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And Perez bounces out on the first pitch.

I'm glad the Twins are up 4 right now.

I'd imagine Megill will get the eighth with Lopez on board for the ninth. Extra inning options would be Fulmer and Sands, who both pitched an inning yesterday.

It kind of made sense for the best bullpen option to pitch against Salvi and the most recent Player of the Week. Duran didn't get either one of them out, but he got the next three guys.

Really nice catch by Celestino.

Mahle was on the IL with a shoulder issue prior to the trade deadline and was activated in time to make a couple starts. Sounds a lot like a recurrence, which doesn't make it any more or less ominous.

Yes, I do stand corrected on the when. The larger point is that Rosario was not thrown into a new position when he came to the majors as Gordon was last year.

They can use their A team in the late innings with the day off tomorrow. Jax should get them through the sixth, then Megill or Fulmer, Duran and Lopez.

Eddie played second only in rookie league IIRC. He had been an outfielder for a while before he was promoted.

Trying to add the extra mph from 89 to 92 is just as stressful as going from 92 to 95 IMHO. Every pitch seems to be maximum effort., whether it is the fastball or breaking pitches. Interesting to me is that so many of the Twins' pitching injuries haven't been arm. Coulombe, Ober and Dobnak haven't had arm injuries and earlier Ryan, Archer and Gray (twice) spent IL time that was connected to their arms.

IIRC, a rookie gets a full year of service time if he finishes in the top three in the ROY voting. That would be a real bonus for Miranda since he hasn't been up all year.

Fulmer was warming in the bottom of the seventh. As long as he was “hot” he was used despite the large lead. Fulmer most likely could still be used tomorrow, but Megill, Jax, Duran and Lopez should be rested and ready with an off day on Thursday. Pagán is also available.

Changed to an error. Baseball integrity restored. /s/

The middle two games against Toronto, I believe. It has been a long while since the club had an honest-to-goodness winning streak, to be sure.

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Only two players can be added in September. One of them will probably be Jeffers and there are a few rehabbing pitchers. I really don’t think Varland would/will get a chance this season, but he’s only one stop away.

All RISP events are not equal. Getting a three-run triple in a 7-1 game isn’t the same as hitting a three-run bomb in the 9th when trailing or tied.

Woke up and checked the score. Nice win. One of the best things about the 2022 Twins is that the have avoided long losing skids. That said, it is past time for a nice winning week or two (or three). Lots of home games after they get back from LA.

I liked what I saw of Miller in spring training. and reports have been generally positive, although he has slumped at the plate. He's only a year out of high school, so I think judging his ceiling or floor is premature. I don't think shortstop for next year or the next five years is settled.

I think base running is a big weakness. Most of the problem is having too many slow players, but part of the problem is just poor base running. The too consistent short starts have revealed the lack of talent and lack of flexibility in the ‘pen. I bet followers of every team thinks they don’t advance runners and score them from third base with less than two out. I do think the Twins are below average mostly because their top players haven’t performed like elite players. In

JBJ is being signed by the Blue Jays.

Sano has never advanced his bat-to-ball skills and that is probably what has limited his career along with injuries every year. It has never been that he doesn't work hard or doesn't care as long as he gets a paycheck. He misses too many pitches in the hitting zone. Despite a strong arm, he isn't a natural defender so he's needed to be well above average as a hitter and he's only been above average,

Yes, it seems in this case parsimony of treatment didn’t work. Best wishes to AK and hopes for a complete recovery. Every team experiences situations like this, but it seems the Twins have had their share career threatening injuries.

I don''t know how unhappy Sanchez was. He had the option to declare himself a free agent, but chose to accept the outright to St. Paul. The players know the rules and all teams do this. A guy puts on the uniform and has one or no chances to impress and then is DFAed. Sanchez may well get another chance and major league minimum money is pretty good ($700K) even for a day or two.

Yes, I see he is active. There is a rule that he must stay in the minors for 15 days after an option (unless he is replacing someone placed on the IL), correct? Unless a current pitcher goes on the IL, he is frozen until the 18th I think.