MIN 10, BAL 1: Twins Pick Up First Sweep of 2018

My favorite hit of the game: Morrison's bunt single! I hate the shift.

If we sweep the Royals too are we still sellers or do we see how we play with Buxton back up to so Cave can DH when not in the OF for a couple weeks first?

If we sweep the Royals too are we still sellers or do we see how we play with Buxton back up to so Cave can DH when not in the OF for a couple weeks first?

They have picked up 2.5 games on Cleveland this series. The lead is back to single digits. At a minimum, I don't expect any early trades. They would still have to be within 6-8 games by 7/31 to not sell.  I felt 8-3 on this home stand was the minimum not to begin blowing things up at the ASB. So far so good. 

Great game by Garver, and great job by Odorizzi holding it together throwing to such a bum. I look forward to Magic Fingers Wilson being back in there tomorrow. 

If I was the FO I would check the schedule. If we continue to play Baltimore and KC, we are buyers. If we have to delve deeper into the league like the White Sox, we should sell, sell, sell!

I think we learned more about the Orioles than the Twins this series. I thought I knew what bad baseball looked like after watching the Twins. Baltimore just got swept in 4 games by a team that was 2-11 in their last 13 games coming into the series. Yuck....

Not that I think the outcome of this series or the next will change the Twins' plan for the deadline but hollow victories against two awful teams shouldn't change their stance. 

yuck? for sure. but it was less than a month ago that the twins took four of six from the red sox and indians combined. that's baseball.

I enjoyed watching my hometown nine beat a bad team. Every win is fun if you don't carry baggage to the game. 

Miscellaneous:

Buxton was 3 for 5 today with NO strikeouts.

Between 30 July and 9 August the Twins play the Indians 7 times.  3 at home, then 3 at home against the Royals, then 4 against the Indians at Cleveland. 

Orioles win 1 of every 4 games against the league.   Winning a series against them is no great accomplishment but sweeping them is a good thing.   Twins last 4 losses were by a total of 5 runs so it wasn't necessarily bad baseball.    Polanco helps.  Buxton playing well would be the same shot in the arm.   You can't say KC is a sure thing so beating them up would be a good thing also.    Not expecting to catch Cleveland but not giving up either.   Shouldn't really even think about it.   Have a really good July and see where we are then.