Monkeypaws

Nice numbers from Vasquez and Lujan. They would have popped my eyes coming from 19 year olds, but from 23 year olds, guys above average league age, not so much. Still, efficiency should be rewarded.

Dozier's lack of leadership on full display again tonight.....

Didn't watch. Always liked Florimon. I'd watch if it was Mitch McConnell

Rosario >> Hicks

I don't like retiring numbers. A team hall of fame is sufficient. Especially the single digit numbers!

Remind what kind of stuff Littell has plz. Like his profile

TD = #1. Bernardino deserves more love.

Yet they do try them in the end.

If I'm a pitching coach, I tell Turley to trust that fastball. Never saw him until tonite---damn, power lefty with a good curve.

Latroy schools the journalist on the human element of athletes talking Bonds

Wow, did Gordon fall off or what? .220 last year, .198 this year, 20 million per the next two years, maybe a third at 23, for a 33 year old. I take back any bad thing I may have said Joe Mauer

I can tell my grandkids I saw Niko's first MLB at bat. Decent

Is that Reggie Jackson pitching for the Twins? Man he has been awesome of late.

Eduardo! Me gustas

And folks wanted to trade Dozier for DeLeon one up. Yup

And Buxton at .252. I remember folks wishing for .250 as his peak! Gibby got his mojo back too. Fun times

Greatness is found on the scrapheap occasionally. Managing assets is what GMs do. This was supposed to be a rebuilding year, and yet here the Twinkies are in the midst of a race. Falvey and Levine haven't even had a year in place, yet look at the bloody difference!

Looks like total asset management to me. Falvine look like a patient bunch, and they weigh out all their options to the max. I like the efficiency approach. Once this organization becomes theirs, I expect greatness. Smart guys.

Slegers - he really needs to be in the plans for 2018

Yes, celebratory threads should be immune - and Joe Nathan was a great Twin. Baseball is a game where nobody is perfect and the stats are really just a measure of imperfection. I just love how former Twins keep flocking back here after seeing the grass on the other side. Welcome back Joe!

He has such a smooth and easy delivery and is in such good shape, I could see him being effective for years to come. Like fine wine....

I doubt Verlander would agree to come to a divisional rival, especially for a potential one and done. Potential division winners only need apply. Off-season maybe, at the cost of low-end prospects only, for the myriad reasons mentioned already. If the Twins win a wild-card spot, Santana deserves it. Why this thread makes no sense at all.

Garver had a shaky game a while back, but he's been pretty solid given the shaky ground he is on. Getting another backup catcher is madness. Garver's bat is beyond most of those types and his defense is at the least acceptable. Didn't back-up extraordinaire Giminez have a game with 4 passed balls not so long ago? I don't know if CG's 9 passed balls lead the league, but Garver is better than that, even if CG has the potential to be a playoff monster.

Didn't he have a horrific offensive start to his season, a la Buck?

I just like to see an organization give guys like, Goodrum,, Sleger, Curtiss, Garver, Jorge, etc a chance.