Danchat

Uh, I have some bad news for you.

I believe that is accurate, I remember reading that the process can take up to 9-10 days and the 7 + 2 math aligns with that.

Austin Martin's OPS is nearing sub .700 OPS... hard to imagine after he started off the year so darn hot. Pretty crazy how things can take a turn for the worse. And yeah, seems like the Twins were right to start him off in a platoon. Once Twins Daily users got what they want with him playing every day against righties, his numbers have dropped.

For AAA, I'm seeing Sabato at 261 innings, Gonzalez at 114, Wagaman 94 (gone), and Fedko 26. Seems like it's mostly just Sabato and Gonzalez playing at 1B.

Shelton let Prielipp stay in too long... but seems like folks only get mad at the manager for pulling the starter too early, not too late. Thanks for jinxing it! Also, Yoendrys has been really good so far, and they haven't needed to have a full-time closer.

Mendez has also stayed healthy unlike nearly all the other OF prospects, I hope we see him in the majors soon. There's really no reason not to give him a chance, he's already on the 40 man and is using an option year. If he continues to rake, he should be up before September.

That was my reaction too. They need flexibility in the pen and Lawrence gives them less. Not to mention unlike other waiver claims, Lawrence has an extensive MLB track record... as a reliever with an ERA over 5. I don't think he's gonna be the next Yoendrys Garcia.

Tristan Gray is at 22 RBIs, 5th on the team... as expected!

He was given 3 PAs and hit a double in one of them, and then sent back down to the minors, he wasn't given a real chance like others mentioned. He has legitimately nothing to do with your point about Wallner and Lewis vs "vets we shouldn't give up on".

I'm fine keeping Gabby down for now, he's overall not hit well at AAA and he's still very young. Let the guys who have earned a promotion get a shot What would the other shoe be? Him asking for his release, an off the field issue?

And most of their draft picks have just been bad... Larnach, Wallner, and Lewis are their primary successes. Jeffers has probably been the regime's best draft pick. At most, a DFA trade or a throw-in like Ty France was last year. Even then, France was hitting better than this and wasn't close to as old.

Just checking in... Clemens in CF, Arcia at 1B... yep, we've reached that portion of the season.

I hadn't heard of Paredes until he was promoted to AAA, we are really delving into the farm system's pitching depth. His numbers in AAA were pretty good, but I don't think anyone would have guessed he'd be pitching in the majors at this point.

Correction, I was thinking of when SWR was optioned at the end of 2024, and he was already optioned back in April so optioning him in September didn't change anything. I must have forgotten in 2025 SWR was demoted to AAA for a month... at that point he only had an ERA at 5.02 after a bad start. Looks like Zebby Matthews replaced him in the rotation, but he was worse and SWR came back in June to supplant him. Using his final option year there seems to be a mistake in hindsight.

I didn't see this coming now... I felt like there was some life when he was throwing in the 1-2 inning range. I'd be hesitant to give up on a guy who was a fairly decent starter last year. He will be claimed. And they're doing this not to give up on him, but just for the spot in the bullpen? This team isn't in the midst of a playoff run and badly needs bullpen depth... strange move. But it's not a corollary to Liam Hendriks, he was very bad in the majors and then after a good 3-4 years he re-emerged as a legit reliever. SWR was effective as recently as last season. Too bad they used one of his option years at the end of last year IIRC... whoops!