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If you want help streaming the playoffs on Twitch or even having me do some commentary for this let me know as that's what I've been doing for my Virtual Twins project on here as well.

Had heard about this months ago and now confirmed, I'm assuming this is the same for Dick Bremer and the FSN team as well?

6/28/20: Colorado Rockies (39-43) @ Minnesota Twins (51-33) 6:10pmCT Catch-up Both games this series have been decided 5-4 and both have been split by each club. With the game to decide the series today, the Twins will look to win the series and the homestand as this is their shortest one of the year with all three games against Colorado. Pre-game 5:45pmCT Where to Watch Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings 1. Twins 51-33 2. Indians 43-41 3. Royals 42-43 4. White Sox 42-43 5. Tigers 32-52 Starting Pitchers Rockies: Antonio Senzatela 6-3, 3.45ERA, 91.1 IP, 64 K'sTwins: Homer Bailey* 5-3, 2.52 ERA, 93.0 IP, 60 K's*=Homer Bailey: 2nd in AL, ERA (2.52), & WHIP (1.04). Colorado Batting Order CF Raimel Tapia .288 BA, 4 HR, 25 RBI 1B Daniel Murphy .283 BA, 4 HR, 26 RBI 3B Nolan Arenado .300 BA, 21 HR, 52 RBI RF Charlie Blackmon .280 BA, 7 HR, 48 RBI LF David Dahl .252 BA, 5 HR, 24 RBI SS Trevor Story .306 BA, 16 HR, 53 RBI C Dom Nunez* .267 BA, 8 HR, 18 RBI 2B Garrett Hampson .273 BA, 4 HR, 18 RBI DH Ian Desmond .252 BA, 4 HR, 12 RBI *=Dom Nunez: 4-8, 2 2B's,HR, 2 RBI this series. Minnesota Batting Order RF Max Kepler .261 BA, 25 HR, 48 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .279 BA, 12 HR, 49 RBI DH Mitch Garver .296 BA, 23 HR, 56 RBI 1B Miguel Sano .276 BA, 26 HR, 64 RBI LF Eddie Rosario* .270 BA, 18 HR, 47 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .264 BA, 12 HR, 32 RBI C Alex Avila .270 BA, 7 HR, 11 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .316 BA, 2 HR, 16 RBI CF Byron Buxton .246 BA, 9 HR, 28 RBI *=Eddie Rosario: In month of June, .296 BA, 9 HR, 20 RBI, SLG% .659 Bomba Tracker - 2020: 158 - 2019 through 84 games: 150 Storylines 1. With only a couple weeks until the Mid-summer Classic, the Twins are well in control of the AL Central and after an off-day on Monday will have a chance to seemingly put the division away with games against the Tigers, Indians, and Royals before finishing up with the Blue Jays before the break. 2. Homer Bailey is coming off of his worst start of the year, going only 4 2/3 IP and allowing 4 ER in his third lose of the season and will look to bounceback tonight to take the series over the Rockies.

Catch-up It was 1-0 Twins, then 3-1 Astros, then 4-3 Twins, then 5-4 Astros, then 8-4 Twins, and then the Astros would score 6 unanswered and defeat the Twins in a thriller 10-8 on Wednesday night. With a travel day yesterday, the Twins welcome the Rockies for a three game set with a doubleheader tonight because the broadcaster will be gone on Saturday. Pre-game 4:45pmCT GM1, 6:45pmCT GM2 Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings* 1. Twins 50-32 2. Royals 42-41 3. Indians 41-41 4. White Sox 41-42 5. Tigers 32-50 Starting Pitchers Colorado German Marquez 7-6, 2.88 ERA, 106.1 IP, 93 K'sJon Gray 4-5, 3.45 ERA, 99.0 IP, 99 K'sStarting Pitchers Minnesota Kenta Maeda 4-3, 2.93 ERA, 70.2 IP, 105 K'sMichael Pineda 1-1, 2.29 ERA, 19.2 IP, 13 K'sRockies Batting Order GM1 CF Raimel Tapia .288 BA, 4 HR, 25 RBI 1B Daniel Murphy .285 BA, 4 HR, 25 RBI 3B Nolan Arenado .297 BA, 20 HR, 50 RBI RF Charlie Blackmon .277 BA, 6 HR, 46 RBI LF David Dahl .245 BA, 5 HR, 23 RBI SS Trevor Story .310 BA, 16 HR, 53 RBI DH Ryan McMahon .208 BA, 1 HR, 1 RBI 2B Garrett Hampson .278 BA, 4 HR, 18 RBI C Dom Nunez .260 BA, 7 HR, 16 RBI Minnesota Batting Order GM1 RF Max Kepler .265 BA, 24 HR, 47 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .277 BA, 12 HR, 48 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .275 BA, 18 HR, 47 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .277 BA, 20 HR, 57 RBI 1B Miguel Sano .278 BA, 25 HR, 62 RBI C Mitch Garver .297 BA, 23 HR, 54 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .254 BA, 11 HR, 30 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .314 BA, 2 HR, 16 RBI CF Byron Buxton .251 BA, 9 HR, 28 RBI *=The Bomba Squad: Leads MLB in HR (154) and SLG (.499). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 154 - 2019 through 82 games: 146 Storylines 1. Twingo returns tonight! Jump into chat at 4:45pmCT for the cards! 2. All-Star Watch: Berrios currently is 7th in SP votes, Trevor May currently is 1st in RP votes, Garver is 1st in C votes, Kepler is 1st in RF votes.

Catch-up Things were looking bleak for the Twins, backs to the rope, and then Trevor May (the real one) raided the stream again! The Twins would rally late thanks to a game-tying HR by Eddie Rosario and then the eventual dagger by the Boomstick in the 12th. Odo looking good out of the pen, Rodgers bounces back, and now the Twins lean on Rich Hill in his second start to try and take down the Astros. Pre-game 6:45pmCT Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings* Team Record PCT GB L10 1. Twins 50-31 .617 - 7-3 2. Royals 42-40 .512 8.5 5-5 3. Indians 40-41 .494 10.0 6-4 4. White Sox 40-41 .494 10.0 5-5 5. Tigers 32-48 .400 16.5 3-7 *Twins own 2nd largest lead over 2nd place in a division in baseball (1st being the Dodgers 11.0 games up over the D'Backs in the NL West). Starting Pitchers Houston Josh James 7-3, 3.47 ERA, 72.2 IP, 89 K'sMinnesota Rich Hill 1-0, 2.84 ERA, 6.1 IP, 8 K'sHouston Batting Order* LF Michael Brantley .307 BA, 13 HR, 40 RBI 3B Alex Bregman .333 BA, 15 HR, 37 RBI 2B Jose Altuve .373 BA, 15 HR, 73 RBI DH Yordan Alvarez .334 BA, 19 HR, 68 RBI 1B Yuli Gurriel .278 BA, 14 HR, 57 RBI CF George Springer .256 BA, 18 HR, 50 RBI SS Carlos Correa .242 BA, 16 HR, 43 RBI RF Kyle Tucker .276 BA, 5 HR, 21 RBI C Martin Maldanado .236 BA, 7 HR, 14 RBI *=As a club, the Astros lead MLB in Batting Average (.291) and Runs (443). Minnesota Batting Order* RF Max Kepler .269 BA, 24 HR, 47 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .275 BA, 11 HR, 46 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .276 BA, 17 HR, 46 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .275 BA, 20 HR, 57 RBI 1B Miguel Sano .278 BA, 25 HR, 62 RBI C Mitch Garver .293 BA, 23 HR, 53 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .254 BA, 10 HR, 29 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .319 BA, 2 HR, 16 RBI CF Jake Cave .246 BA, 8 HR, 25 RBI *=The Bomba Squad: Leads MLB in HR (150) and SLG (.499). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 150 - 2019 through 81 games: 141 Storylines 1. Plan moving forward: Assuming Opening Day for real is July 24th, we will be ending the regular season on July 5th, followed by the Postseason from July 6th-July 23rd pending how far the Twins advance. Also as a failsafe, if for some reason the real season is cut short due to COVID-19, we will pick back up where we left off in the regular season the day real baseball is taken away, but let's not think about that. 2. All-Star Watch: Berrios currently is 7th in SP votes, Trevor May currently is 1st in RP votes, Garver is 1st in C votes, Kepler is 1st in RF votes.

