Game 1. Ugh- relegated to apple tv.
Oh well.

Reese Olson Vs David Festa.
Amazingly- The Twins are slight favorites for the game. (-120) To the Olson # (+106).

Im sure theres an Olson twins joke in here somewhere.

Olson & his grounball rate should be too much for the light hitting twins.
Conversely. Festa is a 3 pitch guy with batter handness dictating his repretoire. Nicknamed the "Slim Reaper". Festa has a decent speed ball aided by his 6-6 frame extension. Left handers also get a changeup( that festa struggles to keep in the zone) while righties face a pretty good slider. What ive noticed from festa. Limited exposure as he was a rookie last year. He's nails early. 2nd time through the order. The pitch per AB skyrockets. Of course. A kids rookie year is much about learning. Perhaps 2025, he'll get more consistent.

I like both of these young pitchers. Should be a good matchup with ok spring weather predicted to be dry and about 55° 1st pitch.

Great sports weekend. The masters, curlings "champions tournament" staggering days off men/women. And of course. Division foes go head to head for lake superior bragging rights.

Western Michigan played a fun game vs Denver yesterday to squeek into the finals of the ICY 4 tourney. Western will play Boston U saturday night in the finals.

I think theres some late season seeding drama for both the Wild & Wolves this weekend as well.

Minnesota shut out of the frozen 4 semi's. That some shlt right there. State of hockey my arse!