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I checked out midway through the sorry game, as well.

I went back and re-read my post, and that wasn't the implication. Plus, it was a joke. Neither player is notably good on defense.

It's the opportunity cost that kills you.

I ... ... pf. I can't top that.

Now there's a message delivered. "Son, I'm sitting you in this game in favor of Tristan Gray. For his defense. Yeah, think about that. Take all the time you need."

"Resolve"? Only in the sense of letting the league's roster rules run their course. There is no ticking clock the Twins are worried about. I would be shocked if he weren't already on the waiver wire, and after that the Twins will let the waiver-claim chips fall where they may. After he clears, I'd be only slightly less surprised if he chooses free agency in search of a better situation - he's been cut by the White Sox and Blue Jays already this season - what new team is going to encourage him with promises of an early promotion to their big club?

False. The Dodgers won the WS after winning 63 games in 1981, then outdid themselves with a 43-win season in 2020 leading to another WS victory. 😁

I checked snopes.com to try to verify these claims, and the only instance I could find where any of the Pohlads appeared on Shark Tank was Jim as a panelist, turning thumbs down on every investment opportunity offered on the grounds that the applicant's company didn't have a 20 year track record.

A poor man's Matt Wallner, I'm afraid. Less raw power, not even as good defense(!).

WAR on b-r.com has Dozier as roughly an average second baseman on defense for his career. He was converted from shortstop where he played for the majority of his minor league years. The next time Luke Keaschall plays shortstop as a professional will be his first. I think that says enough about the difference in defense that Dozier provided, without digging into the defensive record at all.

I was half-kidding at most. The question is whether another Kim Ng is employed in somebody's front office. Thank you Kim! We aren't so deep in middle infield talent as to not have lingering debates about Ryan Kreidler versus Orlando Arcia versus Tristan Gray. But, I'm starting to not view Keaschall as a middle infielder. So that makes him good trade bait on this corner-heavy organization. If Keaschall is a bit of a roster-management headache for the team's manager, let him be that for someone else's manager.

That was in line with my initial reaction to reading the headline: just trade him for a front-line starting pitcher* and enjoy the post-season series win that ensues. 😁 * Not saying Detmers is the guy.

Lee was about equally bad against lefties and righties in 2024. He improved in 2025, to be about equally mediocre against both. This year, he's quite good against righties and back to being bad against lefties. There's some chance we're seeing small sample sizes (in all of these seasons), so I would hold off on drawing conclusions until this season develops further. Is there any reason to think Lee would hit better against left-handed pitchers as a left-handed batter? There isn't any data I can look at to decide one way or the other. But the statistics against LHP could be interpreted in a different way than you propose: maybe he simply should not bat against the lefties. Royce Lewis can platoon at 1B with Clemens, or platoon at 3B with Lee, but not both. (Clemens actually has had marginally more success against left-handers than Lee has, this season, but neither is actually "good.") As one example of a solution. I'd rather concentrate on making Lee better against lefties than to relegate him to a platoon. And since he's got so much experience as a switch-hitter, I'd be inclined to keep working with him to improve that way, than to throw it all out and start over by making him a full time lefty. (Weighing against my conclusion: in Lee's only full year in the minors, 2023, his splits revealed a lot worse performance against LHP at Wichita and St Paul. Still doesn't suggest one way or the other how he'd do against lefties if he faced them from the "wrong" batter's box.)

We could also work something out to get Carson McCusker back, if we want this profile.

And the guy they drafted before *that*, Ernie Yake, was a college player with apparently so little potential that they jerked him around at every level in the minors (short stints at AAA where he actually seemed to hit ok) rather than invest development resources. And yet... there's Kyler Fedko, David Festa, Pierson Ohl in the 12th/13th/14th round I don't get it. Meanwhile the Dodgers had a hit and miss 2021 draft, with their #1 and #2 picks far from paying dividends as yet.

I try not to mickey mouse around.

Nana was salty

First Twins run of the game notched by Caratini. As expected.

Yesterday, when hits were scarce, he was one of only three players to get a base hit. I'm not eager to see him go.

Ohtani is Must See everywhere, regardless. Ryan is Must See in Twins territory only, and Who He to the rest of the country.

Ha! If accurate, it would be just like the Twins for the "cash consideration" to be money going to them in return for taking the player off the other team's hands.

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