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Correa's missed games are almost all due to time on the Injury List, whereas Buck hasn't been placed there all year. There is a difference there as well.

I am almost certain they'll give Sano some run at the major league level. If he is anything like the second half of '21 Sano, he would be a welcome addition. Who to send down? I guess I'd send Celestino. His defense has been good, but the unsustainable BABIP has regressed and he isn't much of an offensive player at all. For good reason, the Twins like Garlick in the lineup against LH pitching and Gordon, Miranda and Kirilloff have all hit well in the last month or so.

Yes, there are many things to be concerned about, but let's look at the entire picture. The Twins have a winning record at the break and a small lead in the division. This is primarily because they have a good lineup and their pitchers overperformed for the first third of the season. Three position players with less than a years experience have looked promising--Miranda, Kirilloff and Larnach (now out with injury)--and three pitchers with less than a years experience--Winder, Jax and Duran--have done well. Luis Arraez continues to show he is elite as a hitter and Jorge Polanco is giving indications that he'll have a monster second half to his season. Now to the minus side of the ledger. The rotation, which looked suspect coming out of Spring Training looks suspect again after encouraging performances early in the year. Sonny Gray hasn't been the same since coming off the IL the second time. Joe Ryan isn't dominating although he's really held his own and everyone else in the rotation is both limited in upside and an injury risk. The bullpen has been poor and prospects for improvement from within are close to non-existent. While looking at individual performances from the position players, there aren't many, if any, disappointments, the offense hasn't sustained above-average run scoring for more than a series at a time. For the second half (post All-Star break), I believe the Twins will continue to score runs well above average and they will continue to be a decent defensive outfit, barring devastating injuries. If they can find enough pitching, they will be in the hunt for the playoffs and a division crown. If not, they will continue to fade.

A hit, we have a hit! Kirilloff enters the break with a hit streak—7 games.

Archer’s line is going to look pretty lousy, but for 4 he was pretty good.

The dreaded third time through the order.

Cease might be why the offense is struggling. He’s pretty good.

I make that comment and Abreu immediately gets a hit. Four scoreless for Archer—dare we expect he comes out for the fifth?

Hits seem hard to come by this afternoon.

I thought they might start Arraez after Altuve begged off with injury, but MLB Trade Rumors says Gimenez will start.

My son-in-law’s idea. We’re on our way home and none of that stuff is at our house. Just drove by the White Sox home park about 15 minutes ago.

I wrote that comment about an hour and a half ago. I guess I was too impaired to push “Submit Reply”.

I did a “whiskey sampler” last night and my inspiration is ………impaired this morning.

They have a couple of easy cuts from the 40-man (Strotman & Contreras) so making room for Sanó shouldn’t be much of a problem, if they choose to do so. A couple homers at St. Paul doesn’t tell me much about his readiness (IMHO).

Jeffers has a fracture in his thumb and will be out for 6-8 weeks.

mlbtraderumors.com reported that Jeffers has a fracture in his thumb and will be out 6 to 8 weeks. Adding a catcher may now be a trade deadline priority.

Robert out of the game—injured?

“Watching” on Gameday. Was there any chance for Polanco to score on AK’s double?

Probably this move was made because Jeffers will only miss a few games, the rest of the WSox series plus the two-game Tiger series.

Caleb Hamilton added to the roster. Jeffers to the 10-day IL.

People are going to look back on 2022 and ask why Abreu wasn’t an All-Star.

Buxton has “played” at least four games where he had one or less plate appearances. Also, as with today, he’s been the DH frequently. He’s played less than half of the games in center field. A player that offers so much value in the field not playing center even half the time is really limiting the value that he adds to the team.

How about Mantiply from Arizona? IMHO, almost all sellers at the deadline are looking for prospects, not utility players on big league rosters.

1961–midsummer Twins vs. Red Sox. Although neither team was that good in 1961, there were a lot of outstanding players on the field. Carl Yastrzemski had recently replaced Ted Williams as the franchise icon and left fielder. Pete Runnels was on his way to winning a batting championship. The Twins had Harmon, Allison, Versalles and Battey along with a young Jim Kaat, Camilo Pascual and Jack Kralick. I recall the Twins winning comfortably and that the grass was so green.

Only for pitchers.