I'm crunched for time this morning/afternoon, so consider a combined game thread and super-short Cup.  Here's the Cup part:

• BR Box Score
• FanGraphs Win Probability Chart
• Some Jim Powell interviews
• Mota's ERA went down while he didn't pitch.  (Insert snark here.)
• If you wonder where washed-up big leaguers go, I found them: the roster of the Long Island Ducks.   There are quite a few former MLBers in the rest of the Atlantic League, but the Ducks are way ahead of the pack.
  

And now the game thread:

The matchup today is Ben Sheets and Kevin Slowey.  Sheets is now 9-1 with an ERA of awesome.  Slowey has a sub-4.00 ERA as well, but he's given up 10 homers in 63 innings, which makes me think Branyan will go deep in 3...2...1...

Game time is 1:10 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.

Go Brewers!

Last year, the Brewers split the season series against the Twins, and a repeat performance would be a-ok with me.  As we discovered first hand against the Red Sox, some of these AL teams are pretty good, and while the Twins probably aren't headed to the World Series this year, they're not as bad as you might expect without Johan Santana.

The matchup tonight is between Dave Bush and Kevin Slowey.  Both pitchers are coming off of disappointing outings; amazingly, Slowey's last start was considerably worse than Bush's.

Game time is 7:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.

Go Brewers!