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Don't see Twins doing anything at this deadline to address right handed bat. Lineup tonight posted a few minutes ago has Wallner, Taylor, Kepler (OF) and Gallo at 1B. So looks like this quartet is here to stay. Obviously guys can get scratched if trade comes through, but just not seeing it

I like the idea but maybe not the partner. E-Rod is 20 years old, lefty/lefty OF with some speed, some power. Currently at Cedar Rapids and not necessarily lighting it on fire but does fit the mold of 30% K rate the Twins seem to live with. At best 3 years from seeing target field but could be longer. Are we losing anything at this point by including him in a trade? I don't think so. Pirates are truly the Pirates and always play the 5 year plan every year is year one of the plan. Ownership runs the team as a business and don't care much for worrying about being a true competitor. Living in Pittsburgh area, the running joke is Penguins make the playoffs and then Steelers training camp conversation and activity ramps up after July. So Pirates, get one month of attention. Wallner and Larnach, redundant attributes and both may not be long term fixtures either, so do we lose one of those guys and miss a beat? Not sure we would. Somebody has to win the division, Twins have the talent to be that team. Playoffs is a crap shoot, got hot and win one game one and monkey starts to jump off your back. Who knows at that point

https://www.ballysports.com/north/news/statuesday-breakout-minnesota-twins-catcher-ryan-jeffers-flying-under-the-radar I think we are good hands with Jeffers.

Good win for the Twins today. When you put the ball in play, good stuff can happen and eventually we got the good stuff late in the game. Vazquez swinging on 2-0 fastball below the knees isn't a pitch you can do anything with. He should know better. Happy for Jeffers especially after taking one under the chin on foul ball. No days off, boys need to find energy with Mariners coming to town. Go Twins!

Would you send Gordon, Corey Lewis and Simeon Wood-Richardson?

Live in Pittsburgh area, nice thunderstorm rolling through at moment... Guardians/Pirates most likely delayed till 8pm ET or later

Rocco looked at his spreadsheet and it screamed righty/lefty rotational lineup.

Buxton needs to be on IL till he is 100% healthy. Sure doesn't need a rest day since he did a lot of walking back and for dugout to plate to dugout over the weekend. Baffled by Wallner not getting a run since being called up.

I get it and I agree but like I said, he isn't flashy but he makes plays. The "hot take" that is flat out not good doesn't really fit the narrative.

But look at the energy he showed by celebrating his walk! Said with sarcasm by the way

Polanco has 2 errors in 29 games at 2nd, Julien as 2 errors in 31 games. Not sure the article commentary of "frankly not been good" applies. He makes plays, flashy no, but makes plays. Trade Polanco and rotate Julien and Farmer at 2nd base and Julien can DH when Buxton goes on IL with exhaustion or neck injury from staring at the Jumbotron after walking back to the dugout. Polanco's body is failing him more than ever this year, can't hurt to ship him out along with Miranda to see what you can get. I don't see either one of them giving us much down the stretch

15MM guarantee you will never bat below 4th in the lineup is back in the lineup. $10MM guarantee gets you every other game behind the dish regardless of how "great" you can call a game. Castro gets the nod due to switch "hitting" ability to go to the plate. Bring up Wallner to watch how not to hit from the corner outfield spot tutorial underway. Sure hope Ryan throws a gem of a game so we don't have to sweat out a medium to high scoring affair.

At what point did Rocco really think Duran could go two innings again vs the O's? Didn't work out for the good guys in Baltimore last weekend and yet Statistical or Maniacal Rocco sent him back out there again. Vazquez calling for curveball after curveball back to back innings and O's weren't looking heater. Poor execution all around. Correa looking to be hero when very easily could have be a leader and bunted runner to 2nd in the 8th. Man on 2nd with one out but $33MM double play batter Correa proves otherwise. Bullpen usage for 3 days including off day of 21 pitches going into last night. I don't care if Duran is "stretched out" to be ready, you burned him for Saturday. Offense was offensive again, but at least they only struck out 8x's this go around. Julien almost the hero on broken bat high foul ball, but not to be

Some are better but superior is strong reference: Vazquez .989 fielding % 6 errors 5 double plays 2 pass balls 18 assists 10 caught stealing Jeffers .994 fielding %. 2 errors 3 double plays 3 pass balls 13 assists 8 caught stealing Jeffers has improved on both sides of the plate. Vazquez is superior in salary though!

Problem is the same answer is super vague. Until he is fully healthy is not an answer. It is like the NFL/NHL player reports because they have to say something, lower body injury. Sprinting on every single ball in play isn't really true for CF. 1st reaction to batted ball, I get. I played CF and corner OF all through college and yes there is reaction time to batted ball but no one is sprinting on everytime, just doesn't happen. Buxton by not playing defense has a trickle down effect on the lineup. Full buxton helps other parts of lineup and role players can be role players.

Lopez/Jeffers were in sync resulting in CG. The shutout was icing on the cake with some nice plays in the field. Jeffers sure has held his own from the catching side of things, calling really good games and bringing some offense to the table. Keep hearing Buxton isn't healthy to play CF, but looks like fine scoring/run from 1st on bloop double dine the line to RF. Sure wish FO and Rocco can explain why he isn't healthy to play some defense. Let's hope coming out of the break we see a full Buxton vs 25% version we get at DH

Early poster had Vazquez playing 1st so they could be bring up Carmago to rotate with Jeffers. Vazquez, my point is why would put him at 1st.

