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I think for the rest of the week, they have to call him Captain.

This is why they REALLY added the 26th man.

Not drawing any premature conclusions, but way to go, Captain Jax. Mistake to Engel, but a good outing nonetheless.

Ump owed him that one for ball 1.

Robo-umps, please. Should be 2-2.

Please don't GIDP, Luis.

"Baseball is a business and as a business that may be getting rid of the DH this was a great trade." It's actually more likely that the opposite is happening, and the DH will be expanded. However, Cruz had an expiring contract, so it was a good trade.

Maybe they're trying to get fired? There's still a few weeks left of that Unemployment bonus.

It isn't much healthier now. Here's a link to the Twins Top 10 going into this season: https://www.mlb.com/prospects/2020/twins/ They're all hurt or ranging from floundering to inconsistent at best at their current level. Now Kirilloff, Balazovic and Javier are from the last FO, but the other seven are their guys.

Matt Wallner will fit right into that trend. He looked really bad in RF in Cedar Rapids on Friday. I wish Keirsey could hit, because he looked the like real deal out in CF.

DFA Burrows and call up Tyler Jay. He was drafted ahead of Burrows in the 2015 draft, so there may be some untapped potential there. Oh wait ....

Thanks for the write up. I hope Varland can keep it up. I like to see a riser, but you have to be careful expecting too much early. He certainly seems to have the stuff to be a mid-high leverage reliever at the top level. Vallimont will have to be protected, so that will be an interesting decision.

The returns so far on Falvey's development pipeline are mediocre at best. Bailey Ober is the only one that really looks like he has a decent chance to stick in the rotation so far, but he may never be a workhorse due to either health or management. Barnes is likely AAAA, but I'll give him a chance for the rest of the season. Dobnak flashed, got his contract, took a dump and got hurt. Duran is hurt. Enlow is hurt. Sammons is struggling in the high minors. Landon Leach is at the complex. In the pen, Alcala has hopefully only hit a bump and is now hurt. Gore switched positions and might have a shot. Molina is still in Cedar Rapids and not lighting it up by any means. That's the pipeline that Falvey started and developed. Injuries happen, but 44% is pretty high. Is there a flaw in the mechanics coaching? Are they pushing something that's not sustainable? Now, they've obviously had four drafts, another deadline and also picked up Vallimont in the Romo deal when they were going the other way, but I mostly just see hype and injuries from those recent waves. Every front office had to deal with the pandemic, so that's an even playing field as far as I'm concerned. If Falvey was hired to develop instead of sign, then he better start showing results very soon. If we're all sitting here this time next year and reading about the bright future with the deep system loaded with Winders, Sandses, Canterinos, Durans, Balazovics, Pettys and SWRs but none of them are showing up to play or being constantly bridled by Baldelli, then I think the fan base is certainly within reason to call for a different direction.

Not even going to turn this on ... Burrows is a joke, and every batter he faces is a batter that someone who will actually contribute should be facing.

It would be more fun to do this August 19-22 in the Bronx, but I get that it will seem more weighted at the end of September.

I'd rather move the mound back and down, but it's coming and won't really bother me as a Twins fan. Bailey Ober can finish his career with a 184 OPS+, if he misses the Cubs.

Yeah, I mean he's already 22, has never been hurt and played for that Ghost League in Atlantis in 2020. He's had plenty of time. He's probably had more than that Eduardo Escobar guy that never amounted to anything. Pull the plug.

He threw a ton of fastballs Friday night and got loads of swings and misses. He was sitting 94-95 until he was pulled in the sixth. He got squeezed at some inopportune times, or his line would have been even better. He touched 98 early a couple of times, but he didn't really reach back for that after the first or second inning. I'm guessing he was told that he was going to go a little deeper. If I had to guess, I'd probably go with him being a late inning, high leverage guy unless he really develops his off-speed offerings and feels comfortable throwing them more. I really won't be surprised if he's in the Twins pen by June next season. Also, how in the hell was I able to get three seats in the first row directly behind home plate just a couple days before the game (with no one else in the row showing up) on the highest attendance night of the season? Must have been the 2-for-1s on soda and beer.

I got my first chance to see Javier in action last Friday. The one thing he has going for him is that he can probably stick at SS at least from what I saw. It's not a deep position in the system. It could be a blessing in disguise that the bat still isn't quite there. He probably still slips through the Rule 5. He's still slightly young for his league, but that 33% K rate just isn't going to play. I hope he can hang on for at least another season or two and be a late bloomer.

@ CR Kernels game ... We're two errors and a hit batter into the bottom of the first.

Maybe the Twins should take a page out of the Blue Jays book and draft Junior. Bichette, Biggio and Vlad are already part of that explosive offense, and Jeff Conine's kid is on the way. I'm on the Andruw Jones, Jr. bandwagon right now. My second choice would be whomever, among Temarr Johnson, Brooks Lee, Jayson Jones and Carter Young, the Twins think can stick at SS. They all seem destined for 2B, 3B or OF though.

They're still projecting though. MLB did pretty well in 2016. There are some misses, but there are loads of stars and players who have had good seasons. https://www.mlb.com/news/2016-top-100-mlb-prospects-list-c301608606 Hopefully, Miranda will be our Matt Olson. ?

Louie Varland had his turn skipped, and I feared he was hurt. Lucky for me, he got pushed back to Friday, and I will just happen to be going to that game. This Quad Cities team has a tough lineup. Kansas City definitely has the edge in offense at this level.

Let 'er rip ... I was wrong

Look at Rocco rearranging his spreadsheets, Colome must have been collated in the wrong spot.