Keeping Jeffers still means being an injury away from Khadim Diaw, unless you think the Twins will run with 3 catchers for the rest of the season. They almost certainly can't stash Jackson at St Paul anymore - the whole league is starved for catching and someone would pick him up if the Twins waived/DFAed him.
After the game on July 9, 2025, the Twins' record was 45-47.
After today's game, the Twins' record is 46-48.
I'm not ready to crown anybody Manager of the Year quite yet.
Interesting. b-r.com lists his earliest free agency as before the 2031 season.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grifffo01.shtml#all_br-salaries
Is he? I admit I don't know the ins and outs under the current CBA of what happens when a player goes off to Japan for a time and then comes back and signs a one-year contract. The sources I can find indicate he has just over 1 year of major league service at the beginning of 2026, making him maybe eligible for arbitration soon but not free agency. Just because a major league team has released him doesn't mean he is forever free of the rules regarding free agency - or does it?
Fantastic game-winning at bat by Roden. He didn't just foul three pitches; he fought off three very tough strike-three pitches to stay alive before the pitcher finally put a pitch where he didn't mean to.
Concur. I'm just following on Gameday but Festa showed masterful command with three consecutive two-strike pitches on the black that each would have rung up the batter (either by umpire call or ABS challenge). Roden did well to foul each of them off. Fantastic at bat for both players, and it was Festa who finally blinked and gave him a hittable pitch.
The team medical staff holds the high card over anything I'd say, but my vote would be to try and get another inning out of him. Look at the array of bullpen talent who didn't go yesterday, if that sways you any.