Mill1634

10-3>27-14. Also, those stats aren't all from this year.

Twins win!!! Absolutely fantastic outing from Devin Smeltzer, the bullpen does a decent job, and the bats do what they do. Get clutch hits and runs when they need them most. This season feels like something special. Enjoy the day off tomorrow, and stay safe! Go Twins!!! Also, I am now 10-3 in game threads I've started. I should do this more often.

Schoop has been pretty poor as of late

Please don't use Rogers in the 9th with a 3 run lead and the bottom half of the order. I'd like to see Littell get a shot at the save, but looks like May may be given the chance.

EDDIE THE STICK!!!!!!!!!

Cron!!!!!!!!!! Let's go!!

MAX!!!!!!

Great baserunning. However, what the hell are we doing pinch running for Castro here with only one catcher in such a close game. Ehire is not that much faster than Castro

Also, I don't disagree with Rocco pulling Smeltzer here. Yes he is only at 69 pitches, but he had been playing with fire for as good as an outing as it was. The bullpen is fairly well rested, and they have an offday tomorrow. As I type this, Braun hits a double

What a debut. Let's hope the bullpen can keep it rolling and that the bats start up.

This is insane. What a debut so far for Devin

The Twins look to come back after falling to our rival Milwaukee last night following a two run blast from Orlando Arcia off of Twins' legend Taylor Rogers. We will also be starting a rookie pitcher who is making his MLB debut in Devin Smeltzer, while the Brewers bring out Zach Davies. Let's hope we can split the series against our boarder rivals. The Pitchers: Devin Smeltzer (3-2, 1.15 ERA, 48 K's in 54.2 MiLB innings) vs Zach Davies (5-0, 2.43 ERA, 38 K's) The Twins placed last nights starter Michael Pineda on the injured list today with an injury to his right knee, and purchased the contract of left hander Devin Smeltzer. Smeltzer was acquired in the Brian Dozier trade season, and the fact that one of the players involved in the deal has already reached the majors is a major win. Dozier has been horrible for the Nationals. Smeltzer is a soft-tossing lefty who relies on a fastball, curveball, changeup repertoire. I am guessing the Twins are hoping to piggy-back Zack Littell with the left hander. Zach Davies is having a career year for the Brew Crew, with the 2nd best ERA in the MLB. Davies is getting very lucky, only striking out 6.1 batter per 9. His FIP sits over 4, and I expect some negative regression from Davies tonight. The Lineups: Twins RF Max Kepler L SS J. Polanco S DH C.J. Cron R LF E. Rosario L 3B Miguel Sano R 1B M. Gonzalez S 2B J. Schoop R C Jason Castro L CF Byron Buxton R Brewers CF Lorenzo Cain R DH C. Yelich L LF Ryan Braun R C Y. Grandal S 3B M. Moustakas L 1B J. Aguilar R RF Hernan Perez R 2B Keston Hiura R SS O. Arcia R The Twins are rolling with what would be their best hitting lineup of all the active players right now. Willians Astudillo hasn't been hitting the ball well at all, and Nelson Cruz and Mitch Garver are not active yet. Max Kepler is your AL player of the week after hitting 3 homers and 10 RBI's in this past week. That extension looks great right now. No Twins has more than 5 at-bats against Zach Davies, and no Brewer has ever stepped in the batters box against Devin Smeltzer in an MLB game (obviously!). The Brewers only have two lefties in the lineup, one of which is your NL MVP right now. Smeltzer is dominant against lefties, but isn't quite as good against righties. It will be interesting to see how often the changeup is used against one of the best lineups in the MLB. Mill's Moments 1. Great Job Front Office I don't believe the Michael Pineda is injured at all. I don't know the ins and outs of how the injured list works. I don't know if an MLB official comes in and actually checks to see if someone is injured, but I think Pineda is healthy. He pitched just fine last night, and it makes sense to send him on the injured list. The Twins have two off days over the next ten, and won't need a 5th starter until June 8th. Pineda is eligible to be activated the 7th of June. Coincidence? I think not. The Twins will more than likely send Smeltzer down after tonight outing, and then active Nelson Cruz if he is ready. If he isn't ready, Mitch Garver will hopefully be. If neither are ready I believe a reliever will come up. This is a fantastic job by the front office. 2. Ryne Rising When Ryne Harper made the team out of spring training I wasn't sure what to expect. He pitched very well in spring training, but it is just that. Training. You aren't facing the heart of an order, but he did just that last night, for the MLB's best team, in a one run game, and did a fine job. Harper isn't going to be a closer or a setup man, but I believe he has firmly earned his spot right in the middle of that Twins bullpen. The front office has done very well with minor league free agent relievers the past two years in Ryne Harper and Matt Magill. If the Twins add another high leverage reliever or two, you will be just fine with Harper, Duffey, and Magill at the front end of your bullpen. This Day in History - 2006: At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list, taking sole possession of second place when he hits the 715th homer of his 21-year big league career. The historic homer, which comes off a 90-mph fastball thrown by Byung-Hyun Kim of the Rockies, makes the Giants outfielder the most prolific left-handed slugger in baseball history. Pick to Click: Jorge Polanco is either going yard, or having a 3 hit game. Maybe both. Go Twins!!!

Gotta be kidding me

Good outing from Mike. I hope we do the right thing and pull him now though. He gave us exactly what we needed. Let the back end shut it down.

holy ****

Great inning Mike!

Gio has settled in. Thankfully his PC is up there.

BUXTON BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LUIS!!!!!!!

SANO SMASH!!!!!!!

CRON CRUSH

Can't say I didn't tell ya!!!

Fantastic play by Eddie!

Nice job by Perez!

LaTroy has a graduation to be at