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I mean… we basically did trade him to Boston, right? It just didn’t get in before the deadline. I’ll be permanently curious who was coming the Twins direction in that trade

Hey Tom, that’s what a real effing bullpen looks like

“Royce Lewis Rumors Surface” is giving way too much weight to what seems like Jim Bowden needing 500 words on random ways to try to fix the Red Sox

The Minnesota media and fans have been pretty hard on Royce (somewhere deserved), but can you imagine what the Boston media/fans would be like in the same circumstances?

It's different, but it reminds me of many people insisting that Ober can't succeed at 89MPH. Is it more difficult to succeed there? Yes. Is it impossible? No. I wish he was back at 91/92, but the reality is that he's not, and he might never get back there. He will either flame out because of it or he'll figure it out. I'll let his actual results tell me that answer, not what people insist is going to happen.

No there weren't.

I'm fine with the assumption that it played out like Duran said it did (I've seen articles that the Twins are looking into it) but I think the title of this article makes an faulty assumption that this necessarily was a Twins fan. Maybe it was. Maybe it wasn't. People can be the worst. I can't imagine what's going through someone's mind when they says such terrible things. I never thought I would be the guy to report someone's language, but at a game last year I felt like I had to. The fan was making everyone around them uncomfortable and kept escalating what they were saying (ultimately, they want a reaction and when they aren't getting it, they will escalate as much as is necessary). It's went from embarrassing to unacceptable. The Twins staff (ushers and security) dealt with it quickly and kicked the fan out. That's all we can do. Report unacceptable actions and hope it's dealt with.

Nevermind. Game day messed it up

Not a ton of 5-2-5 double plays in baseball.

With the Martin HR, Outman is now the only hitter on the Twins this seasons without a HR. I hope he can get one before he gets DFA'ed.

At this point, mentioning the attendance each game feels like if I got on 35W at 8am every day and went on to the 35W discussion board to mention there there was traffic.

I wonder if Morris is considered available

In the moment it didn’t look quite right and nothing the rest of the AB left me less concerned

For the record, I’m concerned that Buck tweaked something on that first swing

Should’ve called up Kyle DeBarge for this game. I wonder how many instances there are of players facing each other where one player was the guy who got a QO and left a team and the other guy was the draft pick they got for the other guy leaving.

What filter/threshold would you suggest that would be narrative free? 1 inning? 1 start? Include injured guys who WILL see time? 20 innings? Include CF who played in the corners some last year?

Somewhere in the article, I would suggest listing the 7 lefties the Twins/Saints have used.

It wasn’t his first career HR

This is where I'm at. I don't know enough to really create my own draft opinions, but reading write ups from people that DO know enough has me excited for any of these three. 1. Cholowsky - The stud, who would only fall to #3 if other studs unseat him, and/or if the teams above us get cute with their bonus pools 2. Lackey - Premium defensive position and a hit tool that's taking off. I'm pretty sure if pressed, Keith Law would take him #1. 3. Flora - I love the idea of taking clearly the best pitcher in the draft class. Not very often you get a chance to do that. Beyond that, there will obviously be some really good players but something about trying to suss out which of the 15 Shortstops will be the best of the bunch seems like such a crap shoot (Especially for an organization that has made cuts in the scouting department). It feels like you're trying to answer more questions, most importantly, which position do we think he's ACTUALLY going to play. And on top of that you've got to figure out who's hitting is going to translate to MLB the best.

I understand why we brought him in for a shot last year (toolsy upside) and I even understood why we handed him the 26th man job this season (Glimmer of upside, no options, Buxton insurance, low wattage role), but 2 things have happened now. 1. He's stunk 2. Kreidler is on the roster Kreidler is just as good of Buxton insurance as Outman was AND he's an elite defensive infielder. As long as Kreidler is on the roster, Outman is completely extraneous. And extraneous in a role that's designed to be low usage is not a good place to be. I assume what it's coming down to is how long the Twins think Royce will be on the IL. If it's just for one more week, then I GUESS they can keep kicking the Outman can down the road, but I really think it's just time to move on. I'm totally cool with calling Emma up if they can find him consistent AB at least 5 days a week. His problem has been health and right now he's healthy, so let's do it. As has been stated, this likely means less playing time for Caratini and Clemens, but I'm fine with that. Part of me wonders if they are looking out over a week for when they might be facing fewer LH starters. Obviously you can't project that with 100% accuracy, but you can get a pretty good idea. At the very least you could probably project when we might be facing the toughest lefties (have we already face all the best lefties in the league?), which is who you'd shield Emma against, if anyone.

My OCD needs the title of this thread to be fixed

Did someone say challenge?

Apple Watch said it. It’s binding.

Anybody got one of those fancy bullpen usage charts handy? The start of the game thread didn't have one.