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In this week's No Juice Podcast episode, Dan Anderson and Parker Hageman discuss the improvement of Trevor May, what Doug Mientkiewicz might bring to the table as a manager and the struggles of top prospects. They also lob #HotTakes when addressing forum posts from Twins Daily community members Boom Boom and James Richter.

This post is part of a series in which Mark Armour and I count down the 25 best GMs in history, cross-posting from our blog. For an explanation, please see this post

In his 18-year tenure at the Giants helm—the longest of any active general manager—Brian Sabean has witnessed the evolution of the very nature of team building. Sabean has the mindset of a scout but eventually became open to new perspectives, even when they seemed to conflict with a scout’s approach.

Last week, amid concerns that 25-year-old Twins pitching prospect Alex Meyer is too old to still be in the minors, I researched all major league starting pitchers since 1980 who were within an inch of Meyer's towering 6' 9" frame. Turns out their average debut age was 25 years old.

I also found something I didn't expect.

It’s time for one last summer blast, and who better to host it than the Boys of Summer and Target Field?

Twins Daily is throwing their 3^rd annual Touch ‘Em All Pub Crawl, a legendary event that has drawn hundreds of people over its first couple of years. Proximo Liquors, maker of all manner of high-end libations like Three Olives Vodka and Maestro Dobel Tequila, is helping to make this year bigger and better.