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Minnesota Twins vs Los Angeles Angels Starting Lineups — September 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.

9:38 PM ET · Angel StadiumFinal lineups locked · Sep 18, 6:40 PM ETStats updated Oct 29, 3:00 AM ET
MIN
77–85 · 3rd AL Central
Official
HandRHP
L / R bats2 L / 4 R / 2 S
OPS vs hand.739 vs RHP
LAA
62–100 · 5th AL West
Official
HandLHP
L / R bats1 L / 8 R
OPS vs hand.695 vs LHP

Lineup strength vs today's starter

Weighted by batting-order spot. Season rates are regressed toward league average before they enter the model.

Updated Sep 18, 6:40 PM ET
MINMIN
.731
+43 ptsOPS edge
LAALAA
.688

Slight edge: MINlimited data

Power
Season HR
109vs85
Discipline
Adj. OBP
.315vs.308
Top of order
Slots 1–4
.763vs.732
Bottom of order
Slots 7–9
.683vs.651

MIN wins 6 of 9 batting-order slots · LAA wins 3

MINSlotLAA
Luke Keaschall.752
1
.757Zach Neto
Brooks Lee.724
2
.790Mike Trout
Kody Clemens.765
3
.688Jose Siri
Ryan Jeffers.812
4
.690Vaughn Grissom
Josh Bell.732
5
.647Denzer Guzman
Emmanuel Rodriguez.722
6
.645Oswald Peraza
Royce Lewis.680
7
.634Travis d'Arnaud
Walker Jenkins.661
8
.578Christian Moore
Ben Ross.710
9
.743Wade Meckler

4 of 9 Minnesota Twins hitters have the platoon advantage vs Grayson Rodriguez (8 of 9 for Los Angeles Angels)

Minnesota Twins
  • The stronger lineup on paper today
  • 3 hitters with limited MLB sample
Los Angeles Angels
  • Platoon advantage in 8 of 9 spots
  • Bottom third drops off sharply

Minnesota Twins batting order

Official lineupvs RHP Grayson Rodriguez
#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHRPAOPS vs HandBvP
1Luke KeaschallR2B57.282.374.78110620.8000-for-1 · 1 PAVery small sample
1Luke Keaschall 2B · R.282/.374/.781·10 HRvs hand.800 · 0-for-1 · 1 PA · Very small57H-Score
2Brooks LeeS3B58.253.300.72824631.8001-for-2 · 2 PAVery small sample
2Brooks Lee 3B · S.253/.300/.728·24 HRvs hand.800 · 1-for-2 · 2 PA · Very small58H-Score
3Kody ClemensL2B70.239.298.75827583.7890-for-2 · 2 PAVery small sample
3Kody Clemens 2B · L.239/.298/.758·27 HRvs hand.789 · 0-for-2 · 2 PA · Very small70H-Score
4Ryan JeffersRC73.256.353.81414369.8202-for-3 · 3 PAVery small sample
4Ryan Jeffers C · R.256/.353/.814·14 HRvs hand.820 · 2-for-3 · 3 PA · Very small73H-Score
5Josh BellSDH66.255.319.73821631.7412-for-3 · 3 PAVery small sample
5Josh Bell DH · S.255/.319/.738·21 HRvs hand.741 · 2-for-3 · 3 PA · Very small66H-Score
6Emmanuel RodriguezCF—.178.229.629248.631No MLB historyNo MLB history
6Emmanuel Rodriguez CF.178/.229/.629·2 HRvs hand.631 · No MLB history · No MLB—H-Score
7Royce LewisR1B55.227.287.66715509.638363 PA1-for-3 · 3 PAVery small sample
7Royce Lewis 1B · R.227/.287/.667·15 HRvs hand.638 · 363 PA · 1-for-3 · 3 PA · Very small55H-Score
8Walker JenkinsLCF—.226.293.686493.808No MLB historyNo MLB history
8Walker Jenkins CF · L.226/.293/.686·4 HRvs hand.808 · No MLB history · No MLB—H-Score
9Ben RossRSS—.190.190.571021.2144 PA · Very small sampleNo MLB historyNo MLB history
9Ben Ross SS · R.190/.190/.571·0 HRvs hand.214 · 4 PA · No MLB history · No MLB—H-Score

Los Angeles Angels batting order

Official lineupvs LHP Connor Prielipp
#HitterPosH-ScoreAVGOBPOPSHRPAOPS vs HandBvP
1Zach NetoRSS67.239.330.76627704.876No MLB historyNo MLB history
1Zach Neto SS · R.239/.330/.766·27 HRvs hand.876 · No MLB history · No MLB67H-Score
2Mike TroutRCF75.242.382.80322634.822164 PANo MLB historyNo MLB history
2Mike Trout CF · R.242/.382/.803·22 HRvs hand.822 · 164 PA · No MLB history · No MLB75H-Score
3Jose SiriRLF50.241.296.71310251.680109 PANo MLB historyNo MLB history
3Jose Siri LF · R.241/.296/.713·10 HRvs hand.680 · 109 PA · No MLB history · No MLB50H-Score
4Vaughn GrissomR1B52.242.307.69313474.686No MLB historyNo MLB history
4Vaughn Grissom 1B · R.242/.307/.693·13 HRvs hand.686 · No MLB history · No MLB52H-Score
5Denzer GuzmanR3B36.219.266.6028304.70884 PANo MLB historyNo MLB history
5Denzer Guzman 3B · R.219/.266/.602·8 HRvs hand.708 · 84 PA · No MLB history · No MLB36H-Score
6Oswald PerazaR2B36.226.282.6167370.733131 PANo MLB historyNo MLB history
6Oswald Peraza 2B · R.226/.282/.616·7 HRvs hand.733 · 131 PA · No MLB history · No MLB36H-Score
7Travis d'ArnaudRC—.158.238.475184.661No MLB historyNo MLB history
7Travis d'Arnaud C · R.158/.238/.475·1 HRvs hand.661 · No MLB history · No MLB—H-Score
8Christian MooreR2B31.187.252.5282147.60239 PANo MLB historyNo MLB history
8Christian Moore 2B · R.187/.252/.528·2 HRvs hand.602 · 39 PA · No MLB history · No MLB31H-Score
9Wade MecklerLLF50.300.373.7603337.55456 PANo MLB historyNo MLB history
9Wade Meckler LF · L.300/.373/.760·3 HRvs hand.554 · 56 PA · No MLB history · No MLB50H-Score