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Me winning the lottery without playing is more realistic than the Twins signing Correa to a long term contract.

Polanco Arraez Kepler Correa Buxton Gray Paddack That's a full list, in order, of players on the Twins who might be considered "veterans" and have any significant trade value on Baseballtradevalues.com Miguel Sano? If he's back on the field with enough time to prove he's healthy prior to the trade deadline, he'd have to absolutely rake to attract even a nibble, and even then, the Twins would have to eat his contract entirely to get anything at all. Keep in mind, this isn't like the good 'ol days when players could be traded after the deadline subject to clearing waivers. Sano will have a maximum of 2 weeks to prove he's not washed up. Sano would have to go to a contender who need help at DH or 1B which is all of about 5 teams... only 3 of which are outside our division. Astros - 1B, Cardinals - DH, White Sox - DH, Dodgers - DH, Guardians - DH. Sano being traded seems very far fetched right now.

Towards the end of last year, I decided to evaluate Falvey's draft record at the time. As I noted, it was a work in progress and there has been quite a bit of shifting around this year. I postulated this year would be a critical year for Falvey's future with the Twins as fans, and I'm sure owners, were waiting with bated breath for the pitchers of the future to arrive and the high round draft choices to prove their mettle, advance through the system, and prove the front office's methodology. To paraphrase my previous blog: Falvey has shown a tendency to draft one tool (power) position players in the high rounds and they weren't particularly successful. eg. Sabato, Wallner, Rooker and he's had very little success in early round pitchers developing and moving up through the system. Methodology: Link to previous blog: So how have things graded out this year? There's definitely been a fair bit of movement and some of the players are no longer in the organization. Rooker was traded to San Diego as part of the Rogers deal and Petty was moved to the Reds for Sonny Gray. Landon Leach was released by Ft. Myers and signed by the Braves' organization. 2017 Player Grade MLB Draft # Actual Draft # Selection Range Analysis Draft Age Level Last Perf. Promo Spd Projection 1st Royce Lewis B 5 1 1-30 (Rnd1) On Par High School 22 MLB A C B CBA Brent Rooker* D 50 35 31-36 (CBA) Aggressive College 27 AAA A F C 2nd Landon Leach* D 101 37 37-67 (Rnd2) Reach College 22 A- D F D 3rd Blayne Enlow D 29 76 76-105 (Rnd3) Steal High School 23 AA F D D 2018 Player Grade MLB Draft Proj # Actual Draft # Selection Range Analysis Draft Age Level Last Perform Promo Spd Projection 1st Trevor Larnach B 26 20 1-30 (Rnd1) On Par College 25 MLB B B B 2nd Ryan Jeffers C >200 59 44-78 (Rnd2) Huge Reach College 24 MLB D A D 3rd Forfeit for Lynn 1yr N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2019 Player Grade MLB Draft Proj # Actual Draft # Selection Range Analysis Draft Age Age Level Last Perform Promo Spd Projection 1st Keoni Cavaco F 28 13 1-30 (Rnd1) Aggressive High School 21 A- C F F CBA Matt Wallner B 60 39 31-41 (CBA) Aggressive College 24 AA B C C 2nd Matt Canterino C 46 54 42-69 (Rnd2) On Par College 24 AA C C D CBB Forefeit (to trade Hughes) F Total Failure N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3rd Spencer Steer A >200 90 79-107 (Rnd3) Huge Reach College 24 AAA A C B 2020 Player Grade MLB Draft Proj # Actual Draft # Selection Range Analysis Draft Age Age Level Last Perform Promo Spd Projection 1st Aaron Sabato D 41 27 1-29 (Rnd1) Reach College 23 A+ D D F 2nd Alerick Soularie D 105 59 38-60 (Rnd2) Huge Reach College 22 A+ D C F CBB Forefit in Maeda Trade N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3rd Forefit for Donaldson N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2021 Player Grade MLB Draft Proj # Actual Draft # Selection Range Analysis Draft Age Age Level Last Perform Promo Spd Projection 1st Chase Petty* A 27 26 1-29 (Rnd1) On Par High School 19 A- B A B CBA Noah Miller B 62 36 31-36 (CBA) Aggressive High School 19 A- B A C 2nd Steve Hajjar C 100 61 37-63 (Rnd2) Reach College 21 A- B C C 3rd Cade Povich A >250 98 72-101 (Rnd3) Huge Reach College 22 A+ A A B Upward movers: Royce Lewis - C to B. While Lewis' performance blew away all expectations and was well worthy of an A grade here, it feels like there's been confirmation he's the next Buxton in regard to injuries. Lewis' injury history is no longer something which can be attributed solely to luck and the expectations on how much value he can add to a team should be significantly tempered as a result. Landon Leach - F to D. Atlanta's coaches have clearly done something here. Leach's K