6/23/20: Minnesota Twins (49-31) @ Houston Astros (48-29) 7:10pmCT Catch-up First game back showed some rust for the Twins as they lost the first game of the series in a "close," game 4-3, but for those who were there tuning in it felt like a blowout lose. Homer Bailey allowed a huge three-run HR to Springer, Buxton not only went 0-3 at the plate but he also was 0-3 with at least 2 RISP last night. The Twins will look to bounceback tonight behind their ace in Jose Berrios. Pre-game 6:45pmCT Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings* 1. Twins 49-31 2. Royals 41-40 3. Indians 40-40 4. White Sox 39-41 5. Tigers 32-47 *Twins own 2nd largest lead over 2nd place in a division in baseball (1st being the Dodgers 10.0 games up over the D'Backs in the NL West). Starting Pitchers Houston: Lance McCullers Jr. 3-4, 4.31 ERA, 87.0 IP, 104 K'sMinnesota: Jose Berrios 9-2, 3.26 ERA, 94.0 IP, 102 K'sHouston Batting Order* LF Michael Brantley .313 BA, 13 HR, 40 RBI 3B Alex Bregman .337 BA, 15 HR, 37 RBI 2B Jose Altuve .369 BA, 15 HR, 73 RBI DH Yordan Alvarez .332 BA, 17 HR, 65 RBI 1B Yuli Gurriel .279 BA, 14 HR, 57 RBI CF George Springer .261 BA, 18 HR, 50 RBI SS Carlos Correa .240 BA, 16 HR, 42 RBI RF Kyle Tucker .282 BA, 3 HR, 7 RBI C Martin Maldanado .245 BA, 7 HR, 14 RBI*=As a club, the Astros lead MLB in Batting Average (.291) and Runs (443). Minnesota Batting Order* RF Max Kepler .268 BA, 23 HR, 46 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .277 BA, 11 HR, 46 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .275 BA, 16 HR, 44 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .272 BA, 19 HR, 56 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .253 BA, 10 HR, 28 RBI C Alex Avila .263 BA, 7 HR, 11 RBI 1B Ehire Adrianza .316 BA, 2 HR, 11 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .320 BA, 2 HR, 15 RBI CF Jake Cave .273 BA, 0 HR, 8 RBI*=The Bomba Squad: Leads MLB in HR (147) and SLG (.497). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 147 - 2019 through 80 games: 141 Storylines 1. Today's game officially marks the halfway point of the season as the Twins will play their 81st game of the season. Last year in Rocco's first year as manager the Twins were 52-28 at this time so this year's club a couple games back of pace but well on their way to winning the AL Central for the second year in a row. 2. With yesterday's lose the Twins are now on their second losing streak of the month and overall are 11-8 for the month. 3. All-Star Watch: Berrios currently is 7th in SP votes, Trevor May currently is 1st in RP votes, Garver is 1st in C votes, Kepler is 1st in RF votes.

6/22: Minnesota Twins (49-30) @ Houston Astros (47-29) 7:10pmCT Catch-up We're back baby. After a week off from my honeymoon the broadcaster is back to call more Virtual Twins baseball in the hopes real ball is announced in the coming days, but for now, we push on. In PA like fashion let's go Covenant Catch-Up on the bit, last week the Twins played 12 games in 5 days and they went 10-2 and completed sweeps over the O's and the Royals and split a series with the Brewers before defeating the Yankees in a series for the 2nd time this year 3 games to 1. But now back to tonight the Twins head into Houston to take on the Astros who currently own the #1 WC spot and are 0.5 games back of a tough foe against the Twins this year in the Angels. Pre-game 6:45pmCT, 7:05pmCT Special Recognition of Nelson Cruz's Humanitarian Award Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings* 1. Twins 49-30 2. Royals 41-38 3. Indians 40-39 4. White Sox 38-40 5. Tigers 31-46 *Twins own 2nd largest lead over 2nd place in a division in baseball (1st being the Dodgers 10.0 games up over the D'Backs in the NL West). Starting Pitchers Houston: Zack Greinke* 5-4, 5.34 ERA, 91.0 IP, 90 K'sMinnesota: Homer Bailey** 5-2, 2.25 ERA, 88.0 IP, 58 K's*=Zack Greinke: Career against Minnesota in 24 appearances, 20 starts (5-9, 4.64 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 7.2 K/9 **=Homer Bailey: 2nd in AL, ERA (2.25, behind Tanner Roark's 2.24 ERA for the Blue Jays). Houston Batting Order* LF Michael Brantley .311 BA, 13 HR, 40 RBI 3B Alex Bregman .340 BA, 15 HR, 37 RBI 2B Jose Altuve .371 BA, 15 HR, 73 RBI DH Yordan Alvarez .332 BA, 17 HR, 65 RBI 1B Yuli Gurriel .279 BA, 14 HR, 57 RBI CF George Springer .257 BA, 17 HR, 47 RBI SS Carlos Correa .239 BA, 15 HR, 41 RBI RF Josh Reddick .275 BA, 5 HR, 21 RBI C Garrett Stubbs .267 BA, 0 HR, 22 RBI*=As a club, the Astros lead MLB in Batting Average (.291) and Runs (443). Minnesota Batting Order RF Max Kepler* .268 BA, 23 HR, 45 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .277 BA, 10 HR, 45 RBI C Mitch Garver* .294 BA, 22 HR, 52 RBI 1B Miguel Sano* .282 BA, 25 HR, 62 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .276 BA, 19 HR, 56 RBI LF Marwin Gonzalez .258 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .249 BA, 10 HR, 28 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .321 BA, 2 HR, 15 RBI CF Byron Buxton .249 BA, 8 HR, 25 RBI*=The Bomba Squad: Leads the MLB in HR (145) and the top three HR hitters in baseball are all in this lineup (Kepler with 23, Garver with 22, and Sano with 25). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 145 - 2019 through 79 games: 141 Storylines If I was a sportsbook, I'd set the +/- on this game at 13.5. Two of the most high powered offenses collide in the hot summer heat of Houston in yet another test for this Twins team who is 5-6 this month against teams currently occupying a playoff spot (1-2 against TB, 1-3 against LAA, 3-1 against NYY). The Astros are playing their best ball all summer in the month of June and specifically in their last 11 games, they are 10-1. The Twins are missing Verlander this series but this high powered offense should make up for the faulty pitching employed by Houston this year as they rank 17th as a club in ERA (4.15). As a side note, again we're still waiting on word of a real season and once we know the definitive dates I will announce how this project will end, but until then, some terrific baseball coming up this week!

