Zach Plesac
vs
Lewis Thorpe
As of this writing, Thorpe is still listed as in the minors.
A win tonight would make it yet another series win. The Twins need all the momentum they can get for the upcoming road trip through New York and Boston.
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2021 Game 115: White Sox at Twins
2021 Game 108: Minnesota Twins at Cincinnati Reds
Charlie Barnes
vs
Luis Castillo
Charlie Barnes returns to finish off the two-game series against the Reds. He started the first game of a doubleheader against Detroit before heading back to St. Paul for two more starts. He's had an unremarkable year in AAA but had a good spot start in Detroit. Let's hope he can do that again.
2021 Game 103: Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins
Wily Peralta
vs
J.A. Happ
This will be the week of last starts for some Twins' pitchers. Unfortunately (fortunately?) the only relief the Twins will get in return for Happ will be a replacement level pitcher from St. Paul that won't be as bad.
2021 Game 96: Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
Michael Pineda
vs
Dylan Cease
The Twins hope to split the series by winning the bookends. We meanwhile hope certain relief pitcher(s) show enough improvement to fetch anything in a trade.
2021 Home Run Derby
Coors Field, a warm day, and no humidor. MLB is bringing back the late 90s for tonight. Many dingers will be hit and I'm hoping for some to leave the park.
Watch on ESPN for the regular broadcast or ESPN2 for the Statcast version.
2021 Game 84: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins
Lance Lynn
vs
Michael Pineda
Pineda last pitched for the Twins on June 13 and had one rehab start on July 1. Four runs in four innings is good enough to start for the MLB club so here he is.
2021 Game 78: Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
Bailey Ober
vs
Dylan Cease
Closing in on 50% of the season finished so lets take a look at what the projections think for the final half of the season.
Pro-rated Record: 69 - 93 (+3 wins since last time)
Runs scored: 757 (+7 runs)
Runs allowed: 860 (+38 runs)
Pythag prediction: 71 - 91 (-4 wins)
Offense has picked up some but the pitching/fielding was much worse over the last 20 games. The pro-rating now expects the Twins to give up an additional 38 runs since I looked at this at the beginning of the month.
FanGraphs now projects 77 wins for the season, down two wins from last time. This still feels about right. If they win tonight, that will put the June winning percentage at .480 and above May's .448. Losing will drop it to .440.
Lineup
Arraez - 2B
Donaldson - 3B
Larnach - LF
Cruz - DH
Kepler - RF
Kirilloff - 1B
Gordon - CF
Rortvedt - C
Simmons - SS
2021 Game 68: Minnesota Twins at Seattle Mariners
Bailey Ober
vs
Justus Sheffield
Supposedly there's a game happening tonight for the Twins. That appears to be news for the Twins too unfortunately. I will get to find out tomorrow whether they showed up and actually scored.
Lineup:
Polanco - 2B
Donaldson - 3B
Cruz - DH
Kirilloff - RF
Jeffers - C
Sanó - 1B
Arraez - LF
Simmons - SS
Celestino - CF
2021 Game 61: New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins
Gerrit Cole
vs
Randy Dobnak
Donaldson and Cole get to settle(?) their sticky beef today.
Lineup
Polanco - 2B
Donaldson - 3B
Larnach - LF
Cruz - DH
Jeffers - C
Kirilloff - RF
Sanó - 1B
Simmons - SS
Celestino - CF