rate is about the same, but his walk rate has absolutely plummeted. Leach has turned in mostly solid starts this year for Atlanta's low A team with a couple clunkers disguising how effective Leach has actually been. This is a positive for Falvey's draft, but a potential big negative for the development team. Based on his age and experience in the MiLB system, Leach's results this year 4.04 ERA, 4.29 xFIP are hardly worth praise, but the absolutely massive leap forward is worth not completely writing him off. Trevor Larnach - C to B. Larnach's struggles to hit basically anything other than a 4-seam fastball resulted in his performance, and my expectations, dropping like a stone. This year, Larnach started off fairly hot again and his wRC+ of 114 is sustainable for a bat first corner outfielder now that he's picked up a little extra speed as well. I'm going to ignore his huge slump over the last month, and especially last couple of weeks and hope it's luck related rather than a repeat of last season. Matt Wallner - D to B. Wallner didn't impress me last year. As a 23 year old college hitter in an A+ league with only a power tool offset by poor plate discipline, I wasn't confident in his ability to take his game up the ladder. Wallner performed well in the Arizona Fall League, but I give almost zero value to performances in the AFL so coming into this year, I didn't expect a change. That said, Wallner has raked in AA, and now we're getting somewhere. Now age 24 and the mulligan of 2020's lost season fading, Wallner has delivered at the plate and significantly improved his game as well. Wallner's walk rate has jumped from a weak 9.5% (for a high K rate power hitter) to an impressive 17.1%. That's night and day. That's projectable. His OBP has also skyrocketed 54pts to .404 in a much, much harder league this year. Want more good news? He's only gotten better as the season has marched on. Since May 1, Wallner's OPS has been 1.026. His BB rate has increased slightly to 17.5% and even better, his K rate has declined a bit to 31.6% over that span. While the BABIP might have a bit to do with his .304 average, his performance isn't all HRs. Wallner has more 2B's than HR's since the beginning of May as well. Consider me much more interested in this guy's future. Spencer Steer - C to A. Scouting reports on Steer's defense were clear he wasn't going to be a shortstop and an unimpressive season at the plate in AA last year after raking in A+ ball led me to drop expectations. Steer's walk rate dropped by over 50% and his strikeout rate nearly doubled from A+ to AA while his OPS dropped from .911 to .774. OOffffda. Lots of players cannot make the transition from low minors to the high minors. A+ to AA is the biggest step in baseball competition level, in my opinion. Steer has reclaimed a bit of walk rate, dropped the strikeouts quite a bit and crushed the baseball, earning a promotion to AAA where he continues to rake. While his BB rate is too low for a power hitter (9%-ish), it does seem like "power hitter" is an apt term for Steer. It's possible Steer can make the transition to being a quality MLB player. As a 3rd rounder, that's an A. Noah Miller - C to B. Miller's performance last year was fine. He didn't light the world on fire in rookie ball with little pop .238/.316/.369 wRC+ 85, but as an 18 year old high school draft pick, even holding his own against professional players half way through their season and playing for a couple weeks was good enough. Miller's scouting reports show tough to grade potential with mediocre athleticism for a middle infielder, but he's credited with a high baseball IQ and good instincts which would offset it. That may be best evidenced by Miller stealing 13/15 on the basepaths this year. Miller focused on building core strength this offseason, but no power improvements are to be seen yet. That said, Miller's plate discipline has taken a major step forward with his promotion to A- league ball and that's kept him performing at the plate despite being utterly pop-less this year. Miller's .239/.378/.325 is good for a wRC+ of 114 in the low offense league. This is Miller's first full season of professional baseball and his excellent fielding percentage of .988 at shortstop practically brings a tear to my eye after watching seemingly every Twins SS prospect for the past decade boot baseballs like like they were playing soccer out there... If Miller can develop a little more pop or pick that average up, we could have a legitimate shortstop in the making. Cade Povich - D to A. Povich hadn't pitched at all last year at the time of my grading, and considering he was a college signing who I classified as a huge reach, I graded it harshly. Povich has acquitted Falvey's draft strategy greatly this