SwainZag

Hard for me to give them an F for Zuke and Kintzler being here. I do really think the Lucroy situation screwed with the entire catching market. Lucroy was the only catcher moved at the deadline, and it was last minute. As for Kintzler, he very well could have had zero value. 32 years old, just over 30 innings pitched this year and a low K rate. I think TD might have drummed up some mythical value for him being a "proven closer" after his 8 whole saves. He very well could be a waiver claim as well.

I would be willing to bet that Milone is gone before the season's end. The later we get into the season the less money he is owed. My guess is some NL team will claim him

I think the different opinions on Meyer are interesting. I have always been pretty high on him, but between his age and injury history and the potential to invest the $8+ million owed to Nolasco elsewhere makes it a win to me.

Wow, 1st batter Abad faces as a Red Sox is Cano who takes him deep for a go ahead 3-run HR.

Crazy to think that early season bullpen was Tonkin-Abad-May-Fien-Jepsen-Perkins has changed to Tonkin-Rogers-May-Pressly-Kintzler

Fun Fact: The Twins have scored double the amount of runs in the last 3 games (3-0, 28 runs) than those of the first 9 games (0-9, 14 runs).

I believe this makes us 7-4 against the Indians and 6-21 against the rest of the division.

Dat Mauer glove

Double E!

How long do they carry the prospect tag for ? Meyer will be 27 on the 3rd of next year.

I think they are probably based on your search and browsing history....

I think it's an interesting situation. Option A. Ramos hasn't exactly been the healthiest player playing in 90+ games twice in the last 5 years (not counting this year) and this has been his best year BY FAR in his career. A big reason is his nice decrease in K's and his .351 BABIP. There even comes the topic if the Nats give him a QO, do the Twins surrender their 2nd round pick to sign him to a big money deal? Weiters has only started 65 of Baltimore's 104 games at Catcher and hasn't been healthy enough to catch 100 games since 2013. While he is a very good defensive catcher, his bat has been down and with the log jam at 1B/DH, do you pay him big money to start at Catcher part time? Do you push him to start more knowing his injury history? B. Ideally if Suzuki's vesting option became a team option, I would say I hope the Twins pick it up and bring back Zuke for another season, but it's not, and I doubt he would accept a 1 year deal when he could probably get multi years on the open market. That leaves the other veteran options open. Maybe sign a 1 year deal to pair with Centeno or Murphy if it's out there? C. I would be for the buying promise if the price was right. None of those 3 have shown much in the bigs, besides Norris who has been awful at the plate this year. D. I honestly couldn't tell you how many big time catching prospects are close to the majors, but I could only imagine if there are some the price would be insanely high. E. This is probably the most likely option with Centeno, Murphy and Garver. If they went this way and did find themselves in contention, a trade could always bring them a veteran if they don't sign one in the offseason. My thoughts on the matter.

Ah, no problem. When I learned about the screen capture function it blew my mind.

If you print screen you don't have to take a picture of the monitor. Shift+Sysrq, above the Insert key on most keyboards. Like: http://i.imgur.com/RXtXR3X.jpg

Yeah, I know. It wasn't important...but I just thought I'd put it out there.

I have no problem with Molitor sitting Sano once in awhile, especially when he has been struggling like he has. He has struggled in the field, with the bat and even blew threw that stop sign last week. A game here or there to clear your head or let a hot bat have some playing time doesn't bother me.

I might be wrong here, but doesn't the AL teams have 1st shot at waivers, then it passes through the NL teams? So Tampa would get first shot?

How about this scenario.....the Twins decide not to go to arbitration with Santiago and he becomes a free agent. The trade would essentially be 2 months of Santiago and MR Busenitz for Nolasco and Meyer. This move would save them $8M in the trade next year. Would the Twins have taken $8M cash for Meyer?

Danny boy down.

Cleveland announcers think for sure that should be a basehit. I disagree.

#BUXTONWOULDHAVEHADTHAT

Puig will be optioned to AAA tomorrow, kinda crazy.

"Congratulating Mauer on his 4 bounce single up the middle"

Is the special thing that the Rays have struck out 12 times and none belong to Arcia? :-D

JORGE JORGE JORGE! A hat's...err helmet's off tribute to Nunez even!