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Duran is mortal after all.

Bailey Ober fought through the game and battled, he didn't have his best stuff, but he kept Twins in the game too.

When he smacks a ball it goes a long way. Maybe Wallner is healthy now. Thought the base running was gonna do them in.

Winnah winnah chicken dinner. Gasper had a night. Good for Mickey!

I know right

Me no like this half of inning so far. Im walking Guerrero. Im not giving him anything.

Springer has always been a thorn against Twins. Even when he was with Astros he torched them.

Topa seems a lot more focused doing this end of bullpen stuff than he was as a middle relief guy. At least lately. I like his sweeper. Corey just said Twins after trailing after 8 innings Twins are 1 for 57.

So who is closing here, Topa? He is last guy that finishes now right.

Good call.

Damn, Clement robbed Jeffers.

All be damned, cows jumped over the moon. Good job by Gasper!

I want to see Lee play 3rd base too, I don't think Lewis fits anywhere on this team. Maybe you get someone to take a flyer on Lewis from 2 years ago. I know he is injury prone so hoping for a lottery ticket. I know the value is extremely low. Gonna be hard to move him.

He runs like a deer with a broken leg.

I would like to see Royce Lewis traded, but I'm probably the minority opinion on that.

Wow this team stinks in just about all categories of baseball. How do you build from this collection of misfit toys?

Watkins hasn't been that good this year at sending runners. Wallner wasn't paying attention because the ump never signaled foul ball. Lollygagging.

Another botched running play. This team is not good at running bases.

That looked painful.

Yeah he did you are right.

Gasper screwed the pooch on that whole inning. If he scores on Jeffers hit like he should have, Goes halfway he is rounding the bag off the bounce. Martin shouldn't have been running it, he should have went halfway too.

Maybe they could line up on a trade. I would only actually keep one of Lee or Lewis and move the other guy. Lee to me seems like his best position is 3rd base. I listed them as candidates but would not sign all of them. I would keep Lee and try and move Lewis for someone that profiles as a short stop or starting catcher.

Twins should be trying to sign Joe Ryan, Ryan Jeffers, Bailey Ober, Royce Lewis, and Brooks Lee, Matt Wallner to extensions instead of going to Arbitration. Shows they are serious of trying to build than stripping it completely down.

If you keep Lopez Ryan and Ober as starters and Simeon Woods Richardson you have the makings of a still decent rotation. Use the rest of the year to audition Abel, Bradley, and Festa and Matthews. Get Ober and Lopez healthy. I could see two from that younger group profiling to bullpen guys probably Festa for sure. I think Ohl is a bullpen candidate. If you have a quality rotation you have the makings of a chance to still be competitive. My worry is the offense. Twins have a big hole at 1st base and back up or starting catcher. Jeffers best role is DH. Keaschall doesn't seem like the answer at 2nd base. I'm not sure where Larnach and Wallner fit in as neither is a really a good defender or a clutch RBI guy. Larnach and Wallners best roles are probably DH. Twins need a starting catcher that is a good defender and can hit. Catching at MLB level and 1st base are Twins biggest weaknesses at MLB level. I think Lewis and Lee are decent 3rd basemen and Short stop defenders. With better hitters around both Lewis and Lee they could rebound. Wallner and Larnach strike out and hit into too many double plays. Buxton is a lead off guy and should never have been moved around by Rocco so much. Rocco's lack of consistency in line-up structure has always bugged me. I would keep Clemmons as a utility and bench role guy. Twins have sucked at drafting catchers and first basemen, and pitching under this regime. They need a change in the front office and managers roles. Not someone from within either, Should have hired the Diamondbacks manager Luvello not who they did back when they fired Gardenhire.

The Tawain pitcher is a talented younger guy. Impressed by a pitcher that keyed his team's success in LLWS.