year. With a 12.8 K/9 and an acceptable 3.2 BB/9, Povich has put up a 3.38 ERA in not Low-A, but High-A. Povich saw 2 innings in Rookie ball and then only 8 innings in Ft. Myers last year and the Twins started him off in Cedar Rapids this year. Povich's 3.28 xFIP looks good and seems reasonable based on the 1.13 WHIP. Povich hasn't shown a huge Achilles heel like a lot of pitchers who struggle with walks or give up a ton of hits. At age 22 in A+ ball, it's not like a 3.38 ERA screams "ace" pitcher, but given the experience level and promotion rate, it's a good sign of him being able to hold his own up the ladder and Povich was a 3rd rounder. Now for the fallers: Brent Rooker - C to D. Rooker was moved this offseason in the Rogers' trade and it's hard to give him a dropping grade considering he's OPS'ing .999 in AAA for San Diego, but... he's in AAA. As a 2017 first rounder, that's not acceptable. Rooker's strikeout rate clearly has the Padres looking at him as a AAAA talent or he'd have seen action by now. It's ironic, San Diego had a need for Rooker's services earlier this year... just as he was hurt. Rooker did get the callup on the 13th for a double-header game, but didn't play and was sent right back to AAA. The advanced metrics on Rooker last year painted him as unlucky and worth some time, but it seems neither the Padres or Twins' coaches have been impressed with what they saw in person. Blayne Enlow - C to D. Enlow finally returned to pitching after losing the vast majority of 2020-2021 to the COVID shutdown and a UCL tear. The Twins decided to protect Enlow from the Rule 5 draft this year, but Enlow's demonstrated poor control with a 4.9 BB/9 rate and he's been very hittable with an 8.9 H/9. Poor control is typical for younger pitchers when returning from TJ, and to Enlow's credit, he has returned quickly. That said, nothing about Enlow's true performance in the minors up until now has warranted excitement and there's no part of his game which is truly impressive this year. Scouting reports are great, but performance has to be there and Enlow needs to start producing. It's actually pretty concerning that Enlow walked nobody in his first two starts... and 11 batters in his last 12.2 IP. Ryan Jeffers - B to C. Jeffers got the thumbs up for a B-grade despite having a rough year at the plate last year. After all, he still had the potential to be a career starting catcher and that's very valuable. Jeffers struggles at the plate have continued this year and the SSS factor is quickly evaporating. Now, it's not like Jeffers has been John Ryan Murphy at the plate as Jeffers continues to hit well enough to justify being a backup catcher, but Jeffers' bat is decidedly below MLB average and his mediocre defense isn't going to offset his weak plate performance enough to be a starter. Projecting Jeffers as more than a career backup doesn't feel likely to me. Matt Canterino - B to C. Canterino may have already pitched more innings in AA this year than he was able to pitch all last year in Low/High A, and Canterino may own a sparkly 1.83 ERA, but the performance is an illusion. With an ugly 5.77 BB/9, helpful .225 BABIP and an absurdly low 0.26 HR/9 thanks to the 2.6% HR/FB rate, the 4.78 xFIP tells a very different story. Beyond the expected performance, there's no way an uninjured pitcher with a 5+ BB/9 rate in the minors can be effective in MLB. Canterino is also closer to his 25th birthday than his 24th at this point. Still some time to turn it around, but this year has been deflating for fans. Aaron Sabato - C to D. The leash on Sabato's lack of performance has ended. After an uninspiring performance in Low A last year, Sabato was promoted to Cedar Rapids and he responded with a home run derby performance to put his stock back on track. Repeating A+ ball this year, Sabato has failed to repeat his home run fueled explosion last year. All that remains is the pedestrian 13.7% walk rate for a 23 year old college power hitter repeating a season in the low minors to go along with the 33% K rate. Sabato's power hasn't been on display this season, managing an ISO of just .174, and that won't get it done with a .214 batting average. Sabato still sports a wRC+ of 107 in the A+ league, but for poor defensive 1B/DH, who was drafted in the first round, that's not going to cut it. Sabato really doesn't look like he's MLB caliber. All in all, Falvey's grade jumps from a 1.67 (C-) to a 2.00 solid C. There were enough upward movers to more than offset the scufflers. The 2021 draft class still looks like it may be Falvey's best with a lot of solid performers, but it's way too early to tell... also, we traded away the best of the prospects in that class with Chase Petty in the Reds' system now where he's pitching very well in Low-A.

