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Royce! Thatta boy

Trevor Larnach crushes baseballs

MIRANDA MASHED!

Tommy Watkins approves of that send

Tough to not get anything out of that with your 3-4-5 hitters not doing anything. Thankfully, they should have plenty of chances.

I have never been more disappointed in a player than that guy. Truly a complete disaster.

Roster Moves: The Twins have placed IF Luis Arraez and RHP Dylan Bundy on the COVID-IL. They have also sent down LHP Jovani Moran, who has pitched in two different ballgames this year. The most notable thing here is that Carlos Correa did not end up on the IL, as he does not have a broken finger, and is considered day-to-day, although I wouldn't expect to see him this weekend. IF Royce Lewis has been recalled from AAA and will serve as the starting SS in the near future. The team also recalled 1B/OF Alex Kiriloff, who was on a rehab assignment. However, AK has not been hitting for much power and the wrist still seems to be an issue. RHP Cole Sands also returns after making his MLB debut last weekend. The Twins now have tomorrow listed as "TBD", with the expectation being Sonny Gray returning, and Sands going down. Gray was scheduled to pitch for STP tomorrow. The Pitchers LHP Zach Logue (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 K, 1.1 IP) v RHP Josh Winder (1-0, 2.20 ERA, 12 K's, 16.1 IP) The A's have recalled Zach Logue to make the start tonight. Logue has thrown one inning of relief for the A's, and is the 18th best prospect in the org according to fangraphs. Logue will throw with a unique arm slot with a fastball that sits 91-93. He will feature pretty good command, but won't get a ton of swings and misses. His best pitch according to fangraphs is his changeup, which is graded at a 60. The Twins will turn to Josh Winder to make his second career start after sliding into the rotation for an injured Bailey Ober. Winder was fantastic last time out against the Rays, and will look to repeat against a poor A's lineup. The Lineups Twins 1. Byron Buxton (R) DH 2. Jorge Polanco (S) 2B 3. Gary Sanchez (R) C 4. Gio Urshela (R) 3B 5. Max Kepler (L) RF 6. Jose Miranda (R) 1B 7. Royce Lewis (R) SS 8. Trevor Larnach (L) LF 9. Gilberto Celestino (R) CF A's 1. Sheldon Neuse (R) 1B 2. Jed Lowrie (S) DH 3. Sean Murphy (R) C 4. Stephen Piscotty (R) RF 5. Chad Pinder (R) LF 6. Kevin Smith (R) 3B 7. Elvis Andrus (R) SS 8. Cristian Pache (R) CF 9. Tony Kemp (L) 2B Byron Buxton will get the night off from CF, and will slide in as the DH. Jorge Polanco slides up to the 2 hole with both Correa and Arraez being unavailable. Gary Sanchez will hit third against the lefty, easily the highest he has hit in his time with the Twins. Kepler and Larnach both get another start against a southpaw, with Jose Miranda starting a third straight day at 1st. I expect to see AK there next time we face a lefty. Royce Lewis, in his MLB debut, will start at SS and hit 7th. Gilberto Celestino starts in CF. The A's are led by Sheldon Neuse, who is hitting over .300 and also has 2 steals. Sean Murhphy, one of the best power hitting catchers in the league, has 4 on the year. The bottom 4 of the order are all hitting below .235, with 2 of them below the Mendoza line. This A's team is not afraid to steal bags, and will look to manufacture runs that way. The Odds: A's +145, Twins -175, O/U 7.5 On This Day: 1994 - Anthony Young won as a starter for the first time in more than two years as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1. The win ended Young's 29-game losing streak as a starter. Pick to Click: Royce Lewis gets an XBH and a steal in his debut Prediction: Twins 5, A's 2 Go Twins!!

Cheating a bit and going to the trade deadline...assuming health on everyone. Ryan Trade Gray Ober Paddack Archer to the bullpen as a multi-inning RP, Bundy to DFA Winder will certainly fit in somewhere as he's the 6th guy and someone will surely be injured. Kenta also fits in somewhere, although I wouldn't be surprised to see the Twins work him as a reliever for 2022.

Certainly not a great day. Archer can't get to 5 again, and the bullpen finally blows up (it was due to happen eventually). Getting out with a split isn't terrible but you certainly expect to take this series. Combine that with the COVID issues and a potential Correa injury, and it certainly isn't great. Thankfully we get 3 against the A's this weekend. Time to start a new streak. Until tomorrow, Go Twins

Splitting with the O's is far from a disaster, but the Twins have to take 2 out of 3 from Oakland now, especially without facing Montas.

Semi-high leverage Jax works again.

Sigh

BUCK BOMB!!!

Thrown out at home twice, not great.

Thad is now on with him. Pretty cool

Bit late (thanks 6PM starts), but my prediction tonight was/is Twins 7, O's 3

Really nice job by Moran and Danny to cover this game. Too bad Rocco thought the bullpen was incapable of covering 2 extra outs...

Well, I'm off to watch the Wild. Hopefully they are able to bounceback. Sweeping a 4 game series, even against a team as bad as Baltimore, is always a tough ask. Bundy struggling is concerning, and I didn't expect him to be any good, so I hope he doesn't have a super long leash a la Shoemaker. Still a chance to complete the goal of 3 out of 4 in what should be a good lineup tomorrow (although I wouldn't be surprised if Correa is getting a day off with Polo DH'ing tonight), and going up against a bad pitcher. Hopefully Archer can put together a good start. Until tomorrow, Go Twins

Twins have to lead the league in GIDP

The Baltimore FO is gonna be really upset when any decent RHH refuses to sign with them.

383 foot fly out....to direct left field. Just dumb.

My god, this stadium is so stupid. I cannot believe that the MLB approved it.

It's bad enough to give up 6 runs to the O's in an inning, but then as a manager to see your team rally back and send that same guy back out there is just baffling.

BRUTAL. I don't think winning this one is in the cards. Get Bundy out of there.

Good teams come back like they did in the T4, but you CANNOT go out and give half the lead right back. Inexcusable, especially against the Orioles. And Bundy isn't the only one to fault. Miranda has been abysmal at first when he is supposedly a pretty good 3rd basemen.