I'm not sure what the infatuation would be for Gordon. Castro gives you a lot of flexibility as a 4th OF, has speed, decent defense no matter where you put him and is a switch hitter. Gordon is very one dimensional compared to Castro. Castro shouldn't be everyday guy unless he is spelling multiple guys in a week. Definitely move Kepler, Gallo and possible Lopez if he doesn't perform after taking a mental break for a reset. Do we really want Vazquez as a backup 1b. Miranda before Vazquez if he stays up. If you move Gallo, Kiriloff gets more run in the OF and then Miranda has an option. Solano shouldn't be an everyday player Polanco is the wild card on Julien/Farmer rotation in the infield

So can the staff at the ASG break, seems like that is where this is headed

Disagree on Pitchers choice. The catchers have caught all of them, If that is the logic, then Jeffers should have caught Ryan since they were fantastic in complete game vs Tigers. Yes, the tigers I get it but you still have to execute. Ryan was overflowing with praise on Jeffers during post game on him calling the game.

Can't imagine there will be any moves on off day that are published. They have until late tomorrow afternoon to report the transactions, but doesn't mean parts aren't moving. Gallo, Kepler need to be jettisoned but $19.5MM combined isn't something mgmt has been willing to eat and DFA off the table. They should but no in their DNA to admit we don't know what we are doing. So many options but they chose to sign Gallo. April huge surprise, rest of the year, we are getting what we knew we were paying for. MAT, nice get for back up role only, but they chose to bubble wrap Buxton and MAT has to play almost everyday. OUCH Solano, 35 year old vet, once a week starter that has proven some worth even though he is playing way too much Polanco, injury prone lake Buxton as of late, doesn't help anyone but Julien has stepped up show some bat skills and isn't the worst thing defensively. solid stat line, 114 AB's .263 avg and 12 of 30 hits are extra base hits. (44K's though but he is like most of our hitters in that category). Defensively only 2 errors in 77 chances with 47 assists, so not sold he can't play Defense yet. Only played in 28 games in the field. let's not crucify him yet. Vazquez - $10MM on calls a great game an has 2 championship rings. $30MM contract at starting at age 32 year. Twins jettisoned Garver prior to age 32 (proved to be right choice) but Vazquez getting 3 year deal to catch? Doesn't make sense. Jeffers has been very solid and has been a good all-around catcher this year. Buxton - DH... body is broken and if he can run the bases when he actually hits the ball, should be playing anywhere in the OF. He isn't an elite player and that we are paying $15MM for. DH isn't it and not what we should be accepting. Trickle down effect has watching MAT and Castro man the position and while admirable, aren't the guys for the future. Larnach and Kiriloff, not sold on them being stalwarts in the lineup. Team is a wreck. By all-star break we will be 2nd or 3rd place at best and at that point. I'd be in sell/dfa mode and build for '24

Rocco has not once played a catcher the day after a night game this but chose to do with Vazquez when Jeffers has been on a heater. Yes, Jeffers went 0 for 3 Monday but 2 of 3 outs were over 100mph batted balls. Buxton, isn't a good DH. DH is a mental game and adjustments. If he isn't healthy after all the bubble wrap protection they have given him, put him on the IL. Get him back after ASG and play in the field. If he can sprint on ground outs to first, he can sprint in the field. Time to rip off the bandaid and play him for what we pay him. With his at bats, he should be bottom half of the order. Dead pull that K's almost 40% of time. Is that why we paid him $15MM?

Vazquez $10MM per/yr and $15MM for Buxton. Money buys you at bats regardless of performance

The talk about joy and love for the game, really easy as a brave to have joy and love when you are the best team in National League, hands down and running right with Rays as best overall. When you win, there is joy and love for the game. When you don't, there is no joy in Mudville. Twins have issues in this lineup for sure and all have been stated to unleash our venting fury. Lineup needs changes, personnel needs changes plain and not so simple. Correa and Buxton will never bat in bottom half of lineup, regardless of how piss poor they are at the plate. Correa, Buxton, Kepler, Vasquez ($66.976MM in salary this year) go 1 for 15 !! only one not to hit into double play was Buxton and they only had 3 K's (so only bright spot if you can call it one).

Buxton 4th. He must have a clause in his contract that says that is the lowest he can swing and miss in the lineup. 5 tool guy is down to a 1 tool guy and his too is with a plastic hammer for a bat. Bremer will most likely say even though he can't play in the field, he can still run and steal bases. Don't want to hear it, if he can do that, he can play in the field. Last 15 games is batting a whopping .111 with 21 K's in 45 AB's. Kepler, 5th. Time to move on from him as well, but FO sure won't give up on $8.5MM defensive skill set with horrific offensive skills. Read a stat that said the shift ban has helped lefty batters by about 10-15% success rate. Kepler must not have listened to that stat as his career avg is .231 and he is .204 after being at .180 and some change over a week ago.