League-wide does not apply to each individual pitcher. Some pitchers have vastly different performances than the average. Also, when it comes to the 2nd vs. 3rd time through the order on a league-wide basis, the difference in performance is pretty small. 2022 League xFIP = 3.61 median 1st time = 4.03 median 2nd time = 4.08 median 3rd time This has been the case in every previous year I've looked as well. If the goal is to protect the scoreboard or the pitcher from giving up runs, they should be pulled after the first time through the order. Essentially, there should be no starting pitchers in the game.

Keoni Cavaco owns a slash line of .289/.337/.470 OPS .807 for the past month... I would have never, ever expected him to show .200 ISO level power. If it wasn't for the 34% K rate over that period, I'd be raising my eyebrows.

When it comes to Nick Gordon, it's not possible to understate how very unexpected health issues have impacted him. He's listed at 160lbs, but I suspect he's a bit heavier than that now. At one point, Gordon was nearing 180 before losing 30lbs due to digestive tract issues and then COVID. It's obvious he can still gain a few pounds of muscle and the strength which comes with it. Gordon will likely never be an above average bat, but any player who can carve out a multi-year MLB career has been very successful.

In the way I mean? As in, it's tough to get reliable data from small sample sizes for specific players. Keeping in mind, nobody cares if a pitcher gets worse. If the pitcher has a 0.00 ERA/FIP in the 1st TTO, it's not relevant if their ERA is 1.00 the 2nd time or 3.00 the third time. They're still better than the alternative (middle reliever.)

How dare anybody not vote a player I like as a starter on the ASG... even if that player is less valuable and on an unpopular team? Arraez is borderline for being in the All Star Game with other worthy candidates at first base, and Arraez certainly does not deserve to start. Batting average as the reason Arraez should start over a player with 50% more value added? Jeez. It's not like France isn't batting .320...

Who knows? Sometimes guys are uncoachable until the end of their career flashes before their eyes. The move to Baltimore had to have been a wake up call for Vallimont. It's the end of the road if something doesn't change and making it clear a guy isn't worth a roster spot is a pretty good way of saying "the end is near."

I can't see how August is even a remote possibility. Maaaaaayyyybe the end September if everything goes absolutely perfect. No inflammation. No soreness. No unrelated injuries. No COVID. He's unlikely to even start throwing from the mound until July and there's going to be more than a month of mound work before he's going full strength. Then there's a rehab assignment. The rotowire link I posted included a direct statement from Maeda on June 8th including the hope he could resume mound duty in 2-3 weeks and he wasn't sure if he'd return this year at all. I couldn't find the Twins Twitter statement regarding Maeda, but I don't have a Twitter account so it's possible it was for followers only or something.

The Twins pitching coaches may well be working with Henriquez to throw pitches he doesn't normally throw or throw certain pitches (changeup) more often or change the approach by throwing pitches in different zones. If Henriquez doesn't develop the changeup and prove he can throw it often, he will not be a viable starter. Best to figure out what he brings to the table. Wes Johnson challenged Balazovic to throw his changeup far more frequently and in different counts last year and there were plenty of growing pains. MLB pitchers need to be able to throw multiple pitches at any count and for strikes or batters can wait for the right situation and know what's coming to punish it. Unless you're Mariano Rivera, that ends poorly for the guy on the bump. To me, age is often irrelevant, like in this case. Henriquez is in his 5th year of minor leagues (4 years of competitive professional pitching) so it was required he be added to the 40 man to protect him. His promotion schedule wasn't particularly aggressive seeing only 1 mid-year promotion in his career.

