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Hey everyone, I hope everyone’s week has been good and especially better than the Twins were tonight in getting crushed by the White Sox 12-2. Yuck! This week on the podcast, Chris joins me again. We talk about the Twins uninspiring play recently, Wednesday’s bottom of the 9th not withstanding. We also discuss the All-Star break, a prospect being promoted to AAA, the trade deadline, the Sano problem and other things. You can follow the show on Facebook and Twitter and our new website! https://www.podpage.com/twins-nation/ On Facebook just search for Twins Nation Podcast. On Twitter we’re at @TwinsNationPod. You can find the show at any of the places listed above or on any place you go for podcasts.

Happy off day to you all! Are off days ever happy for us? I guess if they are struggling they are. Our guys are still in first place at 47-38 despite, as Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic and Gleeman and the Geek puts it, "their best efforts to try give it away." Obviously the part of this team that appears to need the most attention is the bullpen. It was no more obvious than this past week with them losing three games in walk-off fashion including yesterday's heartbreaker vs. the White Sox. The good news, if you want to call it that, they appear to be in the worst division in baseball and just when it appears they may lose the division lead, the Guardians and White Sox go ahead and go into a spiral of their own and the Twins are able to expand the lead. They currently sit at 4 1/2 games ahead of Cleveland in the division and 5 1/2 ahead of the White Sox after taking 2 of 3 vs. Chicago. On this week's Twins Nation Podcast, my cohost Chris and I discuss the bullpen struggles, the upcoming trade deadline, the upcoming schedule and the pending return of Miguel Sano and just what the heck will they do with him when he's eligible to return. Please consider giving it a listen at the link below or on any place you find podcasts. https://www.podpage.com/twins-nation/walk-it-off-and-put-your-sox-away/

Okay maybe things aren’t as bad as pets spontaneously losing heads. In fact they’re nowhere near that. However, it has been another weird week in Twins Nation and this one unlike any other with pitching coach Wes Johnson deciding to leave the organization effective after Thursday’s game. In this week’s episode of The Twins Nation Podcast my brother and I speculate on if there is any reason other than what has been stated as to why he would leave. We also discuss the team’s play and upcoming schedule including the big series vs. Cleveland that they are currently in the middle of and roster news and notes. Give it a listen here or wherever you listen to podcasts at. https://www.podpage.com/twins-nation/our-left-fielder-is-hurt-our-pitching-coach-is-leaving-our-pets-heads-are-falling-off/

It has been announced just a little bit ago that 1B/OF Alex Kirilloff has been recalled from the Triple-A St. Paul Saints and second baseman Jorge Polanco has been put on the injured list retroactive to June 13th, due to lower back tightness. This comes as the Twins head to Phoenix to face the 30-35, 4th place Arizona Diamondbacks this weekend. It will be interesting whether Kirilloff is put in the lineup right away tonight or not as the Twins will face lefty Madison Baumgarner. Here are the weekend pitching matchups: Devin Smeltzer vs. Madison Madison Baumgarner tonight Dylan Bundy vs. Luke Weaver Saturday Chris Archer vs. Merrill Kelly Sunday I will be interested to see how the Twins handle the Diamondbacks pitching going from an aging veteran in Baumgarner tonight to fresh faced guys the rest of the weekend and the Arizona bullpen which is not good. The Twins should be able to take 2 of 3 this weekend if not all three. Be sure to tune into the Twins Nation Podcast for our next episode where we will discuss this series as well as the just completed Mariners series and the upcoming schedule where the Twins will see a lot of the Cleveland Guardians, their closest competitor in the AL Central. You can find the podcast on my website https://www.podpage.com/twins-nation/ or anywhere you get your podcasts!

Hello Twins fans! I'm new to this space. Hopefully I give you content you will find interesting. I'm also fairly new to podcasting. My podcast is the the Twins Nation Podcast. My website is https://www.podpage.com/twins-nation/ where you can find all the episodes. Twins Daily writer Sherry Cerny, whom you all probably know you can find here: https://twinsdaily.com/profile/12379-sherry-cerny/, is a cohost as well as my brother Daniel and another friend of mine, Chris Larson. Give it a listen either on the site or anywhere you find your podcasts. I look forward to giving this a try.

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