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The flyout that people are mentioning was about 10 feet short of his third home run of the game, and off the bat it 100 percent looked like it was his third of the game.

Crazy how much bullpen depth we have at the ready right now. Might not be the top-end guys that other teams have, but if we need a guy to come up and save our arms for a couple games, we sure have that in spades!

And here I thought Guaranteed Rate Field would remain the dumbest stadium name in baseball for a long, long time. Didn't take long for that to be made completely wrong!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand Thorpe was just optioned.

We do remember when not even Dozier had Dozier's power, right?

I think this is a very interesting idea. Honestly, if baseball were any other sport, I think there's a chance they might have actually thought about trying to implement this for the 2021 season. I say that because the two bigger sports that were really thrown off their schedules, basketball and hockey, are now going to have to try and reset themselves into something resembling a normal schedule over the next year or two, and it's going to take a little while. But baseball still has the ability to implement its normal offseason (at least for now), so like you said, it's probably not going to be happening.

Hacks me off we don't get Rooker for the playoffs. Man I loved what he was doing at the plate, even if he wasn't that good in the field.

Especially with how much torque goes into his swing. I mean all swings heavily involve the knees but Arraez in particular I'm sure has to be careful with his.

What could also now happen that we're (for the moment) in first in the division is that the A's take second seed, we could get the third seed, and then we'd be playing the Astros.

I'm glad they went with Wade. I've always had a soft spot for a guy like Wade who can work a walk with a great eye that can drive a pitcher nuts at the plate (one of the reasons why I was an Arraez fan early last year). Hopefully Arraez heals up quick and can be of use to the team in the second round if they make it that far (though if they feel he's healthy earlier, that's good too!)

Though it should be said that FTMP Twins pitchers are probably leading the league in not leaving in the middle of innings, or at worst in the top three. They've done pretty well at getting in and getting out and then passing along to the next guy for the next inning.

We have a stupidly low BABIP against Skubal this season, hopefully that reverts a little tonight.

This one actually surprised me a little, though maybe I haven't been actually watching enough games to notice when Stashak is getting his heaviest workload.

Definite value in having at least one of those be a little more contact- and average-favorable compared to the generally power-focused other prospects (though a guy like Kiriloff has the skills to do both).

Hell I'm hoping that the Mariners can make a run the final two weeks of the season and knock the Astros out of a playoff position! That would be super fun. They're only separated by a couple of games and while the M's have a really tough schedule the final two weeks if they can keep it up and the Astros continue their slide, they might be able to sneak through.

I'm more than a little curious as to how much interest the Twins might have in making Rich Hill a long-ish opener as a potential fourth starter in the playoffs. Obviously you can't necessarily trust him to go any more than five innings, but getting no less than three good innings out of him should at least be possible. According to Baseball Reference, in the first three innings of a game, Hill so far this season has pitched 17 2/3 innings, allowing seven earned runs for a 3.57 ERA, walking six and striking out 13 while allowing a .246 BA and a .679 OPS.

Depending on roster numbers I'd honestly bring all three of Jeffers, Avila and Garver, if only because Garver has shown the at least temporary ability to play a little first base which could be useful as a backup option.

Why Wade? He's got one of the best eyes on the team, can play all three outfield positions at least decently and does have a little pop. Definitely a better fourth outfield option than Jake Cave, if maybe with a little less power but much more contact.

Tough to lose Rooker with how composed and powerful he was at the plate to start his career. Hopefully he makes a good enough impression to start with the team next season!

Here's where I'd put the bullpen as to where I'm trusting people, leverage-wise: Firemen: Duffey, Clippard Long men (able to go an inning or more): Stashak, Alcala, Thielbar "Closers": May, Rogers, Romo, Wisler Hard to believe, but of this group, I'd actually say I trust May the least to get through an inning without being dinged for a run. Duffey's your fireman in the playoffs, you send him in when any inning is in danger. I'd trust any three of Rogers, Romo or Wisler (LOVE his slider) to close out a game with how they're pitching right now, and Alcala, Stashak and Thielbar are all guys I'd bring in as bridges to the late inning guys. Definitely a very interesting pen and I'm intrigued to see what it looks like next season.

Home-field advantage, especially with the bubble still not being implemented, is definitely important considering our home/road splits so far. As long as we have the season series wins against both teams, I'd take that. And if we could find a way to get to Bieber later today, that would help quite a bit.

Honestly I'd love to see Dobnak go again in Game 1. He had a decent outing in NY last year and depending on who we would face in the second round, I would love to see his bulldog self on the mound to start off the series.

That Wade pick at first base was incredible. There are regular first basemen that would miss that one and he was just thrown out there today with likely the worst weather we've played in all season to boot and he didn't seem to have any issues.

Buxton literally just makes this team wins by nothing more than just being in the lineup. My goodness is he crucial to the team doing anything.

Twins have faced Civale three times so far in his MLB career, going 1-1 in his starts against us last season and 1-0 in his one start against us this season. This season's start was the worst of the three, as we knocked in three runs against him (we had been held to one run in each of his 2019 starts, though we had scored two and four additional runs against the Cleveland bullpen in those two starts. As for Franmil Reyes, we have done extremely well against him since he came over to the Indians. He's currently 9-49 (.184) with two doubles, no home runs and 4 RBI's and a 21/2 strikeout-walk split. And that .184 average comes with a little help, considering he's averaging a .321 BABIP (13th against team's he's faced). Just keep pitching to him like we have and we shouldn't have to worry too much about what he can do.