Brandon

Does Royce Lewis have options left? And how is Keaschall trending? He hasn't hit yet this season. Those are the two notes le holes that could go down for a two week stint. Clemens has been hitting so I wouldn't mess with him right now, Bell would need a DL stint or be released. But he is a hot/cold type of player. I hope he goes on a hot streak soon or I am fine cutting the cord if he doesn't pick it up soon. Gray is heard to say. There is no real attachment there. He had a good run.... Outman is hitting .333 (8 for 24) after starting 0-18. So he is on the upswing. My overall assessment is Keaschall goes down and Arcia and Gray handle 2/3 of SS and 1)3 of 2B time and Lee gets 2/3 of 2B time and 1/3 time at SS. Arcia can also give Lewis some bench time if his numbers don't improve soon.

I wonder if Ober can get more velocity on his pitches over time. Maybe next year he can add a mile or two or 4 and have that going for him again. But as long as he can be effective most of the time. I am fine with him as our number 4/5 starter. Our rotation has been really good 4 out of the 5 nights a week. With as bad as Woods-Richardson has been this season, I am glad Ober has been able to produce with diminished stuff. (note: I did think Woods Richardson would have a sub 4 ERA and win more than he lost this year). I hate being this wrong. Anyways this post is about Ober. so now that he has done a Maddux, I am rooting for a Hershiser. (58 consecutive scoreless innings +.....)

I thought Brook Lee had a solid first month and could be honorable mention. .250 Ave and 5 HRs is a step up from past production. I was really hopeful for Bell at the beginning of the season. I did expect some regression but .....

I love the last part about the game winning hit by Bichette..... And how the Mets high priced bullpen was about to lose to the Twins who forgot to staff their pen....

In San Diego there are no other sports teams. The college team is far north. Compare that with Minnesota where they have an NFL team, Hockey, NBAa, WNBA, UofM teams, and a AAA baseball team and a fan base that constantly complains. I live just north of San Diego, there is no complaining here How can you possibly compare the value in Minnesota to San Diego when they are in vastly different situations?

I'm rooting for Outman to get a hit on his way out the door man. He should be replaced by Kreidler or Roden. It's about time to start bringing up the next wave of OF for short tryouts too so bringing up ERod for a week then a bençh guy is fine too.

18 of 35 against the Twins and 32 of 50 against the Yankees overturned. We had 28 out of 50 calls overturned that we challenged and Yankees have 21 of 38 calls overturned that they challenged.

I wonder how frustrated Jeffers would get with blown calls as he seems to have lots of opportunities to overturn them. I wonder if Yankees opponents have more opportunities as well

We definitely need to keep an eye on pitchers for our pen in the minors. It seems like with several relievers we have a floor and a few that could fall apart at any time and need to be replaced. On offense it seems we have several hitters about ready to contribute. Too bad none are catchers.

The Twins as a team are 2nd in the league in runs scored. They are also the top Wild Card seed if the playoffs started today.

Also observed the Twins hold or did hold the top wild card spot after yesterday's win.

While I am enjoying Cy Taj, let's give him a few more starts before we get too excited.. but, his starts are just as exciting as Abel's spring training. Maybe that's why we should have fun and be patient.....

Luckily we can field an all left handed lineup to counter his left handed pitching arm.. Ok ok let's hope Buxton can hit 2 2 run HRs for 4 runs and the rest of the lineup figures out how to get 1 more and they eek out a 5-4 win today.

At the ballpark.

I'm a 4.3%er. I think the moves the Twins made were good ones. I do think we have more variance than ever before. I don't think Twins fans are not used to not having a floor. We can be either real good if all plyers hit, real bad or most likely a mix in between with some great, some awful, some rookies coming up, and trades and injuries.... So the question is will there be just enough good and great on the team vs bad and awful to eek out a winning season. I believe we can. 80-85 wins is where I think we will end up. Though I wouldn't be surprised either if we end up with 70-79 wins either