1st of all thanks for the kind words on the Virtual Twins project and my marriage and I can't wait to come back to calling games on Monday before stepping aside for the real thing fingers crossed. As a 23 year old I want to build on some of the points you've made because you hit on a lot of the problems I have with the game. I can recall watching the Twins play the Chi Sox and it was Pavano v. Buerhle and it was a fast, fun game. I love baseball so much and when I think back to my time when I played I agree I don't get why the batting gloves need to be re-adjusted everytime but in the same breath my dad always told me I couldn't show off when I played until I was good and in that regard I guess big leaguers have earned the right to re-tape their gloves. Right now I'd kill to watch a 4 hour twins game but months from now I'm sure I won't feel the same way. Hopefully more progress can be made in that regard and now look at me getting wordy here. Denarded thanks for the reply and raising some real points about how despite how badly we want baseball back there are some glarring problems that need to be addressed.

I was thinking about this clip while writing this. That one scene I think truly encapsulates why we all love this game.

Baseball means a lot to us in a number of different ways. When I say the word, “baseball,” you might think back to your mom or dad driving you to your little league games or you might even think of driving your own kids there. You might even think of brats on the grill at home with all of your buddies and clamoring inside the house once the FSN theme kicks in and you hear the voice of Dick Bremer bellow throughout the house inviting you to another edition of Twins baseball. For me, baseball has meant so much more than a game and now more than ever, I and the rest of us need it back. Picture yourself being a young pup saddling up for a weekend tournament and getting dressed in the morning looking at your idols on your wall trying to emulate their game in your shoes. For me those posters were Torii Hunter, Joe Mauer, and Nick Punto. I never got to pro ball, but in my mind I tried to play like those pros I idolized as a kid everyday I went onto the field. I tried to fly around and smile like Torii, I tried to go wherever I was needed on the field like Nick Punto, and on the most important position on the field (I’m biased), I tried to call a game like Joe Mauer. But these qualities were not just exclusive to baseball, they helped me in my life as a man. It disheartens me knowing there is a possibility we won’t have baseball this summer but even more than the reasons I’m sure we’re all feeling is that, I can’t but think of a young boy or girl right now who because of this season may never get to truly experience the beautiful game. All I’ve been reading on social media is how other sports are taking over the landscape and baseball is continuing to slide but that’s ok because, “the games are too long,” or “it’s a boring sport anyway,” but I think these are all issues of perception. All of us who love baseball aren’t affected by issues like this because we were all brought up in an environment that showed us how truly remarkable this game is. Today the youth of the world have a unique opportunity to follow along with their favorite players outside of the diamond like Gavin Lux, a prospect in the Dodgers organization who has his own YouTube channel, to our own in Trevor May who started the MLB The Show League and streams on twitch as well. Baseball has some of the greatest personalities in the world playing their game and the sport has failed to market them. Now with the fate of the 2020 season in the balance, it’s more important than ever that instead of looking into dollars and cents, Rob Manfred and the ownership groups salvage this season not just for the sake of bringing baseball back, but it has to be done to save it. We will never know the butterfly effect of this season if we do or don’t have one but right now there is a young child at home who could grow up to be the greatest baseball player that has ever lived, there is a young child at home who is turning off the volume on the tv and is calling the games in their room hoping to be a broadcaster someday, there is a young child who is using legos to build a beautiful future ballpark, and there is a dad throwing a ball with his son before his first game, all of that and more could be gone- if the MLB doesn’t get out of the way and just let the kids play.

Outlook I am getting married this Saturday (woot woot) but that means I will be taking a week off for my honeymoon so we are streaming Virtual Twins Baseball like crazy this week to make up for my week off. Below is this week's schedule: Schedule for the Week Catch-up The Twins have not beaten the Yankees in two series in one season since 2008, they have opportunity at history today. With the Evil Empire seeming to have no answer for the Bomba Squad, this could be the final nail in the coffin for the Twins to down their greatest antagonist arguably in the clubs history. Pre-game 12:00pmCT GM1, tenative 2:15pmCT GM2 Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings* 1. Twins 48-29 2. Royals 40-38 3. Indians 40-38 4. White Sox 37-40 5. Tigers 31-45 *= AL Central: Only division in baseball with all 5 teams above a Winning % of .400 Starting Pitchers Yankees Game 1: James Paxton 8-3, 3.65 ERA, 91.1 IP, 105 K'sGame 2: Masahiro Tanaka 7-2, 3.60 ERA, 100.0 IP, 96 K'sStarting Pitchers Twins Game 1: Kenta Maeda 3-3, 3.02 ERA, 65.2 IP, 96 K'sGame 2: Jake Odorizzi 3-5, 5.68 ERA, 69.2 IP, 76 K'sYankees Batting Order for Game 1 + Bench 2B D.J. LeMahieu .311 BA, 10 HR, 44 RBI RF Brett Gardner .275 BA, 7 HR, 20 RBI SS Gleyber Torres .266 BA, 20 HR, 57 RBI DH Giancarlo Stanton .275 BA ,21 HR, 39 RBI 3B Gio Urshela* .375 BA, 14 HR, 41 RBI 1B Luke Voit .244 BA, 14 HR, 34 RBI C Gary Sanchez .184 BA, 8 HR, 20 RBI LF Mike Tauchman .222 BA, 4 HR, 6 RBI CF Aaron Hicks .224 BA, 7 HR, 19 RBIBench C, Kyle Higashioka .267 BA, 0 HR, 4 RBIBench 1B, Mike Ford .364 BA, 4 HR, 8 RBIBench SS, Thairo Estrada .206 BA, 3 HR, 12 RBIBench LF, Clint Frazier .147 BA, 0 HR, 4 RBIBench 3B, Miguel Andujar .220 BA, 13 HR, 40 RBI*=Gio Urshela: Leads AL in Batting Average (.375) Minnesota Batting Order for Game 1 + Bench* CF Byron Buxton .249 BA, 8 HR, 25 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .273 BA, 15 HR, 42 RBI 1B Miguel Sano* .283 BA, 25 HR, 62 RBI C Mitch Garver .301 BA, 22 HR, 52 RBI RF Max Kepler .271 BA, 23 HR, 45 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .272 BA, 19 HR, 54 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .316 BA, 2 HR, 14 RBI SS Ehire Adrianza .315 BA, 2 HR, 10 RBI 3B Willians Astudillo .152 BA, 0 HR, 1 RBIBench SS, Jorge Polanco .275 BA, 10 HR, 44 RBiBench SS, Marwin Gonzalez .258 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBIBench C, Alex Avila .263 BA, 7 HR, 11 RBIBench CF, Jake Cave .275 BA, 0 HR, 7 RBIBench 3B, Josh Donaldson .250 BA, 10 HR, 28 RBI*=Miguel Sano: 2nd among AL 1st Baseman in Batting Average (.283), 1st in HR, RBI, SLG% (25/62/.650) Bomba Tracker - 2020: 144 - 2019 through 77 games: 139 Storylines 1. The Twins have not swept the Yankees at home since 1991 and although that was a three game series and this is a four game set, Twins fans have reasons to be optimistic. Kenta Maeda has been superb his last two starts going 2-1 in 17.2 IP with 5 ER and 22 K's. 2. In the season series this season the Twins are 5-1 against New York and have not had a winning season against New York since 2001 and the Twins look to continue their dominance today.

