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Garver had a year now.

He can do that while catching 1 game a week. Pair Castro up with the #5 pitcher. In any case, the other two guys are doing fine. It's a big assumption that the other guys are not already better than Castro.

This wasn't the best lineup the Twins could have put out there. In a 2-1 game, the lineup matters.

He's a terrible defensive catcher. He's a finesse catcher.

I'm surprised we are talking about Astudillo "turning into a pumpkin" with Castro sitting right there. Castro might not have a hit for the rest of his baseball career. The Twins should drop him down to 1 game per rotation.

A 2% difference at AAA is, what, 6.36 K/9 v. 6.39 K/9?

60-70% of pitchers in MLB history have not been strikeout machines ... and I'm no doubt being generous there. I would have thought the whole Jim Hoey thing would have broken our obsession with Ks. The Twins were far more successful when they were focusing on acquiring pitchers who rarely gave up walks. De Jong's K rates are average, if not a bit above average. There are zero red flags with De Jong's K rate.

Yep. Kent Hrbek got injured mere hours after the Twins traded away Paul Sorrento.

I was surprised De Jong made it through waivers. The only year he wasn't good was the year he wasn't healthy. I can't predict the future so I have no idea if he will pan out, but let's hope he gets enough of a chance. He probably won't make it through waivers a second time.

We all knew Odorizzi isn't a 12 K / appearance guy. We also know he's not a 2/3 of an inning guy. Maybe next time around we can get the real, mediocre Odorizzi ... 4-5 Ks, 4-5 innings, and with some luck less than 4-5 runs. As for Perez, he is performing as I expected. I applaud him for doing the best he can, but he's just done. Hopefully this doesn't turn into a Logan Morrison situation and he sticks around too long. (And please, no one pull out his FIP and pretend it means anything.)

Rosario wasn't good after the midpoint of last season. I have serious doubts he will have a good year. I don't see Kepler improving much. Buxton, Polanco, and maybe Sano will start playing to their potential. Berrios will be lights out over some stretches. Mauer's production is going to drop off a cliff.

The ESPN site lets you watch the box score without being forced into that annoying gameday interface.

Speaking of Cordova, it's too bad he debuted with the steroids era in full swing. Had he debuted five years earlier or fifteen years later he would have been considered more valuable and he would have had a longer career.

Doesn't the HOF have a plaque listing the players who have hit for the cycle? Dude is in the HOF now.

Deja vu of the previous manager not knowing when to pull a pitcher who is obviously struggling.

Why was Cron removed from 1B for a pitcher, shifting Gonzalez over, only to have Gonzalez have a catching error?

The Twins had a good week. Let me know when it's a good month.

News Flash: The Twins aren't as well known as the coastal teams or the Chicago teams. I know, this is shocking to learn. Thank goodness we have a KC fan to help us realize this for the first time.

I hear ya. I gave up Facebook (and everything Facebook owns) along with Twitter. I still use LinkedIn but very sparingly. And you know what? I don't miss a dang thing by not using FB.

Hopefully the Twins don't care what Cleveland does and will be more focused on taking care of business. Can we kill this thread now?

Twitter can be toxic, sure. The bigger problem is it's an echo chamber. It's nearly impossible to see a viewpoint from someone you don't agree with, unless you strangely subscribe to people you dislike.

Trade physiques with A-Rod.

The battle for first place v. KC begins.

It took him 82 pitches to go 3.2 innings. 1) He could have struck out all 11 outs and it still wouldn't be a good outing, unless he was a rookie. 2) His six Ks in 3.2 innings is around three times his normal K rate. He got lucky. This is a May/Duffey strong start/quick decline scenario unless he gets better.

did the twins win yet