Brock Beauchamp

Sure, but it's crap weather and his first start with a new organization. He easily could have been bumped to tomorrow. Ultimately, you want a guy to be able to pitch against anyone but that's a far cry from starting a guy from the NL West against the Dodgers in crap weather in his first start with a new team.

Paddack is not having a very nice day.

Don't put too much stock in this start from Paddack. It's cold and he's facing an incredible offense, a team he's probably seen more than any other team in his career. Starting him against the Dodgers was a questionable move.

Why does this organization need to trade for a corner outfielder, though? They already have loads of them. If they're desperate, I'd rather see them call up Austin Martin than trade away from a position of need (pitching).

Maybe, maybe not, because Kirilloff probably doesn't have to dive sideways for it.

Oof, this is bad.

I don't see how they play tonight. It's pretty cold and the rain is only going to get worse as the night progresses. Frankly, if they're going to play games in Minneapolis in early April, schedule them for the day. Come on, that's just common sense. It's going to be cold, the weather often sucks, give yourself the best opportunity to play the game during the best conditions possible.

Maybe he didn't really play seriously until he was a teenager. I don't remember the specifics but I do know that when he was signed, he was considered wildly athletic but incredibly raw because he simply hadn't played baseball much.

It has been a long, dreary winter full of boredom followed by even more boredom followed by two weeks of the most fun Twins fans had in an offseason since the Butch Huskey signing. And now it’s time to award those posters who make the Twins Daily community so awesome. Image courtesy of Brock Beauchamp It has been a long, dreary winter full of boredom followed by even more boredom followed by two weeks of the most fun Twins fans had in an offseason since the Butch Huskey signing. And now it’s time to award those posters who make the Twins Daily community so awesome. It’s Twins Daily Community Awards time! If you’re unfamiliar with our community awards, it’s something we organized last year to recognize the top participants in the Twins Daily community. We award two prizes: most popular post and most popular blog entry. We also recognize some of our most prolific posters and contributors but award them nothing for it. We don’t want to inflate anyone’s ego, after all. Our prizes have a theme for the first time: “Johan Santana visited the Big Apple, and all we got was this lousy t-shirt.” Enjoy, Twins fans! Top Posts of the 2022 Offseason goes to… Honorable Mention: @Sielk and their comment in the topic Twins Acquire RHP Sonny Gray from Reds for Chase Petty. After months of hearing Twins fans scream about pitching, sielk offers the quite-reasonable opinion, “wait… so they went and got pitching, and you’re still complaining?” I feel you, sielk. I feel you. The Top Post and Prize Winner: @4twinsJA and their comment in the topic FO's tentativeness is killing the team. During the more-than-mildly-concerning period of the offseason when the front office seemed to want to do nothing, 4twinsJA went the tried and true route that always plays up in the Twins Daily community... taking a swipe at Jake Cave. This is a textbook comment, but its excellent execution puts it over the top. For that the comment wins the ultimate prize: a ticket stub from game one of the 2004 ALDS in Yankee Stadium, more colloquially known in Minnesota as “the last ****ing time the ****ing Twins won a ****ing postseason game.” Blog Entry of the 2022 Offseason goes to… Honorable Mention: @cjm0926 and their blog entry A Different Idea For Twins Catching. Writing this entry in early November, cjm0926 had a crazy idea… trade your catchers! All of them. Ultimately, the Twins front office got halfway there, trading Mitch Garver to the Rangers in a shocking move. This entry deservedly gained a lot of traction with our users, as illustrated by its popularity and honorable mention in the blog entry category. The Top Blog Entry and Prize Winner: @Doc Munson, long-time Twins Daily stalwart, takes home the prize for their entry. What are we waiting on to complete our roster? After a flurry of moves followed by radio silence, Doc wasn’t the only Twins fan left scratching their head. Why haven’t we seen more pitching acquisitions? Are we really going to take such half-measures? In the wake of this offseason, what stands out the most was Doc’s now-humorous idea to overpay Trevor Story on a one-year contract… check and mate, Doc. As a token of our appreciation for this wildly popular blog entry, I present to you yet another Johan Santana visited the Big Apple, and all we got was this lousy t-shirt prize: a ticket stub from Johan’s no-hitter in a Mets uniform, something he never did in a Twins uniform. *weeps silently for a moment* After further consideration, these prizes suck. Most Popular Topic of the 2022 Offseason… @MMMordabito wins the no-prize for the topic T-Mobile to offer Free MLB.TV again in 2022. This is a rarity in the Twins Daily awards category, as it’s only Twins-adjacent but highly informative. Personally, the free MLB.tv is half the reason why I’m with T-Mobile to this day. Thanks for the topic, and keep it coming! Most Read Blog Entry of the 2022 Offseason… @Doc Munson must have spent the offseason ‘roiding up because they’re flat-out dominating the blogs with yet another entry, Post Lock out Moves: Potential Twins Trades. This entry examined some potential trades the Twins could have executed post-lockout, bringing over 1,800 readers to check out what Doc had to say on the subject. Well done yet again, Doc! Prolific Posters of the 2022 Offseason… We have a new postmaster for the 2022 offseason! In a surprising out-of-nowhere appearance, @mikelink45 brings home the no-prize with 1,514 reputation points over the offseason! But, as always, laying in wait with a second-place finish is the ever-present @Mike Sixel with 1,283 reputation points… Watch out, Mike, uh… Mike… is coming for you. Wait, what? That’s all we have for today; thanks to everyone who makes this site such a great place to hang out every day of the year, even through multiple years of difficult baseball. It means a lot to us that you’ve stuck with Twins Daily through a pandemic, a shortened season, no-attendance games, and a lockout. Without all of you doing your thing daily, Twins Daily would be a shell of its current self. We’ll see you mid-season, and let me tell you, that prize is incredible, so get typing, you fools… View full article

To put Gordon's lack of experience into context, let's remember that Kepler himself was a meh prospect on both sides of the ball for a long time because he didn't take up baseball until he was fifteen years old. Gordon took up the outfield like four minutes ago.

LOL. Nice turn to try to get Buxton.

Not all of it is public facing but some of it can be found at baseballsavant.mlb.com.

Scotty Ullger, sitting somewhere in America, when he spotted that green light on Sano:

Seriously. What the hell was that?

Every MLB stadium is equipped with tracking sensors that literally track the speed, route, and a bunch of information on every. single. play. that. happens. about. every. single. player. on. the. field.

After 12 plate appearances? Really?!?!? Take a deep breath, man. It's three games.

After 12 plate appearances?

Nah. He has faced LHP as much as RHP, the weather has sucked (first two games, anyway), and he's coming back from prolonged off-time. All of that will normalize in the coming month.

Huh. So Upton was quite good against LHP in 2021 and was terrible against LHP in 2018 and 2019 (both short seasons for him so not sure how much stock to put in those performances).

Buxton just feels different now... he had a swagger and openness in that post-game interview that he simply didn't have in previous seasons.

The ****ing ******** nightmare fuel is this?

The Angels are on the hook for his contract, any other team needs to only pay him the minimum, I think. And yes, he'll be able to go wherever he pleases. San Diego might be a good spot. He could also come to Minnesota, that wouldn't surprise me at all. I'm pretty lukewarm on the Twins acquiring him and don't really care much either way.

Are you suggesting we put the entire site behind a paywall? I'm sorry but that's a kiss of death to the forums and blog section.

Is it better? Worse? I changed it for usability and ad-focused reasons but I’m not married to the change. I kinda did it on a lark.