6/10/20: New York Yankees (49-25) @ Minnesota Twins (49-28) 4:45pmCT, 6:45pmCT Outlook I am getting married this Saturday (woot woot) but that means I will be taking a week off for my honeymoon so we are streaming Virtual Twins Baseball like crazy this week to make up for my week off. Below is this week's schedule: Schedule for the Week Catch-up The Twins are on their longest winning streak of the year after sweeping the O's and the Royals on the road and now come back home to play host to an interleague rival in the Brewers who have won 5 of their last 8 and are in a battle for a Wild Card spot. Pre-game 4:30pmCT GM1, tenative 6:30pmCT GM2 Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings* 1. Twins 46-29 2. Royals 39-37 3. Indians 39-37 4. White Sox 36-39 5. Tigers 31-43 *= AL Central: Only division in baseball with all 5 teams above a Winning % of .400 Starting Pitchers Yankees Game 1: Gerrit Cole* 8-2, 2.99 ERA, 105.1 IP, 129 K'sGame 2: Jordan Montgomery 4-8, 4.69 ERA, 78.2 IP, 73 K's*=Gerrit Cole: 1st in AL Cy Young vote ahead of Shane Bieber. Starting Pitchers Twins Game 1: Jose Berrios 8-2, 3.41 ERA, 87.0 IP, 96 K'sGame 2: Rich "Dick Mountain," Hill 4-1, 2.45 ERA, 58.2 IP, 72 K's in 13 starts in 2019.Yankees Batting Order for Game 1 + Bench 2B D.J. LeMahieu .321 BA, 10 HR, 44 RBI RF Brett Gardner .285 BA, 7 HR, 20 RBI SS Gleyber Torres .270 BA, 19 HR, 56 RBI DH Giancarlo Stanton .283 BA ,21 HR, 39 RBI 3B Gio Urshela* .379 BA, 13 HR, 40 RBI 1B Luke Voit .237 BA, 13 HR, 32 RBI C Gary Sanchez .189 BA, 8 HR, 20 RBI LF Mike Tauchman .230 BA, 4 HR, 6 RBI CF Aaron Hicks .218 BA, 6 HR, 18 RBIBench C, Kyle Higashioka .267 BA, 0 HR, 4 RBIBench 1B, Mike Ford .364 BA, 4 HR, 8 RBIBench SS, Thairo Estrada .210 BA, 3 HR, 12 RBIBench LF, Clint Frazier .147 BA, 0 HR, 4 RBIBench 3B, Miguel Andujar .220 BA, 13 HR, 40 RBI*=Gio Urshela: Leads AL in Batting Average (.379) Minnesota Batting Order for Game 1 + Bench* RF Max Kepler* .264 BA, 23 HR, 44 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .278 BA, 10 HR, 44 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .250 BA, 9 HR, 25 RBI C Mitch Garver* .305 BA, 22 HR, 52 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .273 BA, 15 HR, 42 RBI 1B Miguel Sano* .280 BA, 24 HR, 58 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .268 BA, 18 HR, 50 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .317 BA, 1 HR, 12 RBI CF Byron Buxton .249 BA, 8 HR, 25 RBIBench SS, Nick Gordon 1-17, 0 HR, 2 RBIBench SS, Ehire Adrianza .315 BA, 1 HR, 9 RBIBench C, Alex Avila .263 BA, 7 HR, 11 RBIBench CF, Jake Cave .275 BA, 0 HR, 7 RBI*=Bomba Squad: Top 3 HR hitters in all of baseball are Kepler (23), Sano (24), and Garver (22). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 140 - 2019 through 75 games: 135 Storylines 1. Yankees and Twins baseball almost doesn't need a lead up. Last time this season Max Kepler homered in each 9th inning of the series, the Twins nearly swept but were walked off by Giancarlo Stanton in the 10th, and now for the second time this year it's Gerrit Cole v. Jose Berrios, it really doesn't get better than this. 2. The top two slugging offenses in baseball meet again today and for the Twins to try and combat that, they turn to the final piece they added this offseason who is finally rested enough to perform, Rich "Dick Mountain," Hill.

6/10/20: Milwaukee Brewers (37-34) @ Minnesota Twins (45-28) 4:45pmCT, 6:45pmCT Outlook I am getting married this Saturday (woot woot) but that means I will be taking a week off for my honeymoon so we are streaming Virtual Twins Baseball like crazy this week to make up for my week off. Below is this week's schedule: Schedule for the Week Catch-up The Twins are on their longest winning streak of the year after sweeping the O's and the Royals on the road and now come back home to play host to an interleague rival in the Brewers who have won 5 of their last 8 and are in a battle for a Wild Card spot. Pre-game 4:30pmCT GM1, tenative 6:30pmCT GM2 Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings* 1. Twins 45-28 2. Royals 39-35 3. Indians 38-36 4. White Sox 35-38 5. Tigers 30-42 *= AL Central: Only division in baseball with all 5 teams above a Winning % of .400 Starting Pitchers Brewers Game 1: Freddy Peralta 2-2, 2.93ERA, 70.2 IP, 80 K'sGame 2: Adrian Houser 3-3, 4.89 ERA, 70.0 IP, 73 K'sStarting Pitchers Twins Game 1: Homer Bailey* 5-1, 2.06 ERA, 83.0 IP, 55 K'sGame 2: Devin Smeltzer 3-0, 5.22 ERA, 39.2 IP, 36 K's*=Homer Bailey: 1st in MLB, ERA (2.06). Brewers Batting Order for Game 1 + Bench CF Lorenzo Cain .275 BA, 7 HR, 27 RBI 3B Eric Sogard .236 BA, 4 HR, 21 RBI RF Christian Yelich .234 BA, 14 HR, 45 RBI 2B Keston Hiura .283 BA ,14 HR, 35 RBI LF Avisail Garcia .305 BA, 13 HR, 33 RBI 1B Justin Smoak .272 BA, 7 HR, 29 RBI SS Orlando Arcia .278 BA, 3 HR, 20 RBI DH Ryan Braun .204 BA, 3 HR, 5 RBI C Omar Narvaez .263 BA, 13 HR, 36 RBIBench C, Manny Pina .241 BA, 1 HR, 6 RBIBench 1B, Jedd Gyorko .204 BA, 1 HR, 5 RBIBench 2B, Brock Holt .278 BA, 5 HR, 18 RBIBench LF, Ben Gamel .200 BA, 2 HR, 7 RBIBench CF, Tyron Taylor .244 BA, 2 HR, 13 RBIMinnesota Batting Order for Game 1 + Bench* RF Max Kepler* .261 BA, 23 HR, 44 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .308 BA, 1 HR, 12 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .254 BA, 9 HR, 25 RBI 1B Miguel Sano* .284 BA, 23 HR, 55 RBI C Mitch Garver* .304 BA, 22 HR, 52 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .270 BA, 14 HR, 38 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .270 BA, 18 HR, 50 RBI SS Nick Gordon 1-13, 0 HR, 1 RBI CF Byron Buxton .252 BA, 8 HR, 25 RBIBench SS, Jorge Polanco .280 BA, 10 HR, 44 RBIBench SS, Ehire Adrianza .315 BA, 1 HR, 9 RBIBench C, Alex Avila .263 BA, 7 HR, 11 RBIBench CF, Jake Cave .275 BA, 0 HR, 7 RBI*=Bomba Squad: Top 3 HR hitters in all of baseball are Kepler (23), Sano (23), and Garver (22). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 138 - 2019 through 70 games: 132 Storylines 1. The Bomba Squad outpacing the 2019 squad, the largest lead of the year in the AL Central, hopefully real baseball around the corner, there a ton of reasons to be happy if you're a Twins fan. Now coming home to try and keep the winning streak alive against the Brew Crew will be a tall task but should lead to some great baseball tonight. 2. The Brewers come into Target Field for the first time this season and they are in the middle of a race for the Wild Card. Nearing the middle of June the Brewers are 5-3 this month and for game one lean on one of the surprises of the year in Freddy Peralta who leads the staff in ERA (2.93).

