Doctor Gast

That crazy Garver HBP by Ryan that created a hole in the DH spot & helped the Twins but IMO it's unfair & should be changed. SEA's uniforms are really ugly, that plain, cream color w/o names on the back, it was hard to look at. When players dirtied their uniforms it actually looked like they dirtied their uniforms, if you know what I mean.

Ryan pitched great, Castro stole 2 bases, Larnach was the hero, Martin hit a 2 bagger driving in 1 run & scoring another 1. Martin showed a lot of range as a 2Bman, he fielded a GB that Santana couldn't come up with & he didn't boot the ball, he back-handed a difficult ball (that even the best sometime misses) & didn't come up with it. It was not charged as an error, So why do you want to say it was booted? In Vazquez's defense he was 0 for 3 in CS, against speedy SEA players & the pitches were low & outside, I think at least one was in the dirt.

Overall good game, but we missed CC's presence

Sorry about the thumbs down. But I really don't think it had anything to do with impressing anyone. It has to do with besides Martin at 2B we have only Farmer who can't hit RHPs very well. since Castro is at SS. I think giving CC a day off is the only reason

This has been a tough game to watch

Wonderful

All of Thielbar's pitches has been around the plate

Come on Theilbar, you got this

That's how you play ball

Great execution, move up the runner

Great clutch double by Martin

Go Twins! Way to go Kepler

Yeah, strange ruling

Castro did his job

So do I

It's cool to watch Castillo pitch

Let's keep it going!

I like this line-up

I knew who he was but I don't know everybody. So it'd be nice to put a name with a number.

I wouldn't take Snell even if he was healthy & had a lower price tag, Verlander will not be for sale, I don't trust Cobb's health & Blackburn, IMO not worth risk. Normally I wouldn't go for a recently injured SP who isn't 100% & doesn't know how soon or if he'll be 100% & then go through the ramp-up. One idea of mine is (CIN) Montas. Montas is 100%, coming off past injuries. He has also gone the same path as Sonny Gray. Ace for OAK, stumbled in NYY & recovered in CIN then traded to MN, where he's developed into a CY candidate. Since Montas has the same path as Gray, could that mean they have the same destination? I liked both Gray & Montas while in OAK & I like to think so. IMO he'll be a cheap rental. What do you think?

I like your rationale, Matthew. This is going to be a seller's market. Meaning that too many teams in the hunt to make the postseason & very few options to buy from. There are a few rumors that competing teams will unload expiring contracts. Kepler will be gone next year, the Twins won't pay the QO to keep him #1 too expensive #2 Kepler isn't worth it #3 Kepler'll take it. So to get something this is the best time to do it. Since Kepler'll be gone next season, doesn't it make sense to have the one who'll stay have that precious playing time? Not only that'll count for this postseason but also future ones. Besides Kepler's LH bat, he has his calling card glove that any club could use, To replace Kepler's (LH) bat we have Larnach, Wallner & Kiriloff whose D is good enough to play RF. & we have Keirsey to do more than make up for his glove. I'd like to extend this idea to also Margot, Santana & even Farmer if we can find a trade partner. Yes, these guys are starting to hit, even more, reason to trade them because it's easier to trade them for better pieces. Margot & Farmer will be very easy to replace & Miranda, Julien, Severino & Kiriloff can replace Santana especially if he's due to regress. The money that'll be gained from trading away these players will be considerable. So we can pay for a very good postseason SP salary. Again these guys will be gone next year, so why not give this valuable playing time to someone who'll be here next season? IMO it makes a lot of sense, so unfortunately, I doubt it'll ever happen.

Coming into '24 season, SEA & MN matched up pretty closely. SEA may have had a better rotation, but RPs, defense, the "all or nothing" approach & dumping their biggest SO hitters are the same. Like MN, the league had the book against SEA. IMO MN has responded well to adapt & SEA has not, this area we need to capitalize more. SEA has been winning their games with pitching & defense & their offense has sucked. When SEA dumps their hitting approach they'll be a great force to deal with. If not HOU may catch them. It's nice to win these blowout games but we'll need to find out how to win the close ones. Buxton has figured out that it's best to empty your head with analytics & go with how you feel & the flow. See ball/ hit ball.

Lopez last 4 games & 5 out of the last 6 games has been good to great. Duran velo has been down, so he has to learn how to be a pitcher, IMO his velo will return but in the mean time we may need to depend more on Jax & Alcala.

IDK for sure but IMO maybe Varland was over-eager to return to MLB & over did the change-ups to perfect it. This outing IMO he was conservative with his CUs with much better results. Lee, Keirsey, Julien, Wallner & Severino are having good ABs with very few SOs among them. All of these should be up in the MLB. If there is no room, make room. Put Varland in the BP, trade-off some players but please give our young players an opportunity to shine. Just think of the impact of (SH) Lee & Severino, (LH) Keirsey, Wallner, Julien & Kiriloff when he's healthy will have on predominate RHPs? I'll start to note Adams. The pipeline that have been trickling is starting to flow.

In Brazil it begins 11;10pm, On the weekend it's ridiculous.