Twins (Ober) vs Guardians (Cecconi): 7/22/26, 5:40pm

[HarmonK03]

4 minutes ago, S Bart said:

If a team has a lost season in the fall.. maybe it brings in some interest

Or it provides a spark to a team in need of one, which I think this team could use.

[h2oface]

Pitches adding up for Gomez, too. 

[Tlaker]

Winner 

[Western SD Fan]

Let's take more leaps of faith than Indiana Jones and suggest that Zoll and the team are self-aware of their predicament about the number of OF in the upper reaches of the organization.  They could have a plan for Jenkins for 2027.  Jenkins is currently not on the 40-man, which means that he can still report for spring training if there is a lockout.  If you think the season is lost or that Jenkins can't help you this season, it could stand to reason to keep him off the 40-man to get the extra work in prior to the season and you activate him for the beginning of next season.  That also gives an opportunity for Zoll to work through the backlog of OF's through offseason trades, which are easier to make with the quality of the OF we currently have.  Trading Wallner, Roden, Martin, Larnach, etc. are all easier in the offseason than right now as, other than Larnach, none of them will help a contending team this season.

[mnfireman]

GAME!!

[Patzky]

Win ✌️ 

[Aggies7]

Good win to stop the bleeding 

[mrmpls]

Gomez  will  be fine if needed tomm,    settle down fellas

[thelanges5]

Much needed. Williams tomorrow so hopefully the offense has woken up. Need good aggressive Taj as well. 

[S Bart]

1 minute ago, Western SD Fan said:

Let's take more leaps of faith than Indiana Jones and suggest that Zoll and the team are self-aware of their predicament about the number of OF in the upper reaches of the organization.  They could have a plan for Jenkins for 2027.  Jenkins is currently not on the 40-man, which means that he can still report for spring training if there is a lockout.  If you think the season is lost or that Jenkins can't help you this season, it could stand to reason to keep him off the 40-man to get the extra work in prior to the season and you activate him for the beginning of next season.  That also gives an opportunity for Zoll to work through the backlog of OF's through offseason trades, which are easier to make with the quality of the OF we currently have.  Trading Wallner, Roden, Martin, Larnach, etc. are all easier in the offseason than right now as, other than Larnach, none of them will help a contending team this season.

Nice rationale

[RpR]

[mnfireman]

1 minute ago, Western SD Fan said:

Let's take more leaps of faith than Indiana Jones and suggest that Zoll and the team are self-aware of their predicament about the number of OF in the upper reaches of the organization.  They could have a plan for Jenkins for 2027.  Jenkins is currently not on the 40-man, which means that he can still report for spring training if there is a lockout.  If you think the season is lost or that Jenkins can't help you this season, it could stand to reason to keep him off the 40-man to get the extra work in prior to the season and you activate him for the beginning of next season.  That also gives an opportunity for Zoll to work through the backlog of OF's through offseason trades, which are easier to make with the quality of the OF we currently have.  Trading Wallner, Roden, Martin, Larnach, etc. are all easier in the offseason than right now as, other than Larnach, none of them will help a contending team this season.

K Culpepper also not on 40-man, don't think we see him this season either (as we should not)...

[HarmonK03]

1 minute ago, Western SD Fan said:

Let's take more leaps of faith than Indiana Jones and suggest that Zoll and the team are self-aware of their predicament about the number of OF in the upper reaches of the organization.  They could have a plan for Jenkins for 2027.  Jenkins is currently not on the 40-man, which means that he can still report for spring training if there is a lockout.  If you think the season is lost or that Jenkins can't help you this season, it could stand to reason to keep him off the 40-man to get the extra work in prior to the season and you activate him for the beginning of next season.  That also gives an opportunity for Zoll to work through the backlog of OF's through offseason trades, which are easier to make with the quality of the OF we currently have.  Trading Wallner, Roden, Martin, Larnach, etc. are all easier in the offseason than right now as, other than Larnach, none of them will help a contending team this season.

This makes sense on the trades, I still think it would help Jenkins with his development for 27 and forward by being up here.  I do think they could get an A ball type player for Larnach at the deadline and that would help clear the path.

[mnfireman]

Caratini/Kreidler only spot in line-up with no hits...Roden only spot to RBOE (X3),,,

[Patzky]

Adams gets the W.. different.

[Church of Kreidler]

Never doubted this win 😅

(You guys saw none of those gifs earlier, right?)

[HarmonK03]

Just now, mnfireman said:

K Culpepper also not on 40-man, don't think we see him this season either (as we should not)...

That is the one I think we should see.  They moved Lee in preparation for this move.  And when you have Ryan Kreidler starting there, then he should be up here.  At least with Jenkins, you have guys who are producing that would need to be moved or have their AB's reduced.  Kreidler is a good utility guy but he shouldn't be blocking one of your top prospects if he is healthy.

[h2oface]

They should wait until Jenkins is at least 25…..

[Mike Sixel]

Nice to win. There were two people suggesting the twins trade Lee last week. I'm still very confused by that. 

[Aggies7]

Just now, h2oface said:

They should wait until Jenkins is at least 25…..

So he can rent a car and drive to road games?

[HarmonK03]

Just now, h2oface said:

They should wait until Jenkins is at least 25…..

Maybe 27, you don't want to burn his options too soon.

[Western SD Fan]

3 minutes ago, HarmonK03 said:

That is the one I think we should see.  They moved Lee in preparation for this move.  And when you have Ryan Kreidler starting there, then he should be up here.  At least with Jenkins, you have guys who are producing that would need to be moved or have their AB's reduced.  Kreidler is a good utility guy but he shouldn't be blocking one of your top prospects if he is healthy.

Yep.  Culpepper is a different story because, as we are seeing, the luster of the Man from Kreidler is starting to wear off.  He is still the best option we currently have at SS.  But, as you have said, they cleared the spot for him.  He just needs to stay healthier longer than Czar Nicholas II's son with hemophilia before we can bring him up. 

[Parfigliano]

2 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Nice to win. There were two people suggesting the twins trade Lee last week. I'm still very confused by that. 

I was confused when people wanted to ditch Lee last year.

[Mike Sixel]

1 minute ago, Parfigliano said:

I was confused when people wanted to ditch Lee last year.

There isn't a lot of patience on this site, sometimes. 

[Western SD Fan]

Adams vultured the win!

[mnfireman]

.272/.376/.492 (.868) across 62 games and .264/.363/.432 (795) across 66 games in a hitter's league are not promotion worthy numbers. The defense might play, but the bat's will be exploited and who knows how that affects a young players psyche.

[HarmonK03]

1 minute ago, mnfireman said:

.272/.376/.492 (.868) across 62 games and .264/.363/.432 (795) across 66 games in a hitter's league are not promotion worthy numbers. The defense might play, but the bat's will be exploited and who knows how that affects a young players psyche.

I do believe your are in the minority, because it is not all stats.  How does he look, what things to work on. The reports I am seeing from people who have seen Jenkins think he is ready.  

[thelanges5]

11 hours ago, thelanges5 said:

11-24 at Progressive since 2022

Will we get win number 12 or will it be loss number 25? 

Hey, we got #12. LFG

[h2oface]

9 minutes ago, HarmonK03 said:

Maybe 27, you don't want to burn his options too soon.

That’s the spirit!

[h2oface]

24 minutes ago, Aggies7 said:

Good win to stop the bleeding 

Nothing a 15 game winning streak won’t fix! Gotta start with the first win.