6/12/20: Minnesota Twins (42-28) @ Kansas City Royals (37-32) |TRIPLEHEADER| 11:45pmCT, 4:45pmCT, 6:45pmCT Outlook I am getting married this Saturday (woot woot) but that means I will be taking a week off for my honeymoon so we are streaming Virtual Twins Baseball like crazy this week to make up for my week off. Below is this week's schedule: Schedule for the Week Catch-up You know how the Twins went 9-0 against Baltimore last year, well they're now 5-1 against them this year after launching FOURTEEN Bombas in a three game sweep and now head into Kansas City to take on the surprise team of the year, the 2nd place Royals. Pre-game 11:30amCT GM1, 4:30pmCT GM2, tenative 6:30pmCT GM3 Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings 1. Twins 42-28 2. Royals 37-32 3. Indians 35-35 4. White Sox 34-36 5. Tigers 28-41 Starting Pitchers Twins Game 1: Jose Berrios 7-2, 3.65 ERA, 79.0 IP, 88 K'sGame 2: Kenta Maeda* 2-3, 3.15 ERA, 60.0 IP, 87 K'sGame 3: Michael "Big Mike," Pineda 0-1, 4.70 ERA, 7.2 IP, 4 K's*=Kenta Maeda: Leads Twins staff in K/9, (13.05), while Trevor May leads Twins relievers in that category (16.07, 2nd in MLB among relievers). Starting Pitchers Royals* Game 1: Brad Keller 9-3, 3.23 ERA, 83.2 IP, 67 K'sGame 2: Heath Fillmyer 3-5, 5.78 ERA, 67.0 IP, 45 K'sGame 3: Danny Duffy 4-5, 4.54 ERA, 77.1 IP, 61 K's*=Bomba Squad vs. Royals: Twins lead baseball with 130 HR's meanwhile the Royals staff is 4th in the MLB in least amount of HR's allowed (74). Minnesota Batting Order for Game 1 + Bench* RF Max Kepler .252 BA, 21 HR, 41 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .282 BA, 10 HR, 43 RBI C Mitch Garver .307 BA, 20 HR, 46 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .254 BA, 9 HR, 23 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .267 BA, 13 HR, 36 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .272 BA, 16 HR, 48 RBI 1B Alex Avila .278 BA, 7 HR, 11 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .311 BA, 1 HR, 12 RBI CF Byron Buxton .251 BA, 8 HR, 25 RBIBench 1B, Miguel Sano .282 BA, 23 HR, 54 RBIBench SS, Ehire Adrianza .314 BA, 1 HR, 8 RBIBench SS, Nick Gordon 0-9, 0 HR, 1 RBIBench CF, Jake Cave .275 BA, 0 HR, 7 RBI*=Twins: 1 of 5 teams to have 6 players with 10 or more HR's. Kansas City Batting Order for Game 1 + Bench 2B Whit Merrifield .268 BA, 9 HR, 38 RBI SS Adalberto Mondesi .288 BA, 6 HR, 37 RBI RF Jorge Soler* .326 BA, 18 HR, 50 RBI 3B Hunter Dozier .233 BA, 8 HR, 33 RBI LF Alex Gordon .307 BA, 10 HR, 44 RBI C Salvador Perez .304 BA, 11 HR, 30 RBI 1B Ryan O'Hearn .219 BA, 9 HR, 29 RBI DH Maikel Franco .264 BA, 12 HR, 29 RBI CF Brett Phillips .296 BA, 7 HR, 24 RBIBench SS, Nicky Lopez .222 BA, 0 HR, 5 RBIBench C, Cam Gallagher .211 BA, 0 HR, 1 RBIBench CF, Bubba Starling .270 BA, 3 HR, 7 RBIBench LF, Anderson Miller .105 BA, 0 HR, 2 RBI*=Jorge Soler: 1st in All-Star Vote in RF (457K votes) ahead of Twin's RF Max Kepler (442K votes). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 130 - 2019 through 70 games: 129 ***First time 2020 team has outpaced 2019's squad Storylines June has been a good month to be a Royals fan as the club is 7-3 and now plays host to the Twins with a chance to jump back into the race and become a legitimate contender for a playoff spot nearing the halfway mark of the season. Rocco has done a pretty good job of keeping the Twins level headed after large wins, as the Twins are 4-2 following a game where they scored 10 runs or more this season but he'll have his work cut out for him after a lopsided series in Baltimore. With a chance to pave away from the pack and be the clear cut leader in the Central, or a chance to nearly be tied with KC, a lot is riding on this series for both clubs.

6/8/20: Minnesota Twins (39-28) @ Baltimore Orioles (18-47) TRIPLEHEADER 11:45pmCT, 4:45pmCT, 6:45pmCT Outlook I am getting married this Saturday (woot woot) but that means I will be taking a week off for my honeymoon so we are streaming Virtual Twins Baseball like crazy this week to make up for my week off. Below is this week's schedule: Schedule for the Week Catch-up The Angels defeat the Twins for the second time this season, this time at Target Field, and now move to 5-2 on the year against Minnesota as they take a much needed day off before doing battle with the Baltimore Orioles who the Twins bested in a three game series back in late May. Pre-game 11:30amCT GM1, 4:30pmCT GM2, tenative 6:30pmCT GM3 Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings 1. Twins 39-28 2. Royals 36-31 3. Indians 34-33 4. White Sox 32-35 5. Tigers 27-39 Starting Pitchers Twins Game 1: Michael Pineda 0-1, 8.10 ERA, 3.1 IP, 2 K'sGame 2: Homer Bailey* 5-1, 2.07 ERA, 78.1 IP, 50 K'sGame 3: Jake Odorizzi 2-5, 5.94 ERA, 63.2 IP, 68 K's*=Homer Bailey: 2nd in AL, ERA (2.07) Starting Pitchers Orioles Game 1: John Means 2-9, 5.43 ERA, 66.1 IP, 37 K'sGame 2: Alex Cobb 1-8, 5.28 ERA, 75.0 IP, 52 K'sGame 3: Kohl Stewart* 2-6, 4.70 ERA, 59.1 IP, 41 K's*=Kohl Stewart: Last start against Minnesota 5/19/20: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K's, Loss Minnesota Batting Order for Game 1 + Bench RF Max Kepler .243 BA, 17 HR, 35 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .286 BA, 10 HR, 42 RBI 1B Miguel Sano* .286 BA, 21 HR, 51 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .270 BA, 12 HR, 35 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .242 BA, 6 HR, 19 RBI C Mitch Garver .302 BA, 19 HR, 44 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .272 BA, 15 HR, 46 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .310 BA, 1 HR, 11 RBI CF Byron Buxton .250 BA, 8 HR, 23 RBIBench C, Alex Avila .255 BA, 5 HR, 9 RBIBench SS, Ehire Adrianza .314 BA, 1 HR, 8 RBIBench SS, Nick Gordon 0-9, 0 HR, 1 RBIBench CF, Jake Cave .275 BA, 0 HR, 7 RBI*=Miguel Sano: 3rd in Hank Aaron Award vote behind Gio Urshela .389/13/38 and Xander Bogaerts .322/15/40 Baltimore Batting Order for Game 1 + Bench 2B Andrew Velazquez .258 BA, 4 HR, 11 RBI LF Anthony Santander .226 BA, 6 HR, 22 RBI DH Renato Nunez* .254 BA, 9 HR, 32 RBI CF Austin Hays .234 BA, 7 HR, 12 RBI 3B Rio Ruiz .274 BA, 0 HR, 3 RBI 1B Chris Davis .165 BA, 5 HR, 14 RBI RF Dwight Smith Jr. .246 BA, 4 HR, 16 RBI SS Jose Igelsias .232 BA, 1 HR, 14 RBI C Austin Wynns .219 BA, 5 HR, 14 RBIBench 3B, Hanser Alberto .189 BA, 2 HR, 13 RBIBench RF, D.J. Stewart .333 BA, 4 HR, 5 RBIBench C, Pedro Severino .144 BA, 0 HR, 2 RBIBench 2B, Ramon Urias .228 BA, 6 HR, 16 RBI*=Renato Numez: 5th in AL, Doubles (17). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 116 - 2019 through 67 games: 124 Storylines 1. The last time the Twins played the O's this season they won 2 out of 3 and last year the Twins went 9-0 against Baltimore so the dominance is very prevalent in this series. And especially after a brutal homestand, the Twins will look to avenge some demons on the O's pitching staff. 2. The O's so far this June are playing .500 baseball with a 3-3 record and are looking to put a brutal month of May behind them in which they went 5-23. 3. Will update this thread after each game.