Strotman was always a toss in piece in that trade. Expectations he was a valuable prospect were unreasonable in my opinion. When he was acquired from Tampa, I think a lot of members of the site saw the sparkly ERA/FIP and ignored the reasonability of that success and projectability of a guy who was issuing free passes like that. Last year Wes Johnson wanted Strotman to throw strikes instead of trying to pick at the zone because a 5+ BB/9 innings in the minors isn't going to be playable at the MLB level, but once Strotman started throwing strikes, hitters tee'd off on his pitches. This year, hitters are driving Strotman's pitches pretty hard again and it's hard to tell if the .400 BABIP is a function of luck or just predictability. He's got a 50% GB rate (not reliable) on Fangraphs so there's reason to think he could eat some middle innings if he worked more on inducing weak contact and less on chasing strikeouts... but ahem... pitch-to-contact philosophies have their limits, too. Considering how desperate the Twins were for pitchers at times this season and the fact he's already on the 40 man, it seems like Strotman is a leading candidate to clear 40 man roster space.

Maeda will not return this year, in my opinion. The article the OP linked wasn't up to date at the time on the latest from Maeda which was this: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220107/p2g/00m/0sp/057000c so reposting your own article as a source is pretty weak. A quick visit to any of the roto news pages like this one 4/29/22 https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/baseball/mlb/player/20580/kenta-maeda (paraphrase, on track for September without setbacks) or this 6/8/22 https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player.php?id=12051 (won't even start throwing off the mound until July and this year is iffy) If you're going to post an article... at least do a tiny little bit of research.

Pitch framing doesn't seem to be a stat which can be valuable in small sample sizes. Jeffers has always been considered a good pitch framer, and he always had a reputation as a good defensive coming up through the system. Realmuto was +3 in 2020, +4 in 2021 and -1 this year so far. Looking at catchers with 1000+ pitches received 2020 - 23rd of 53 = +1 run (max +5, median 0, min -5)* only 500 pitches 2021 - 16th of 59 = +2 runs (max +10, median +1, min -18) 2022 - 6th of 17 = +2 runs (max +4, median -1, min -4) Jeffers is consistently a bit above average. He's not great at framing, but it appears his value is being inflated by small sample sizes looking at this year alone. The league will improve and Jeffers is likely to adjust a bit as well, the combination diminishing his defensive value. He's well below average at caught stealing rate, which is largely a function of pop time, arm strength and throw accuracy. Jeffers has been absolutely miserable 2 of his 3 years in MLB at controlling the run game, and he was a tick below average last year as well. It's clear Jeffers has a reputation of being easy to run on. In terms of passed balls, Jeffers is middle of the pack for the 27 catchers who have 1,000+ innings caught from 2020-2022 and he's among the best for wild pitches allowed. Basically, Jeffers is a well above average receiver, but poor thrower. He's an average-ish defensive catcher in MLB with a very poor bat. In terms of Jeffers' batting performance vs. his peers with 500+ plate appearances since 2020. wRC+ 83 = 22nd of 29. (133 max, 94 median, 71* min) *technically, Austin Hedges is wRC+ 41, but he's 30 points lower than everybody else. It's inexplicable how he's still playing, especially at $4MM/yr. Ooffffda.

Sanchez has been much better than advertised behind the plate this year so his actual performance makes me care a lot less about his performance reputation. The concept of defense first or offense first for positions has been (and should be) left in the past. It's about total production at whatever position a person plays. If the defense is passable, the offensive upside more than makes up for it. I'll take Gary Sanchez 7 out of 7 days vs. Drew Butera. Jeffers topics have been pretty common lately. He's been a bit unlucky, but it's becoming pretty clear Jeffers is not going to be an average or better asset at the plate, and Jeffers is defensively mediocre at catcher. I'll still suspect he gets a lot of the starts until at least the All Star break. If he hasn't improved by then, he'll get slapped with the permanent backup catcher title and the Twins will focus on identifying a starter for the future.

Buxton is performing right where I'd expect him to perform. 5-6 WAR across a full season. Right now, Buxton has played in 46 of 63 games placing him at about a 120 game pace this year. More than I would have expected, but I'll happily take it!

Arraez's knees should be a lot less of an issue if he strengthens his legs and avoids keeps his weight under control. His sprint speed hasn't shown any improvement this year, but he does seem a little lighter seeing him in person. It's fun to watch him at the plate this year, especially after he struggled down the stretch last season. I felt the Twins were likely going to move him this offseason, and I still think they would have without the lockout condensing the offseason down. I'm a big fan of him, but I don't think he's an elite player like Gwynn and Carew were if Arraez doesn't increase his speed. There's also the issue of where he plays. He'll never get respect at 1B or DH without a huge influx of power you wouldn't expect from his smaller size. Playing 2B, Arraez is likely capable of being a perennial All Star.

