Twins versus Blue Jays: Starting Lineup - Preview

Chris Bassitt gave up two runs on three hits and four walks over 2.1 innings in his last Grapefruit League game against the Red Sox. He struck out two.

Spring results mean little, especially for a veteran like Bassitt, and the most important takeaway from Thursday's outing might be that he built up to 56 pitches -- even if only 29 of them were strikes.

Given his performance last season however, it would be reassuring to fantasy GMs if he put together some better outings before Opening Day.

The 36-year-old righty has made at least 30 starts in each of the last three seasons, but Bassitt's 2024 numbers were his worst since he became a full-time rotation arm with the A's in 2019, as he stumbled to a 4.16 ERA, 1.46 WHIP and 168:70 K:BB over 171 regular-season innings.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider jumbled todays lineup versus the Twins starting with Andres Gimenez batting leadoff and Bo Bichette in the clean up spot.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr and Anthony Santander are in the usual two-three slots, while Daulton Varsho and Alejandro Kirk are batting in the middle of the order holding down the six-seven spots.

Will Wagner who had previously been batting at the top of the order has been at the bottom in his last couple of outings, while the speedy Myles Straw rounds out the order in the nineth spot.