6/7/20: Los Angeles Angels (38-26) @ Minnesota Twins (39-27) 1:10pmCT Twingo Another "home-stand," for Minnesota means more Twingo courtesy of SotaStick. Pick any of the boards linked below, comment which one you are playing with in the Twitch chat, and see if you can win some awesome Twins merch from SotaStick! Twingo Cards (Will not be updated until 4:00pm). Catch-up In his first game in the big leagues, Nick Gordon walks it off for the 5th time of the season for Minnesota in yet another thriller in a 7-6 victory. Today the Angels will look to take the series for the second time this season against Minnesota while the Twins will look to even it up before an "off-day," tomorrow more on that in the last storyline. Pre-game 12:45pmCT (Twingo Cards lock after first pitch at 1:10pmCT). Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings 1. Twins 39-27 2. Royals 36-30 3. Indians 34-32 4. White Sox 31-35 5. Tigers 26-39 Starting Pitchers Los Angeles: Julio Teheran 6-2, 4.38 ERA, 72.0 IP, 61 K'sMinnesota: Randy Dobnak* 5-0, 3.65 ERA, 44.1 IP, 29 K's*=Randy Dobnak: In 4 starts this season, (2-0, 1.84 ERA, 23.1 IP, 17 K's, 1.15 WHIP). Los Angeles Batting Order 2B David Fletcher .284 BA, 3 HR, 19 RBI CF Mike Trout .298 BA, 12 HR, 47 RBI 3B Anthony Rendon .310 BA, 19 HR, 54 RBI LF Justin Upton .259 BA, 13 HR, 39 RBI DH Shohei Ohtani* .316 BA, 4 HR, 15 RBI 1B Albert Pujols .254 BA, 7 HR, 31 RBI SS Andrelton Simmons .292 BA, 10 HR, 33 RBI RF Jo Adell 0-7, BB through two games .270 BA, 9 HR, 30 RBI in AAA C Jason Castro .271 BA, 6 HR, 19 RBI*="Sho Time," Ohtani against Minnesota this year: Pitching|5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's, Win. Batting|2-7 2B, R Minnesota Batting Order RF Max Kepler .243 BA, 17 HR, 35 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .288 BA, 10 HR, 42 RBI 1B Miguel Sano* .290 BA, 21 HR, 50 RBI C Mitch Garver .305 BA, 19 HR, 44 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .276 BA, 15 HR, 46 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .266 BA, 11 HR, 33 RBI 3B Luis Arraez .303 BA, 1 HR, 9 RBI 2B Nick Gordon .338 BA, 8 HR, 18 RBI in 145 AB's in AAA. 0-5, Walk-Off RBI Sac-Fly in debut. CF Byron Buxton .245 BA, 8 HR, 23 RBI*=Miguel Sano: 1st in AL, SLG (.665). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 115 - 2019 through 66 games: 122 Storylines The Angels still lead the season series 4-2 over Minnesota, but a crucial win for a Twins club who was on their longest losing streak of the year, now looking to even the series behind "Dobby." It was Mike Trout with a Grand Slam in game one, Rendon with a 4 RBI day in game two, and a two home run day for Upton despite losing, it seems every game a new Angel is destroying the Twins. My vote, I think Adell after a rough first couple games will prove three times is the charm and have a good day today. Moving forward, I am getting married on the 13th so I will be streaming next week with this as the schedule: 6/7: 12:45pmCT vs. LAA| 6/8: 11:45pmCT GM1, 4:45pmCT GM2&3 @ BAL | 6/9: 11:45pmCT GM1, 4:45pmCT GM 2&3 @ KC |6/10: 4:45pmCT GM1&2 vs. MIL |6/11: 4:45pmCT GM 1&2 vs. NYY |6/12: 4:45pmCT GM 3&4 vs. NYY.

6/6/20: Los Angeles Angels (38-25) @ Minnesota Twins (38-27) 6:45pmCT Watch Here: http://twitch.tv/thuuuuney Twingo Another "home-stand," for Minnesota means more Twingo courtesy of SotaStick. Pick any of the boards linked below, comment which one you are playing with in the Twitch chat, and see if you can win some awesome Twins merch from SotaStick! Twingo Cards (Will not be updated until 1:00pm). Catch-up For the second day in a row, the Twins rally in the 9th inning is too little too late. Now on their longest losing streak of 4 games, the Twins turn to their ace in Jose Berrios to try and bounceback while the Angels come into town currently holding the highest winning streak of any club this season at 7 in a row. Pre-game 6:15pmCT (Twingo Cards lock after first pitch at 6:45pmCT). Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings 1. Twins 38-27 2. Royals 35-30 3. Indians 34-31 4. White Sox 30-35 5. Tigers 26-38 Starting Pitchers Los Angeles: Felix Pena 5-2, 2.84 ERA, 69.2 IP, 52 K'sMinnesota: Jose Berrios* 7-2, 3.41 ERA, 74.0 IP, 83 K's*=Jose Berrios: In month of May (2-1. 34.0 IP, 22 H, 8 ER, 12 BB, 41 K's). Los Angeles Batting Order 2B Tommy La Stella .289 BA, 11 HR, 37 RBI CF Mike Trout .294 BA, 12 HR, 47 RBI 3B Anthony Rendon .308 BA, 19 HR, 52 RBI SS David Fletcher .286 BA, 3 HR, 19 RBI DH Shohei Ohtani* .333 BA, 4 HR, 15 RBI in 72 At-Bats. LF Justin Upton .255 BA, 11 HR, 35 RBI 1B Matt Thaiss .194 BA, 4 HR, 5 RBI RF Jo Adell 0-3, BB in debut yesterday. .270 BA, 9 HR, 30 RBI in AAA C Max Stassi .444 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI*="Sho Time," Ohtani against Minnesota this year: Pitching|5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's, Win. Batting|2-3 2B, R Minnesota Batting Order RF Max Kepler .236 BA, 17 HR, 35 RBI SS Nick Gordon* .338 BA, 8 HR, 18 RBI in 145 AB's in AAA. 1B Miguel Sano .287 BA, 21 HR, 50 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .271 BA, 15 HR, 45 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .237 BA, 6 HR, 18 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .262 BA, 11 HR, 30 RBI C Alex Avila .271 BA, 5 HR, 8 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .304 BA, 1 HR, 9 RBI CF Byron Buxton .249 BA, 8 HR, 23 RBI*=Nick Gordon: 1st Round Pick by Minnesota back in 2014 Draft makes his Big League Debut. Bomba Tracker - 2020: 115 - 2019 through 65 games: 119 Storylines 1. We already had one player make their debut this series in Jo Adell, and now the Twins will answer with one of their own in one of their many touted prospects in Nick Gordon. Gordon slashed .298/.342/.459 in 70 games last year in AAA. 2. Anthony Rendon likely daggered the Twins with his 3-Run HR and that has bee the case all year against Minnesota for Rendon, batting .368 with 2 HR, 5 RBI's, and slugging at .684 in 19 at-bats against the Twins this season. 3. The Angels four games away from tying their franchise record of an 11 game winning streak, the Twins on their longest losing streak of the year with the Royals hot on their toes, a big game for both teams will be on the table tonight.

