Mill1634

Very good bounceback inning from Perez

That cutter is deadly.

Indians lost. Today is already a win.

The Twins out crushed the Mariners in game one of the series, and I don't expect game two to be any different. The Twins and Mariners are two of the top hitting home run clubs in all of the MLB, and neither pitcher is dominant. The one thing the Twins have going for them is the defense. This Seattle team is atrocious on the defensive side of the ball, and I almost felt bad for them last night. The Pitchers Martin Perez (5-1, 3.11 ERA, 46 K's) vs Marco Gonzales (5-2, 3.18, 42 K's) Both pitchers ERA look very respectable, as do the win-loss records. However, I have a hunch that tonights game will be higher scoring than both pitchers ERA indicate. Martin Perez was okay last start, striking out a lot of Tiger hitters, but was bitten by the long ball. He also exited the game after taking a liner off of his foot. Marco Gonzales has had two very rough starts in his last three outings, agains two good offensive teams (Cubs and Boston). The Twins lineup may be better than both of those teams. Gonzales is also not missing bats, only striking out 6.7 per 9 innings pitched. However, the Twins have a tendency to struggle against soft tossing lefties in the past. The Lineups Twins SS J. Polanco S 2B J. Schoop R LF M. Gonzalez S 1B C.J. Cron R C W. Astudillo R RF Max Kepler L DH Miguel Sano R 3B E. Adrianza S CF Byron Buxton R Seattle lineup is unannounced I love seeing Schoop in the two hole against lefties, as he has been very good against them early in the year. Marwin Gonzalez is obviously hitting the ball very well, and I am glad to get him back in left again. I suspect he will start in right once over the next two games. Kepler ahead of Sano is very interesting, but it is probably a moot point right now. Third base has to be the deepest position in our organization. Ehire, Sano, Marwin, Willans, Schoop, and Polanco would all be fine third basemen. That is insane to me that we have so many capable hot corner players on one roster, but it certainly is not a bad thing. I like giving Sano the DH today, easing him back into the lineup. Only Schoop, Cron, and Marwin have faced Gonzales before. Mill's Moments 1. Please Move Buxton Up Byron Buxton is easily off to the best start of his career, and it certainly is not close. I love seeing him produce no matter where in the batting order it is. However, we must move him up. I understand the thinking process on not wanting to change anything, but this man is a professional baseball player. In order to sustain this success he is going to have to be able to roll with the punches, and where he is hitting in the order is part of that. I'm not calling for him to hit leadoff, or even in the top three. He would be the perfect six or seven hitter right now. Let him get on and run. With all of our bodies healthy the lineup looks something like this: Kepler Polanco Cruz Rosario Cron Sano Buxton Garver Schoop He can get on ahead of two very good hitters, and run on balls in the gap. You have to see if he is capable of evolving, and there is no better time than now. 2. Give Tyler Duffey A Chance Yes, I know he gave up a three run home run, and did not look great in the eighth inning last night. However, that is the life of a reliever. Trevor Hildenberger has shown he is capable of getting big outs, but struggled lately. Relievers are going to struggle. So are starters. It's part of the game. It is designed for you to fail. However, Duffey just looks different this year. I'm not saying he is a late inning arm, because he isn't. However, when he is able to throw his fastball for 95 or 96 miles per hour, and throw his boarderline plus plus curveball, he becomes a weapon. I loved Rocco giving him the ninth last night, and it paid off, ending the game in just a handful of pitches. This Day in History: 1998 - In front of nearly 50,000 fans on Beanie Baby Day at Yankee Stadium, David Wells retires all 27 batters he faces, defeating the Twins, 4-0. It is only the 13th perfect game in modern major league history. (via Nationalpastime) Pick to Click: Willians will get back on track tonight, driving in multiple runs. Go Twins!!!

Very surprised by this news. Wonder if ehire is hurt?

Yikes. Duffey still isn’t great.

Very good outing. Exactly what we needed after this past series. Should have a shot to get Austin Adams in the game too.

I was thinking the opposite. He looks lighter to me.

Sano looked like he didn’t miss a beat in that last at bat!

Very nice bounce back inning by big mike. Pitch count in good shape. Send him out for the 7th, no questions asked

Pineda would really benefit from an open. He struggles to get through more than four innings no matter what

Will be interesting to see what the lineups look like the next 3 games facing three lefties. Hopefully Cruz is good to go for at least the weekend games. Guessing Marwin and Willians both start a game in the outfield

How long until the Twins find out a way to get thrown out on the bases after hitting the ball over the fence?

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

Good base running by Marwin right there. Also, this defense is horrible. Yikes

CRON CRUSHED!!!!!!!! Holy cow

i LOVE LaTroy calling Dick Richard.

KEPLER KASHED!!!!!

CASTRO CRUSHEDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!

Solid results, two fly outs that made me very nervous.

That is horrible base running Eddie. Horrible.

Solid inning big Mike

Kepler needs to be moved down...he is just not hitting the ball well right now.