Mill1634

SANO!!!! CF reacted like he caught it at first

Gotta stop playing with fire

Has buxton tried to steal since being hurt

Nice work out of that jam

GERMAN BOMBER! Great to see.

Nice inning from Lance

can we send Dozier down until post ASG

Interesting move by the Padres. Can't believe he was there worst player on their 40 man. Could be worth a look

Hope he is wrong but sadly looks right -- so far anyway. Also, thanks a ton for posting everything in here. It is one of my favorite threads on here.

Hopefully the Royals staff finds a way to start the Twins bats

Finally some runs

Just got in from moving family all day and I see our offense is still pathetic. Dang. LeBlanc is a soft tossing lefty and we haven’t hit him either time we’ve seen him this month.

Dang. Two hard hit balls but nothing to show for it. Great showing from Romero. Can now understand why Wilson starts the amount of games he does. Safe to say MLB pitchers are a lot better than AAA pitchers. Just ask Sano. Gotta go get a win tomorrow with Odo on the hill. Still believe in this team, but you can only play with fire for so long before you get burnt. Have a great holiday weekend all. Travel safe!

Dang. Eddie JUST missed that pitch.

I agree with the signing of Hanley if Mauer is in fact out for a while. He is a RHB that would be worth it on the league min. Crazy to see how the mighty have fallen. I remember back around 2008 my dad said the only player he would pick up the phone for on a Joe Mauer trade is Hanley.

Why not PH LoMo for Robbie here?

Potential development to note:

Very nice outing from Romero. Not much hard contact, no XBH allowed. Hopefully the offense can pick it up and get us a dub

Welp. Something seems off after the last 2 batters

I am getting this game thread up early because I am helping family members move tomorrow. Sadly this means I will not be able to watch the Twins as they are Cubs fans (ick). Hopefully the Twins come to play late in the month as I will hopefully be at Wrigley watching the Twins sweep the Cubbies. Anyway, lets get on to what everyone is here for. GAME TIME WEATHER: 63 Degrees Fahrenheit, Partly Cloudy. My guess is the roof will be closed, but then again I'm posting on a Twins forum, not sitting in a news room doing weather. PITCHING MATCHUP: Jake Odorizzi (3-2, 3.17 ERA) vs Wade LeBlanc (0-0, 2.65 ERA) If memory serves me correctly this is the matchup we got in the makeup game at target field. Seattle won that game. LINEUPS: Obviously not announced yet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mill's Milling Moments 1. Call up Chris Carter I know this is probably going to be an unpopular opinion, but this is something that I would do. The Twins are in need of a right handed power bat. Yes, Carter strikes out a lot, but he also launches the ball into the seats a fair share of the time. I would much rather have Chris Carter in the DH slot against a lefty over Robbie Grossman, or the threat of Carter coming off the bench over Petit or LaMarre. Pretty easy decision in my mind. 2. Prediction - Ervin doesn't appear until July It looked as if Ervin was going to be back in mid-to-early June, but that date looks to be less and less attainable. In case you missed it, it was announced that Erv would be sent back to Fort Myers to pitch in A ball again on Tuesday after his velocity was down. It was reported that he didn't break 90 MPH in his last rehab start. At this point I believe any value that the Twins get from Erv this year is icing on the cake. I wouldn't be surprised if we never see him make another "big" start in a Twins uniform. 3. Buxton flails when behind in the count Obviously this isn't a surprise to anyone, but hitters are better when ahead in the count, and worse when behind. This especially applies to Byron Buxton. Phil Miller tweeted that "When Buxton reaches a 1-2 count he is 0-29 on the year, and has recorded 19 K's." Now what exactly does this mean? I don't have an answer for you. Does it mean that Buxton is falling for breaking balls down in the count. Yeah. Does it mean that Buxton needs to be more aggressive early in the count? Maybe. It will be interesting to see how it plays how for Buxton. Much like the Kepler vs Lefties debate, I believe the most important thing to Byron is reps. Let's hope he showcases the same success Max has.

No such thing as a good at bat that results in an out, unless you're scoring a run.

GERMAN BOMBER APPLIES TO HIS ARM TOO! Big play.

So much for Robbie "On base machine" grossman. Swung at two ball 4's so far.

WOW. KEPLER OFF ONE OF THE BEST LEFTIES IN THE GAME. GERMAN BOMBER BABY!!

Teams facing one of the best lefties in the game with an AAAA lineup typically don't, I agree.