6/5/20: Los Angeles Angels (37-25) @ Minnesota Twins (38-26) 7:10pmCT Twingo Another "home-stand," for Minnesota means more Twingo courtesy of SotaStick. Pick any of the boards linked below, comment which one you are playing with in the Twitch chat, and see if you can win some awesome Twins merch from SotaStick! Twingo Cards Catch-up The Angels nearly get walked off by Minnesota in the 9th as the go-ahead run in Adrianza came to the plate after a 2 out 2-RBI single by Cruz, but the Halos escape and now move to a 6 game winning streak and 3-1 on the year against Minnesota. Pre-game 6:45pmCT (Twingo Cards lock after first pitch at 7:10pmCT). Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings 1. Twins 38-26 2. Royals 34-30 3. Indians 34-30 4. White Sox 29-35 5. Tigers 26-37 Starting Pitchers Los Angeles: Griffin Canning* 3-1, 3.76 ERA, 64.2 IP, 66 K'sMinnesota: Kenta Maeda** 2-2, 2.96 ERA, 54.2 IP, 83 K's*=Griffin Canning: 5.0 IP, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K's in Win over Twins on 5/3/20. **=Kenta Maeda: 4.0 IP, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K's in Loss against Angels on 5/3/20. Los Angeles Batting Order* DH Tommy La Stella .289 BA, 11 HR, 37 RBI CF Mike Trout .295 BA, 12 HR, 47 RBI 3B Anthony Rendon .304 BA, 18 HR, 49 RBI 2B David Fletcher .286 BA, 3 HR, 19 RBI 1B Albert Pujols .258 BA, 7 HR, 31 RBI LF Justin Upton .255 BA, 11 HR, 35 RBI RF Jo Adell* .270 BA, 9 HR, 30 RBI in AAA SS Andrelton Simmons .295 BA, 10 HR, 32 RBI C Jason Castro .271 BA, 6 HR, 17 RBI*=Jo Adell: Makes Big League Debut, ranked 6th highest prospect in MLB by MLB.com. Minnesota Batting Order RF Max Kepler .239 BA, 17 HR, 35 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .292 BA, 10 HR, 42 RBI C Mitch Garver .309 BA, 19 HR, 44 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .270 BA, 15 HR, 44 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .237 BA, 6 HR, 18 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .257 BA, 9 HR, 27 RBI 1B Alex Avila* .267 BA, 4 HR, 7 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .311 BA, 1 HR, 9 RBI CF Jake Cave .262 BA, 0 HR, 7 RBI*=Alex Avila: 7 of 12 hits have been XBH off the bench (3 2B, 4 HR). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 112 - 2019 through 64 games: 121 Storylines 1. The last time Kenta Maeda took the rubber there were rumors his days in the starting rotation were coming to an end. He answered the call by delivering his best performance of the year, going 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K's and the win over Chicago. The Twins will lean on him to end the losing streak here today. 2. This is the second time this season both of these starters faced off against each other and the last time, Canning was victorious. With Mike Trout answering the call yesterday with a late Grand Slam and the calling up of the best prospect in the Angels organization in Jo Adell, there are a lot of things to be excited for as an Angels fan even outside of the 6 game winning streak.

6/4/20: Los Angeles Angels (36-25) @ Minnesota Twins (38-25) 7:10pmCT Watch here: http://https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney Twingo Another "home-stand," for Minnesota means more Twingo courtesy of SotaStick. Pick any of the boards linked below, comment which one you are playing with in the Twitch chat, and see if you can win some awesome Twins merch from SotaStick! Twingo Cards (Will not be updated until 5:30pm). Catch-up The Twins second 2 game losing streak in 7 days, the Indians on their heels for the Central, and a hot Angels club who leads the AL West over Houston should make for some compelling storylines tonight. The Twins turn to their hottest starter in Homer Bailey and for the Angels Andrew Heaney takes the mound after one of his best starts of the year against the Yankees (7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 11 K's). Pre-game 6:45pmCT (Twingo Cards lock after first pitch at 7:10pmCT). Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings 1. Twins 38-25 2. Indians 34-29 3. Royals 33-30 4. White Sox 28-35 5. Tigers 26-36 Starting Pitchers Los Angeles: Andrew Heaney 5-7, 4.58 ERA, 70.2 IP, 86 K'sMinnesota: Homer Bailey* 5-1, 1.99 ERA, 72.1 IP, 48 K's*=Homer Bailey: 2nd in AL, ERA (1.99, in 1st is Hyun-Jin Ryu [TOR] with 1.94). Los Angeles Batting Order* DH Tommy La Stella .294 BA, 11 HR, 37 RBI CF Mike Trout .296 BA, 11 HR, 43 RBI 3B Anthony Rendon .308 BA, 19 HR, 49 RBI 2B David Fletcher .288 BA, 3 HR, 18 RBI 1B Albert Pujols .265 BA, 7 HR, 31 RBI LF Justin Upton .255 BA, 11 HR, 35 RBI RF Brian Goodwin .206 BA, 7 HR, 24 RBI SS Andrelton Simmons .295 BA, 10 HR, 32 RBI C Jason Castro .270 BA, 6 HR, 17 RBI*=Angels in the Outfield: Best Fielding % in Baseball (.993) Minnesota Batting Order RF Max Kepler .236 BA, 17 HR, 35 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .294 BA, 10 HR, 42 RBI C Mitch Garver .317 BA, 19 HR, 43 RBI 1B Miguel Sano .292 BA, 21 HR, 50 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .242 BA, 6 HR, 18 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .271 BA, 15 HR, 42 RBI LF Ehire Adrianza .309 BA, 1 HR, 8 RBI 2B Marwin Gonzalez .237 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI CF Byron Buxton .250 BA, 8 HR, 22 RBI*=Miguel Sano: 1st in MLB, HR (21). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 112 - 2019 through 63 games: 117 Storylines 1. Once again with their backs to the wall the Twins turn to their most reliable starter to get them off the schnid in Homer Bailey. Not only does he have the 2nd best ERA in the AL but he really has only had one blemish thus far and through 11 starts has 5 Quality Starts. 2. It's crazy to say this, but the Angels have been winning games despite Trout not really playing like himself. Trout is slugging at the worst rate of his career (.544), and only has 1/3 of his XBH total from last year in nearly half the At-Bats. In this unusual spell free agent acquisition in Rendon has been worth every penny, 6th in the AL in Batting WAR (3.1).

