Braves at Twins rain delay chat and discussion

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - MAY 18: A member of the grounds crew preps the tarp during a rain delay in the fifth inning of the game between the Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins at Target Field on May 18, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images) | Getty Images

The long and winding road trip for the Atlanta Braves will be getting off to a bit of a delayed start. Just a few minutes before Atlanta was set to do baseball battle with the Minnesota Twins, inclement weather hit the area surrounding Target Field in Minneapolis and now there’s a rain delay. Ivan was onto something when he posted the picture of that thunderstorm in today’s preview.

Anyways, keep it right here as we’ll have updates for you going forward. Hopefully we won’t be waiting for all that long!

We will be starting tonight's game in an @uponor
rain delay and we will provide more details when they become available pic.twitter.com/qCWJerkf5g

— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) August 17, 2026

UPDATE [7:42 p.m. ET]: CJ Nitkowski over on The Website Formerly Known as Twitter just posted that there’s an estimated start time of 8:30 p.m. ET, so you can go ahead and pencil that in.

Game #125
Currently in a feign delay. Estimated 8:30PM ET start time. pic.twitter.com/aPurLDGcuk

— CJ (@CJNitkowski) August 17, 2026