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Agreed. Polanco I can understand a little. But Buxton is streaky, and right now he's streaky on the positive side. And Taylor has been steady all year with Gordon just not quite up to par so far. Let's hope for the best.

That's how I season my cast iron pans. 😊

I never said he was playing well. Your the one that posted him as an automatic out. He does need to hit the off speed better. But you can't be playing that poorly if you're leading the team in BB and rbi's. You alluded that he needs to be shipped off for Wallner.

The Twins need to exact some revenge on German tomorrow

Yes indeed

It's ok. You can say it.

Almost everything you type is bull. He's leading the team in walks as well. He had a bad 2 week stretch after a good 1st 2 weeks. Mrs. Wallner is right

Polanco is swinging and winging it

He's leading the team in rbi's so what're you talking about

Time for who to go across the river

Can't handle

I think Hicks is just one of those guys that can handle the press and pressure of NY. Gallo and Sonny Gray are just a few others that probably hated that microscope atmosphere

See the poster I responded too. I'm saying have patience as well.

The Minnesota Twins did a good job adding to the starting rotation this offseason, and their bullpen has taken significant strides forward. Now, they’ll add another flamethrowing arm to the group, and Brock Stewart has certainly earned his way back. Image courtesy of © Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The Minnesota Twins did a good job adding to the starting rotation this offseason, and their bullpen has taken significant strides forward. Now, they’ll add another flamethrowing arm to the group, and Brock Stewart has certainly earned his way back. With the Minnesota Twins having an open roster spot after optioning Bailey Ober back to Triple-A St. Paul on Monday, they have decided to use it on hard-throwing righty Brock Stewart. He was not on the 40-man roster, so the Twins chose to Designate RHP Trevor Megill for Assignment. The 31-year-old's story is an interesting one, and when he takes the mound for the Twins, it will be the first time he’s been on a big league mound since 2019. Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 6th round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, Stewart was taken out of Illinois State University. The former Redbird worked as a reliever in college and racked up strikeouts with strong velocity numbers. Los Angeles immediately tried him as a starter, and while the results were middling in 2015, he broke out in 2016. Across 121 innings from Single-A to Triple-A in 2016, Stewart posted a sparkling 1.79 ERA with a 9.6 K/9. He made 21 starts and excelled at the upper levels of the farm. While that year didn’t get him on any top-100 prospect lists, he vaulted up the Dodgers system and was now an arm with plenty of intrigue. With the strong effort on the farm in 2016, Stewart was called up to the big leagues for his debut. He pitched 28 innings for the Dodgers, but was bit by the longball, allowing seven of them in that timeframe. Working out of the Dodgers bullpen for the majority of 2017, Stewart saw plenty of success when it came to ERA. His 3.41 number was solid, but continuously he was walking a tightrope as the strikeouts dipped and the walks rose. A lackluster 2018 with the Dodgers meant his chances were running out, and by 2019 he found opportunity north of the border with Toronto. In 21 2/3 innings with the Blue Jays, Stewart posted an 8.31 ERA and was allowing a whopping 3.7 HR/9. At 27 years old, his career was at a crossroads. Out of affiliated baseball during Covid, Stewart found run with the Chicago Deep Dish, an independent team playing in the City of Champions Cup. He turned in a strong 3.38 ERA and the strikeout numbers rebounded. Unfortunately, he blew out his arm in 2021 and underwent Tommy John surgery. Signed by the Minnesota Twins last summer, Stewart was a prioritized minor league free agent as the organization brought him in to oversee his rehab. The righty made his organizational debut on August 23, 2022 working two innings in the Complex League. He then made three appearances for the Mighty Mussels before eventually finishing his season throwing 7 1/3 innings with the St. Paul Saints. The results weren’t good last year, but it was the first opportunity for him to get his feet wet following the long road back. Invited to big league spring training for Minnesota this year, Stewart threw 9 1/3 innings across Grapefruit League action. The results weren’t ideal, but it was another building block in the process. Having now worked 8 2/3 innings to start 2023 for the Saints, Stewart has been among the best relievers at Triple-A. His fastball velocity has sat in the upper 90’s, which is a big jump from his 92.8 mph career average. He has a ridiculous 17/2 K/BB. Maybe most importantly, he has yet to allow a home run. How manager Rocco Baldelli utilizes Stewart out of the Twins pen remains to be seen. He is not a traditional long man, although he has the ability to go multiple innings. He will obviously see most of his work in lower leverage, but this is a spot for Stewart to show he can hang and enjoy the hard work paying off. It has been a long road to get back, and you can imagine emotions will run high the first time the bullpen door swings open for him. View full article

And it's been the same for Kiriloff and Lewis. They've both been injured multiple years but you're going to anoint them. Kiriloffs numbers are similar to Larnachs. He tried playing for around 6 weeks with his injury last year and his numbers fell off dramatically. I'd rather have Larnach as my everyday outfielder over Kepler. He's done nothing for 3+ years. And I hear defensively how great he is. Well he sure hasn't looked that great this year. Or are you going to say. Oh it's been cold, wait till it warms up.

So this question. Polanco is back manning 2nd. Farmer will be back and Solano are the 2 infield utility guys with Gordon. Even if you demote Gordon, and bring up Julien, where is he going to play? I guess you could do that now, but then you'll send him right back as soon as Farmer returns. And also take into consideration Kiriloffs return. We're not supposed to do math here but Kirilloff Polanco Correa Miranda with Solano and Farmer as utility infielders 2 catchers Buxton as dh leaves room for 4 outfielders. Larnach/Gordon, Kepler Gallo and Taylor. No room for Julien. Same thing for all these guys calling for Lee or whoever is the current flavor of the month. Those guys time may come this year, but only due to injuries.

Yankee fans are cheering Volpe like he's the next Jeter. He keeps hitting a buck 60 in August and they'll turn on him too

You're statement was that no Twins player gets as much vitriol as Hicks does with Yankee fans. I said not necessarily true, and you come back with salary differences. OK you win

Idk about that. Correa is taking a pretty good beating here tonight alone

Really? I believe that's exactly what I was saying

It is baffling to me as well. The only thing I can think of is that he's saving either Lopez or Duran to possibly close out tomorrow vs Yankees

He's got that chart and he follows it to a T.

Yes sir. But not to Brian Kenny

I agree

Miranda then