6/3/20: Rays (34-29) @ Twins (38-24) 7:10pmCT Watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney Ways to Help Just thought I'd pass this along for anyone looking to help donate your time and or money to businesses in Minneapolis affected the link below has a number of businesses you can donate to. List of Businesses in Minneapolis Catch-up Taylor Rodgers continues to struggle, the usually reliable Tyler Duffey walks three men and then it taken out, yesterday was a comedy of errors by the Twins pitching staff and credit to the Rays bats as well as they took game two 7-4. Tonight's game will decide the series with Michael Pineda making his first start back from suspension. Pre-game 6:45pmCT Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network AL Central Standings 1. Twins 38-24 2. Indians 34-29 3. Royals 33-29 4. White Sox 27-35 5. Tigers 25-36 Starting Pitchers Tampa Bay: Yonny Chirinos 4-3, 3.84 ERA, 75.0 IP, 56 K'sMinnesota: Michael Pineda* 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0 IP, 0 K's*=Michael Pineda: First game back from suspension (2019 stats: 11-5, 146.0 IP, 4.01 ERA, 1.16 WHIP in 26 starts). Tampa Bay Batting Order CF Kevin Kiermaier .237 BA, 3 HR, 13 RBI SS Willy Adames* .304 BA, 17 HR, 51 RBI RF Austin Meadows .229 BA, 8 HR, 27 RBI 1B Ji-Man Choi .333 BA, 12 HR, 36 RBI LF Hunter Renfroe .236 BA, 7 HR, 14 RBI DH Joey Wendle .238 BA, 5 HR, 15 RBI 3B Yandy Diaz .247 BA, 11 HR, 33 RBI 2B Brandon Lowe .256 BA, 4 HR, 29 RBI C Michael Perez .164 BA, 0 HR, 2 RBI*=Willy Adames: 3rd in AL, RBI (51). Minnesota Batting Order RF Jake Cave .297 BA, 0 HR, 7 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .295 BA, 10 HR, 42 RBI 1B Miguel Sano* .296 BA, 21 HR, 50 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .271 BA, 15 HR, 42 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .257 BA, 9 HR, 27 RBI C Alex Avila .293 BA, 4 HR, 7 RBI 3B Ehire Adrianza .312 BA, 1 HR, 8 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .312 BA, 1 HR, 9 RBI CF Byron Buxton .243 BA, 7 HR, 20 RBI*=Miguel Sano: 1st in AL, SLG (.693). Bomba Tracker - 2020: 111 - 2019 through 62 games: 117 Storylines For the Rays this series can basically be summed up into two parts. Part 1 was the first 8 innings of game one where the Rays had 1 run and 3 hits and looked like Minnesota was going to walk all over them. Then Part 2, the 9th inning of that game and yesterday's game, the Rays have scored 9 runs in 9 innings and have 6 XBH to show for it. With the Rays finding life and looking to take the series today against Michael Pineda making his first start back for Minnesota. Changes on the Twins staff again this morning as the Twins have for the second time this season optioned Astudillo to AAA (7-42, 1 RBI, .167 SLG in 11 games with Twins), moving Pineda to the starting rotation and with that, bumping Odorizzi out of the rotation for the time being in the 6th man/LRP role.

6/2/20: Tampa Bay Rays (33-29) @ Minnesota Twins (38-23) 7:10pmCT Watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/thuuuuney Moving Forward My goal of this project was only to go until real baseball began. If this proposal is accepted we will deliver games up until the day before real baseball is brought back including simming to the postseason to show a tease of what the real team could bring. Hoping proposal is passed but regardless just wanted to quick update everyone what the plans are. Catch-up A great start from Berrios was nearly squandered by Taylor Rodgers in the 9th as Sergio Romo had to come in and get the save as the Twins escaped with a 5-3 victory on Monday. With the Rays bullpen giving the Twins fits, the Twins will make some adjustments to their bullpen, moving May to closer and Rodgers to setup along with Odorizzi to LRP before "Big Mike," returns for his first start of the year tomorrow. Pre-game 6:45pmCT Where to watch. Virtual Twins Network Hypothetical AL/NL Central Standings through 61-64 games. 1. Twins 38-23 2. Cubs 38-24 3. Reds 37-24 4. Royals 32-29 5. Brewers 32-29 6. Indians 32-30 7. Cardinals 29-33 8. White Sox 27-34 9. Tigers 24-36 10. Pirates 22-38 Starting Pitchers Tampa Bay: Ryan Yarbrough 4-3, 3.23 ERA, 64.0 IP, 52 K's Minnesota: Randy Dobnak* 5-0, 3.63 ERA, 39.2 IP, 27 K's *=Randy Dobnak: In 3 starts this season, (2-0, 0.89 ERA, 18.2 IP, 15 K's, 1.15 WHIP). Tampa Bay Batting Order CF Kevin Kiermaier .231 BA, 3 HR, 13 RBI SS Willy Adames* .305 BA, 16 HR, 48 RBI RF Austin Meadows .233 BA, 8 HR, 27 RBI 1B Ji-Man Choi .325 BA, 12 HR, 34 RBI LF Hunter Renfroe .244 BA, 7 HR, 14 RBI C Mike Zunino .269 BA, 7 HR, 23 RBI 3B Yandy Diaz .247 BA, 11 HR, 33 RBI 2B Brandon Lowe .255 BA, 4 HR, 29 RBI DH Joey Wendle .237 BA, 5 HR, 15 RBI*=Willy Adames: T-3rd in AL, RBI (48). Minnesota Batting Order RF Max Kepler .236 BA, 17 HR, 35 RBI SS Jorge Polanco .293 BA, 9 HR, 41 RBI C Mitch Garver* .313 BA, 19 HR, 42 RBI 1B Miguel Sano .293 BA, 20 HR, 48 RBI 3B Josh Donaldson .245 BA, 6 HR, 18 RBI DH Nelson Cruz .266 BA, 15 HR, 42 RBI LF Eddie Rosario .257 BA, 9 HR, 27 RBI 2B Luis Arraez .317 BA, 1 HR, 9 RBI CF Byron Buxton .243 BA, 7 HR, 20 RBI*=Mitch Garver: Last Six Games, 2-22, 1 XBH, 2 RBI, 8 K's. Bomba Tracker - 2020: 109 - 2019 through 61 games: 114 (Kepler hit 3 HR off Bauer on June 6th in their 61st game). Storylines Taylor Rodgers will have to mull over his fate in the Twins bullpen in a setup role for the first time since 2018. The Twins closer leads the American League in Blown Saves with 7 with the next closest being at 4. New closer for Minnesota is Trevor May (29 games, 1-1, 2 SV, 14 Holds, 2.08 ERA in 26.0 IP). The Rays had men on base all day and waited until the 9th to cash those runners in. Kevin Cash's squad will look to turn the burners on early against a very good starter of late in Randy Dobnak.

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