Kummel

I hate to see Arraez leave. It was a pure joy to watch him hit - and the Twins really need hitters who get on base. Heck, he won a batting title. I will never forget the time he stood in at the plate for Cron -- working his way to a walk in a heroic at-bat. Arraez has heart, he so clearly loves the game. He worked hard to strengthen his knees and his durability in the last season.

https://dodgersway.com/posts/dodgers-reportedly-may-have-savior-on-trevor-bauer-trade-front-twins-01gpewt0jcev Don't know if this is true, hope it is NOT. The Dodgers did the right thing, Bauer is a toxic and repellent person, accused by multiple women of sadistic sexual violence. I would be disgusted if the Twins get involved with this.

The most unlikely has happened if this pans out -- the Twins front office comes away with a win in off-season trading. Correa is a great ball player who will be an anchor for this infield AND a team leader. I liked hearing, for example, that he helped Miranda in the offseason. So, ok, the journey to this deal was meandering to say the least, but this is positive news for the Twins and the weary fandom in an otherwise bleak off-season.

Hard pass.

Wish the Twins had re-signed Urshela. What a blighted off season.

Absolutely not. A terrible idea.

Arraez is my favorite Twins player. I would be very sorry to see him go.

That's very fair.

Arraez may not be in the same category as Albies, Acuna, et al, but he is in a highly desirable category of his own. He won the dang batting title and he's a fighter at the plate with some truly remarkable at bats. He did just fine at first base. He worked hard last off season to get stronger. His work ethic is outstanding and he's well liked by his teammates. He's not a conventional ball player, but he's a special player - in the best sense.

The Germans didn't bomb Pearl Harbor...

Outmatched by the Royals.

Twins really outmatched today.

Limping to the end of the season.

Not great.

Tough to watch -- when your team is one run down and it feels like an impossible hill to climb.

Just tuning in. Sigh. Wish they had started Varland.

Demoralizing. Leaving Gordon in there to get pounded made it all feel worse.

A few games back, I thought, maybe - just maybe - the Twins are getting hot. But the air appeared to go out of the balloon quickly, when Correa hit into the double play in the 9th inning in what became a loss to the Red Sox. And now here we are...

The last couple of games the Twins have made a game of it - exciting to watch and fun to root for. The trades for pitchers raised the quality of the staff and are really important to the psychology of the game -- the Twins batters feel the pitching staff is in this thing with them. Wish the call had gone their way today, but this can fire up and unite the team. It sure fired up Rocco, and I'm sure the players felt supported by him, too.

I guess they see something in the analytics for Pagan, but the eye test says otherwise. So does the score. And every game when the starter is pulled early (which is literally just about every game), I feel a sense of existential threat when it could be Pagan time. It diminishes a bit when we're leading by seven runs or more.

Such a promising talent. Best wishes to him and for his full recovery.

We got some new bullpen arms, so it was pretty sad to turn the game on in time to see Sonny exit in the 6th and watch runs score against Pagan and Duffey. I know the offense needs to find some consistency, but wish the management would change up their pitching strategy.

His injury was in no way comparable to being "impaled by a forklift" on the job. He injured himself. The injury was sustained in the course of celebrating. And it was after the game.

Crushing news for Lewis. A terrible break for such a promising young talent. Very sad to see this news.

Polanco is perhaps THE Twins player in recent years who remains on the field, quietly playing through injuries. It would not be surprising to learn after the fact that he is trying to stay on the job with a bad ankle. He has made some sparkling defensive plays at second and earlier in the season he had some clutch hits. I respect Polanco and I think this article underestimates him and his value to the team.