Gleeman & The Geek: It's Now Or Never for the Twins

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0:00 Intro
0:48 Twenty-two games left and a 3-3 homestand that wasn't enough
2:02 Playoff odds at nine percent, and the 14-8 finish they'd need
4:30 Resilient, or unable to handle success
6:38 Trying to avoid a third straight second-half collapse under an all-new regime
9:45 Now or never, starting with the White Sox in Chicago
11:47 The early-season bullpen and infield defense that cost them
13:00 Opponents' bad defense has handed the Twins 20-plus runs
14:33 The bad bullpen was the plan, and the plan worked
20:34 Byron Buxton says he needs hip surgery
23:48 When playing through pain stops helping the team
27:08 The 2023 knee surgery that bought Buxton three good years
32:17 First impressions of Walker Jenkins after a week
35:23 Why Culpepper hit right away and Jenkins hasn't
40:26 Why Jenkins is batting ninth, and where he belongs later
42:51 Watching a pennant race and the future at the same time
46:54 The last times the Twins got to do both at once
51:32 Garrett Acton up, Ben Ross up, Kyler Fedko released
55:43 Shelton explains why Emmanuel Rodriguez stayed at Triple-A
1:02:42 Joe Ryan's rehab start, and whether he skips the second one
1:08:51 What the final three weeks do to Joe Ryan's trade value
1:11:03 Connor Prielipp's workload, and stuff that hasn't faded
1:14:45 Andrew Morris opens a game, and his future in the bullpen
1:20:25 Matt Canterino pitches for the first time since 2022
1:26:00 The Angels sell for $4 billion after twenty years of failure
1:26:45 What the Padres sale should teach Tom Pohlad
1:31:40 Are the Twins suddenly worth $2.3 billion?
1:38:35 Back Monday on Patreon