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We should not be locking up immigrants in concentration camps. It's a very small group of people who want this, and unfortunately they are in charge.

DFA him. The narrative says he's fading and that's that.

Strictly speaking, it's Nelson Cruz. When it comes to the long-term players, it's Kepler as his performance saw the biggest jump and has made the biggest impact. I understand why people are saying Polanco, though.

I'm honestly surprised the Twins lost this one. But I agree, this was bad pitching management.

Playoffs.

Unless his stats show he has been owning the Yankees, no thanks.

You don't get rid of a guy doing this. http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/wT6qC Ya'll can be so destructive sometimes. /me glances over his shoulder at the dozens of threads saying we need different pitching.

There's going to be a dropoff in the OF from Buxton regardless of who they trot out there. The other guys gotta pick it up. If the Twins can't win without Buxton's defense, he is the MVP regardless of what his bat does.

I have the standard definition of a #3. You are looking at periphery stats. Take a look at his ERA+, or his actual performance compared to other pitchers in the league. To save you time, his career ERA+ is 92 over 103 starts.

Bumgarner is a FA after this year. Wherever he goes, the Giants will get little to nothing in return and they'll like it unless the trade includes a new contract. Boyd is a #3 pitcher at best. I can't imagine the Twins tossing around prospects like the Cults did with Quintana. The Twins need to think about pitching beyond 2019, but so do the Tigers, and their pitching depth is even worse.

The Sox have one starter but also a good closer and set up guy. The top of the order can hit but they have no bench to speak of. They have been plagued by the injury bug which compounds this. They are an incomplete team, but they have a couple of pieces that can make them a tough team to beat from time to time. The Twins should be prepared to take these games seriously.

Liriano is playing well out of the pen this year. This year, I trust him more than I trust some of the current Twins bullpen arms. I would say I can't imagine giving up a prospect for a bullpen rental, but Bill Smith did it a few times so I guess I can imagine it. This doesn't mean any team should do it. Ya gotta get more than 20-30 innings out of someone to be giving up a prospect unless the guy is unstoppable.

I would imagine people here are more worried about the length of this game than the Twins are. This is one of the tests of a long baseball season, and it was a given this was going to happen.

We've been having storms in Chicago seemingly every day this summer. They are brief but I could see a lot of home runs flying in this humidity.

And they are doing all this while playing in an empty stadium.

The Twins would probably in division 3 and have the best record in it. So, no matter what the Twins did from here on out ... they'd be the bottom seed ... even if they won 120 games.

I honestly don't see how the Rays have a good record this year.

I dunno ... mass media sure seemed to think he was a top-10 reliever at the time of the trade.

Astudillo's bat is huge if he can drive in RBIs from AAA!

Musk21 announced Alex Meyer announcing his retirement. http://twinsdaily.com/topic/32047-where-are-they-now-ex-twins-in-2019/?p=869023

Absolutely, but why wait? Trade Schoop for some pitching at the deadline. Or, trade Sano and play Arraez at third.

True statements. However, it's also true that the Yankees will have Hicks until 2026, and I don't expect him to be good for that entire time. This will not only help the Twins, but will also help every team in the AL.

Yes, I think we won it. The Yanks gave Hicks a big contract and he went right back to his old ways. Assuming the Twins window is opening, there will be many games against Hicks in the future. Murphy is long gone.

To be clear, I would have sent him down too.

He was only up for four games and batted .384, but yes feel free to choose any sample size you like. You can talk about that, and I'll continue to talk about the games that he played since being called up.