Braves (Smith-Shawver) vs Twins (Bradley): 08/19/26, 12:40 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Twins hand the ball to Bradley against Smith-Shawver and the Braves this afternoon at Target Field.

[Mortimerkenny21]

Go Twins!!

 

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Yoendrys Gómez	0	0	0	19	16	35
Travis Adams	0	0	0	18	0	18
Tommy Nance	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taylor Rogers	0	0	16	11	0	27
Kody Funderburk	0	16	4	0	4	24
Jeff Hoffman	0	17	0	20	0	37
Andrew Morris	0	23	28	0	13	64
A.J. Minter	0	12	14	0	6	32

[Saxophone Joe]

Taj Bradley bounce-back game incoming! I wanna see some TB swagger on the mound today. 

It feels like a great day for a sweep to me. The last home sweep against Detroit back in April seems like a lifetime ago. 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I hope we win.

[Whammy]

51 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TUE	TOT
Yoendrys Gómez	0	0	0	19	16	35
Travis Adams	0	0	0	18	0	18
Tommy Nance	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taylor Rogers	0	0	16	11	0	27
Kody Funderburk	0	16	4	0	4	24
Jeff Hoffman	0	17	0	20	0	37
Andrew Morris	0	23	28	0	13	64
A.J. Minter	0	12	14	0	6	32

Seems like everyone should be pretty available. Even probably Yo-Go if necessary. They've used him three straight games earlier this season, but that was back when our bullpen was a hot mess. It could be that with more solid options and the off day tomorrow they just put Gomez off limits and give him two full days of rest. 

Nance collecting dust is a little odd (especially on Saturday). I think I'd rather see Rojas up for the road trip and plan for Prielipp to only go 4 innings on Friday and Rojas go 2-3 innings.

[Patzky]

1 hour ago, Saxophone Joe said:

Taj Bradley bounce-back game incoming! I wanna see some TB swagger on the mound today. 

It feels like a great day for a sweep to me. The last home sweep against Detroit back in April seems like a lifetime ago. 

It was if you're a cicada.

[Patzky]

34 minutes ago, Whammy said:

Seems like everyone should be pretty available. Even probably Yo-Go if necessary. They've used him three straight games earlier this season, but that was back when our bullpen was a hot mess. It could be that with more solid options and the off day tomorrow they just put Gomez off limits and give him two full days of rest. 

Nance collecting dust is a little odd (especially on Saturday). I think I'd rather see Rojas up for the road trip and plan for Prielipp to only go 4 innings on Friday and Rojas go 2-3 innings.

If we lean on Adams hard today you'll probably see just that.

[S Bart]

Twins have won the last 2 and the White Sox have lost the last 2. Let's make it 3 for each team today.

[The Great Hambino]

I expect this to happen to me 3-7 more times over the course of the rest of the season

[Whammy]

Twins bullpen ERA since 6/30 ranks tied for 3rd in baseball at 2.99

Player	ERA
Kody Funderburk	0.46
A.J. Minter	1.13
Tommy Nance	1.46
Andrew Morris	2.11
Yoendrys Gómez	2.25
Taylor Rogers	2.40
Jeff Hoffman	3.00
Travis Adams	3.93

[Possumlad]

Twins need to put their best line-up on the field today (as they have the first two games). Shelton needs to send a clear message to the team that we're in the home-stretch & need all hands on deck for a sweep today & final push the rest of the year. None of this "getaway day" line-up nonsense. Put your best players out there & let's keep our foot on the gas. 

[Permanent Twins Fan]

4.0 back in the division, 0.5 back in the Wild Card. Let's win today, get the sweep and maybe get in playoff position by the end of the day. Go Twins!

[Craig Arko]

Need Audra’s rally hair for today, then get the Homer Hankies promotions ready for Chicago and Detroit on the next homestand.

[Brock Beauchamp]

27 minutes ago, The Great Hambino said:

I expect this to happen to me 3-7 more times over the course of the rest of the season

Yep, I was one foot out the door, now I'm going to be watching Twins games again...

[Saxophone Joe]

36 minutes ago, Possumlad said:

Twins need to put their best line-up on the field today (as they have the first two games). Shelton needs to send a clear message to the team that we're in the home-stretch & need all hands on deck for a sweep today & final push the rest of the year. None of this "getaway day" line-up nonsense. Put your best players out there & let's keep our foot on the gas. 

100%. To his credit, he's managed to me the past two like a guy who knows what's at stake. I expect (no, demand!) the team plays with piss and vinegar today. To head to San Diego just 2 games under .500 after the Philly series would be massive. 

[mrmpls]

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[Permanent Twins Fan]

No Jeffers today, but other than that I like today's lineup. I think it is okay to give Jeffers an occasional day off with him still recovering from the hamate bone injury. I love seeing Keaschall finding a home in the leadoff spot.

[mrmpls]

2 minutes ago, Permanent Twins Fan said:

No Jeffers today, but other than that I like today's lineup. I think it is okay to give Jeffers an occasional day off with him still recovering from the hamate bone injury. I love seeing Keaschall finding a home in the leadoff spot.

No Jeffers today,--  so 2 days off -thurs- also when it looks like he is finding a groove -  dont like it

[mrmpls]

Lets play!!!

[HarmonK03]

5 minutes ago, mrmpls said:

No Jeffers today,--  so 2 days off -thurs- also when it looks like he is finding a groove -  dont like it

I know he usually doesn't play a day game after a night game but he should not be worn down with the time missed due to the injury.  And with the day off tomorrow I don't understand why he couldn't be in the lineup today.  The only good news is we have a viable pinch hot option on the bench.

[mrmpls]

Keaschell

BuxtonCF

 

BellDH

 

Clemens2B

 

Lewis, R1B

 

LarnachLF

 

Lee, B3B

 

CaratiniC

Culpepper, KSS

at least Shelton not putting Caratini at 1b  and dropping Larnach . , 

[Permanent Twins Fan]

In the last 30 days, Alex Jackson is hitting .333 (4 for 12). If he had enough at-bats to qualify that would put him 5th in the American league in that stretch. His average on the season (.303) would put him top 10 in all of baseball. Just saying. 😀

[Saxophone Joe]

1 minute ago, Permanent Twins Fan said:

In the last 30 days, Alex Jackson is hitting .333 (4 for 12). If he had enough at-bats to qualify that would put him 5th in the American league in that stretch. His average on the season (.303) would put him top 10 in all of baseball. Just saying. 😀

Yeah, I was kinda hoping he got the start today. Alas...

I really wanna play hooky this afternoon and watch this game live. Y'all have fun without me! Here's hoping I have something fun to watch on replay later today.