Twins 9, Rangers 3: Larnach Stays Red-Hot, Joe Ryan Deals as Twins Secure Sweep

[knothole61]

Keep Ryan, he's very good, attractively quirky, and young enough to be worth his weight in gold...build a rotation around him and Lopez, if he returns to form. Ryan might even start to smile if the team keeps up its winning ways! Regarding Larnach, I've never know his hot streaks to last very long and his improved defense is still nothing to write home about. If trading Larnach can deliver a viable bullpen arm, pull the trigger and thank him for his contributions over the years. 

[rv78]

Yeah, trade Larnach. He's finally hitting the ball like expected when he was drafted. Can't have guys like that on this team. Get rid of him and grab another Outman type off the DFA pile or trade for one. If you want this team to ever be good again, you have to STOP trading away the players that are helping you win ball games and start paying them to stay. Isn't that why he was drafted in the first place? If you want to trade someone, make it a player like Wallner, who isn't helping you win. Seriously, it's the only way this team is ever going to get better. Gathering prospects, watching them develop, and then trading them away when they finally become successful only maintains the status quo of mediocrity for your team. You're only being a farm system for other teams who are willing and/or capable of spending money on the good players. My hope is that, when the CBA takes place in 2027, it will fix the uneven structure of the haves and the have-nots. A salary floor and cap needs to be implemented if they want MLB to be appealing to all fans again. Sorry, I'm tired of the same teams being able to buy their Championships on a yearly basis, while other teams get the opportunity from building within once every 20 years.

[karcherd]

7 hours ago, mnfireman said:

Provus and Gladden both commented today on how much Sizemore has helped with OF defense (there have still been misplays, gonna happen when guys play new positions). Sometimes just getting the right guy to coach can make all the difference (see Arraez working with Washington in SF).

This is the one thing I liked Shelton did, he brought in some coaches with major league experience.  I think that has been helpful and Sizemore is a great example.

[karcherd]

7 hours ago, DocBauer said:

A 5-4 road trip would be very good. Could we steal a game in Arizona and go 2-1 and then 1-2 against the Dodgers? That would be a hell of a nice road trip. 

They come home after Arizona and play the Dodgers at Target Field.

[Saxophone Joe]

I wonder if media members like Patrick Reusse still think this is the "most uninteresting" Twins team they've ever covered. I know we're a ways away from seriously contending, and the picture could look different this time next week (just like it did this time last week), but it's time to put some respect on their names! These guys are playing some really good baseball right now, period. I, for one, am entertained. 

PS what a blast from my man Ryan Kreidler! I think he's pretty close to getting the starting slot at SS over Gray (who's struggling at the plate right now), even against righties. 

[jmlease1]

1 hour ago, rv78 said:

If you want to trade someone, make it a player like Wallner, who isn't helping you win. Seriously, it's the only way this team is ever going to get better.

so sell low? :P

I like seeing the twins get a sweep. It's nice.

The trade talk is annoying; the deadline is still over a month away and we're not even at the all-star break yet. With the team being 1.5 games out of a wild card there's no point in getting too spun up about trades because they're not happening yet. 

I'd think that with some guys playing well and other guys getting health there would be more interesting things to talk about than speculating on something that won't have any chance of happening for another month. (Also? Good for you Byron Buxton in shutting down trade speculation. I love the fact that he wants to be here.)

[DJL44]

9 hours ago, DocBauer said:

And I can't wait to see Rojas back. While it's super intriguing to think of him as a SP with more development time, he reminds me a lot of Santana and Liriano as a POWERFUL arm who MIGHT transition back to the rotation at some point. Or he might just be the next Perkins. 

Be patient. He looked terrible last night pitching for the Saints

[JD-TWINS]

13 hours ago, Blyleven2011 said:

Nice series , twins out scored the rangers 25 to 7 for a series sweep , team has a 4 game winning streak ...

Offense has woken up , 1st inning runs are always appreciated especially to the starting pitcher ...

Fun to watch when we have good Offense  , defense and pitching  ...

5 relievers followed Ryan  , two were acceptable  ( Morris and Orze ) , Lawrence  , Roger's and Lawyerson not so much ...

Good bet when they activate Abel for Arizona series that Lawrence is DFA'd  , if not the team FO personal are crazy ...

The reality for TWINS & most Teams is they don’t go 8 deep in the PEN. ……. I wish they DFA’d Lawrence this afternoon but it’s not happening, yet. Him or anyone getting 2 quick outs and then giving up a couple solo shots & even two more hits ….. that’s what the low leverage guy does sometimes with a huge lead.

They ALL have had issues for stretches……. morris is hardly bulletproof. Orze looks sharp 2 of 3 outings, generally speaking……..not a lot different than a middling starter might do.

[JD-TWINS]

On 6/18/2026 at 9:59 PM, Mike Sixel said:

No team is built without prospects. This team isn't good. He'll cost ten percent of the budget next year. He should be traded, given the context of the team. No one on this site wants to trade for the sake if trading, that straw man has to die. 

Keaschall - Culpepper by August - Marek Houston at some point in ‘27 - Jenkins in ‘27 - Gonzales in ‘27 ……. there are plenty of prospects in play in the organization in the near term.

Martin - Larnach - Buxton - Jenkins - Gonzales in OF …….. with Larnach used at DH in 70% of his starts ……… room for another young guy (Fedko or Rodriguez)

Same 2 Catchers, assuming Jeffers is gone.

Lewis - Keaschall - Culpepper - Lee - Clemens

That’s a solid 13 for ‘27 with a half dozen prospects. Larnach taking Bell’s spot at DH, v. nearly 100% RH pitching….. Gonzales from the right side.

Abel - Bradley - Lopez - Ryan - Prielipp/Matthews …….. Team may have a real basis for a 6 man rotation for chunks of the year …… this assumes Ober isn’t back & he may be.

[knothole61]

I can't have many years left Apple, so please stop the on-field interviews with players during play...for the love of God please wait until I'm gone. It is ridiculous: it's distracting to the viewer who has to watch the game on split-screen and also listen to the inane concomitant banter, and it must also be distracting, to some extent, to the player himself, and for what?

I suppose the idea is to interest young people in the game, you know the generation that never had to sit patiently in the backseat of a car looking out the window fashioning their own thoughts and using their own imaginations to fill the time, rather than sticking their noses in a screen or having a video playing in the Dodge Odyssey. Buy hey, there's no way you are going to entice those with short-attention spans into the love of baseball anyway--baseball is largely a slow, unfolding process that takes patience to appreciate. Please stop... 

[JADBP]

On 6/18/2026 at 11:37 PM, knothole61 said:

Where will you be sitting?

Just above the swimming pool. 2nd row.  Lots of Twons fan in AZ!   

 

GEEZ PLEASE DUMP LAWYERSON!!!!!