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Minnesota Twins vs Chicago Cubs Starting Lineups — July 18, 2026

Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.

2:20 PM ET · Wrigley FieldFinal lineups locked · Jul 18, 12:30 PM ETStats updated Oct 12, 4:05 AM ET

Minnesota Twins

77–85 · 3rd AL Central

Official

StarterMatthew Boyd

HandLHP

L / R bats2 L / 4 R / 3 S

OPS vs hand.678 vs LHP

Chicago Cubs

89–73 · 2nd NL Central

Official

StarterTaj Bradley

HandRHP

L / R bats2 L / 5 R / 2 S

OPS vs hand.757 vs RHP

Minnesota Twins batting order

Official lineupvs LHP Matthew Boyd

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHRPAOPS vs HandBvP

1Austin MartinRRF38.228.341.6563358.808—

1Austin Martin RF · R.228/.341/.656·3 HRvs hand.80838H-Score

2Ryan JeffersRC73.256.353.81414369.8551-for-2Very small sample

2Ryan Jeffers C · R.256/.353/.814·14 HRvs hand.855 · 1-for-2 · Very small73H-Score

3Josh BellSDH66.255.319.73821631.7434-for-14Small sample

3Josh Bell DH · S.255/.319/.738·21 HRvs hand.743 · 4-for-14 · Small66H-Score

4Victor CaratiniSC48.220.312.6277382.575—

4Victor Caratini C · S.220/.312/.627·7 HRvs hand.57548H-Score

5Brooks LeeS3B58.253.300.72824631.587—

5Brooks Lee 3B · S.253/.300/.728·24 HRvs hand.58758H-Score

6Kody ClemensL2B70.239.298.75827583.710—

6Kody Clemens 2B · L.239/.298/.758·27 HRvs hand.71070H-Score

7Ryan KreidlerRSS45.218.286.6658267.577No MLB historyNo MLB history

7Ryan Kreidler SS · R.218/.286/.665·8 HRvs hand.577 · No MLB history · No MLB45H-Score

8Luke KeaschallR2B57.282.374.78110620.688—

8Luke Keaschall 2B · R.282/.374/.781·10 HRvs hand.68857H-Score

9Trevor LarnachLLF62.269.352.78813433.57255 PA—

9Trevor Larnach LF · L.269/.352/.788·13 HRvs hand.572 · 55 PA62H-Score

Chicago Cubs batting order

Official lineupvs RHP Taj Bradley

#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHRPAOPS vs HandBvP

1Pete Crow-ArmstrongLCF81.280.372.94245726.973453 PA0-for-3Very small sample

1Pete Crow-Armstrong CF · L.280/.372/.942·45 HRvs hand.973 · 453 PA · 0-for-3 · Very small81H-Score

2Seiya SuzukiRRF75.270.368.84126634.7971-for-4Very small sample

2Seiya Suzuki RF · R.270/.368/.841·26 HRvs hand.797 · 1-for-4 · Very small75H-Score

3Michael BuschL1B65.242.352.74520710.7361-for-3Very small sample

3Michael Busch 1B · L.242/.352/.745·20 HRvs hand.736 · 1-for-3 · Very small65H-Score

4Alex BregmanR3B73.265.355.81928702.7992-for-6Small sample

4Alex Bregman 3B · R.265/.355/.819·28 HRvs hand.799 · 2-for-6 · Small73H-Score

5Ian HappSLF64.218.326.73824636.8160-for-3Very small sample

5Ian Happ LF · S.218/.326/.738·24 HRvs hand.816 · 0-for-3 · Very small64H-Score

6Nico HoernerR2B49.263.316.6668689.665516 PA1-for-3Very small sample

6Nico Hoerner 2B · R.263/.316/.666·8 HRvs hand.665 · 516 PA · 1-for-3 · Very small49H-Score

7Pedro RamírezS2B52.261.321.7236266.662—

7Pedro Ramírez 2B · S.261/.321/.723·6 HRvs hand.66252H-Score

8Dansby SwansonRSS50.213.297.69419486.677327 PA1-for-2Very small sample

8Dansby Swanson SS · R.213/.297/.694·19 HRvs hand.677 · 327 PA · 1-for-2 · Very small50H-Score

9Miguel AmayaRC49.237.340.7176254.701—

9Miguel Amaya C · R.237/.340/.717·6 HRvs hand.70149H-Score