Yes. I think it's clear the Twins front office saw Jeffers as a potential starting catcher but weren't 100% banking on it. If the Twins had confidence in Jeffers, they don't take on $9MM for Sanchez; they keep Rortvedt or sign a less expensive, obvious backup. They gave Jeffers at bats because they are hoping he'll perform. He's not performing. They'll continue to give him opportunities until the sample size is big enough to largely close the books on him and choose a different catcher as their primary (probably Sanchez).

I think it's clear the Twins didn't expect Jeffers to perform well, especially after last season. The front office wouldn't have gone out and traded for an arbitration eligible, fairly expensive catcher like Sanchez if they expected Jeffers to perform. The front office clearly did hope Jeffers would make the necessary adjustments at the plate, though, otherwise they wouldn't be giving him so many starts. Unfortunately, it does look like Jeffers' time as a starter is ticking down. I've made my previous prediction that Jeffers will have until the All Star Break before the Twins relegate him to expected career backup or MiLB roster filler. The Twins will likely move to sign Sanchez to a middle term 3-ish years contract if Jeffers doesn't turn it around. That said, it certainly does look like Jeffers has been unlucky so far so there may be a nice swing back in his favor.

Archer's been on a 4 inning, 80 pitch cap most of the season.

Archer's career numbers. ERA 1st time through = 3.13 2nd time through = 3.94 3rd time through = 4.32 FIP 1st time through = 3.34 2nd time through = 3.59 3rd time through = 4.22 xFIP 1st time through = 3.36 2nd time through = 3.62 3rd time through = 3.93 There is a noticeable drop off between the 2nd and 3rd time through the order, but as you start looking at the TTO's, you start getting into smaller and smaller sample sizes. Archer's xFIP 3rd time through is still better than a lot of middle relievers. The whole blanket 3rd time TTO movement is a whole lot of BS as far as I'm concerned. The end of the world is not guaranteed if a guy throwing a good game with a low pitch count goes back out there.

Didn't notice it on the menu. There's no tandoor oven there so probably not?

Nick Gordon: SS Fielding Metrics (extremely small sample size of 23 games) Fielding Pct = .962 vs .972 avg UZR/150 = +14.3 OAA = +1 RF/9 = 3.88 vs 3.84 avg DRS/yr = -10 Rtot/yr = -10 CF Fielding Metrics (small sample size of 50 games) Fielding Pct = 1.000 vs. .992 avg UZR/150 = +5.3 OAA = -2 RF/9 = 2.66 vs. 2.56 avg DRS/yr = 0 Ttot/yr = -12 Gordon's sprint speed this year is 28.2 ft/sec. He's not a plus CF in terms of speed, but he's hardly pressed for range in the position. Buxton is 29.0 ft/sec this season. Celestino 27.5 ft/sec, Kepler 27.9 ft/sec, Lewis 28.4 ft/sec. When it comes to SS, Gordon is faster than average and just as fast as the other potential shortstop options like aforementioned Lewis and the rest of Correa 27.0 ft/sec, Palacios 27.9 ft/sec, and the oft mentioned Polanco 28.2 ft/sec. I advocated for seeing Gordon at SS last year in an extended role, but the Twins gave him virtually no shot and his many critics on this site had already written him off. I don't know if Gordon can hold down SS in a larger sample, but so far, he's been adequate. In CF, he's also been adequate.

This was a really great game to watch at Target Field today. It's the first game I've watched where the excitement and the ambiance of the stadium felt normal. In other news, Hot Indian's chicken tikka masala is solid. Honestly, 7.5/10. Rice was a little undercooked and the curry could have been a touch creamier, but they didn't skimp on the garam masala. It's very mild so add the pepper sauce if you like a touch of heat. I'm guessing their chana masala is going to be good based on the tikka masala. I think the Red Cow sliders are probably the best thing (excluding Club levels) at the game. Can't say the chips add anything at all to the sliders, though.

I'm talking about once Lewis is healthy and back on the field. I'd trade him the moment the Twins can get a decent offer.