Christian Vazquez absent for Minnesota Wednesday afternoon

Vazquez will move to the bench for the matinee after back-to-back starts behind the plate. Ryan Jeffers will catch for Simeon Woods Richardson and bat fifth on Wednesday afternoon. Byron Buxton will serve as the designated hitter and bat sixth. Willi Castro will roll over to center field, while Trevor Larnach will return to left field and bat second.

numberFire's models project Jeffers for 12.6 and Buxton for 11.8 FanDuel points on Wednesday afternoon. Per our MLB Heat Map, the Twins have the third-best implied total (5.03) in the majors today, while the game total (9.5) is also one of the highest of the day. Irvin has a 3.91 ERA and 4.46 xERA (bottom 31st percentile) this season, with a 44.3% hard-hit rate (bottom 18th), 18.4% strikeout rate (bottom 24th), and 4.3% walk rate (top 90th).