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You had me at “Jake Cave and Tim Beckham are also in the lineup.”

Geez. I hate this situation, but Ted’s writeup is about perfect. He really fairly represented every facet of this issue. I feel like I’ll always hear the Tiffany song “Could’ve Been” in the back of my mind whenever I think of Sano.

Crazy to think that this was a valid TD feature article on May 29: … and I’m 0% picking on Ted. It was a valid concern and a fine article. Today, Gordon has instead anchored his place on the team and proves his value on repeat. The 2022 Twins are getting a lot of contribution from this particular “bubble guy.” As I write this, Aaron Hicks is batting for the Yankees. .226/.347/.319 @ $6m I’ll take Nick 100 times out of 100. That’ll make me sleep a little better.

This is probably what I needed to read this morning. I have been feeling like they should just stand pat and let the cards fall where they may. Send the team the message that “You are the cavalry. Step up.” But truly, bullpens can often be patched without paying a huge penalty and this team could be so much stronger with a couple bullpen reinforcements. If they fall apart, at least don’t give up much.

Ugh. I feel terrible for him right now.

I'm right there with you. Can't believe I was looking forward to this.

Archers Strike percentage this year is 59.9% For comparison Corbin Burnes strike percentage is 62.9%

You are entitled to your own opinion and you choose pretty safe ground when you continually call any player cooked, because you'll eventually be right with every player. I personally saw a lot more potential upside in Archer's pitching a few week's ago than I've seen in any other member of this rotation. The strategy seemed to be slowly build him up in hopes that he can be a reliable starter by the time the playoffs arrive. If they prove unable get Archer back on track, I personally don't see much hope for this team. I mean, maybe Joe Ryan can start every game of a playoff series.

In June, he contributed 27 innings with a 1.67 ERA and held opponents to a .156 batting average Then, he hit the IL and he's now pitched just twice since. So yes. It is absolutely disingenuous to characterize today's season-low 3 IP, season high 6 BB, season high 6 ER outing as what he does "most days."

He looked pathetic today. I'm not arguing that. He pitched better for the entire month of June than any other Twins pitcher and we've only seen him twice since, so we can overreact as much as we like, but if you proclaim every starter "cooked" and cut them all after one bad outing, you'd have already discarded every starter in the league.

Seriously? "Most days"? Look at the game logs. This tied his shortest start of the season and was certainly one of the few worst outings he's had as a Twin. Most every starter has some days where they just can't find it. We just saw Sonny gray have a similar meltdown against Chicago. To act like today's lousy outing was representative of Archer's season is totally disingenuous.

Man alive, is he ever off his game today.

Nice way to get the team out of trouble. Way to go Polo!

Thanks for calling that to our attention. That is a cool feature

Looks like no one told the hitters that they are supposed to be afraid of Corbin Burnes

I love watching Luis work a long at-bat like that. Even though it ended with a whiff.

It's redundant and also needlessly repetitive.

Hot Dog! This is going to be a game after all!

Nick just smoked that! I like how aggressive they are taking these at-bats

Refroe needs that glove checked

I sure like that Miranda

Go infield!

My confidence in Archer is looking misplaced so far. Still, I think his stuff has looked better than any of their other (healthy) starters this season.

Man. That clank in RF opened a door. They gotta take advantage of opportunities like that.

I think our best hope is that he comes back hot and helps fuel a pennant push and stays as a playoff contributor. Power plays in the postseason and a hot Sano would be a HUGE asset. It feels like a longshot today, but his hot streaks are dominant when they happen and they actually happen. Remember? We can complain all we want right now, but this decision has to be made on the basis of 2022, not the future. In 2022, rolling the dice on Sano has a chance of a much higher payoff than what could be hoped from Celestino, and honestly more than what we could hope from most bats that could become available on the trade market.