Friday Forum: Mick Abel, Luke Keaschall, and James Outman

[USAFChief]

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At Twins Daily, there are a lot of interesting articles on the front page, but we encourage you to dig into the other pages on this site. Check out the Blogs page to see more Twins content. You can even start your own Twins blog there. And then there are some great discussions in the Twins Daily forums as well Here are just a few of the topics from this week. 

Mick Abel to the IL

Mick Abel looked the part of big-league starter through 20 innings pitched this season, before being sidelined with an injury. Matthew Trueblood wrote an excellent piece with tons of great info, leading to lots of good takes by the TD faithful...you should be adding yours! 

Luke Keaschall and Sophomore Slump

Small sample size, of course, but Luke Keaschall looked the part of polished big league hitter last year--in between injuries at least. This year has been a struggle, to put it kindly. Cody Christie takes a look at the "sophomore slump." What do you think? 

History of MLB #3 Picks

I'm not much of a prospect work, but I know many of you are. TD always does a fantastic job covering the MLB draft. Here's Jamie Cameron's stab at who might the Twins select with the third overall pick this summer. Agree? Disagree? Lots of great info and opinions here.

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[DJL44]

I don’t understand the point of these articles. They just seem to add clutter.

[ashbury]

23 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

I don’t understand the point of these articles. They just seem to add clutter.

I think they are not for you and me, who scan most articles daily and contribute to some.  TD broadcasts some of their articles outside the website itself, and this series strikes me as in this "marketing" vein.

[tarheeltwinsfan]

On 4/24/2026 at 1:02 PM, DJL44 said:

I don’t understand the point of these articles. They just seem to add clutter.

It's not like you have to read everything written at TD. My definition of clutter does not include internet articles which I chose not to read. However this particular article by Chief pointed out an article which I had not read about Mick Abel. I missed it because I had been busy at an out of town writers conference and visiting several grandchildren. So, Thanks Chief for this article.

[USAFChief]

38 minutes ago, tarheeltwinsfan said:

It's not like you have to read everything written at TD. My definition of clutter does not include internet articles which I chose not to read. However this particular article by Chief pointed out an article which I had not read about Mick Abel. I missed it because I had been busy at an out of town writers conference and visiting several grandchildren. So, Thanks Chief for this article.

Thanks, thtf!