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Do people realize that defense is also a very important part of the game? 8 Gold Gloves and 7 AS appearances at the hot corner is pretty dang impressive, and the advanced stats back him up (70 WAR). Was an extremely important part of the 2006 World Series winners, and was a pretty dang good bat. Manny Machado will have more longetivity, but is a pretty comparable player. Mauer is similar too in that he was a top level player that had the injury bug near the end of his career.

Gardy, on his former players in attendance for his HOF induction: "This group of guys, some of them got me fired. And I still love them to death." Looking on Baseball Reference, for the 2012-2014 seasons…. he’s right. Those rosters were atrocious.

If there is an iffy call that goes against the Twins, Rocco better put on a show for Gardy!

This series has been pretty bittersweet. Some good individual outputs, but poor pitching has led to some bad results. We have seen GarvSauce make his final appearances of the season (as he is going to have surgery on a torn flexor tendon). I don’t think it’s a coincidence that he is playing his last game today. Salvaging a game here would be awesome, and if Bundy performs like has recently, there will be a good chance of that. 1 1B Luis Arraez 2 SS Carlos Correa 3 DH Byron Buxton 4 RF Max Kepler 5 2B Jorge Polanco 6 LF Alex Kirilloff 7 CF Nick Gordon 8 3B Jose Miranda 9 C Ryan Jeffers P: Dylan Bundy 1 3B Josh Smith 2 2B Marcus Semien 3 SS Corey Seager 4 CF Adolis Garcia 5 1B Nathaniel Lowe 6 RF Kole Calhoun 7 DH Mitch Garver 8 LF Brad Miller 9 C Meibrys Viloria P: Dane Dunning The All-Star Ballots come out soon, and usually I put together my own personal ballot. Realistically, I think the Twins get Buxton and Arraez in, but that’s it. Duran is a dark horse, but it should be entertaining nonetheless. Let’s hope for a Twins Win today!

I’m going to watch this game in black and white to get the true gray experience

BUCK! this bullpen needs to be fixed PRONTO

Smalley cracks me up “batting practice pitch” is a bit disrespectful haha

Arraez is so good. Hoping his knees don’t catch up to him for a long long time

During the past couple years, a lot of things have changed for me personally. I graduated from college, I got my first job within my field, the unnamed events of 2020…. the list goes on and on. With all these rapid changes, I have had to learn how to be better as a person in multiple facets. I try to at least work on one, if not multiple, of these objectives everyday, so I can fall asleep knowing I am doing something good each and every day. Below is a current list of objectives I am working on: 1. Be a better friend/family member. This one is pretty obvious. COVID slowed down a lot of my relationships with friends and extended family, so pursuing those relationships has been tough. However, it is rewarding to have a small group of people that will help you out on your worst day, as well as the reverse. 2. Gather good information. I was horrible at this in the past. I would give out personal opinions about topics before diving into topics. I have found that keeping quiet can sometimes be the best cure. It has also been beneficial to read more news around the world, the Bible, literature. It is not good to be behind the loop, whether it is within your workplace, the voting booth, and in conversations. 3. Be more efficient with my time. Having a full-time job, an extra part-time job, cooking, eating, sleeping, being with family and friends, watching baseball…. there has to be a balance between these events. I have to personally make sure I do all of these things, and to do them well. 4. Be a happy optimistic fan of Minnesota sports teams Welp, this one hasn’t been going well…. All jokes aside, this has been a pretty fun season being a Twins fan so far, despite a couple heart wrenching games within the past few days. The Twins are still in 1st place, and the season is 162 games. Bad games are going to happen, you just have to hope for more of the good ones. I expect a fun matchup tonight, despite a COVID and injury bug running through the clubhouse. Bailey Ober has looked better with each start, and the Royals lineup cannot be enthused about. Twins 1. Luis Arraez 1B 2. Carlos Correa SS 3. Jorge Polanco 2B 4. Max Kepler RF 5. Gary Sánchez DH 6. Trevor Larnach LF 7. Gio Urshela 3B 8. Nick Gordon CF 9. Ryan Jeffers C P: Bailey Ober (1-1, 2.55 ERA) 1. Whit Merrifield CF 2. Andrew Benintendi LF 3. Bobby Witt Jr. SS 4. Hunter Dozier RF 5. MJ Melendez C 6. Carlos Santana 1B 7. Ryan O'Hearn DH 8. Emmanuel Rivera 3B 9. Nicky Lopez 2B P: Brad Keller (1-4, 3.20 ERA) Let’s play ball!

Celestino!!! Also Miranda is slower than I thought he would be

It’s been a while since I have been in a game thread… Coincidentally, i am now hungry for some rotisserie chicken.

Round 2 for Kep coming?

That Arraez single is long gone in 2019

I agree on Nick Gordon being expendable. He will play for somebody in the majors, just not sure it is the Twins

Nice gift from Javy!!

This team is showing why chemistry is extremely important…. It’s also interesting seeing some of the stats. For example, Kepler is “better” so far this year than 2019, despite lower OPS numbers. Guys like Arraez are that much more important with a dead ball

This is a disappointing move, especially if it is for service time reasons. Royce has raked for 2 months now, deserves his shot on the big league roster until proven otherwise. I guarantee he can play 3rd, 2nd, 1st, and OF

I am admittedly a bit full after celebrsting a late St. Patty’s Day but Correa is a Twin!! Optouts after each year, but I think this will be a good year. Correa is a great player, just needs to stay healthy!

At first I thought this was Tylor Megill, a somewhat promising young Mets starting pitcher. Then, I got flashbacks of Matt Magill, the mediocre Twins reliever, Now, I see it’s Trevor Megill, a flame throwing reliever who somehow can’t miss bats. Falvey/Levine seem to be like Mr. Maggoo, as they are shortsighted in attempting to find elite relief pitchers at the bottom of the barrel a few too many times. I will be happier when the front office shows more megalomaniac behavior. This series of moves will most likely have little magnitude on the team. (I’m sorry)

I am OK with Celestino and Martin being at AAA ready for duty, although a Chris Taylor signing would be nice

I personally think all three of Posey, Mauer, and Molina should be in easily… I don’t think you can put in one of them without the other two.

I am going to be so mad when Miranda starts out at AAA next year. He is already 23, and has literally nothing to prove at St. Paul. He can play 3rd, 2nd, 1st, and LF in a pinch. Obviously see why putting him on the 40 man this year would be a waste. It will be interesting to see what the infield will look like next year. Somebody is going to get traded, and it better not be the guy who has had the best hitting season in the minors I remember from a Twins hitter.

Can throw 100+ but is going to need secondary pitches and some health to be a stud. Good high risk high reward pick

If it was a perfect game, Rocco definitely wouldn't have pulled him. Since Berrios wasn’t going to finish the game, since he was already at 80 pitches, I am OK with finding a better matchup against batters, which Taylor Rogers clearly was. Johan Santana had his career ruined by staying in his no hitter too long, don’t want that to happen

It can end up being an eight year deal. Dobnak can very well end up being the next Radke for the Twins