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Dumb mistake by Garlick. There was no reason to take that risk with Correa at 3rd. Cost us a run.

PRP injections for everybody!

Finding a way to get Sano back on the roster by tomorrow might’ve just got a lot easier for the front office.

There’s no reason not to challenge that where the difference could be a run (and the game). If you lose the challenge, who cares? It’s very unlikely you’re going to get a chance with more on the line than that.

I have a hard time believing he will ever be on the Twins Major League roster again. They aren’t going to remove Miranda, Garlick, Larnach, Celestino or Gordon to make room for him. If they can’t trade him by the time his rehab stint is supposed to end, I believe they will DFA him. He won’t be back next year and there’s nothing he can do that the others listed above can’t already provide. It’s time to move on.

Treasure Island is getting a lot of unintentional free advertising today.

Been watching baseball for about 32 years and I’ve never seen that before.

Hitting five home runs against Gerrit Cole and still losing is one hell of an accomplishment.

Sucks, but looks like the right call was made.

I did not have “Gerrit Cole nearly doubles his season home run total in the first three innings” on my Twingo card.

Buxton transitioning to a 3 true outcomes player was most unexpected.

If that’s as bad as I fear it is, Lewis will be starting at third for the rest of the year when he gets back. Edit: My fears are unfounded, thankfully.

Darn, if only there was something Max could’ve done to prevent this. Oh well, can’t be helped. Disclaimer: This is not at all about the effectiveness of the vaccine. It’s about the Canadian government not allowing anyone into their country who hasn’t had one. Max knew this rule, and he made the decision to not comply with it. He doesn’t get to complain about the team not being together.

Major League Baseball is reaching towards mid-90s NHL level of awfulness at marketing their product. A Shohei Ohtani 20 to 25 years ago would’ve been by far the biggest story in North American professional sports. But in 2022, the nation collectively really doesn’t care.

We almost had Lewis back up again and not the way we wanted.

If he can’t play through it every day, then IL him until he can. Would you rather him miss nearly half of the remaining games this year or miss 10 to 15 consecutive days so he can play the vast majority of the next four months?

If Buxton is too injured to even make an appearance every other day, then put him on IL until he can play every day.

Mauer as a 20 year old tore his meniscus in April, returned to the lineup in June, and then was shut down for the season a month later because of swelling in the knee. Granted, Mauer played catcher and not 1st base, but by most metrics Mauer was also a healthier dude at the time. Time will tell. But if you told me today that Sano will not play again this season, I wouldn’t be too surprised.

Depending on the procedure, there’s a decent change we’ve seen the last of Sano ever as a Twin, as his 2023 option is certainly not being picked up.

Correa’s OPS went up 66 points today, but well below where Simmons was at the same point last year.

I think you let him get through May before considering DFA’ing him. Although that timeline could be accelerated should he continue to speedrun late career Chris Davis like this. But yes, he will certainly not be back next season with that $14 million team option.

Carlos Correa was the next hitter. There was zero reason to send Sano.

Bombasota is back!