Gene Larkin

Trout hovering off a rookie lefty specialist. The only one that appears surprised by that extreme likelihood is Molitor.

I haven't checked for sure but I think that was one of the first time this year May was brought in the middle of an inning with runners on base with game on line since he was converted to late inning reliever

The time to call up Berrios was when Milone got hurt. Instead they call up the less accomplished Tyler Duffey. Then after Hughes gets hurt they put May back in the rotation on short rest for one start and then call up Duffey again, despite his poor start at Toronto. That should have made it clear the Twins FO had no intention of calling up Berrios this year. Pushing up against an inning limit, why would they change course now?

He pitched well for Angels and Royals. I think it's clear he's not a good juice-free pitcher.

Outside of Perkins bullpen is now totally unreliable. Big difference between Twins and Royals

It's another bat, probably Arcia, to get down to 12-man pitching staff again and have more PH options in NL parks

You're joking about Parmelee right?

I listened to Gleeman @ Geek show today and Bonnes was once again talking negatively about Rosario even though he is raking, hits in the clutch and plays excellent defense. At the same time Bonnes was more than willing to give Hicks yet another chance and put him in a corner OF spot even though he doesn't even hit well enough as a MLB CF.

Rosario has much more upside as a hitter than Santana and his speed is just as good. In his minor league career Rosario showed more plate discipline with a SO rate of around 20% and BB rate of around 7%. He's clearly still learning MLB pitchers and strike zone and has cut down on strikeouts from his first few weeks while hitting nearly .300

At some point, the Twins will have to add Ervin Santana back to the 40-man

At 700 OPS Rosario is 5th highest among regulars, behind only Dozier, Hunter, Plouffe and Maurer (706) and ahead of the .657 of Vargas, who most everyone wants to bring back up and put in the 5 hole

Yesterday's lineup included Robinson, Santana, Herrmann, and Rosario. The lineup has needed help for a while now. They should try and do something about it, not throw up their hands and just say "it's a flawed lineup, nothing we can do," while Writing Robinson's name in the 2 hole. Find it interesting that you put Rosario and his 2-4 day and .289 avg. In that group but left out Hicks, who went 0-3 and popped up yesterday with the bases loaded with nobody out and is now hitting .244 with only 2 RBIs, both came on his 1 HR

The Tigers have been spending like drunken sailors for a long time, way more than their market size, all in their owners obession to win a title before he dies. imagine what the Twins might have accomplished in the early 2000s if the Pohlads had gone all in for a title.

The problem is, the way I understand, is that the Twins won't decide what to do with Nolasco until he throws a bullpen session on Thursday. But will they make that decision before they have to make a roster move for Milone for Thurday's late afternoon start? If not they probably will have to option an effective reliever, either Pressley or Thompson. I don't understand why Gibson isn't starting on normal rest Thursday to give them 1 more day to decide whether Nolasco is healthy or not.

It was premature to extend Hughes especially considering the Twins also signed Santana to a long term deal and Nolasco is still under contract for 2 more years after this season