Brock Beauchamp

My good luck charm, a sick toddler. She crawls up to watch and next pitch is Cruz parking the ball.

But then you’ll miss so much unwatchable baseball.

Turned on the tv just in time to see the Twins start losing.

See below post for @twinssporto intro…

Berríos has bet on himself since day one. This is more of the same, in my opinion. I don't know why we need to ascribe animus to the situation just because a guy wants to maximize his payday and has faith in himself that he can do it.

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@Cap'n Piranha That's why I believe it's in the Twins best interests to try to move Donaldson, whether they plan to compete in 2022 or not. If they're not planning to compete, there's no reason to keep Donaldson. If they're planning to compete, the money paid to Donaldson, even if they can only get back part of it, would be better used on pitching than an already-competitive lineup.

Interesting take. I liked Loki a lot, though I agree that the premise of Kang is often a lot cooler than the actual implementation of Kang. A lot of his storylines are pretty meh but the character himself is a really cool concept. Hopefully the MCU delivers where the comics often fail.

I'm not sure why anyone feels Baldelli needs to be up in everybody's business about this. While I haven't examined this kind of thing numerically and my experience is anecdotal, I feel coaches, not managers, are typically more involved in dugout confrontations/discussions of this kind. If the manager needs to intervene, it will probably be done behind closed doors. There were a few dust-ups in the dugout of those 2000's Twins teams and I never remember Gardy throwing himself into the middle of the situation. I'm sure discussions were had afterward but not right there in the dugout.

Wow, some really great work in this thread.

The Twins season in a single “highlight” video.

It looked like Happ might be moved for salary relief only but after this, hard to seen even that happening.

An enforced pitch clock would remove ten minutes from a game by itself and would increase action at the same time. It’s easily the lowest hanging fruit MLB refuses to implement.

There are plenty of ways to speed up the game without fundamentally changing it. Besides, making the games shorter doesn’t actually fix the problem that the game is pretty boring because there’s no action. All seven innings does is create “less less action” and the game is still more boring than it should be n

They don't really contradict each other much, if at all. From Rosenthal: "Buxton, 27, likely will be dealt if he rejects the proposal, if not by the July 30 trade deadline — he currently is on the injured list with a fractured left hand — then this offseason." "But if Buxton rejects the Twins’ extension, the team likely would get a better return for him in the offseason, particularly if he plays in the final two months the way he did in the first five weeks." From MLBTR on Olney: "That’s not to say Minnesota’s cutting off talks on longer-term assets entirely, but it casts increasing doubt about the likelihood of stars like Byron Buxton and José Berríos — both of whom are controllable next season via arbitration — changing uniforms within the next couple weeks." Olney doesn't think they'll be dealt at the deadline, Rosenthal suggests if an extension cannot be agreed upon, either/both could be dealt in the offseason.

Baldelli said he loved seven inning games?

"His wRC+ has shot up from 53 to 105." Holy crap. I knew he was bad but hadn't noticed he fell that low before rebounding this season.

It very well could be a feint, I guess we'll find out soon enough!

I don't love the zombie runner rule in its current incarnation (it would be better if it started in the 11th inning) but I absolutely despise seven inning games.

While I'd probably look to move Berríos and Rogers, this is actually a pretty positive sign for the fanbase. I doubt they'd hold onto these players if ownership was breathing down their necks to cut payroll. Does this make it more likely the Twins maintain a semi-competitive payroll in 2022? https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/07/twins-reportedly-disinclined-to-trade-players-controllable-beyond-2021.html

At least they'll play nine innings today. *grumble grumble manfredball grumble grumble*

Admit it. Everyone was shocked as hell the Twins scored a run there.

Hey, maybe they’ll play nine.

Yikes, Robles.

“They’ve never won a National League pennant and haven’t appeared in a World Series since losing to the Cardinals in 1982.” I have to admit it took me an embarrassing amount of time to work out how this is possible, even though the answer itself is contained in the sentence.